Patents Examined by Joseh D. Pape
  • Patent number: 7083216
    Abstract: In a pivotable vehicle lid support arrangement including an operating linkage, an operating member for opening and closing the lid and a drive unit for actuating the operating member, the operating linkage and the operating member are mounted with an end to a console and with their other ends to the vehicle lid, to which also the drive unit is mounted so as to form, together with the lid, a preassembled installation module and the operating arms of the linkage and the operating member are so arranged that they are disposed adjacent to, and essentially in parallel alignment with, the lid when the lid is in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventor: Gerald Hahn