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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2005
Chihping Kuan, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Joseph Benjamin Saxon, Cookeville, TN (US);
Shelley Lynn Bolbrugge, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Adam Kyle Cramton, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Enrico Fin, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Jack R. Roach, Florence, SC (US);
Karim Dayoub, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Walter Douglas Bauman, Wixom, MI (US);
Chihping Kuan, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Joseph Benjamin Saxon, Cookeville, TN (US);
Shelley Lynn Bolbrugge, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Adam Kyle Cramton, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Enrico Fin, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Jack R. Roach, Florence, SC (US);
Karim Dayoub, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Walter Douglas Bauman, Wixom, MI (US);
AVM, Inc., Marion, SC (US);
Abstract
A vehicle decklid system uses a planetary gear drive to move a decklid relative to a vehicle body. The planetary gear drive includes a rotatable gear that is disposed between two fixed gears. One fixed gear is rigidly mounted to the decklid and one fixed gear is rigidly mounted to the vehicle body. A rotating link connects centers of the rotatable gear and two fixed gears. The combination of the planetary gear drive and rotating link make it possible to provide powered complex, two-dimensional motion of the decklid requiring a four-bar linkage.