VEHICLE HOOD HINGE ASSEMBLY

A hinge assembly is provided to lift a hood of a vehicle relative to a vehicle body in anticipation of, during, or right after a collision has occurred to cushion contact with a pedestrian. The hood selectively covers a compartment of the vehicle when in a secured position. The hinge assembly…

A safety device in a vehicle is provided. The safety device comprises a modular actuator (100) comprising a housing (1) having a first end (2), a piston (4) adapted to fit in the housing (1) and being configured to be moved from a retracted position to an extended position, and a gas generator…

A safety device in a vehicle is provided. The safety device comprises an actuator (100; 100') comprising a housing (1; 1'), a piston arrangement (12; 12') fitted in the housing and being movable from a retracted position to an extended position, a gas generator (10; 10') and a power connector (8…

VEHICLE WITH CONTROLLED HOOD MOVEMENT

In at least some implementations, a vehicle includes a body having a front end, a front compartment and a hood received over at least part of the front compartment. A hood moving assembly is coupled to the hood to move the hood away from the front compartment and from a closed position. A thermal…

A SAFETY DEVICE IN A VEHICLE

A safety device for a safety device in a vehicle is provided. The safety device (100) comprises a housing (1) having a first end (2) and a second end (3), a piston (4) adapted to fit in the housing (1) and being configured to be moved from a retracted position to an extended position, and a gas…

SAFETY DEVICE IN A VEHICLE

A safety device in a vehicle is provided. The safety device comprises an actuator (100) comprising a housing (1) having a first end (2) and a second end (3), a piston arrangement (5) comprising a piston (5a) and a piston rod (5b) having a supporting element (18) projecting outside the housing (1)…

PYROTECHNIC ACTUATOR

Ein pyrotechnischer Aktuator hat ein Aktuatorgehäuse (2), einen darin verschiebbaren Kolben (5) und einen Gasgenerator (4) mit Zünder, Treibladung und Treibladungsgehäuse (1). Erfindungsgemäß weist das Treibladungsgehäuse (1) eine Sollbruchstelle (3) in Form einer radial umlaufenden Verringerung…

A safety device in a vehicle is provided. The safety device comprises an actuator (100) comprising a housing (1) having a first end (2) and a second end (3), a piston arrangement (5) comprising a piston (5a) and a piston rod (5b), the piston arrangement (5) being adapted to fit in the housing (1)…

VEHICLE HOOD HINGE ASSEMBLY

A hinge assembly is provided to lift a hood of a vehicle relative to a vehicle body in anticipation of, during, or right after a collision has occurred to cushion contact with a pedestrian. The hood selectively covers a compartment of the vehicle when in a secured position. The hinge assembly…

Hinge Device for a Front Hood of a Motor Vehicle, and Protective System for Protecting a Person Located Outside of a Motor Vehicle

A hinge device is provided for a front hood of a motor vehicle. The front hood can be opened and closed by way of the hinge device, and the front hood can be adjusted from a normal position into a protective position in the event of a collision. The hinge device has a single front hood control link…

Active Hood System

An active hood system including an actuator configured to operate according to an output signal of an impact sensor, a pop-up link rotatably mounted on a mounting bracket based on a pop-up link rotation axis and configured to rotate based on the pop-up link rotation axis according to an operation…

HOOD RETRACTION STRUCTURE

Technology is provided which allows the amount of a hood protruding forward from a striker to be reduced at a normal time before the pop-up hood system is operated, and allowing the stroke when the front end of the hood rotates downward when the pop-up hood system is operated to be reduced, such…

DEPLOYABLE FLAP HINGE

A deployable flap hinge includes a flap part () corresponding to a flap (A). The flap part () has a flap upper part () and a flap lower part (), a body part () corresponding to a vehicle body (B), a first joint assembly () connecting the flap part () and the body part () in an articulated manner…

HOOD HINGE

A hinge base member () and a hinge upper member () of a hinge () for an engine hood () are provided with main bodies () each having a laterally facing major plane, and link members () are connected between the main bodies of the hinge base member and the hinge upper member and overlies the main…

Hood latch assembly

A hood latch assembly (1) is provided comprising a first member (3) arranged to be mounted to a body member within an engine compartment of a vehicle (4). The first member comprises a lock mechanism (5). The hood latch assembly (1) further comprises a second member (7) arranged to be mounted to the…

Actuator

An actuator (21) includes a gas generator (70) that generates an actuating gas when actuated, a housing section (22) that houses and holds the gas generator and a pressing section (52) that is deployable with an actuating gas in such a fashion as to move forward relative to the housing section and…

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