Patent ID: 8584787

Claim:
An active hood apparatus comprising: a main frame fixed to a vehicle body; a hood latch assembly disposed at a back side of the main frame for locking and releasing a hood; and a hood rise and fall device disposed between the back side of the main frame and the hood latch assembly, the hood rise and fall device moving the hood latch assembly substantially vertically by a control signal of a controller that receives a sensing signal from a pedestrian collision sensor; wherein the hood latch assembly comprises: a body plate having a first insert aperture into which a striker integrated with the hood is detachably inserted; an auxiliary plate having a second insert aperture that matches the first insert aperture, the auxiliary plate disposed to be spaced from a rear surface of the body plate; a hood release cable disposed at one side of an upper end of the body plate; a locking lever connected to the hood release cable at an upper end thereof and hinge-connected to one side of the auxiliary plate at a lower end thereof; a first spring fixed to one end of the body plate at one end thereof and fixed to the upper end of the locking lever at the other end thereof, wherein the first spring is elastically compressed when the locking lever is pulled; a latch plate having a third insert aperture at one end thereof, into which the striker inserted through the first insert aperture and the second insert aperture is lockably inserted, and the latch plate hinge-coupled to the other end of the auxiliary plate at the other end thereof; and a second spring fixed to one end of the body plate at one end thereof and fixed to the other end of the latch plate at the other end thereof, wherein the second spring is elastically extended at a locking location of the latch plate.