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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2003
Applicants:
Holger Riemer, Bergfeld, DE;
Frank Babel, Wasbuettel, DE;
Oliver Burnus, Gross Oesingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Volkswagon AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 9/06 (2006.01); B62D 43/02 (2006.01); B60K 28/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.