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US 12,015,263 B2Granted
Method for operating a tailgate of a motor vehicle
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHeino Schalyo
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Abstract
A method for operating a tailgate of a motor vehicle, in particular a pickup, which is driven by means of an electric motor and delimits a cargo area. A disassembled state is detected, and energization of the electric motor is inhibited. Furthermore, the invention relates to a motor vehicle.
Claims9
A method for operating a tailgate of a motor vehicle, in particular a pickup, the method comprising:
- driving, via an electric motor, the tailgate, which delimits a cargo area;
- detecting a disassembled state;
- and
- inhibiting a current supply of the electric motor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.