Patent ID: 7293819

Claim:
A vehicle decklid displacement mechanism for displacing a decklid pivotally secured to a vehicle body, comprising: a linkage for displacing a lid with respect to vehicle body comprising at least one mounting carrying said decklid and a pivot mechanism for leveraging said mounting with respect to said vehicle body, wherein said pivot mechanism comprises at least one extension strut having ends and spring means biasing one said end away from a second said end, an actuator lever pivotally coupled to one of said first and second ends of said extension strut, a motor for driving said actuator lever to and between a first closing position and at least one extended opening position, whereby with said lever in said opening position, said linkage and said strut urge said mounting and said lid to an open position, and with said lever in said closed position, said linkage and said strut enable said lid to descend to said closed position, and wherein said pivot mechanism comprises a four bar linkage.