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US 2001/0042995 A1Published application
Tailgate pull handle of automobile
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorYong-Soo Kim
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Abstract
A tailgate pull handle of automobile adapted to lower a pull handle formed at a tailgate when the tailgate is opened, thereby allowing a short person to have an easy access to the pull handle for closing same, the pull handle comprising an actuating device mounted at an inner lower side or a lower end of the tailgate for moving same toward the ground when the tailgate is opened.
Claims12
A tailgate pull handle of an automobile, the pull handle comprising:
- a handle coupled to hinge means at an inner lower side of a trim panel and protruded at one side thereof into the trim panel;
- a slider formed with a hitching groove for interlocking with an inner lateral end of the trim panel at the handle and supported by guide means for elevation;
- resilient means for applying resilience to lower the slider;
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- a piston coupled to a lower end of the slider and protruded to a lower surface of the trim panel for contact with a body.
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A tailgate pull handle of an automobile, the pull handle comprising:
- a first bezel coupled at a lower inner side of the trim panel and formed with a first through hole;
- a handle for piercing the first through hole for sliding motion;
- a piston for cooperatively moving along the handle and for going up and down through a second through hole at a second bezel coupled to a lower side of the trim panel;
- link means for transmitting a horizontal movement of the handle to the piston for elevation;
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- resilient means for applying resilience such hat the handle can be protruded to the trim panel.
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A tailgate pull handle of an automobile, the pull handle comprising:
- a through hole formed underneath the trim panel of the tailgate and for creating a gap at a tailgate inner panel;
- a bracket mounted inside the through hole and fixed to the inner panel;
- a handle coupled to the bracket via a rotary axle and protruded through the through hole;
- a spring installed between the bracket and the handle in order to apply resilience to a direction where the handle is distanced from the inner panel;
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- a recess formed at the inner panel to receive the handle when the tailgate is closed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.