Spare-wheel carrier for a motor vehicle

US7389898B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Holger Riemer · Wolfsburg, DE
• Frank Babel · Gifhorn, DE
• Oliver Burnus · Hankensbüttel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 26, 2003
• Grant date: Jun 24, 2008
• Expiry date: Jul 16, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D43/02
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A spare-wheel carrier for a motor vehicle is pivotable at a body of the motor vehicle and arranged in a region of a tailgate of the motor vehicle. The spare-wheel carrier includes at least one sensor configured to detect at least one position of the spare-wheel carrier and to transmit the at least one position to a control unit. The control unit is configured to enable and block at least one function of the motor vehicle in accordance with the position of the spare-wheel carrier.