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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 19/10 (2006.01); E05B 79/20 (2014.01); E05B 81/06 (2014.01); E05B 81/20 (2014.01); E05B 81/38 (2014.01); E05B 83/18 (2014.01); F16H 1/28 (2006.01); E05B 81/14 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 79/20 (2013.01); E05B 81/06 (2013.01); E05B 81/20 (2013.01); E05B 81/38 (2013.01); E05B 83/18 (2013.01); E05B 81/14 (2013.01); F16H 1/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for opening and closing a tailgate for a vehicle includes a latch device provided in the tailgate and an actuator. The latch device includes a claw to engage with a striker provided at a vehicle body side, a pawl to engage with the claw to maintain the claw in a locked position, and an unlocking lever to operate the pawl to unlock the claw. The actuator includes a cinching/release lever to selectively operate a cinching cable connected to the claw to rotate the claw from an unlocked position to the locked position, and a release cable connected to the unlocking lever to operate the claw from the locked position to the unlocked position.