Patent · US Expired

Tailgate of a motor vehicle

US6250707A · kind A · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Dintner · Fürstenfeldbruck, DE
Stefan Miklosi · Munich, DE
Thomas Schott · Eschborn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 12, 2000
Grant date	Jun 26, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 12, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60J7/205
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tailgate of a motor vehicle which can be selectively pivoted as the trunk lid around a front pivot axis by a front four-bar mechanism which has two levers or can be pivoted as the lid of a roof receiver for the folding roof around a rear pivot axis by a rear four-bar mechanism which has two levers, has a lever that is part of both the front four-bar mechanism and the rear four-bar mechanism.

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