Front hood safety closure system having a separate catch-hook control

US8534720B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE
• AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

• Dieter Meyer · Wolfsburg, DE
• Alexander Schaaf · Bokensdorf, DE
• Florian Zysk · Berlin, DE
• Michael Drescher · Allensbach, DE
• Bernd Krauter · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 17, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 4, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T292/1047
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A front hood safety closure system for motor vehicles includes a rotary latch disposed to swivel about an axis, a catch hook, a striker, as well as a retaining pawl disposed to swivel about an axis, in the closed position of the front hood, the rotary latch being connected to the striker located on the front hood in that the rotary latch receives the middle limb of the striker within a fork-shaped recess adapted to the shape of the striker, and when the locking of the front hood is released, the striker being connected to the catch hook performing a safety function upon release of the retention by the rotary latch, both the rotary latch and the retaining pawl assigned a stop. The catch hook is swivelable, independently of the rotary latch, about the catch hook axis, the catch hook axis being coincident with the rotary latch axis.