Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – End gates
Patent
1998-12-29
2000-05-30
Dayoan, D. Glenn
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
End gates
2961464, B62D 3303
Patent
active
06068321&
ABSTRACT:
A motor vehicle includes a body, a closure panel and a drive arrangement. The closure panel, which in one exemplary form is a tailgate for a pick-up truck, is attached to the body for rotation about a horizontally extending pivot axis located adjacent a lower edge of the closure panel. The closure panel is pivotable between a closed position in which an upper edge of the closure panel is located adjacent the body and an open position in which the upper edge is displaced from the body. The drive arrangement is attached to the body and is operative for articulating the closure panel between the open position and the closed position. The drive arrangement preferably includes first and second flexible cables in the form of chains which extend from side walls of the body and are attached to the closure panel. A drive rod is pivotally mounted to the body for rotation about an axis parallel to the horizontally extending pivot axis. A second end of the flexible cables are interconnected to the drive rod.
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Calcaterra Mark P.
Coletta Lori L.
DaimlerChrysler Corporation
Dayoan D. Glenn
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