	US 7,537,073 B2
	Hinge for connecting a hood, especially an engine hood, to a vehicle body
Ingo Kalliske, Potsdam (Germany); Dieter Markfort, Berlin (Germany); and Markus Felke, Berlin (Germany)
Assigned to Takata-Petri AG, Aschaffenburg (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/534,064 PCT Filed Oct. 27, 2003, PCT No. PCT/DE03/03597 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 11, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/041601, PCT Pub. Date May 21, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 102 52 285 (DE), filed on Nov. 06, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2006/0151221 A1, Jul. 13, 2006
Int. Cl. B60R 21/34 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 180—69.24 [180/69.21; 180/274; 296/187.04; 16/222]

22 Claims

1. A hinge for connecting a hood to a vehicle body, having

at least one hinge carrier arranged on the vehicle body,

at least one hinge arm arranged on the hood, and

at least one connecting part for a pivotable connection of the at least one hinge arm to the at least one hinge carrier,

wherein the hinge is configured so that the pivotable connection of the at least one hinge arm to the at least one hinge carrier is released in an event of an accident by removal and/or destruction of the at least one connecting part due to forces acting in an axial direction of a pivot axis of the hinge.