Patent ID: 9677318
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: E05B,E05F,E05Y

Claim:
1. A hatch arrangement for a motor vehicle, the hatch arrangement comprising: a rear hatch leaf pivotally movable between an open hatch position and a closed hatch position; a cinching catch movably coupled to the hatch leaf, the cinching catch configured to engage a cinching striker of the motor vehicle; and a hatch drive arrangement configured to pivot the hatch leaf between the open hatch position and the closed hatch position; wherein the hatch drive arrangement is coupled with the cinching catch and configured to move the cinching catch; wherein the cinching catch is unable to engage the cinching striker when the hatch leaf is in the open hatch position; wherein the cinching catch is pivotable toward a closed catch position for engaging the cinching striker in a retaining manner and toward an open catch position for disengaging the striker; and wherein the cinching catch is pivotable around a catch axis.