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Vehicle liftgate power operating system

  • US 6,092,337 A
  • Filed: 02/05/1999
  • Issued: 07/25/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A power operating system that opens and closes a vehicle liftgate for pivotal attachment to an aft end of a vehicle roof for pivotal movement between an open position and a closed position about a generally horizontal axis comprising:

  • at least one drive unit that includes a reversible electric motor, a segmented sector driven by the electric motor, and a track,the segmented sector having a plurality of links including one link that slides in the track, the one link being pivotally attached to the vehicle liftgate at one end and to another link of the segmented sector at the other end.

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