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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2023
Conti Temic Microelectronic Gmbh, Ingolstadt, DE;
Erwin Kessler, Saulgau, DE;
Beat Bauer, Friedrichshafen, DE;
AUMOVIO Germany GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
In a method for operating a motor-actuatable tailgate of a motor vehicle, the motor of which can be activated or deactivated controlledly by actuation of an actuating element of an operating element, a control unit ascertains whether the actuating element is actuated for a predetermined period of time or by a predetermined actuation sequence and at the same time a manual closing movement of the tailgate is effected. If so, a holding mode is activated on reaching the tailgate position at which the actuating element is no longer actuated, wherein the motor is short-circuited in the holding mode.