Patent ID: 6568033
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: E05D,E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
A hinge structure for a trunk lid of an automobile, the structure including a hinge bracket fixed to a package tray at a body, a hinge arm rotatably supported at one side thereof to the hinge bracket and fixed at the other side thereof to a bottom side of the trunk lid and a torsion bar mounted between the hinge arm and the hinge bracket, the structure comprising:a guide bracket integrally formed with the hinge bracket having a trace followed by the hinge arm as the hinge arm moves between a first and a second position; and multi-stage control means mounted between the guide bracket and the hinge arm for resiliently controlling and releasably fixing a position of the hinge arm at at least one location between the first and second positions.