Method for activating a motor vehicle closure and closure device for motor vehicles
First Claim
1. Method for activating a motor vehicle closure comprising a closure part which can be moved by a drive device and with which an orifice of a fuel filler neck can be closed, and a sensor device which is activated by switching on an activation device and comprises a proximity sensor arranged in a vicinity of the closure part, the method comprising:
- transmitting an opening signal from the activated sensor device to the drive device to open the closure part when an approaching person or any approaching object comes within a predetermined distance from the proximity sensor, andtransmitting a closing signal from the activated sensor device to the drive device to close the closure part when the person and any object after approaching within the predetermined distance then move away from the proximity sensor beyond the predetermined distance.
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Abstract
In a method for activating a motor vehicle closure and in a closure device for motor vehicles a sensor device is activated by switching on an activation device and comprises a proximity sensor arranged in the vicinity of the closure part. The activated sensor device transmits an opening signal to the drive device to open the closure part when an approaching person and/or an approaching object comes within a predetermined distance from the proximity sensor, whereupon the drive device opens the motor vehicle closure.
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8 Claims
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1. Method for activating a motor vehicle closure comprising a closure part which can be moved by a drive device and with which an orifice of a fuel filler neck can be closed, and a sensor device which is activated by switching on an activation device and comprises a proximity sensor arranged in a vicinity of the closure part, the method comprising:
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transmitting an opening signal from the activated sensor device to the drive device to open the closure part when an approaching person or any approaching object comes within a predetermined distance from the proximity sensor, and transmitting a closing signal from the activated sensor device to the drive device to close the closure part when the person and any object after approaching within the predetermined distance then move away from the proximity sensor beyond the predetermined distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. Method for operating a motor vehicle closure part structured to be moved by an automatic drive device to automatically open and close an orifice of a fuel filler neck, the method comprising:
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activating a proximity sensor in a vicinity of the closure part by switching on an activation device, transmitting an opening signal from the activated sensor device to the automatic drive device to automatically open the closure part when the proximity sensor detects a passive object closer than a predetermined distance in proximity to the proximity sensor, and transmitting a closing signal from the activated sensor device to the drive device to automatically close the closure part when the proximity sensor detects that the previously detected passive object moves beyond a predetermined distance out of proximity to the proximity sensor. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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