Abstract: A positioning tool is disclosed that is configured for use with a front-end module (FEM) of a vehicle to align the FEM with a hood of the vehicle. The positioning tool includes: a body; a receiving member that is connected to the body and configured for engagement with the hood of the vehicle; and at least one engagement member that is supported by the body. The at least one engagement member is configured to interface with the FEM such that movement of the positioning tool causes corresponding movement of the FEM, whereby the FEM is aligned relative to the hood of the vehicle upon closure of the hood of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for noise reduction in a semi-truck tractor. The semi-truck tractor has hood cowling that is carried on an upper hood support mounted to a firewall of the semi-truck tractor. The invention includes applying a resilient sleeve to the upper hood support to eliminate a noise generated by vibration of the hood cowling when supported by the upper hood support. The resilient sleeve has an opening at a proximal end of the sleeve. The sleeve is dimensioned to surround an exposed face of the upper hood support when mounted to the firewall. The resilient sleeve provides a low friction barrier between the hood cowling and the upper hood support with the hood cowling in a closed position and supported by the upper hood support.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a hood swingable in an up-down direction between an open position, in which the hood is positioned expose an engine room, and a closed position, in which the hood is positioned to close the engine room, and at least one damper to urge the hood toward a side of the open position. The damper is swingable in the up-down direction to rise toward a standing position in response to the hood being swung from a position closer to the closed position toward a position closer to the open position and fall toward a lying position in response to the hood being swung from the position closer to the open position to the position closer to the closed position. An urging mechanism is provided to, while the damper is in a position closer to the lying position than an intermediate position, apply to the hood an urging force to urge the hood from the position closer to the closed position toward the position closer to the open position against the load of the hood.

Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to a hood prop assembly for a vehicle having a hood panel with a slot. The hood prop assembly includes an elongated member, a housing, and a retainer mechanism. The elongated member has a first end and a second end. The first end is coupled to the vehicle. The housing includes a cavity. The housing further includes a distal end and a proximate end. The cavity extends axially from the proximate end and receives the second end of the elongated member. The retainer mechanism extends from the distal end of the housing. The housing and the retainer mechanism rotatably move with respect to the second end of the elongated member between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the retainer mechanism engages with the slot to retain the hood panel and in the unlocked position, the retainer mechanism disengages with the slot.

Abstract: The straightening plate mounting structure includes: a support member including a bottom plate portion in which a first elongated hole and second elongated holes are formed; a left straightening plate which is formed in a plate shape having a convex portion engageable with the first elongated hole and adjusts an air flow in a hood; and a right straightening plate which is formed in a plate shape having convex portions engageable with the second elongated holes and adjusts the air flow in the hood.

Abstract: A motor vehicle bonnet lock includes a locking mechanism which substantially consists of a rotary latch and a pawl. The locking mechanism interacts with a striker element on a bonnet. The lock further has an unlocking/opening mechanism for the bonnet, which mechanism is equipped with a release element provided in the interior of a motor vehicle body. It is required to operate the release element preferably twice to open the bonnet. The locking mechanism is transferred to a pre-latched position after the release element has been operated at least once, with the striker element still being trapped. The bonnet is opened from said pre-latched position by a movement in its longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A hood prop member for a vehicle is provided having a support rod that has a first end configured to attach proximate a firewall of the vehicle, and a second end configured to couple proximate to a body panel of the vehicle. A prop rod having a connection end and a pivoting end is provided. The pivoting end is pivotingly attached proximate an end of the support rod. A hood attachment bracket is configured to attach to a hood of the vehicle. A storage connection point is attached to the support rod proximate an end opposite an end to which the pivoting end of the prop rod is proximately coupled. The connection end is attachable to the storage connection point in a hood-down position. The connection end is also attachable to the hood attachment bracket and configured to maintain the hood of the vehicle in a hood-raised position.

Abstract: A solar charging shopping scooter is shown and described. The solar charging shopping scooter includes a scooter, having a base with a housing affixed to a rear portion of the base. A plurality of wheels movably affixed to the underside of the base. A seat affixed to a top portion of the housing. A basket affixed to the front of the housing. A solar panel is attached to the scooter. The solar panel is capable of charging the scooter. An electrical connection, wherein the electrical connection is configured to attach to a wall outlet.

