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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
May. 04, 2005
Klaus Obendiek, Passau, DE;
Klaus Obendiek, Passau, DE;
Edscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme GmbH, Hengersberg, DE;
Abstract
A device for covering a trunk of a motor vehicle, the device comprises a trunk lid movable relative to a body of the vehicle, a force transmission unit for driving the movement of the trunk lid, a fastening element for releasably securing the trunk lid in a closed state of the trunk lid, wherein the force transmission unit drives the movement of the trunk lid, and wherein the force transmission unit drives the movement of the fastening element between an open and a closed state, wherein the fastening element is connected by a link gear mechanism to the force transmission unit, and wherein the link gear mechanism, in a closed state of the fastening element, is disposed in an over-center position.