Patent ID: 6193288
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An electric lid closure for use with an automotive trunk lid which pivots to close a trunk room of the vehicle, said electric lid closure comprising:a lock unit adapted to be mounted to said trunk lid, said lock unit including a latch plate; andan electric closing unit adapted to be mounted to a mouth portion of said trunk room, said electric closing unit including a support base, a striker base pivotally connected through a pivot pin to said support base, a striker fixed with said striker base and engageable with said latch plate, and an electric power mechanism for pivoting said striker base between uppermost and lowermost positions by an electric power,the striker having a leading edge for contacting engagement with the latch plate and wherein the leading edge of said striker is inclined relative to an imaginary plane over which said striker base turns about said pivot pin.