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7370905 Door-opening/closing apparatus  
The door-opening/closing apparatus includes a door, a driving unit that drives the door to close the door, a door movement detection unit that detects a movement of the door, an electrostatic...
7357435 Power tailgate anti-theft system  
Disclosed herein an automotive vehicle anti-theft system for guarding against unauthorized opening of a door of the vehicle is provided, including means for selectively biasing the door of the...
7341304 Opening/closing device for vehicle  
An opening/closing body for opening/closing an opening provided in a vehicle body, a pair of guide members, and a reel drum attached onto a board of a drive unit provided between both of the guide...
7334361 Access system for a display panel assembly  
A system for accessing internal electrical components of an LED display panel assembly includes a case and a display panel having a plurality of LEDs on an outer surface and electrical components...
7328933 Door assist pedal  
The present invention provides a door assist pedal assembly including a housing member that is mountable to a vehicle floor panel. A pedal is pivotably secured to the housing member, and a cam is...
7320497 Power lift gate for automotive vehicle  
A powered lift gate for an automotive vehicle includes a lift gate door hinged to a vehicle body. A motor system which opens and closes the door is operated by a controller coupled to a primary...
7293819 Decklid hinge with motor to automate opening and closing  
A vehicle decklid displacement mechanism includes a linkage for leveraging displacement of the lid with respect to a vehicle body, an extension strut having spring means biasing the ends of the...
7290306 Drive system for a pivotable windscreen wiper  
A drive arrangement for a pivoting windshield wiper of a vehicle is designed so that after decoupling the drive connection to the windshield wiper a rack situated in the drive for the windshield...
7287804 Tension controller and opening-and-closing device for vehicle having the same  
An opening and closing device opens and closes a sliding door by using a cable connected to the sliding door movably attached to a vehicle body. The opening and closing device has a base bracket, a...
7287803 Rotating cable tailgate actuator  
A power actuator for moving automotive closure panels between opened and closed positions. The actuator is particularly adapted for actuating the rear tailgate of a pickup truck type vehicle and...
7275629 Driving apparatus for a movable member of an automobile  
A driving apparatus for a movable member of an automobile comprises a housing, a drum for driving the movable member, the drum being rotatably supported on the housing, and a clutch for selectively...
7267390 Vehicle decklid system with planetary gear  
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...
7243976 Opening and closing apparatus for opening and closing body of vehicle  
An opening and closing apparatus for an opening and closing body of a vehicle. The opening and closing apparatus includes a reciprocating member connected at its connecting portion to a motor so as...
7226111 Integrated spring actuator strut assembly  
An integrated gas strut actuator strut assembly particularly adapted for providing power actuation of a motor vehicle lift gate or other opening closure. The system integrates the function of a...
7175228 Method of operating a power closure panel  
A power drive assembly ( 110 ) for controlling movement of a closure panel ( 102, 105 ) of a vehicle includes a closure panel ( 102, 105 ) that moves relative to the vehicle between open and closed...
7175227 Sensor system for vehicle door  
A sensor system for protecting a door of a vehicle from damage includes an electronic sensor operable to detect when an object external to the vehicle is within close proximity to the door of the...
7163256 Motor vehicle having a lock  
A motor vehicle has a lock with a movable locking element, particularly a rotary latch, which lock, in addition to being equipped with an electric unlocking device for the locking element, is...
7156447 Door-opening/closing apparatus  
The door-opening/closing apparatus includes a door, a driving unit that drives the door to close the door, a door movement detection unit that detects a movement of the door, an electrostatic...
7147267 Device for pivoting a vehicle door or a vehicle lid  
A device having a drive ( 6 ) for pivoting a vehicle door or vehicle lid rotationally connected to a hinge bow ( 1 ) around a hinge axle ( 3 ). In order to build the device ( 5 ) in a compact...
7118155 Automatic opening and closing device  
An automatic opening and closing device including: a trunk lid; a drive unit which generates drive force for operating the opening and closing member; a hinge arm which is mounted between a rear...
7097230 Power actuator system for actuating a closure member  
Provided is a power actuator system for actuating a closure member ( 1 ) such as a trunk lid which is compact in size and has a minimized protrusion. A first link ( 8 ) is connected to an output...
7069695 Automatically opening/closing apparatus for vehicle  
An automatically opening/closing apparatus for vehicle of rack-and-pinion type is reduced in size and weight. The automatically opening/closing apparatus for vehicle is automatically opened/closed,...
7063377 Hood lift mechanisms utilizing active materials and methods of use  
A hood lift mechanism for reversibly increasing the energy absorption capability at appropriate force levels of a vehicle hood includes a vehicle hood; an active material in operative communication...
7063373 Door-opening/closing apparatus  
The clutch includes a drive disk, a follower disk and a brake disk. When current flows, the follower disk is connected with the drive disk to transmit a power from a driving unit to a...
7055885 Opening and closing apparatus  
An opening/closing apparatus including a trapping detection structure which reliably implements detection of trapping of foreign objects, even at a structure at which an outer peripheral edge of a...
7034485 Vehicle liftgate control system  
A powered system to selectively position a vehicle liftgate at a multiple of positions intermediate a fully open and a fully closed position. A controller receives commands from a remote, such as a...
