Patent ID: 9574386
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: E05F,E05Y

Claim:
1. An opening apparatus for a tailgate of a motor vehicle, the tailgate being movable between a closed position and an open position relative to a vehicle body of the motor vehicle, the opening apparatus comprising: a housing fixedly mounted on the tailgate; an actuating piston having a first end in the housing and a second end projecting from the housing and contacting the vehicle body when the tailgate is in the closed position, the actuating piston being movable in the housing so that a projecting distance of the second end from the housing is variable; a compression spring element disposed in the housing and biasing the actuating piston in a direction to increase a projecting distance of the second end of the actuating piston from the housing, the compression spring element being prestressed in the closed position of the tailgate, the actuating piston having a force-transmitting toothed segment; and a silicone brake having a gearwheel that is in engagement in a positively locking manner with the toothed segment of the actuating piston, the silicone brake being configured to act as a damping means when the compression coil spring is biasing the actuating piston out of the housing and to act as a decoupling freewheel when the actuating piston is being urged into the housing.