MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A REAR FLAP

• US 20130055639A1
• Filed: 09/07/2012
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: BROSSEIT, Karsten
• Application Number:
  US13/606,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20130055639A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 49/31
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/101 for non-load transporting vehicles, i.e. family cars including vans
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/43 responsive to disruption of energy beams, e.g. light or sound
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 2015/483 for detection during opening
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/44 Sensors not directly associated with the wing movement
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/546 Tailboards, tailgates or sideboards opening upwards

Abstract

A motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to a rear flap, pivotable about a horizontal axis, to which a sensor, operating in a contactless manner, is associated, which on an approach to an obstacle present in the pivoting range of the rear flap actuates a device that prevents or interrupts the pivoting of the rear flap.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle, comprising:

a rear flap that is pivotable about a horizontal axis;

a sensor that is configured to operate a contactless manner and further configured to determine an approach to an obstacle that is present in a pivoting range of the rear flap; and

a device that is configured to interrupt a pivoting of the rear flap when the sensor determines the approach to the obstacle that is present in the pivoting range of the rear flap.

2. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is a parking sensor.

3. The motor vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the sensor is integrated in a rear bumper.

4. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is a distance sensor installed in the rear flap.

5. The motor vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the sensor is installed in a region of an edge of the rear flap lying opposite the horizontal axis.

6. The motor vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the sensor is a camera coupled with an image processing system.

7. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured to actuate an optical device for an emission of a signal that is perceptible to a user of the motor vehicle upon on detecting the obstacle.

8. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is configured to actuate an acoustic signal device for an emission of a signal that is perceptible to a user of the motor vehicle upon on detecting the obstacle.

9. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the device comprises a servomotor that is associated with the rear flap and configured to pivot.

10. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the device is coupled with a push button in a driver area.

11. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the device is coupled with an inner side of the rear flap.

12. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the device is coupled with an outer side of the rear flap.

13. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the device is coupled with a remote control.

14. The motor vehicle according to claim 10, wherein on an actuation of the push button on the outer side of the rear flap the device is configured to pivot the rear flap upon detection of a detected obstacle in the pivoting range.

15. The motor vehicle according to claim 10, wherein for a duration of an actuation of the push button, the device also pivots the rear flap upon detecting a detected obstacle in the pivoting range.

16. The motor vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein a minimum distance is stored in a control apparatus connected with the device and the sensor, and

wherein the device is configured to pivot the rear flap as long as the minimum distance between the obstacle and the sensor is maintained.

17. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the device cooperates with an electric rear flap lock of a central locking system and prevents an unlocking of the rear flap when falling below a minimum distance between the obstacle and the sensor in a closed position of the rear flap.