Patent ID: 8550536

Claim:
A tailgate ( 1 ) or rear door for a motor vehicle, comprising: a carrying structure of fibre-reinforced thermoplastic plastic, with hinges ( 5 ), a lock ( 6 ) and a rear window ( 2 ), wherein the carrying structure includes a single-piece main carrying structure ( 10 ) with a peripheral, flexurally resistant frame ( 11 ) which comprises an upper transverse beam ( 12 ), two lateral longitudinal beams ( 13 , 14 ) and at least one lower transverse beam ( 15 ), wherein the main carrying structure includes a fibre-reinforced moulding compound ( 20 ) with at least two impregnated, integrated continuous-fibre bands ( 21 ), and is non-positively connected to the rear window ( 2 ) and together with the rear window forms a flexurally resistant structure, wherein the continuous-fibre bands ( 21 ) in sections are integrated into the frame ( 11 ) and have an arrangement vertical (v) to the surface (H) of the tailgate, by way of the continuous-fibre bands ( 21 ) being arranged vertically to the surface (H) and/or at a vertical distance (d) to the surface (H) and wherein the continuous-fibre bands are connected to one another by way of spatial shapings of the fibre-reinforced moulding compound ( 20 ) as force-transmitting and stiffening connection regions ( 22 ) and the frame ( 11 ) comprises bead-like ( 24 ) stiffenings of the moulding compound ( 20 ).