Patent ID: 8763744

Claim:
A vehicle hood moving device for a vehicle hood movably supported at a vehicle body front, comprising: two or more first magnets disposed on each side of the vehicle hood in a vehicle-width direction, with the two or more first magnets on each side separated from one another by a predetermined length in a vehicle front-back direction; two or more second magnets disposed on each side of an engine room in the vehicle-width direction, with the two or more second magnets on each side separated from one another by the predetermined length in the vehicle front-back direction at positions facing the first magnets; a pedestrian collision detector configured to detect whether a pedestrian has collided with the vehicle or has a danger of colliding with the vehicle; and a hood movement controller configured to move the vehicle hood in the event that a detection is made by the pedestrian collision detector that a pedestrian has collided with the vehicle or has a danger of colliding with the vehicle, wherein in corresponding pairs of first magnets and second magnets, at least one of the first magnet and the second magnet is an electromagnet, and the hood movement controller is configured to move the vehicle hood by controlling a supply of electrical power to the electromagnet, such that the vehicle hood moving device moves the vehicle hood relative to the vehicle body by a magnetic force controlled by the hood movement controller.