Passive hood hinge system for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9783154-B2
Application number	US-201615205458-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2016
Priority date	Oct 26, 2015
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

A passive hood hinge system for a vehicle is provided. The passive hood hinge system includes a hinge bracket that is coupled to a vehicle body that extends in a vertical orientation and a pin regulation aperture. A hinge arm is coupled with a hood and a descending link has first and second end portions, respectively, rotatably coupled with the hinge arm and the hinge bracket. A support link has first and second end portions respectively, rotatably coupled with the hinge arm and the hinge bracket. A bending lever is disposed at the hinge bracket and has an upper end portion coupled with the descending pin coupled with a pin regulation aperture, and a bent portion that bends when the descending pin at the pin regulation aperture descends. A buffer bracket is disposed at a lower portion of the descending pin and is deformed by pressing the descending pin.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A passive hood hinge system for a vehicle, comprising:
a hinge bracket coupled to a vehicle body and having a vertically formed pin regulation aperture;
a hinge arm coupled with a hood;
a descending link having a first end portion rotatably coupled with the hinge arm and a second end portion rotatably supported to the hinge bracket;
a support link having a first end portion rotatably coupled with the hinge arm and a second end portion rotatably coupled with the hinge bracket;
a bending lever disposed at the hinge bracket, with an upper end portion coupled with the descending pin coupled with the pin regulation aperture, and a bent portion configured to bend when the descending pin at the pin regulation aperture descends; and
a buffer bracket disposed at a lower portion of the descending pin and configured to be deformed by the pressure of the descending pin,
wherein the hinge arm is configured to press the descending pin by a load applied through the hood during a pedestrian crash, the descending pin is configured to descend while the bent portion of the bent lever bends and the buffer bracket is configured to absorb an impact while being deformed by the descending pin.

2. The passive hood hinge system of claim 1 , wherein the second end of the descending link is rotatably coupled with the descending pin, the descending link to be displaced when the descending pin descends.

3. The passive hood hinge system of claim 1 , wherein the pin regulation aperture includes a neck component to allow the descending pin disposed at an upper portion to be coupled to a lower portion.

4. The passive hood hinge system of claim 3 , wherein the neck component protrudes inwardly from the pin regulation aperture, and the width of the pin regulation aperture at a portion where the neck component is formed is narrower than the upper portion and the lower portion of the pin regulation aperture.

5. The passive hood hinge system of claim 3 , wherein the width of the pin regulation aperture at the lower portion increases as the pin regulation aperture extends in a distal direction.

6. The passive hood hinge system of claim 5 , wherein the descending pin is configured to maintain a fixed position by a locking action due to friction force when the descending pin is fitted in the upper portion of the pin regulation aperture and the descending pin is compressed by the hinge arm during the pedestrian crash, the descending pin is configured to descend toward the lower portion.

7. The passive hood hinge system of claim 1 , wherein the bending lever includes: a lower fastening component coupled to a bottom plate of the hinge bracket; an intermediate portion coupled with a vertical plate of the hinge bracket by a pin; and an upper portion disposed in an inclined orientation, wherein the upper portion extends from the intermediate portion to the upper end portion being coupled with the descending pin, in which a first side of the upper portion disposed in the inclined direction includes the bent portion.

8. The passive hood hinge system of claim 7 , wherein an adjust bolt is configured to penetrate through the bottom plate of the hinge bracket to be coupled thereto and a body of the adjust bolt is coupled to a fastening component of the bending lever to adjust a height of the fastening component from the bottom plate of the hinge bracket upon rotation of the adjust bolt.

9. The passive hood hinge system of claim 1 , wherein the bent portion is formed by reduction of the width of the bending lever.

10. The passive hood hinge system of claim 9 , wherein a thickness of the bending lever at the portion where the bent portion is formed is less than the thickness of other portions of the bending lever.

11. The passive hood hinge system of claim 1 , wherein the buffer bracket is made of a board bent to have a convex shape with the lower end portions of both left and right sides are fixed to the bottom plate of the hinge bracket and an upper portion is pressed by the descending pin.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Sang Il
• Hong Seong Tae

Classifications

• E05D3/06 Primary

  with two or more pins (E05D7/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60R21/38 Primary

  using means for lifting bonnets · CPC title

• E05D7/0009

  Adjustable hinges (E05D7/04 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E05D5/0207

  for attachment to vehicles (E05D5/043, E05D5/062 take precedence) · CPC title

• E05D2011/009

  Impact absorbing hinges for vehicle doors · CPC title