US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on July 14 for "Tailgate arrangement for a motor vehicle and method for operating a tailgate arrangement" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,362, issued on July 14, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Tailgate arrangement for a motor vehicle and method for operating a tailgate arrangement" was invented by Matthias Findeis (Geltendorf, Germany), Maximilian Hartl (Anzing, Germany), Jan Schieschang (Scheyern, Germany) and Tobias Vill (Dettingen an der Iller, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tailgate arrangement is provided for a vehicle, with a tailgate having a rear window and with at least one body component to which the rear window is adjacent when the tailgate is closed and from which the rear window is spaced apart further when the tailgate is...