US 12,330,712 B2
Vehicle hood hinge
Kazutada Sasaki, Wako (JP); Chisato Suetsugu, Wako (JP); Shin Saeki, Tokyo (JP); and Thomas Wood, Penetanguishene (CA)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/174,894.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-042940 (JP), filed on Mar. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294775 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/12 (2006.01); B60R 21/38 (2011.01); E05C 17/52 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/12 (2013.01) [B60R 21/38 (2013.01); E05C 17/52 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle hood hinge comprising:
a lower hinge configured to be fixed to a vehicle body;
an upper hinge configured to be fixed to, and supported by, a hood so as to be movable relative to the lower hinge, the hood being configured to open or close an opening formed in an upper surface of the vehicle body;
a link mechanism linking the lower hinge with the upper hinge; and
a load receiver configured to support a load of the hood,
wherein the link mechanism is configured to switch between pivoting to cause the hood to be pivoted about an axis through the lower hinge and lifting to lift the hood, and
the load receiver is configured to receive, on an upper end surface thereof, the load of the hood lifted through the lifting, to restrict the hood from lowering.