JPS647109Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement in a hood hinge device for an automobile.

Conventionally, the hood of the engine room of an automobile has a stopper device in addition to the hinge device to keep the hood in the open position. If it is necessary to keep the hood open during the process, it is better to rotate the hood in the opening direction rather than the vertical plane and hold the hood in the open position by its own weight rather than using a separate jig. Work efficiency improves. However, if the opening degree of the hood is set large in this way, when a general user leaves the hood open for inspection inside the engine room, the hood cannot be opened in the vertical plane without using the stopper device. If the hood is rotated to the open position and held in the open position, there is a problem in that during the inspection, the hood can easily fall over in the closed direction due to strong winds, which is extremely dangerous.

The present invention was created to solve the above-mentioned problems.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the figure, numeral 2 generally indicates the body of the car,
4 is a hood, 6 is a hinge arm fixed to the hood, 8 is a hinge base that supports the hinge arm rotatably about a horizontal axis, and 10 and 12 are a headlamp support panel and a cross frame to which the hinge base is attached. , 14 are stoppers preferably made of rubber or resin, which are removably attached to the abutting portion of the upper end of the hinge base 8. When the stopper 14 is attached to the hinge base 8, the stopper 14 comes into contact with the hinge arm 6, thereby causing
As shown by the dotted chain line 4a, the hood 4 cannot rotate in the opening direction beyond the vertical plane, and the stopper 14
When the hood 4 is removed from the hinge base 8, the hinge arm 6 comes into contact with the contact portion at the upper end of the hinge base 8, and the hood 4 rotates in the opening direction from the vertical plane, as shown by the two-dot chain line 4b in FIG. It is configured to be movable.

According to the above configuration, on an automobile assembly line, by removing the stopper 14 from the hinge base 8, the hood 4 is rotated in the opening direction rather than the vertical plane, and a separately known generally bar-shaped hood fixing rod is attached. The open position of the hood 4 can be maintained without using it, and when used by general users, the stopper 1 can be
By attaching 4 to the hinge base 8,
Since the hood 4 cannot be rotated in the opening direction beyond the vertical plane, the hood 4 must be held in the open position by a separately known stopper device, which has the effect of solving the problems of the conventional device described above.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an entire embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view of Figure 1, and Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 2.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the hinge arm 6, hinge base 8, and stopper 14 shown in the figure. 4...Hood, 6...Hinge arm, 8...Hinge base, 14...Stopper.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A hinge base fixed to the vehicle body, a hinge arm fixed to the hood and supported by the hinge base so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis, and a hinge arm fixed to the hood so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis; In a hood device for an automobile having a substantially rod-shaped hood fixing rod that can be held in an open state, the hinge base has an abutting portion with which the rotated hinge arm abuts, and the abutting portion has the above-mentioned hood fixing rod. A stopper that abuts the hinge arm is detachably attached, and depending on the attachment and detachment of the stopper, the hood is held on the open side relative to the vertical plane, or is opened to the maximum at a predetermined angle on the closed side relative to the vertical plane. A hood hinge device for an automobile, characterized in that a corner is set.