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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Bentley Motors Limited, Cheshire, GB;
Inventors:
Gary David Green, Cheshire, GB;
Steve Crowe, Cheshire, GB;
Andreas Lange, Nantwich, GB;
David Molyneux, Cheshire, GB;
Paul Wentworth, Staffordshire, GB;
Assignee:
Bentley Motors Limited, Crewe, Cheshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/63 (2015.01); E05F 15/622 (2015.01); B60R 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/63 (2015.01); B60R 5/04 (2013.01); E05F 15/622 (2015.01); E05Y 2800/232 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/548 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automobile comprises an automatically opening and closing boot lid having a drive mechanism located on the dry side of the drain channel and a rotatable shaft extending into the wet side of the drain channel, in order to provide drive to an arm which opens and closes the boot lid. The drive mechanism may be a linear actuator, such as a spindle drive, but drive is transmitted through the drain channel as torque.