Pivotal hood arrangement, especially in motor vehicles

US4283085A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimler-Benz AG · DE

Inventors

• Bruno Sacco · Sindelfingen, DE
• Hermann Renner · Worms, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 17, 1978
• Grant date: Aug 11, 1981
• Expiry date: Nov 17, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60S1/0405
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A pivotal hood-like structure, especially for use in motor vehicles, for covering a separate aggregate space underneath an engine hood which accommodate a windshield wiper installation arranged between the engine space and the passenger space within the area underneath the windshield. After turning on the windshield wiper installation, the hood-like structure is initially pivoted into and held in a first open position for the operation of the windshield wiper arms, and after turning off the windshield wiper installation, the hood-like structure is returned into the closed position by the force of a spring. The hood-like structure may be manually pivoted into a second wide open position, so as to permit easy access to the aggregate space for purposes of maintenance. A pivot axis of the hood-like structure is arranged so that it is pivoted into the aggregate space during the opening thereof.