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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2009
Sun Kyoung Youn, Seoul, KR;
Phil Jung Jeong, Gyeonggi, KR;
Sang Won Lee, Gyeonggi, KR;
Jae Young Kang, Gyeonggi, KR;
Sun Kyoung Youn, Seoul, KR;
Phil Jung Jeong, Gyeonggi, KR;
Sang Won Lee, Gyeonggi, KR;
Jae Young Kang, Gyeonggi, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An emblem-unified trunk opening and closing device may include a housing including an outer case and an inner case, wherein the outer case is attached to a stationary member and includes a guide hole and the inner case includes a guide passage, a knob attached to the outer case of the housing, wherein the knob includes an emblem configured to be movable through the guide hole of the outer case, a connector provided in the guide passage of the inner case and to which a terminal electrically contacting an outer electric source is set, a printed circuit board ('PCB') disposed inside the guide passage of the inner case and configured to electrically contact the terminal, and a contact unit configured to selectively contact the PCB by actuation force of the emblem so as to apply an electric current to the terminal of the connector.