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Device for actuating the pivoting movement of a vehicle flap

US7980624B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

Stabilus GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jörg Hillen · Nörtershausen, DE
Michael Kleinmann · Melsbach, DE
Andreas Ritter · Haiger, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 9, 2010
Grant date	Jul 19, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 9, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05Y2900/50
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The device for actuating a pivoting movement of a vehicle flap about a pivot axis includes a gas spring having a cylinder and a piston rod protruding from the cylinder. Either the cylinder or the piston rod is coupled to a fixed component of the vehicle body, and the other one of cylinder and piston rod is coupled to the flap at a distance from the pivot axis. A flexurally rigid guide extends parallel adjacent to the gas spring and is fixedly connected to the cylinder of the gas spring. One region of a flexible tension and compression element is guided in the guide and operatively connected to the flap, and a second region is guided in a flexible casing and operatively connected to a reversible drive, so that the flexible tension and compression element can be motor-driven.

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