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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Igor Fischbein, Cologne, DE;
James Neugebauer, Chelmsford, GB;
Torsten Gerhardt, London, GB;
Bruce Southey, Farnham, GB;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle has a tailgate arranged pivotably on a body. The tailgate in a closed position closes a cargo space opening of the body at the rear and in an open position at least partially exposes the cargo space opening. A tailgate latch locks the closed position of the tailgate and has a closing element and a locking mechanism interacting with the closing element in the closed position. In order to make available a variable cargo space size, in which an open position of the tailgate can be secured, a support arm is pivotably articulated with one end between a rest position, in which the support arm is immovably secured, and a functional position, in which the support arm pivots in the direction of the locking mechanism, and is capable of being fixed with another end to the locking mechanism by an actuation of the locking mechanism.