Patent ID: 6901704
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A vehicle having an opening and closing apparatus for automatically opening and closing a rear gate of said vehicle, said apparatus comprising: a power source unit that produces power to actuate said rear gate; a slider that transforms said power into a reciprocating motion in the longitudinal direction of said vehicle; a hinge arm attached at an upper end of said rear gate so that said rear gate is pivotally connected with a body of said vehicle; a connecting rod that interlocks said slider and said hinge arm, said rod transmitting said reciprocating motion to said hinge arm; a mounting base that supports said power source unit and said slider; said mounting base attached to said vehicle in a space formed by a rear rail, a side rail and an under roof of said vehicle; and a gas stay, rotatably mounted on said side rail at one end thereof and mounted on said hinge arm at the other end thereof, disposed at substantially the same height as and approximately in parallel with said connecting rod and as said rear gate moves between a fully open position and a closed position, said gas stay extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle generally parallel with said roof for biasing said rear gate in an opening direction.