Patent ID: 9623733
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B60J,E05F,E05Y

Claim:
1. A tailgate mounted onto a motor vehicle body such as to be pivotable between an open position and a closed position, and connected to said motor vehicle body by assistance means that generate an axial thrust for assisting with the opening of said tailgate, wherein said tailgate comprises a sealing element and an anti-deformation abutment, said anti-deformation abutment positioned on said tailgate for engaging, when said tailgate is in said closed position, with a complementary bearing of said motor vehicle body such that said complementary bearing exerts a local reaction force against said anti-deformation abutment; having a direction (DR) substantially parallel and opposite to a direction of thrust (D) of said assistance means, or angled at most 45° relative to said direction of thrust (D), and having at least one component (R) in a direction opposite to a direction of thrust (F) of said assistance means.