(19)
(11) EP 0 808 982 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.01.1999 Bulletin 1999/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.11.1997 Bulletin 1997/48

(21) Application number: 97303390.5

(22) Date of filing: 19.05.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: E05D 3/06, E05F 1/12, B62D 25/10
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT SE

(30) Priority: 24.05.1996 GB 9610911

(71) Applicant: ITW Limited
Swansea SA5 4YE (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Cheal, Jonathan Paul Anthony
    Tamworth, Staffordshire B79 7UA (GB)

(74) Representative: Nash, Keith Wilfrid et al
KEITH W. NASH & Co. Pearl Assurance House 90-92 Regent Street
Cambridge CB2 1DP
Cambridge CB2 1DP (GB)

   


(54) Hinged closures


(57) A hinge mechanism for assisting the lifting particularly of a boot lid or tailgate hinged to a motor vehicle body, comprises an inner link (6) and an outer link (8) permitting pivoting of the lid about the body, and a gas strut (10) acting between the fixed hinge part (2) attachable to the body and the movable hinge part (4) attachable to the lid. One end of the strut acts through a pivotable lever (16) whose movement is constrained by engagement with a cam (12) when the two hinge parts are in close proximity, as when the lid is in a lowered position, thereby to cause a lifting movement of the lid.






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