Method and device for adjusting gap dimensions and/or an offset between a vehicle hood and the remaining vehicle body
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device (1) for adjusting the gap dimensions and/or an offset between a movable hood (2) of a motor vehicle and the remaining body (3) of said motor vehicle. The hood (2) is first fitted and retained in a roughly adjusted assembly position so as to be as flush as possible with the body (3), whereupon the hood (2) is finely adjusted such that predefined values are matched as closely as possible for the gap dimensions and/or the offset. In order to be able to adjust the gap dimensions and/or the offset as simply, quickly and flexibly as possible in a contactless manner, actual values (21 ist) for the gap dimensions and/or the offset between the hood (2) and the remaining body (3) are optically detected for the fine adjustment. Triggering signals (24) for at least one actuating member (12) are determined in accordance with the detected actual values (21 ist) and predefined set point values (21-soll) for the gap dimensions and/or the offset.
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16. A method for adjusting gap dimensions and/or an offset between a movable flap of a vehicle and a remaining body of the vehicle, the flap being initially fitted and retained in a roughly adjusted installation position as flush as possible with the body and is then finely adjusted to match predetermined values for the gap dimensions and/or offset as closely as possible, the flap then being movably fixed on the body in a finely adjusted position, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) initially mounting the flap to the body in the roughly adjusted installation position for motion about an axis of rotation;
b) optically detecting actual values for the gap dimensions and/or the offset between the roughly adjusted flap and the remaining body;
c) generating, in dependence on detected actual values and specified desired values for the gap dimensions and/or offset, drive signals for at least one actuating element, the actuating element cooperating with the flap to vary, about the axis of rotation, the position and orientation of the flap relative to the remaining body; and
d) regulating the actual values of the gap dimensions and/or offset to the specified desired values through driving the at least one actuating element via the drive signals. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A device for adjusting gap dimensions and/or an offset between a movable flap of a vehicle and a remaining body of the vehicle, with means for fitting and retaining the flap in a roughly adjusted installation position as flush as possible with the body as well as means for fitting the flap, in a finely adjusted installation position, in such a manner that specified values of the gap dimensions and/or the offset are matched as closely as possible, the flap being initially mounted to the body in the roughly adjusted installation position for motion about an axis of rotation, the device comprising:
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means for optical detection of actual values of the gap dimensions and/or the offset between the roughly adjusted flap and the remaining body;
means for generating drive signals in dependence on the detected actual values and in comparison to specified desired values of the gap dimensions and/or the offset; and
at least one actuating element communicating with said generating means to accept said drive signals, wherein said actuating element acts on the flap to vary a position and an orientation of the flap about the axis of rotation and relative to the remaining body, said actuating element regulating the gap dimensions and/or offset to the specified desired values. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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