HINGE STRUCTURE FOR POWER LUGGAGE DOOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hinge structure for a power luggage door, which can be opened/closed by a small drive unit. SOLUTION: According to the hinge structure a first hinge link 22 has a drive shaft 15 penetrated into one of shaft holes thereof in a manner relatively rotatable together with the first hinge link 22, and a third connection pin 28 penetrated into the other shaft hole, and further the first hinge link 22 is connected to an upper base 24 in a manner relatively rotatable together with an upper base 24. Then the drive shaft 15 is inserted into a shaft hole in a drive link 25 in a relatively non-rotatable manner, and the third connection pin 28 is inserted into a slot 30 in a manner slidable along an inner surface of the slot 30. Further a cam surface 31 is formed along the drive link 25 in a longitudinal direction at a location in the vicinity of an end close to the slot 30, in a manner being gently curved toward an outer edge on one widthwise side of the drive link 25. When the luggage door 3 is fully opened or almost fully opened, the cam surface 31 can press a roller 33 formed on the upper base 24. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI