Patent ID: 7296841

Claim:
A motorized trunk-closing system for an automotive vehicle ( 1 ) comprising a trunk ( 2 ) having an interior and an operating mechanism for operating an automatic movement of a trunk lid ( 3 ) from a first position, in which the interior of the trunk ( 2 ) is accessible for a user, to a second position, in which the interior of the trunk ( 2 ) is shut off by the trunk lid ( 3 ), the operating mechanism comprising a trip device ( 5 ) placed within the trunk in such a way as to be inaccessible from the outside of the automotive vehicle when the trunk lid ( 3 ) is in the second position, wherein the trip device comprises at least one sensor ( 5 ) having a detection zone located inside the interior of the trunk for directly detecting the presence of the user when a body of the user is within the detection zone of the sensor.