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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Guenter Hans Grosch, Vettweiß, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/02 (2006.01); B60J 5/10 (2006.01); E05B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 3/023 (2013.01); B60J 5/101 (2013.01); E05B 1/0015 (2013.01); E05B 2001/0023 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/546 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tailgate subassembly for a vehicle includes a tailgate and a flexible elongated pulling element. In an open position of the tailgate, the flexible elongated pulling element extends downwardly at least partially from a starting region on an inner face of the tailgate and on the end side comprises a grip portion for a user. In order to provide improved means for closing a tailgate of a vehicle, the elongated pulling element is coupled to a retraction device which is designed to pull up the grip portion in the direction of the starting region when the tailgate is moved into a closed position.