Patent ID: 7854289

Claim:
An arrangement of a front hood on a vehicle, having at least one hinge device that lies in the rear when viewed in the direction of travel, in the form of a four-joint mechanism, having a long and a short connecting bar, whereby the front hood can be pivoted using the hinge device during normal opening and closing, and can be raised in the rear region in the case of a collision of the vehicle, wherein the hinge device has a spring element that activates an adjustment lever in the case of a collision of the vehicle, which lever in turn acts directly on the front hood and fits directly or through intermediate elements to the front hood, whereby the joints of the four-joint mechanism on the front hood side are fixed in place on a pivot lever, in articulated manner, which lever, in the state of rest, is releasably fixed in place on the front hood with one end, and can be pivoted about a rotary joint, relative to the front hood, with its other end, in the region of the assignment of the adjustment lever to the front hood, and the adjustment lever raises the front hood during a collision of the vehicle, guided by the connecting bars of the four-joint mechanism, and raises the pivot lever, which comes loose from the front hood on one side, as compared with the state of rest.