POSITIONING ELEMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE DOORS AND PANELS

• US 20140144085A1
• Filed: 04/02/2012
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kiekert AG (Lingyun Industrial Corporation Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kiekert AG (Lingyun Industrial Corporation Limited)
• Inventors: Reddmann, Uwe
• Granted Patent: US 9,003,707 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 49/280
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/20 for assisting final closing or for initiating opening
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 3/12 with latching action devices in which the securing part is formed or merely carried by a spring and moves only by distortion of the spring, e.g. snaps, E05C19/06; tilt-plate latches E05C19/007
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/60 using electrical actuators
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 7/005 Aligning devices for wings

Abstract

The invention relates to a positioning element (1), with the aid of which the panel (2) or engine bonnet of a motor vehicle can be brought from the closed position (4) into a position in which a gap (9) forms between the upper edge (8) of the opening and the lower edge of the panel (2). The panel (2) can thus easily be unlocked and fully opened. For that purpose the positioning element (1) with inner lever (11) and outer lever (12) is connected to a drive means (17), which via the drive element (16) and the drive pawl (15) with a detent (26) ensures that the panel (2) is brought in a simple manner via the levers (11, 12) into the first raised position (6), for which purpose the detent (26) is pushed into the recess (25) of the outer lever (12) and thus brings the outer lever (12) and the inner lever (11) into the first raised position (6). Once the panel (2) has been brought by spring loading into the second raised position (7) with the aid of the spring-loaded inner lever (11), the upward travel (21) is completed, so that by means of the spring force associated with the outer lever (12), said outer lever then quickly pivots both levers.

Claims

1. Positioning element for motor vehicle doors and panels, in particular for trunk lids and tailgates of passenger cars with or without actuation handle, which is pivotable between a closed position and a raised position and which contains a lifting element activated by the unlocking of the lock of the panel, with the panel being designed to be pivoted by a motor into the raised position and then back into the closed position, wherein the lifting element contains two parts and comprises and outer lever and an inner lever, pivotable or slideable in relation to each other and which are releasably connected to a drive element, pivotably mounted on a drive lever, in which the inner lever is designed to actively pivot back in anticlockwise direction and the outer lever in clockwise direction.

2. Positioning element according to claim 1, wherein the inner lever and outer lever are acted upon by a spring.

3. Positioning element according to claim 1, wherein the inner lever is designed in such a way that during a relative movement in relation to the outer lever the drive element, designed as a drive pawl, is released from the outer lever by a stop cam.

4. Positioning element according to claim 1, wherein the inner lever is designed to partly encompass the outer lever and contains a stop ring.

5. Positioning element according to claim 1, wherein the outer lever is subjected to a greater and preferably a 20-60% greater spring loading than the inner lever.

6. Positioning element according to claim 1, wherein the outer lever contains a recess accommodating the drive element and that the drive element has a corresponding detent.

7. Positioning element according to claim 3 wherein the inner lever contains an outer curved edge designed to act on the stop cam during the relative movement.

8. Positioning element according to claim 1, wherein upon reaching the second raised position, the inner lever is designed to cause the drive means to move back into the base position, releasing the return spring of the outer lever at the same time.

9. Positioning element according to claim 1, wherein the outer lever is made of metal and the inner lever and the stop ring are made of plastic.