Abstract: A hinge base member (5) and a hinge upper member (15) of a hinge (1) for an engine hood (3) are provided with main bodies (5, 17) each having a laterally facing major plane, and link members (9, 10) are connected between the main bodies of the hinge base member and the hinge upper member and overlies the main bodies of the hinge base member and the hinge upper member from a first lateral side. The hinge upper member is provided with an extension (17) fixedly attached to the side part of the hood and extending forward from the main body of the hinge upper member with an offset to a second lateral side opposite to the first lateral side with respect to the main body of the hinge base member.

Abstract: A front frame assembly for mounting a front suspension and wheel assembly of a vehicle can include a pair of longitudinally extending frame members, a pair of upwardly extending frame members, and a transverse bracket frame member extending transversely from and connected to each of the upwardly extending frame members. The transverse bracket can include mount structures for connecting to various vehicle components, such as a pair of dampers, a radiator, hood cushions, and a headlight assembly. The transverse bracket can be locate in an upper portion of the vehicle engine compartment, and extending above a top most position of the radiator.

Abstract: A battery electric counterbalanced forklift reliably prevents rainwater from entering an electrical part compartment in a counterweight and also allows a battery cover attachment task to be performed more readily than conventionally. The forklift includes a body frame forming a battery compartment within a vehicle body, an openable battery cover closing the battery compartment, a counterweight disposed adjacently behind the body frame, a hinge rotatably joining the body frame and the battery cover, and an inner cover disposed so as to extend widthwise beyond a boundary between the body frame and the counterweight. The inner cover and the hinge are fastened together to the body frame at a portion forming the boundary.

Abstract: A hood of a tractor including a front grill, a light unit, and an upper cover is provided with a center pillar. The front grill is attached to the center pillar, the light unit is attached to the front grill, and the upper cover is supported by the center pillar. The hood is further provided with a side frame and a lower cover, where the side frame is attached to the center pillar, and the lower cover is attached to at least the upper cover and the side frame.

Abstract: A hood stay device for a vehicle includes a housing, support, and latch. A proximal end of the housing is pivotably coupled to the hood or vehicle body. An inner end of the support is within the housing. The support extends through a distal end of the housing to an outer end of the support that is pivotably coupled to the other one of the hood or vehicle body. The support is slidable relative to the housing along an axis and includes teeth arranged in a rack along the axis. The latch is coupled to the housing and movable between locked and unlocked positions relative thereto. When in the locked position, the latch engages the teeth to inhibit movement of the support member along the axis. When in the unlocked position, the latch is apart from the teeth to permit movement of the support along the axis.

Abstract: The working vehicle includes an engine installed in a front portion of a traveling machine body, and a post-processing device configured to purify exhaust gas from the engine. The post-processing device is mounted on an upper side of the engine. The engine and the post-processing device are covered with a hood. A hood shield plate is disposed on a rear surface side of the hood and covers at least the post-processing device from a rear surface. A heat insulating layer is formed between an operating seat disposed on a rear side of the hood and the hood shield plate.

Abstract: An automobile comprises an automatically opening and closing boot lid having a drive mechanism located on the dry side of the drain channel and a rotatable shaft extending into the wet side of the drain channel, in order to provide drive to an arm which opens and closes the boot lid. The drive mechanism may be a linear actuator, such as a spindle drive, but drive is transmitted through the drain channel as torque.

Abstract: A hood hinge for a motor vehicle includes a first part attached to a vehicle body part and a second part attached to a front hood. A lift mechanism is configured to extend the attachment parts from a starting position into a cushioning position in which the front hood is raised from the starting position. The lift mechanism includes a first lever coupled to one of the attachment parts and a second lever coupled to the other attachment part for rotation about a rotational axis respectively. The first and second levers are rotatably coupled about a rotational axis. A traction element generates a traction force by extension of the attachment parts, which limits the extension movement thereof.

Abstract: In a bonnet of a tractor having an upper cover and a pair of lower covers, the upper cover has a center line formed from a front end point up to a diagonally-rearward midpoint, and the upper cover is provided with two opening parts sandwiching the center line. In addition, the opening parts are disposed so that one side of each follows the center line.

