Motor vehicle having a load compartment cover

US10752178B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Thomas Loewe · Wonder Lake, US
• Christoph Fuss · Lechenich, DE
• Christian Causemann · Cologne, DE
• Frank Schneider · Dortmund, DE
• Sascha Kaatz · Langenfeld, DE
• Matthias Baumann · Cologne, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 22, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 25, 2020
• Expiry date: Feb 22, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R5/044
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle includes a tailgate that is upwardly pivotable in a rearward upward manner and on which a load compartment cover is pivotably held around a pivot axis by way of the rear end region of the load compartment cover that faces the tailgate. The load compartment cover, in a region that is spaced apart from the pivot axis by way of at least one force transmission element, is held on a vehicle body. The force transmission element, when the tailgate is upwardly pivoted, pivots the load compartment cover toward the tailgate so as to expose an access to the load compartment. At least one hook connection connects the tailgate to the load compartment cover and establishes the pivot axis.