Vehicle having an actuating apparatus for a vehicle door, actuating apparatus and use of an actuating apparatus

• US 9,982,473 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2016
• Issued: 05/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Hallstadt
• Original Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Hallstadt
• Inventors: Herthan, Bernd, Hagel, Dominik
• Primary Examiner(s): Rephann, Justin B
• Application Number:
  US15/149,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20160251891A1
• Time in Patent Office: 750 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/10 arranged at the vehicle rear B60J5/04 takes precedence ; bonnets or lids B62D25/10; tail gates for pick-up trucks B62D33/0273; counterbalancing E05F; springs, e.g. pneumatic F16F
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/2054 by foot gestures
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/60 using electrical actuators
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/73 responsive to movement or presence of persons or objects
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/44 Sensors therefore E05Y2400/322, E05Y2400/33, E05Y2400/55, E05Y2400/56, E05Y2400/852 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/546 Tailgates
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/04 Access control involving a hierarchy in access rights
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/64 using a proximity sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/955 using a capacitive detector
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 2217/96078 Sensor being a wire or a strip, e.g. used in automobile door handles or bumpers

Abstract

An actuating apparatus for adjusting a first vehicle door which can be automatically adjusted between a closed position and an open position is used in a vehicle. To this end, the actuating apparatus has a capacitive distance sensor for detecting a movement of a person who is in the vicinity of the vehicle, and also has a control and evaluation unit. The control and evaluation unit is configured to identify a first door actuation request on the basis of the detected movement, and to trigger adjustment of the first vehicle door when the first door actuation request is identified. In this case, a sensor electrode of the capacitive distance sensor is arranged in a vehicle corner region which is associated with the rear of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a first vehicle door being automatically displaceable between a closed position and an open position;

a second vehicle door;

an actuating apparatus for said first vehicle door, said actuating apparatus having a capacitive distance sensor with a sensor electrode for detecting a movement of a person who is in a vicinity of the vehicle, said sensor electrode disposed only in a vehicle corner region associated with a rear of the vehicle and being curved around a vehicle corner of said vehicle corner region; and

a control and evaluation unit configured for recognizing a first door actuation request on a basis of a detected movement and triggering a displacement of said first vehicle door upon recognition of the first door actuation request, said control and evaluation unit being configured for recognizing a second door actuation request on a basis of the detected movement and triggering a displacement of said second vehicle door upon recognition of the second door actuation request.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a steering wheel, said sensor electrode is disposed on a vehicle side opposite a position of said steering wheel.

3. A vehicle, comprising:

a first vehicle door being automatically displaceable between a closed position and an open position;

a second vehicle door;

an actuating apparatus for said first vehicle door, said actuating apparatus having a capacitive distance sensor with a sensor electrode for detecting a movement of a person who is in a vicinity of the vehicle, said sensor electrode disposed in a vehicle corner region associated with a rear of the vehicle and being curved around a vehicle corner of said vehicle corner region; and

a control and evaluation unit configured for recognizing a first door actuation request on a basis of a detected movement and triggering a displacement of said first vehicle door upon recognition of the first door actuation request, said control and evaluation unit being configured for recognizing a second door actuation request on a basis of the detected movement and triggering a displacement of said second vehicle door upon recognition of the second door actuation request.

4. A vehicle, comprising:

a first vehicle door being automatically displaceable between a closed position and an open position;

a second vehicle door;

an actuating apparatus for said first vehicle door, said actuating apparatus having a capacitive distance sensor with a sensor electrode for detecting a movement of a person who is in a vicinity of the vehicle, said sensor electrode disposed in a vehicle corner region associated with a rear of the vehicle, said sensor electrode being curved around a vehicle corner of said vehicle corner region from a position being 50 cm from said vehicle corner in a transverse direction of the vehicle to a position being 50 cm from said vehicle corner in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and

a control and evaluation unit configured for recognizing a first door actuation request on a basis of a detected movement and triggering a displacement of said first vehicle door upon recognition of the first door actuation request, said control and evaluation unit being configured for recognizing a second door actuation request on a basis of the detected movement and triggering a displacement of said second vehicle door upon recognition of the second door actuation request.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4, wherein said sensor electrode is not disposed in a middle region of a rear bumper of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5, wherein said middle region begins 50 cm from said vehicle corner.