Pop-up hood latch

Details Pop-up hood latch Pop-up hood latch

1990-04-04

1991-09-17

Nicholson, Eric K.

Closure fasteners

Bolts

Hooked end

292DIG14, 292216, E05C 324

Patent

active

050488775

ABSTRACT:
A hood latch engages a striker for latching a hood panel movable between open and closed positions relative to a body panel. The striker is mounted on one of the panels. A housing is mounted on the other panel. A pop-up lever is pivotally mounted to the housing for movement between lowered and raised positions. A pop-up spring bias the pop-up lever to the raised position. A latch lever has a hook for latching engagement with the striker. The latch lever is pivotally mounted to the pop-up lever for movement between latched and unlatched positions and has a handle for manually moving the latch lever. A latch spring acts between the pop-up lever and the latch lever to rotate the latch lever towards the latched position. A detent lever pivotally mounts to the housing for releasably engaging and retaining the pop-up lever in the lowered position and preventing rotation to the raised position. A detent spring acts between the detent lever and the housing for biasing rotation of the detent lever towards engagement with the pop-up lever. A cable is attached to the detent lever to rotate the detent lever away from engagement with the pop-up lever to release the pop-up lever from the lowered position. This release of the pop-up lever from the lowered position allows the pop-up spring to rotate the pop-up lever to the raised position. The latch lever and handle are then exposed to allow rotation of the handle.

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