Abstract: An apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a hood inner panel having a rear edge and a front edge, a latch mounted to the hood inner panel at an offset location that is spaced from the front edge, and at least one bump stop mounted to the hood inner panel between the offset location and the front edge. The bump stop includes a lock feature to prevent removal of the bump stop from the hood inner panel. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, mounting at least one resilient bump stop to the hood inner panel between the offset location and the front edge to absorb impact energy and to provide a seal force to stabilize the latch during closure.

Abstract: An active hood apparatus for a vehicle includes a hood configured to cover an engine compartment of vehicle, and at least one hinge device configured to rotatably connect a rear end portion of the hood to a vehicle body. The hinge device includes a fixing bracket fixed to the vehicle body. A rotation bracket is provided such that a rear end thereof is rotatably connected to a rear end portion of the fixing bracket. A hood bracket is fixed to an inner surface of the hood and fixed to the rotation bracket by a first breaking pin. A connecting link provided such that opposite ends thereof are rotatably connected to a rear end portion of the hood bracket and a middle portion of the rotation bracket respectively. An actuator is configured to push up the connecting link in the event that a collision occurs.

Abstract: A bonnet mounting apparatus of an agricultural work vehicle enables a bonnet that covers an engine compartment of an agricultural work vehicle to be opened upward. The bonnet mounting apparatus includes: a fastener on which a coupling protrusion is provided, and which is attached to the inside of one end portion of a bonnet; and a hinge on which a coupling recess, into which the coupling protrusion is inserted, is provided, and which is hingedly coupled to the upper end of a bonnet support at a vehicle body side so as to be rotatable upward and downward. According to the present invention, the bonnet is easily connected to the vehicle body by inserting the coupling protrusion of the bonnet into the coupling recess of the hinge at the vehicle body side.

Abstract: A work vehicle such as a tractor including a cooling fan (12a) arranged in front of the vehicle's engine main body (1), and is configured to feed air to the engine main body. The work vehicle further includes a DPF (19), which is arranged on one side of the engine main body and purifies exhaust gas exhausted from the engine main body, and an engine hood (7), which covers the engine main body, the cooling fan, and the DPF. An outside air intake port (21) is formed in both side surfaces of the engine hood at a position further forward than the cooling fan. On both side surfaces of the engine hood, a first opening (30) capable of exhausting air inside the engine hood in a direction away from the vehicle's operation seat in side view is formed in a position facing the DPF in the lateral direction.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle hood capable of improving pedestrian protection performance by suppressing an increase in acceleration secondary peak while increasing an acceleration primary peak. A vehicle hood includes an outer panel, an inner panel, and a deformable part that deforms with the outer panel when the outer panel deforms toward the inner panel, in which the inner panel includes a bottom, an upright wall, and an opposed part, and the deformable part includes a joint part joined to an intermediate wall of the upright wall or the opposed part, and a displaceable part that is close to or in contact with the outer panel above the bottom and is capable of being downward displaced with the outer panel to below the joint part when the outer panel deforms toward the inner panel.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle hood that allows a reduction in thickness of an outer panel while providing stiffness of the outer panel. A vehicle hood includes an outer panel, an inner panel, and a plurality of adhesive components. The inner panel has a plurality of beads. Each bead has a support part that supports each adhesive component. The adhesive components are provided on the support parts so as to be intermittently aligned along a specific direction. A support-part interval between the support parts adjacent to each other in an intersecting direction is smaller than an adhesive-component interval between the adhesive components adjacent to each other on the support parts.

Abstract: A first hood member is fixed to an upper side opening edge of machine room and a second hood member is adjacently fixed to the upper side opening edge. The first hood member includes a reinforcing deformation part disposed along one notch-like edge portion positioned above a part adjacent to second hood member and has a protruded-shape cross section upward; and a pressing portion disposed at one notch-like edge portion along the reinforcing deformation part and protruding downward. The second hood member includes a pressed groove portion disposed corresponding to the pressing portion and has a recessed-shape cross section upward.

