Decklid hinge with motor to automate opening and closing

Details Decklid hinge with motor to automate opening and closing Decklid hinge with motor to automate opening and closing

2007-11-13

2007-11-13

Morrow, Jason S (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Trunk lids

C296S146400, C049S340000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11278485

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle decklid displacement mechanism includes a linkage for leveraging displacement of the lid with respect to a vehicle body, an extension strut having spring means biasing the ends of the strut away from each other and a motorized crank. The crank is driven by the motor for pivotal engagement with the extendable strut so that the combined leverage of the linkage and the biasing of the strut geometrically urge the decklid to an open position. A position of the crank is adjusted by the motor to retract the decklid from its fully open position, at which point the weight of the lid overcomes the leverage of the linkage and the biasing of the extendable strut to displace the decklid toward its open position.

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