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AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsKyu Hoon Cho, Hak Hui Choi, Jin Ho Hwang, Yong Ju Kim
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A method of controlling a vehicle tailgate apparatus including a main frame configured to move between an open position and a closed position, a pair of doors pivotally connected to the main frame, a frame latch allowing the main frame to be locked to and unlocked from the vehicle body, a pair of lower latches allowing the pair of doors to be locked to and unlocked from the main frame, a spindle drive configured to move the main frame between the open and closed positions, and a frame open-close switch electrically connected to the frame latch and the spindle drive, including performing an unlocking operation of the frame latch when the frame latch is fully locked after the frame open-close switch is turned on, and allowing the spindle drive to be retracted to have the main frame in the open position.
A method of controlling a vehicle tailgate apparatus, wherein the vehicle tailgate apparatus includes a main frame configured to move between an open position and a closed position at a rear end of a luggage compartment of a vehicle body, a pair of doors pivotally connected to the main frame, a frame latch configured to allow the main frame to be locked to and unlocked from the vehicle body, a pair of lower latches configured to allow the pair of doors to be locked to and unlocked from the main frame, a spindle drive configured to move the main frame between the open position and the closed position, and a frame open-close switch electrically connected to the frame latch and the spindle drive, the method comprising:
A method of controlling a vehicle tailgate apparatus, wherein the vehicle tailgate apparatus includes a main frame configured to move between an open position and a closed position at a rear end of a luggage compartment of a vehicle body, a pair of doors pivotally connected to the main frame, a frame latch configured to allow the main frame to be locked to and unlocked from the vehicle body, a pair of lower latches configured to allow the pair of doors to be locked to and unlocked from the main frame, a spindle drive configured to move the main frame between the open position and the closed position, a frame open-close switch electrically connected to the frame latch and the spindle drive, a pair of door open switches provided on the pair of doors, respectively, and a magnetic module configured to allow the pair of doors to be locked to and unlocked from each other, the method comprising performing a lower-latch unlocking operation of each of the pair of lower latches and a magnetic-module unlocking operation of the magnetic module in a state in which the frame latch is fully locked in response to one of or both of the pair of door open switches being turned on.
A method of controlling a vehicle tailgate apparatus, the method comprising:
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