US 6,283,530 B1 · Arrangement for movable parts on vehicles

Abstract

An operating arrangement for movable parts on vehicles, especially rear covers, roof coverings or the like, is provided with a connection of the movable part 1 on the vehicle 2 by at least one hinge 3, a hydraulic piston/cylinder device 9 and, in all cases, at least one gas spring, wherein at least one hinge 3 has a lever 7 which ends in the interior of the vehicle and is connected to the hydraulic piston/cylinder device 9 also arranged in the interior of the vehicle for initiating a torque. To combine an optimal protection of the hydraulic piston/cylinder device with a simple construction, an as extensive as possible avoidance of transverse moments on the hinge and operating elements and good problem-free operation of the part 1 to be moved, the lever 7 is connected with the outer lever 6 of the hinge 3 outside of the vehicle body 2, lead through a sealed-off passageway 11 into the interior of the vehicle body 2 and is shaped in a bent manner.

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Dependent claims

A combination of a vehicle having a body defining a protected inner chamber and a covering part which is movable toward and away from said body, and an operating system for moving said covering part, said operating system including a four-hinge linkage which is connected to said vehicle body and to said covering part, a hydraulic piston/cylinder device located in said protected inner chamber of said vehicle body, and a curved lever connected between said piston of said piston/cylinder device and a link of said four-hinge linkage, said curved lever extending though a sealed slot in said vehicle body, movement of said curved lever by said piston of said piston/cylinder device causing said four-hinge linkage to move said covering part toward and away from said vehicle body.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Arrangement for movable parts on vehicles

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Arrangement for movable parts on vehicles

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Abstract

Claims4