7021004 Actuating device  
An actuating device includes a base part and a part which can be moved and is coupled to the base part in a manner such that it can pivot about a pivot axis. A driving device has a cable which can...
7017974 Rotary door operator  
A cover arrangement for a rotary door operator of a transit vehicle includes a cover with a cavity for encasing the components of the rotary door operator and with an aperture for engaging an...
7017973 Apparatus for driving to open and close vehicular closing structure  
An apparatus is provided in which a motor 11 with reduction gears, a clutch 12 and a gas stay are provided between a vehicle body 2 and a tailgate 1 so that a fully opened position of the...
7014248 Opening and closing apparatus for rear gate of vehicle  
A rear gate is constructed to be opened and closed by a driving unit installed on a vehicle body side, and the driving unit is constructed to have a motor which can rotate both in normal and...
7000977 Slidable and hinged door, especially of a motor vehicle  
A slidable and hinged door, e.g., in a motor vehicle, in which the door is displaceable from the plane of a door opening by at least one swivel arm developed as a double hinge, and, for the sliding...
6964449 Opening and closing control system for opening-closing member of vehicle  
An opening and closing control system for an opening-closing member comprises an opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing the opening-closing member, an actuator for operating the...
6955390 Servo drive for activating a tailgate of a motor vehicle  
A servo drive for activating a tailgate of a motor vehicle has a drive, a sun wheel driven by the drive and rotatably mounted on a first axle, and a planetary wheel rotatably mounted on a second...
6955389 Vehicle door controlling apparatus  
A vehicle door controlling apparatus comprises a connection locking mechanism between a swinging door and a sliding door for locking the two doors by connecting them to each other. The swinging...
6948765 Lock mechanism for a rotary door operator  
A lock mechanism for a rotary door operator of a transit vehicle includes a lock member pivotally connected to a block cylinder and pivotally connected to a mounting bracket. Such lock member is...
6877791 Device for automatically actuating a vehicle door  
A device for automatically actuating a vehicle door ( 1 ), in particular a side door or a tailgate of the motor vehicle, including: A control device ( 12 ) and a drive ( 4;4 ′) having a motor ( 5...
6866250 Tensioning device for cable inserted through flexible tube  
A tensioning device for a cable inserted through a flexible tube, in which the flexible tube is fixed at one end to a stationary member, and the cable is connected to a movable member relative to...
6863336 Powered sliding device for vehicle sliding door  
The present device has a wire drum connected to a sliding door through a wire cable and being rotated by the power of a motor, an electromagnetic brake which applies braking to the wire drum using...
6837529 Midgate assembly including fixed window and crossbar  
A vehicle body includes a first compartment for carrying passengers or cargo and a second compartment for carrying cargo rearwardly adjacent the first compartment. The body includes a frame...
6814392 Lead screw drive for a power liftgate  
A power drive assembly moves a liftgate ( 12 ) of a motor vehicle ( 10 ) between its open and closed positions. The motor vehicle ( 10 ) defines an opening and the liftgate ( 12 ) closes the...
6776448 Vehicle door apparatus  
A vehicle door apparatus includes a drive mechanism and a closure mechanism including a striker and a latch. The striker is positioned within a region where the striker is engageable with the latch...
6767048 Automatic door operating device  
For pivotally connecting an upper end of a rack bar and a lower end of a connecting rod, there is employed a joint/slider unit which is slid in and along a guide slot of a rail member. The unit...
6676190 Headliner mounted power liftgate drive mechanism  
A power liftgate drive assembly automatically moves the liftgate of a vehicle between its open and closed positions. The drive assembly is secured to the vehicle at a position near the top of the...
6644717 Raised hatch door system  
A raised hatch door system for use with the pivoting side doors of an extended height van. The hatch door system engages with standard sized van doors and in the closed position provides a...
6601905 Convertible power top and power window switch  
An automotive vehicle with a retractable top has a switch for operating the retractable top and windows, both, at the same time. The switch has circuitry for electrically coupling the switch with a...
6588828 Vehicle aperture closure drive system  
A drive system ( 10 ) operable to drive vehicle door functions comprises a drive member ( 20 ) mounted for rotation about a drive axis by a drive motor ( 12 ), a rocker ( 24 ) operable by the drive...
6572177 Cover for flexible signal connection for a transit vehicle door  
A cover system for at least one flexible signal connection in a door system for a transit vehicle having at least one door panel mounted to open and close by rotation about an axis. The cover...
6557924 Actuating system for a hatch or similar hinged structure  
An actuating system, comprising a base part and a moving part, which can be moved by a compressively preloaded piston/cylinder assembly that comprises a cylinder and a piston rod, wherein a piston...
6520557 Power actuating system for four-bar hinge articulated vehicle closure element field of the invention  
An improved four-bar hinge assembly for attaching a trunk deck lid to a vehicle body in which the control link of the four-bar linkage has its usual vehicle-mounted pivot pin replaced by the...
6513859 Opening and closing apparatus for an opening and closing member of a vehicle  
The pinion pivotally mounted on a vehicle body by the axis parallel to a hinge axis is linked by the motor provided on the vehicle body so as to be rotated in forward and reverse directions, the...
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