Patent ID: 8720007

Claim:
A hinge assembly for use with a vehicle deck lid to allow the vehicle deck lid to move between an open position and a closed position relative to a vehicle trunk opening and adjust a flushness of the deck lid relative to an adjacent body structure, the hinge assembly comprising: a hinge box mountable to vehicle structure adjacent to the vehicle trunk opening and having a first side defining a first adjustment slot extending in a longitudinal direction and a second side, spaced from the first side, defining a second adjustment slot extending in the longitudinal direction, and an adjustment pin support; a hinge pin having a body defining a central bore extending therethrough, a first shaft end extending from the body through the first adjustment slot and an opposed second shaft end extending from the body through the second adjustment slot, the first and second shaft ends axially slidable in the longitudinal direction in the respective first and second adjustment slots; and an adjustment pin extending through the central bore and axially supporting the hinge pin, the adjustment pin including first adjustment threads that threadably engage and are rotatable relative to the adjustment pin support and support the adjustment pin relative to the hinge box, the adjustment pin having a first end adjacent to the adjustment pin support and an opposed second end adjacent to the central bore of the hinge pin, the second end includes a tool engagement feature that is configured to be engageable by a tool from within a trunk to cause the adjustment pin to rotate relative to the central bore and threadably rotate relative to the adjustment pin support.