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Method for the automatic operation of a vehicle door and device for carrying out said method

  • US 20040090083A1
  • Filed: 10/03/2003
  • Published: 05/13/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for automatically actuating a vehicle door (1), in particular a side door or a tailgate of a motor vehicle, from a first into a second position by means of a drive (5;

  • 26) which is connected to a control device (6) and acts on the vehicle door (1) via at least one transmission element (12;

    30), characterized in that, after the drive (5;

    26) is activated, the speed at which the vehicle door (1) is pivoted from its first into its second position is measured continuously or at predetermined time intervals within a predetermined pivoting-angle range (100) of the vehicle door (1) with the aid of at least one sensor (14;

    31), in that the actual speed of the vehicle door (1) is compared with a predetermined, angle-dependent desired value curve, and in that, if the actual speed deviates from the desired value curve, the control device (6) is used to regulate the drive (5;

    26) to bring the speed of the vehicle door (1) to the predetermined desired value, so that said vehicle door is moved into its second position at the speed predetermined by the desired value curve.

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