Closure system for emergency release of a trunk compartment, especially a front trunk compartment

US9163435B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Florian Zysk · Berlin, DE
• Joachim Schuetz · Fulda, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 20, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T292/0822
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A closure system for emergency release of a motor vehicle cavity that is closed with a lid of a trunk compartment, which comprises, in a lock on the trunk side, a rotary latch arranged such that it can pivot about a second axis of rotation, which latch is held securely in a closed position of the lid via a detent pawl arranged such that it can pivot about a first axis of rotation, and a catch hook associated with the rotary latch, wherein a striker is located on the lid side that stands in operative connection with the rotary latch in the closed position, in that the rotary latch locks the striker with respect to a lock housing, wherein the lid is temporarily captured and held in an intermediate position by the catch hook, via the striker, after deactivation of the locking of the rotary latch.