Abstract: A mounting assembly is provided. The mounting assembly includes a first assembly portion coupled to a first component and a second assembly portion coupled to a second component. The first assembly portion includes a first bracket and a locating pin. The first bracket has a first surface, a second surface, and defines a first bracket protrusion having a first bracket bore therein. The locating pin has a first end, a second end, and an exterior surface. The first end of the locating pin is fixedly mounted within the first bracket bore. The second assembly portion includes a base plate that has a base plate first surface and a base plate second surface and defines a base plate protrusion portion having a protrusion bore therein. The locating pin is configured to be inserted into the protrusion bore in order to position the first component with respect to the second component.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a hood that is rotatably secured to a vehicle body. The hood has an upper panel, a lower panel, and a reinforcement member disposed therebetween. The reinforcement member has a baseplate and a tab. The baseplate is secured to an internal surface of the lower panel. The tab has a proximal end that is secured to the baseplate and a distal end that extends away from the baseplate and is secured to an internal surface of the upper panel.

Abstract: A mounting member for an actuator of a machine is disclosed. The actuator has a cylinder defining a longitudinal direction and a motor disposed adjacent to a mounting end of the cylinder. The actuator has a first angular orientation and a second angular orientation about the longitudinal direction with respect to the mounting member. The motor is disposed proximal to the mounting member in the first angular orientation and disposed distal to the mounting member in the second angular orientation. The mounting member includes a base portion to couple to a frame of the machine and a bracket portion extending from the base portion. The bracket portion is coupled to the mounting end of the cylinder. The mounting member further includes a guide portion extending from the base portion to prevent coupling of the actuator to the bracket portion in the first angular orientation.

Abstract: Disclosed is an active hood hinge device for vehicles. The active hood hinge device includes an actuator bracket rotatably coupled to a mounting bracket of a vehicle body at one side, a locking lever rotatably coupled to the actuator bracket and driven by an operating force of an actuator, a long link rotatably coupled to the actuator bracket, and unfolded and rotated from the actuator bracket by a rotating force of the locking lever, and a hood bracket rotatably coupled with the long link and fixedly coupled to a hood panel at opposite sides.

Abstract: An engine device of a working vehicle is capable of easily enhancing heat-retaining properties of a first case or a second case, and capable of easily forming, between an outer top plate and an inner top plate, a heat shield space in which a differential pressure sensor can be installed. The working vehicle includes an operation cabin on which an operator rides, the first case for removing particulate matter in exhaust gas in an engine, the second case for removing nitrogen oxide in exhaust gas of the engine, and a hood for covering an upper surface of the engine, and a top plate portion of the hood opposed to one or both of the first case and the second case placed on the upper surface of the engine is formed into a double structure from the outer top plate and the inner top plate.

Abstract: A hood, for example a front hood, for a motor vehicle body is described. The hood includes an outer skin and a stiffening structure covered by the outer skin. The stiffening structure includes a nub plate with a substrate and nubs extending from the substrate under the outer skin made of plastic. A second plate is includes on which apexes of the nubs are fastened.

Abstract: The invention relates to an air intake device (16) of a vehicle-interior ventilation system (10), in particular of a vehicle air conditioner, having a filter chamber (18) which is arranged upstream of a fan blower (34), and a filter (32) which is arranged in the filter chamber (18), the filter chamber (18) having a fresh air inlet (22) upstream of the filter (32) and a filter maintenance opening (40) which makes it possible to install and dismantle the filter (32). Furthermore, the air intake device (16) comprises an air-guiding component (24) which can be dismantled and has a fresh air intake opening (28), which air-guiding component (24) forms a fresh air duct (26) which extends from the fresh air intake opening (28) to the fresh air inlet (22) of the filter chamber (18), and which air-guiding component (24) closes the filter maintenance opening (40) by way of a cover section (42).

Abstract: A hood latch release system for a vehicle. The hood latch release system may have a cable and a linkage. Deflection of the cable may actuate the linkage to unlatch the hood latch.

Abstract: A detent hood hinge which includes a hinge bracket fixed to a vehicle body, and a hinge arm rotatably coupled to the hinge bracket at a first end, a hood being coupled to a second end of the hinge arm may include a detent bracket coupled to the hinge arm and having a slide hole perforated on one side, a sleeve pin mounted so as to protrude from the slide hole at one end and coupled to the detent bracket so as to be slidable along the slide hole, a spring configured to be elastically deformed in accordance with sliding of the sleeve pin, and a lock stopper fixed to the hinge bracket and formed with a seating groove.

