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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2010
Matthias Gächter, Zürich, CH;
Diego Jaggi, Zürich, CH;
Andreas Rüegg, Zürich, CH;
Stefan Ziegler, Zürich, CH;
Norbert Stötzner, Markdorf, DE;
Matthias Gächter, Zürich, CH;
Diego Jaggi, Zürich, CH;
Andreas Rüegg, Zürich, CH;
Stefan Ziegler, Zürich, CH;
Norbert Stötzner, Markdorf, DE;
Weber Automotive AG-Holding, Kusnacht, CH;
Abstract
The tailgate () or rear door for a motor vehicle with a rear window includes a single-piece main carrying structure () with a peripheral, flexurally resistant frame (), with an upper transverse beam (), two lateral longitudinal beams () and at least one lower transverse beam (). The main carrying structure consists of a fibre-reinforced moulding compound () with at least two impregnated, integrated continuous-fibre bands () and this moulding compound is non-positively connected to the rear window () and together with this forms a flexurally resistant structure. Thereby, the continuous-fibre bands () in sections are integrated into the frame () in an arrangement vertical (v) to the surface (H) of the tailgate, by way of the continuous-fibre bands () being arranged vertically to the surface (H) and/or at a vertical distance (d) to the surface (H).