Patent ID: 7870643
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hinge arrangement, of a tailgate of a motor vehicle, having a first hinge part, firmly connected to a body, which is knuckle-jointed with a second hinge part, and having an energy accumulator, connectable to the first hinge part and the second hinge part, the energy accumulator having a plurality of force application points of which are positioned in relation to both hinge parts in such a way that the force released upon its discharge supports the rotation of the two hinge parts around a hinge axis from a first rotation position, which corresponds to a closed position of the tailgate, to a second rotation position, which corresponds to an open position of the tailgate, characterized by a transposition device for transposing at least one of the force application points to one of the two rotation positions in such a way that, after transposition a force acts on the hinge parts in the opposite rotation direction.