Patent ID: 6176528
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An electric lid closure for use with an automotive trunk lid which is able 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 and a locking plate, said locking plate being able to lock said latch plate at a latch position;an electric closing unit adapted to be mounted to a mouth portion of said trunk room, said electric closing unit including a movable striker engageable with said latch plate, and an electric power mechanism for moving said movable striker between an uppermost position and a lowermost position with an electric power;a first position sensor (80) which senses whether said movable striker assumes said uppermost position or said lowermost position;a second position sensor (88) which senses whether said trunk lid passes by a critical position or not, said critical position corresponding to a position of said movable striker which is above said uppermost position;a third position sensor (90) which senses whether said locking plate locks said latch plate or not; anda control unit which energizes said electric closing unit to pull down said trunk lid to a full close position only when said first position sensor senses said striker assuming the uppermost position, said second position sensor senses said trunk lid passing by said critical position and said third position sensor senses said latch plate being locked by said locking plate.