Articulation device for a hatchback mounted on a motor vehicle body
AssigneeRENAULT s.a.s.
InventorJacques Bascou
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Abstract
An articulation device for a hatchback mounted pivoting on a motor vehicle via a swivel rod. A structure is provided for automatically controlling the hatchback pivoting movement by a pivoting movement of a first end of a rod relative to the vehicle body structure. The hatchback pivoting direction, relative to the second end of the rod, is reversed during the first end of the rod pivoting movement between two extreme angular positions associated with extreme closed and opened positions of the hatchback.
Claims16
An articulation device for a hatchback closure member mounted pivotally on the body of a motor vehicle for obtaining a first closed position and a second open position of the closure member, comprising:
- a mechanism with first and second parallel articulation axes and a connecting rod linking the articulation axes, a first end of a said rod being pivoted on the vehicle body structure around said first articulation axis, a second end of said rod being pivoted on the hatchback closure member around said second articulation axis, parallel to said first articulation axis, and
- a control mechanism for automatically controlling pivoting movement of the hatchback closure member relative to said second end of the rod by a pivoting movement of said first end of said rod relative to the vehicle body structure, wherein a direction of pivoting of said hatchback closure relative to said second end of said rod is reversed during the pivoting movement of said first end of said rod relative to the vehicle body structure, between two angular positions assumed in a closed and an open position, respectively, of the hatchback closure.
An articulation device in combination with a motor vehicle having a hatchback closure member pivotally mounted on the body of the motor vehicle for obtaining a first closed position and a second open position of the closure member, comprising:
- a mechanism with first and second parallel articulation axes and a connecting rod linking the articulation axes, a first end of a said rod being pivoted on the vehicle body structure around said first articulation axis, a second end of said rod being pivoted on the hatchback closure member around said second articulation axis, parallel to said first articulation axis, and
- a control mechanism for automatically controlling pivoting movement of the hatchback closure member relative to said second end of the rod by a pivoting movement of said first end of said rod relative to the vehicle body structure, wherein a direction of pivoting of said hatchback closure relative to said second end of said rod is reversed during the pivoting movement of said first end of said rod relative to the vehicle body structure, between two angular positions assumed in a closed and an open position, respectively, of the hatchback closure:
- wherein said hatchback closure member comprises a door which, in the closed position, extends in a substantially vertical plane and which, in the open position, extends in a substantially horizontal plane above the vehicle.
An articulation device for a hatchback closure member mounted pivotally on the body of a motor vehicle for obtaining a first closed position and a second open position of the closure member, comprising:
- a mechanism with first and second parallel articulation axes and a connecting rod linking the articulation axes, a first end of a said rod being pivoted on the vehicle body structure around said first articulation axis, a second end of said rod being pivoted on the hatchback closure member around said second articulation axis, parallel to said first articulation axis, and
- control means for automatically controlling pivoting movement of the hatchback closure member relative to said second end of the rod by a pivoting movement of said first end of said rod relative to the vehicle body structure, wherein a direction of pivoting of said hatchback closure relative to said second end of said rod is reversed during the pivoting movement of said first end of said rod relative to the vehicle body structure, between two angular positions assumed in a closed and an open position, respectively, of the hatchback closure.
An articulation device in combination with a motor vehicle having a hatchback closure member pivotally mounted on the body of the motor vehicle for obtaining a first closed position and a second open position of the closure member, comprising:
- a mechanism with first and second parallel articulation axes and a connecting rod linking the articulation axes, a first end of a said rod being pivoted on the vehicle body structure around said first articulation axis, a second end of said rod being pivoted on the hatchback closure member around said second articulation axis, parallel to said first articulation axis, and
- control means for automatically controlling pivoting movement of the hatchback closure member relative to said second end of the rod by a pivoting movement of said first end of said rod relative to the vehicle body structure, wherein a direction of pivoting of said hatchback closure relative to said second end of said rod is reversed during the pivoting movement of said first end of said rod relative to the vehicle body structure, between two angular positions assumed in a closed and an open position, respectively, of the hatchback closure;
- wherein said hatchback closure comprises a door which, in the closed position, extends in a substantially vertical plane and which, in the open position, extends in a substantially horizontal plane above the vehicle.
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