Motor vehicle with a tailgate
AssigneeMannesmann VDO AG
InventorTHOMAS GREIF
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Abstract
The invention relates to a vehicle with a tailgate (5) or the like, the vehicle being defined in that the tailgate (5) has means for sensing objects at least during the opening operation.
Claims9
A vehicle with a tailgate (5) or the like, wherein the tailgate (5) has means for sensing objects at least during the opening operation.
The vehicle as claimed in one of the preceding claims, wherein, in dependence on their respective functions (parking aid/opening brake), the means have different sensing characteristics.
The vehicle as claimed in one of the preceding claims, wherein the means are designed as radar, infrared and/or ultrasonic sensors.
The vehicle as claimed in one of the preceding claims, wherein the means are arranged on the bottom border of the tailgate (5) in the closed state of the latter.
The vehicle as claimed in one of the preceding claims, wherein also provided are means which brake or interrupt the opening operation of the tailgate (5) when an object is sensed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.