Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Mitsui Minings & Melting Co., Ltd.

Mitsuba Corporation

Osamu Sera

Takeshi Hattori

Yasushi Yoshida

Tomofumi Ichinose

Yoshitomo Ihashi

Takeki Tanaka

Masashi Shimizu

Akihiro Kitagawa

Toshihisa Omori

Kazunari Ochi

Ryoji Araki

The force from a drive rod driven by an electric motor is transmitted via a link arm pivotally linked to the drive rod and a back door. When the back door is operated in an open direction, the link arm is supported by an open-side support slider and the acting direction of the force applied to the link arm by the drive rod is shifted to the opening direction of the back door. When the back door is operated in a closing direction, the link arm is supported by a closed-side support slider and a closed-side support roller and the acting direction of the force applied to the link arm by the drive rod is shifted to the closing-direction of the back door. The open-side and closed-side support sliders are pressed against the link arm by leaf spring members so that the link arm is prevented from oscillating between the sliders.

Automatic opening/closing apparatus for vehicle

A powered tailgate system in which a direct driven rackis connected to one end of a rod, one end of a curved armis connected to the other end of the rod, the other end of the curved armis connected to a tailgate, an arm side slider portionwhich curves concentrically with the curved armis provided on the curved arm, and a plurality of load receiving portionstoadapted to be brought into sliding contact with the arm side slider portionso as to receive a load are disposed on a vehicle body side at intervals along a traveling direction of the curved arm

Powered tailgate system

An apparatus is provided in which a motorwith reduction gears, a clutchand a gas stay are provided between a vehicle bodyand a tailgateso that a fully opened position of the tailgate can be held by virtue of a thrust of the gas stay only, and in this apparatus, when a closure of the tailgate from its own weight is detected after the motor with reduction gears is disconnected, the motor with reduction gears is connected to the tailgate to drive to forcibly close it after the tailgate is driven to be opened to the fully opened position thereof. By this construction, when the holding force of the opened position is short, since the tailgate is closed after it is opened to the fully opened position once, cargo loading and unloading work can be completed while the tailgate is so closed.

Apparatus for driving to open and close vehicular closing structure

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Wako, Japan

Osamu Sera