Pneumatic strut for a motor vechicle

US5865497A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Stabilus GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Alfred K. Klein · Weitersburg, DE
• Peter Thurmann · Koblenz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 1996
• Grant date: Feb 2, 1999
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T292/65
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Vehicle including a body component and an additional body part, particularly a hatch door, which is movably mounted on the body component. The hatch door can be mounted on a power-assisted pivoting axis by means of a pneumatic spring or strut hinged by connection elements to form a pneumatic spring assembly. The vehicle has a component, particularly a trunk compartment cover, which moves simultaneously with an hatch door by means of a connection. The connection is mounted between the component and the pneumatic spring assembly.