A hood assembly 10 comprising a latch 30 and handle 20 installed on a front pivoting engine cover, hood or bonnet 12 of a vehicle, such as a truck or lorry, the assembly comprising a latch arranged at a rearward position of the hood, the latch having at least one latched and one unlatched position, a handle remotely located with respect to the latch, the handle moveable between at least one neutral and one release positions and a remote control assembly 26 connecting the handle to the latch for translating movement of the handle into movement of the latch. The assembly allows a user to unlatch a trucks hood from a single location using handle 20, preferably located at the front of the hood and biased into the neutral position via a spring (38, fig.5). The latch may be a metal rotary latch, and may be biased into a latched position. The remote assembly may be a cable 26. A commercial vehicle comprising the remote assembly is also claimed.


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    Title :

    Hood assembly for a commercial vehicle, in particular a truck


    Contributors:
    KOCH JOHN (author) / HERZ RICHARD (author) / WENSINK BRAD (author) / JENSEN DAVID (author)

    Publication date :

    2015-09-02


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    E05B LOCKS , Schlösser / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge



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