2016-08-242016-08-242014-04-15http://hdl.handle.net/10919/72719A method and device for use in pedestrian-vehicular collisions in which an active hood lift system is deployed to a first elevated lift position and maintained at the deployed position for an interval after which it is lowered, thereby controlling pedestrian impact kinetics and reducing forces that can result pedestrian injuries.application/pdfen-USPatenthttp://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/57/002/087/0.pdf12779325701/36701/45B60R21/388700257