IP Library Granted Patent US 7,922,234
Granted Patent B2
US 7,922,234 · App. 12/108,775 · Granted Apr 12, 2011

Rear lid

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Patent No.
US 7,922,234
App. No.
12/108,775
Granted
Apr 12, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rear lid closes a rear compartment of a passenger vehicle. The rear lid, when fitted, is attached to the vehicle and is composed of an inner part and an outer part. The rear lid contains a spoiler device which can be displaced between an inoperative position and an operative position and interacts with an adjustment device. In order to simplify producibility of the rear lid, the inner part is formed by an assembly carrier which forms the supporting structure of the rear lid and to which at least the adjustment device of the spoiler device is fastened. The outer part is formed by the spoiler device and a panel device.

Claims (23)

1. A rear lid for closing a rear compartment of a passenger vehicle, the rear lid, when fitted, being attached to the passenger vehicle, the rear lid comprising:

an inner part being an assembly carrier forming a supporting structure of the rear lid;

an adjustment device fastened to said assembly carrier;

an outer part having a panel device and a spoiler device, said spoiler being displaced by said adjustment device between an inoperative position and an operative position; and

a fan directly fastened to said assembly carrier.

2. The rear lid according to claim 1 , wherein said spoiler device and said panel device each extend over an entire width of the rear lid, as measured transversely with respect to a longitudinal direction of the passenger vehicle, and said panel device is disposed adjacent to said spoiler device on said assembly carrier.

3. A rear lid for closing a rear compartment of a passenger vehicle, the rear lid, when fitted, being attached to the passenger vehicle, the rear lid comprising:

an inner part being an assembly carrier forming a supporting structure of the rear lid;

an adjustment device fastened to said assembly carrier; and

an outer part having a panel device and a spoiler device, said spoiler being displaced by said adjustment device between an inoperative position and an operative position, said panel device having a panel carrier fastened to an outside of said assembly carrier, and at least one panel body fastened to an outer side of said panel carrier, said outer side facing away from said assembly carrier.

4. The rear lid according to claim 3 , wherein said panel body of said panel device is a single panel body covering said outer side of said panel carrier.

5. The rear lid according to claim 4 , wherein said single panel body extends over the entire width of the rear lid.

6. The rear lid according to claim 3 , wherein said panel body of said panel device has at least two panel bodies covering said outer side of said panel carrier, said at least two panel bodies are adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction of the passenger vehicle.

7. The rear lid according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of said panel bodies is configured as a luminous band.

8. The rear lid according to claim 6 , wherein said panel bodies extends over the entire width of the rear lid.

9. The rear lid according to claim 1 , wherein said adjustment device is directly fastened to said assembly carrier.

10. The rear lid according to claim 1 , wherein said assembly carrier is a single-piece diecast part made from a metal alloy.

11. The rear lid according to claim 10 , wherein said metal alloy is selected from the group consisting of aluminum and magnesium alloy.

12. A method for producing a passenger vehicle with a tailgate, which comprises the steps of:

preassembling an adjustment device on an assembly carrier resulting in a preassembled assembly carrier;

fitting the preassembled assembly carrier to a painted vehicle body; and

fitting a spoiler device to the preassembled assembly carrier fitted to the painted vehicle body.

13. The method according to claim 12 , which further comprises during the preassembling of the assembly carrier step, fitting at least one of a panel device, a panel carrier, panel bodies, and a fan to the assembly carrier.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2011
From: FROESCHLE, MATHIAS; SCHULZKI, MARKUS
To: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG
Reel/Frame 025840/0694 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 11, 2010
From: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
To: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG
Reel/Frame 025346/0895 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 10, 2010
From: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG
To: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 025339/0949 →