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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2010
Nicholas Aldersley, Hebertshausen, DE;
Michael Rodewald, Greenville, SC (US);
Achim Dockweiler, Munich, DE;
Nicholas Aldersley, Hebertshausen, DE;
Michael Rodewald, Greenville, SC (US);
Achim Dockweiler, Munich, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A pivotable tailgate for a motor vehicle includes pivot arms disposed as one piece on the tailgate body at a distance from one another. At an upper end of each pivot arm, a respective hinge arm is provided, each of which is mounted in a roof section of the body so that there is sealing between an upper tailgate section, a tailgate body, and a tailgate opening via a single encircling seal disposed at the tailgate opening, without additional sealing of the respective pivot arms being required.