Device for electrical opening and closing of a vehicle lid equipped with a lock of the cocking type
AssigneeRegie Nationale des Usines Renault
InventorJacques Bascou
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Abstract
A device for electrical opening and closing of a motor lid, such as a trunk lid, equipped with a lock of the cocking type includes a case in which a latch and a locking lever are mounted to pivot. The locking of the lock is done mechanically during the closing of the lid and is extended by a complete electrical closing of the lid as a result of a gearmotor which assures the axial sliding of the case inside a sleeve. The partial electrical opening is obtained by rotation in a reverse direction of the gearmotor, which causes the axial exiting of the case outside of the sleeve together with the automatic unlocking of the cocking lock.
Claims14
A device for locking and electrically opening and closing a motor vehicle lid, said device comprising:
- a guide sleeve fixed relative to said lid;
- a lock case moveable in said guide sleeve in a first direction;
- a gearmotor fixed relative to said lid and including means for moving said lock case in two opposite senses of said first direction between a partial opening position and a closed position;
- a latch pivotally mounted in said lock case for pivoting about an axis perpendicular to said first direction along an arc including a locked position and an unlocked position, said latch having a hook portion engagable with a striker fixed to said lid when said latch is pivoted into said locked position;
- a locking lever having a pivot shaft pivotable about a pivot axis extending in said first direction, said pivot shaft having a control portion extending out of said lock case, said locking lever including means for locking said latch in said locked position;
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- a first electric contact positioned such that when said case is in said partial opening position, said first electric contact is engaged and triggered by said latch when said latch moves from said locked position and in a direction away from said unlocked position, said gearmotor being operatively connected to said first electric contact for moving said case to said closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.