Vehicle hood mounting system
CA 2199686 C · Owner: Parfitt, Laurence S. · Inventors: Parfitt, Laurence S.; Rickert, Eric J.; Shearn, Kenneth M.
Overview
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A hood mounting system and methods having compliant hinge assemblies mounted between frontal portions of a hood and the vehicle frame. Detachable mating members are also preferably included and mounted between rearward portions of the hood and the vehicle cab. Such mating members can also provide compliant connection. The hood hinge assemblies shown have a rocker member pivotally connected to a support member and at least one resilient member between the rocker member and the support member. A second pivot axis is also defined relative to the rocker member about which the hood pivots.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed March 11, 1997 and granted August 21, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 11, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 11, 2019.
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