| US 7,357,437 B2 | ||
| Vehicle trunk lid opening device | ||
| Jürgen Kuhr, Osnabrück (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, Osnabrueck (Germany) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/558,850 PCT Filed May 25, 2004, PCT No. PCT/DE2004/001085 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 23, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/108457, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 16, 2004. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 103 24 757 (DE), filed on May 30, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0029833 A1, Feb. 08, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60J 7/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 296—76 [296/107.08] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A vehicle capable of selectively moving a rear trunk lid from a closed position into a forward-inclined intake position
for opening up a substantially forward-facing intake opening, as well as from the closed position into a rearward-inclined
loading position for opening up a substantially rearward-facing loading opening, the vehicle comprising:
a rear trunk lid having a forward edge that is, at least in its closed position, detachably connected with the vehicle body
via at least one hinge defining a hinge axis,
at least one support lever disposed on one vehicle side and underneath the rear trunk lid, which support lever is pivotable
about a pivot axis that is stationary relative to the vehicle and extends in the traverse direction of the vehicle, which
support lever is arranged and constructed to pivotably move the rear trunk lid from the closed position into the intake position
and, in the intake position of the rear trunk lid, serves as the sole support for the rear trunk lid, wherein in the vicinity
of a rear edge of the rear trunk lid, the rear trunk lid is, at least in its closed position, in detachable hinged connection
with a portion of the support lever located above the pivot axis, and
a first catch component provided on an upper end region of the support lever, the first catch component being arranged and
constructed to detachably engage with a second catch component disposed on the rear trunk lid in a position that is rearward
of the first catch component in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle when the rear trunk lid is in the closed position,
wherein, when the hinged connection between the rear trunk lid and the support lever is released, the rear trunk lid is pivotable
from its closed position into its loading position about the hinge axis, and
the rear trunk lid is movable from its closed position into its intake position, in which the support lever is pivotable by
maintaining the hinged connection in a position that the first and second catch components come into mutual engagement, and
the connection of the rear trunk lid with the vehicle via the at least one hinge is first releasable by rearward movement
of the rear trunk lid, and the rear trunk lid is then further pivotable by lifting the forward edge of the rear trunk lid.
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