Patent ID: 6454035
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A tilt mechanism for pivoting a vehicle body panel relative to a vehicle chassis, comprising:a support member having a tilt axis along a longitudinal extent of said support member, said support member having a support member end, said support member end being adapted to pivotably connect to said body panel such that said body panel can pivot about said tilt axis relative to said support member, and said support member being adapted to support at least part of a vehicle body panel weight; and a pivot pin having a pivot pin axis along a longitudinal extent of said pivot pin, said support member being adapted to pivotably attach to said chassis about said pivot pin axis by said pivot pin, said tilt axis being generally perpendicular to said pivot pin axis, said pivot pin being adapted to support said at least part of said vehicle body panel weight, and said pivot pin being adapted to provide a single-point pivot attachment of said body panel to said chassis such that said body panel can articulate about said pivot pin axis relative to said chassis.