Vehicle having retractable rear gate
AssigneeFisker IP/Austria Assets Trust
InventorsHenrik Fisker, Seunghee Oh, Lawrence Thomas, Robert Dickie, Nima Farzin
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Abstract
An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a vehicle comprising a vehicle body comprising a rear bumper; and a rear end module coupled to the rear of the vehicle body, the rear end module comprising: a rear window, and a rear gate, wherein the rear window is configured to move from a closed position to an open position within a cavity of the rear gate, and the rear gate is configured to move from a closed position to an opening position within a cavity formed by the rear bumper.
Claims18
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body comprising a rear bumper;
- and
- a rear end module coupled to the rear of the vehicle body, the rear end module comprising:
- a rear window, and
- a rear gate,
- wherein the rear window is configured to move from a window-closed position to a window-open position within a cavity of the rear gate, and the rear gate is configured to move from a gate-closed position to a gate-open position within a rear bumper cavity formed by the rear bumper.
A method for controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a signal to open a rear gate of the vehicle;
- and
- in response to the signal:
- sending a gate signal to a gate actuator of the rear gate instructing the gate actuator to move the rear gate to a gate-open position within a rear bumper cavity formed by a rear bumper;
- and
- sending a window signal to a window actuator of a rear window instructing the window actuator to move the rear window from a window-closed position to a window-open position within a cavity of the rear gate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.