Adjustable hood-stop for a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10315706-B2
Application number	US-201715615061-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 6, 2017
Priority date	Jun 6, 2017
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

An adjustable hood-stop unit for a front-end bolster of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The adjustable hood-stop includes a bumper stop, a retainer made of a plastic material that receives the bumper stop, and a plurality of threads integrated along an internal surface of the retainer. The retainer is over-molded onto a hole in the front-end bolster, the plurality of threads extend on a partial length of the internal surface of the retainer at a predetermined rotation degree, and the plurality of threads are discontinued.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adjustable hood-stop unit for a front-end bolster of a motor vehicle comprising:
a bumper stop;
a retainer made of a plastic material that receives the bumper stop; and
a plurality of threads integrated along a plurality of internal surfaces of the retainer,
wherein the plurality of threads extend on a partial length of the internal surface of the retainer at a predetermined angle, and
wherein the plurality of threads align such that the plurality of internal surfaces of the retainer are opposite to each other and discontinued.

2. The adjustable hood-stop unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the retainer is over-molded onto a hole in the front-end bolster, and
the retainer is over-molded in a first direction opposite to a second direction.

3. The adjustable hood-stop unit according to claim 2 , wherein the retainer further comprises a first opening that is opposite to a second opening.

4. The adjustable hood-stop unit according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of threads are integrated on 50% of the internal surface of the retainer.

5. The adjustable hood-stop unit according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of threads cover two 25% portions of the internal surface of the retainer.

6. The adjustable hood-stop unit according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined angle is 77.5 to 85 degrees.

7. The adjustable hood-stop unit according to claim 6 , wherein the plastic material is one chosen from a group consisting of: plastic, resin, elastomer, glass-fiber, and carbon fiber.

Assignees

• Valeo North America Inc

Inventors

• Meskin Issmail
• Babler Antonio

Classifications

• B62D25/12 Primary

  Parts or details thereof (locks E05B, {E05B83/16; devices for holding open E05C17/00, e.g. while carrying oversize objects E05C17/042}; hinges E05D; counterbalancing means E05F; {checks, stops, buffers E05F5/00; } springs, {e.g. pneumatic springs} F16F) · CPC title

• E05Y2900/536

  Hoods · CPC title

• B62D25/105

  for motor cars · CPC title

• E05B83/24

  for car bonnets · CPC title

• E05Y2800/676

  Plastics · CPC title