Hinge system for motor vehicle boot lid comprising an articulated arm and a sliding arm

• US 6,761,393 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2002
• Issued: 07/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Renault Sas (Renault)
• Original Assignee: Renault Sas (Renault)
• Inventors: Durand, David, Pastourel, Dominique
• Primary Examiner(s): Pedder, Dennis H.
• Application Number:
  US10/182,910
• Publication Number:
  US 20030009846A1
• Time in Patent Office: 711 Days
• Field of Search: 296/76, 296/146.4, 296/146.8, 296/146.12, 296/106, 296/50, 492/13, 492/15
• US Class Current: 296/146.8
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/06 slidable; foldable
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/062 for utility vehicles or public transport B60J5/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/12 slidable; foldable
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/125 for utility vehicles or public transport B60J5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 15/30 with pivoted arms and sliding guides
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/63 operated by swinging arms
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/649 operated by swinging arms
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/516 for trucks or trailers
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/548 Trunk lids

Abstract

A motor vehicle trunk door articulated to the ends of a first arm mounted pivoting, at its other end, about a vertical lateral pin integral with a body. The truck door moves from a closing position towards an opening position, substantially perpendicular to the closing position, by the first arm having a curved shape, and a second arm. One of the ends of the second arm is secured to the trunk door and the other end is mounted pivoting on a sliding sleeve mounted on a guide rail.

Claims

1. A motor-vehicle trunk door articulated on one of ends of a first arm mounted pivotally at another end around a vertical lateral pin integral with a chassis, wherein the trunk door is shifted from a closed position to an open position, substantially perpendicular to the closed position, by the first arm, which has a curved shape, and by a second arm, a first end of the second arm being fixed to the door, while a second end of the second arm being mounted pivotally on a slide mounted in a guide rail.

2. A trunk door according to claim 1, wherein the guide rail has a shape of an elbow, with a first portion oriented obliquely relative to a plane of symmetry of a vehicle and extending from an interior point of a floor of the vehicle to a point situated near a rear middle point of a rear of the vehicle, and with a second portion extending from the rear middle point, substantially parallel to a lower edge of a cutout of the trunk door, toward a side on which the vertical lateral pin is mounted.