Patent ID: 6575517
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: E05B,E05F,E05Y,Y10S

Abstract:
A closure apparatus in combination with an elongated lid of a compartment, the lid being pivotally supported on a wall defining the compartment via a pair of mutually spaced apart hinge arms, comprising:a driving device that drives the lid to be pivoted in at least a closure direction via one of the pair of mutually spaced apart hinge arms; an electromagnetic clutch that disconnectably connects an operation force transmission path between the driving device and the lid; a lock device that is enabled to be engaged with the lid at a first closure position of the lid to the compartment and to restrict the lid into a locked state; a detecting section that detects an engagement state of the lock state of the lock device with the lid and outputs a locked state detection signal indicating the engagement state thereof with the lid; and a control device that controls each of the driving device and the electromagnetic clutch to make a deformation of the lid to the compartment return to its original form in response to an output of the locked state detection signal from the detecting section.