Patent ID: 6253634
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An opener device for opening a lid member of a vehicle body through a pulling member by a remote operation, comprising:an operation lever rotatably supported by a part of the vehicle body;a spring having a coiled portion and first and second hook portions disposed at both ends of said coiled portion; andmeans for hooking said spring, being disposed at one end of said operation lever, wherein the first hook portion of said spring is hooked to said hooking means and the second hook portion of said spring is hooked to a part of the vehicle body,wherein said hooking means comprises:a recess formed at the one end of said operation lever, said recess formed as a depression in said operation lever in a thickness direction of said operation lever, wherein said recess is partly surrounded by said operation lever, said recess including a bottom surface substantially perpendicular to the thickness direction of said operation lever; anda hook-receiving portion provided in said recess, said hook-receiving portion formed as a projection extending from said bottom surface of said recess, said hook-receiving portion being located at an internal position in the thickness direction of said operation lever so that said hook-receiving portion does not protrude from a surface of said operation lever, andwherein the first hook portion of said spring is hooked to said hook-receiving portion while being disposed in said recess, so that the coiled portion of said spring is continuously disposed along a thickness of said operation lever.