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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Franklin Darrel Landmesser, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/10 ;
Abstract
A rear end closure assembly for selectively opening and closing a rear passageway of an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The closure assembly includes a first panel and a second panel attached to each other using rotatable members and a torque bar such that the second panel can be raised to a juxtaposed vertical relation relative to the first panel to partially open the rear passageway. Thereafter, the first and second panels are upwardly rotated together to fully open the rear passageway.