Patent · US Expired

Vehicle decklid system with planetary gear

US7267390B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

5References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

AVM, Inc. · US

Inventors

Chihping Kuan · Rochester Hills, US
Joseph B. Saxon · Cookeville, US
Shelley Lynn Bolbrugge · Royal Oak, US
Adam Kyle Cramton · Royal Oak, US
Enrico Fin · Lake Orion, US
Jack Roach · Florence, US
Karim Dayoub · Rochester, US
Walter Douglas Bauman · Wixom, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 20, 2005
Grant date	Sep 11, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 17, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05Y2900/548
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A vehicle decklid system uses a planetary gear drive to move a decklid relative to a vehicle body. The planetary gear drive includes a rotatable gear that is disposed between two fixed gears. One fixed gear is rigidly mounted to the decklid and one fixed gear is rigidly mounted to the vehicle body. A rotating link connects centers of the rotatable gear and two fixed gears. The combination of the planetary gear drive and rotating link make it possible to provide powered complex, two-dimensional motion of the decklid requiring a four-bar linkage.

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