Vehicle having at least one tailgate

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2011-04-26

2011-04-26

Dayoan, Glenn (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Door or window with specified vehicle feature

C296S146120, C296S050000, C049S341000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07931327

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle includes at least one tailgate defining a door plane, wherein the tailgate is attached to the vehicle chassis in a jointed fashion by at least one multiple hinge having at least three pivot axes offset from one another and at least two pairs of pivotally connected hinge arms, of which a first hinge arm is pivotally connected to the vehicle chassis and a second hinge arm is pivotally connected to the tailgate. The multiple hinge is associated with a drivetrain controlling the motion of the hinge arms in the pivot axes. The door plane is moved along a predetermined motion path when the tailgate travels from a closed position, in which the tailgate spans a closed plane, to an open position, in which the tailgate spans an opening plane. The motion path of the door plane includes rotary and translational components, and the closed plane forms an angle to the opening plane in the range from 70° to 110°, preferably about 90°.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2006/0152029 (2006-07-01), Tomasson et al.
patent: 2008/0109995 (2008-05-01), Kuwajima et al.
patent: 10 2004 042 808 (2005-06-01), None
patent: 10 2004 050 228 (2006-04-01), None
patent: 10 2005 026 772 (2006-12-01), None
Search Report mailed Oct. 7, 2008 issued by the International Searching Authority in counterpart International Application No. PCT/EP2008/005498 (2 pages).
English translation of Paragraph 2, 15, 27, 28 and Claims 1-7 of DE 10 2004 042 808 A1, published Jun. 16, 2005 (4 pages).

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