Movable or removable closures – Mounted for multidirectional or oblique movement – Swings on plural axes; e.g. – pivotal link arms
Patent
1979-09-06
1981-10-13
Kannan, Philip C.
Movable or removable closures
Mounted for multidirectional or oblique movement
Swings on plural axes; e.g., pivotal link arms
296 76, E05D 1540
Patent
active
042940397
ABSTRACT:
A pivotal connection for hoods or covers of motor vehicles which includes a lever arrangement extending between a bracket which is integral with the vehicle and the hood or cover. A control device is provided for controlling a positioning of an edge of the hood or cover which is nearest to a pivot axis of the pivotal connection with a spring being provided for supporting a movement of the hood or cover into an open position. The lever arrangement includes a support arm rotatably mounted on a bracket with the support arm being connected with a track supporting the hood or cover. A link and two arm guide lever are provided so as to form with the track and support arm a four-bar linkage which undergoes a reversal in the course of a pivoting movement of the hood or cover by way of a lever articulated at a free end of the two armed guide lever as well as on the bracket.
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Dalheimer Walter
Kuus Olaf
Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
Kannan Philip C.
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