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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Torsten Voigt, Cologne, DE;
Simon Higgins, Cologne, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 3/04 (2006.01); E05B 83/30 (2014.01); E05B 77/04 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 83/30 (2013.01); E05B 77/04 (2013.01); Y10T 292/1083 (2015.04);
Abstract
A closure device for a compartment, in particular a glove compartment, which is able to be closed by a flap, in motor vehicles, wherein the flap is designed to be displaceable by a force in a reversible manner between a released position and a blocked position in the direction of the action of a force, wherein the flap has a pivoting mechanism with a lock, wherein the lock is designed to be movable into the blocked position due to the action of a force and then comes into engagement with the locking element.