US 12,252,178 B2
Hood-integrated vehicle body
Dong Eun Cha, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jin Young Yoon, Gimpo-si (KR); Hong Heui Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Seong Kwon Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR); and HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/830,989.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0108313 (KR), filed on Aug. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0056479 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/12 (2006.01); E05B 83/24 (2014.01)
CPC B62D 25/12 (2013.01) [E05B 83/24 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hood-integrated vehicle body comprising:
a front vehicle body part;
a hood integrally and rotatably connected to a front portion of the front vehicle body part, the hood being configured to open and close an internal space in a front part of the vehicle, and the hood being openable at a rear side;
a lifting unit mounted to the front part of the vehicle, the lifting unit being configured to rotate the hood in a direction in which the hood is opened; and
a locking unit mounted to the front part of the vehicle, the locking unit being configured to selectively engage the hood with the front part of the vehicle such that engagement of the hood is released to allow the hood to be opened by the lifting unit upon manipulation for opening the hood;
wherein the locking unit includes:
a grille mounted to the front vehicle body part, the grille being configured to move in forward and backward directions;
a locking device mounted to the grille, the locking device being selectively engaged with the front vehicle body part; and
a disengaging device connected to the grille and to the locking unit, the disengaging device allowing the locking unit to be disengaged from the front vehicle body part when the grille is moved forwards.