US Patent Issued to PHA on Sept. 16 for "Active hood hinge for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,188, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to PHA Co. LTD. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Active hood hinge for vehicle" was invented by Seung Wan Kim (Daegu, South Korea) and Dong Hyun Kim (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active hood hinge for a vehicle includes: a vehicle body bracket fixedly coupled to a vehicle body of a vehicle; a hood bracket fixedly coupled to a hood of the vehicle; an arm having a front end connected to the hood bracket, and a rear end connected to the vehicle body bracket; a lever connected to the arm; a locking pin having one side fixed to the lever and the other side protruding through the hood br...