Abstract: An engine cover comprises a top surface part covering an engine from above and a rear surface part hanging down from a rear end of the top surface part and making contact with a top surface of a counterweight. A lock device is provided between the engine cover and the counterweight for locking the engine cover to the counterweight. The rear surface part of the engine cover is recessed toward the engine side to provide a lock device-accommodating recessed portion for accommodating the lock device. A camera opening is provided in an upper position of the lock device-accommodating recessed portion, and the rear-view camera is mounted to an inner surface side of the engine cover in a position corresponding to the camera opening.

Abstract: An attachment unit for a heat exchanger of a motor vehicle, having an integral hinge, which has two attachment parts disposed movable relative to one another, whereby the first attachment part is used for positioning on the heat exchanger and the second attachment part for fixation to a motor vehicle body. The attachment part is produced in a simple manner and is stable against vibrations by the motor vehicle. The integral hinge for support after installation on the heat exchanger has at least one retaining element for the form-fitting insertion in a bearing of the integral hinge.

Abstract: Disclosed is an active hood hinge device for vehicles. The active hood hinge device includes an actuator bracket rotatably coupled to a mounting bracket of a vehicle body at one side, a locking lever rotatably coupled to the actuator bracket and driven by an operating force of an actuator, a long link rotatably coupled to the actuator bracket, and unfolded and rotated from the actuator bracket by a rotating force of the locking lever, and a hood bracket rotatably coupled with the long link and fixedly coupled to a hood panel at opposite sides.

Abstract: A hood assembly is provided. The hood assembly includes an outer panel having an interior surface and a peripheral edge. The hood assembly further includes a frame mounted to the outer panel. The frame has a contoured section. The contoured section is spaced apart from the interior surface of the outer panel and adjacent a forward portion of the peripheral edge of the outer panel. The contoured section includes an opening disposed on the contoured section so as to facilitate a deformation of the outer panel from a top down load.

Abstract: A hydraulic tubing support that reduces noise transmitted to an operator due to pulsation of hydraulic oil in a junction tube. The hydraulic tubing support structure includes a pair of left and right remote control valves for generating pilot pressures for the plurality of hydraulic actuators in response to an input operation performed on each operating lever, pump-side tubes and tank-side tubes respectively extending from the respective remote control valves, a junction tube for allowing communication of the tubes guided to below a floor plate through a through hole and communication of the tubes guided to below the floor plate through a through hole, and a middle reinforcement beam extending in a right-and-left direction and fixed to the lower surface of the floor plate. The junction tube is fixed to the middle reinforcement beam in a non-contact state with the floor plate.

Abstract: Latch assemblies and children's products that include the latch assemblies are disclosed herein. The children's products may include a children's ride-on vehicle. The children's ride-on vehicle may include a vehicle body, a plurality of wheels, and a hinged assembly that is coupled to the vehicle body. The hinged assembly may include a base member, a hinged member, and a latch assembly that is configured to selectively retain the hinged assembly in a closed orientation. The latch assembly may include a female member, a male member that is configured to be selectively interconnected with the female member, and a guide structure. The guide structure may be configured to direct the male member and the female member into an aligned orientation from which the male member may be received within the female member.

Abstract: A hood assembly for enclosing a service compartment of a machine includes a hood member with a slit and at least one hinge. A bracket, attached to an attachment portion of the hood member, includes a slot with a stop portion. A support member has a first end retained into an inner portion of the hood member. A second end is engagable with the slot in the bracket. A latch unit with a lock bar is tiltable and positionable between a first position and a second position. The lock bar moves corresponding to the first position away from the hood member, unlatching the lock bar, and to the second position towards the hood member, latching the lock bar. The hood member pivots between a first closed position and an open position. The open position is a locked open position as the second end is retained within the stop portion.

Abstract: A hinge including a first hinge half rotatably connected to a second hinge half is described. A support mechanism selectively supports the first hinge half at one or more rotated positions relative to the second hinge half. The support mechanism includes a support which is selectively biased toward a support position in which the support is capable of supporting the first hinge half at a rotated position relative to the second hinge half. The support can further be selectively biased into a disengaged position in which the support is not capable of supporting the first hinge half relative to the second hinge half. With the support in a disengaged position, the first hinge half is freely pivotable relative to the second hinge half. An automatic reset mechanism may be utilized in connection with the hinge to reposition the support from the disengaged position to the support position as the hinge approaches a predefined position.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a safety arrangement for a vehicle. The safety arrangement comprises a bonnet being displaceable between a closed position, an open position, permitting access to an engine compartment of the vehicle, and a deployed position, in which position there is a gap between the bonnet and the engine compartment. The bonnet is displaceable from the closed position to the deployed position, which is located upwards and rearwards as compared to the closed position. Further, the bonnet is directly openable to the open position both from the closed position and from the deployed position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile apparatus, including a frame, and operating arm connected to the frame, a cab with one or more cab seats, drive means configured to drive the mobile apparatus and/or the operating arm, and at least one tank, wherein the at least one tank is positioned under the one or more cab seats.

