Patent ID: 7637344

Claim:
A pedestrian protecting apparatus of a vehicle hood, comprising: a controller that detects an impact degree through a plurality of sensors of a bumper when a pedestrian impacts with the vehicle; an actuator that is pivotally fixed at one end thereof via a support bracket to a vehicle body forming a side of an engine compartment and projects a cylinder rod configured to be actuated by said controller; and a linkage that is mounted between the vehicle body and the vehicle hood and is widely opened to lift the hood from the vehicle body while said cylinder rod of said actuator protrudes and applies a pressing force thereto; wherein said linkage is pivotally connected to the vehicle body via a vehicle body mounting bracket and a vehicle body hinge pin, and said linkage is pivotally connected to the vehicle hood via a hood mounting bracket and a hood hinge pin; wherein said linkage includes: a lower link that is coupled at one end thereof via an operation hinge pin to said cylinder rod of said actuator, while the other end of said lower link is coupled via said vehicle body hinge pin to said vehicle body mounting bracket; and an upper link that is coupled at one end thereof via a transmission hinge pin to said lower link, while the other end of said upper link is coupled via said hood hinge pin to said hood mounting bracket.