Patent ID: 8985256
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A hood apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a vehicle hood including a hinge arm with a first hinge shaft on a lower end thereof; an articulated link coupled at a first end thereof to the hinge arm via the first hinge shaft, and coupled at a second end thereof to a vehicle body via a second hinge shaft, and including a plurality of joints formed by hingedly coupling a plurality of link arms, thus allowing the link arms to be operated by respective hinge shafts; and an actuator coupled at a first end thereof to the second hinge shaft and coupled at a second end thereof to an associated link arm of the articulated link, so that, in the event of a forward collision of the vehicle, the actuator is triggered to allow the hood to pop up, wherein, in the event of the collision, the hood pops up to an upper position of the vehicle by the actuator while simultaneously moving to a rear position of the vehicle.