Abstract: A first panel includes an engaging section configured to engage with an engaged section so as to allow displacement of the engaged section according to swinging of a hood between a closed position and an open position and restrict the swinging of the hood in a state where an opening section is opened. The engaging section engages with the engaged section such that the engaged section is detachable by being displaced in a predetermined first direction. The machine main body further includes an auxiliary supporting section provided in a machine room and configured to restrict, by detachably supporting the engaged section detached from the engaging section, the swinging of the hood in a state where the opening section is opened.

Abstract: A hinge assembly including a vehicle body hinge member configured to be connected with a vehicle body and a hood hinge member configured to be connected with a vehicle hood. The vehicle body hinge member and the hood hinge member are pivotally connected so the hood can be opened for servicing and closed for driving. In one embodiment, a pedestrian protection device includes a bracket movable between an extended position in which a rear portion of the vehicle hood is in an elevated position and a retracted position in which the rear portion of the vehicle hood is in a drivable position. A shear pin extends through the bracket for maintaining the bracket in the retracted position until a threshold force is applied to the bracket. The device includes an actuator configured to apply at least the threshold force to shear the shear pin, thereby moving the bracket to the extended position. A reset latch relocks the bracket in the retracted position after the shear pin has been sheared.

Abstract: Provided is a construction machine including a guard panel with an air suction port and capable of ensuring a required intake opening area with suppressed disadvantages of the air suction port. The construction machine includes an engine, a cooling fan, and a heat exchanger which are accommodated in a device accommodation space in an upper slewing body, and a guard panel covering the device accommodation space. The guard panel includes a first panel with an opening edge defining an opening and a second panel that opens and closes the opening and has a peripheral portion to be supported by the opening edge with the opening closed. Respective parts of the peripheral portion and the opening edge are shifted from each other in an inward-outward direction to form an air suction port bringing the device accommodation space into communication with outside, between the second panel and the first panel.

Abstract: A hood connection assembly, sometimes referred to as an articulated hood pivot linkage, for a vehicle is disclosed. The hood connection assembly is an articulating interface between a vehicle chassis member and the vehicle hood. In use, the hood connection assembly provides up to three (3) points of isolation from chassis torsion as well as providing a “virtual axis” type pivoting connection. A “virtual axis” type pivoting connection provides an upwardly and outwardly motion of hood travel.

Abstract: A hood frame is provided with a center bead, front radiating beads and rear radiating beads to ensure that the front hood bends in the shape of inverted letter-V under a frontal crash load. Further, the beads provide the hood frame with a stiffness (including an out-of-plane stiffness) which is required of the front hood while the downward deformation of the hood frame under a downward load can be controlled and the HIC level can be set at an appropriate level.

Abstract: An arrangement for mounting a substantially vertical mechanical element, as a technical front surface, on a structural transverse element of bodywork of a vehicle such as an upper crossbar, the mechanical element including at least one substantially horizontal portion or structural nozzle bearing on an upper surface of the crossbar. The arrangement includes at least one carrier plate for the mechanical element which is slid under the bodywork of the vehicle and then mounted vertically. The plate includes a yoke for receiving the vertical mechanical element and which is capable of holding the element between at least one vertical position inclined towards the front and a vertical position.

Abstract: A hood mount assembly for positioning and mounting a hood to a vehicle having a frame and a cab, wherein the hood is moveable between open and closed positions, includes a hinge assembly adjustably mountable between a front portion of the hood and the vehicle frame and at least one ball and socket assembly. The at least one ball and socket assembly has a ball member secured to one of a portion of the cab and a rear portion of the hood and a socket secured to the other of the portion of the cab and the rear portion of the hood. The ball member is receivable within the socket when the hood is moved into the closed position. An interior surface of the socket guides the ball into a predetermined position within the socket to position the hood relative to the cab.