ADJUSTING APPARATUS FOR MOVING A VEHICLE PART THAT CAN BE MOVED BETWEEN A CLOSED POSITION AND AN OPEN POSITION

• US 20150073666A1
• Filed: 09/12/2014
• Published: 03/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Hallstadt
• Original Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Hallstadt
• Inventors: DOTTERWEICH, GUENTHER, TROMBKE, SEBASTIAN
• Application Number:
  US14/484,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20150073666A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/49
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/70 with automatic actuation
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/73 responsive to movement or presence of persons or objects
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/79 using time control
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/86 by hand
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/548 Trunk lids

Abstract

An adjusting apparatus moves a vehicle part that can be moved between a closed position and an open position with a servomotor for producing an adjusting force. An input interface accepts an input by a vehicle user as a basis for outputting a first control signal or a second control signal. The adjusting apparatus includes a control unit for actuating the servomotor. The control unit is set up to respond to the first control signal by actuating the servomotor directly to move the vehicle part into the closed position. The control unit is also set up to respond to the second control signal by actuating the servomotor to move the vehicle part into the closed position only when at least one additional prescribed criterion is met.

Claims

1. An adjusting apparatus for moving a vehicle part that can be moved between a closed position and an open position, the adjusting apparatus comprising:

a servomotor for generating an adjusting force for moving the vehicle part;

an input interface configured to acquire an input from a vehicle user as a basis for outputting a first control signal or a second control signal; and

a control unit for actuating the servomotor, said control unit being configured to respond to the first control signal by actuating said servomotor directly for moving the vehicle part into the closed position, and said control unit being configured to respond to the second control signal by actuating said servomotor for moving the vehicle part into the closed position when at least one additional prescribed criterion is met.

2. The adjusting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit is configured to use an expiry of a prescribed waiting time as the additional criterion.

3. The adjusting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said control unit is configured to store the waiting time on a user-specific basis in a setting mode.

4. The adjusting apparatus according to claim 1, which further comprises a distance sensor disposed to ascertain whether or not an obstacle is present within an adjustment path of the vehicle part, and wherein said control unit is configured to use a signal from said distance sensor indicating an absence of an obstacle in the adjustment path as the additional criterion.

5. The adjusting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit is configured to respond to the second control signal by using a signaling unit to output a confirmation signal.