US 12,015,263 B2
Method for operating a tailgate of a motor vehicle
Heino Schalyo, Altendorf (DE)
Assigned to Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
Filed by Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg, Bamberg (DE)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/575,287.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 200 269.2 (DE), filed on Jan. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0220792 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H02H 7/085 (2006.01); E05F 15/611 (2015.01); H02P 29/40 (2016.01)
CPC H02H 7/0851 (2013.01) [E05F 15/611 (2015.01); E05Y 2201/434 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/30 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/44 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/544 (2013.01); H02P 29/40 (2016.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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.