Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle hood assembly with deployable pedestrian protection
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Application No.: US15042166Application Date: 2016-02-12
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Publication No.: US10246044B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Saeed David Barbat , Dean M. Jaradi , S. M. Iskander Farooq , Mohammed Omar Faruque
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank A. MacKenzie
- Main IPC: B60R21/36
- IPC: B60R21/36 ; B60R21/38 ; B62D25/12 ; B60R21/34 ; B62D25/10 ; B60R21/00

Abstract:
A hood assembly for a vehicle includes an inner hood, an outer hood, and a plurality of deployable devices. The outer hood is fixed relative to the inner hood. The plurality of deployable devices are spaced apart from each other between the inner hood and the outer hood. The deployable devices each define an inflation chamber and are formed of thermoplastic elastomer. Upon detection of impact between the vehicle and a pedestrian, the deployable devices are deployed to separate the outer hood and the inner hood. As such, during impact of the pedestrian with the outer hood, the outer hood may deform and/or the outer hood may space the pedestrian from relatively hard components under the hood assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170232925A1 VEHICLE HOOD ASSEMBLY WITH DEPLOYABLE PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION Public/Granted day:2017-08-17
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