Vehicle Door Provided with a Get-Out Assisting Device
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Abstract
A vehicle door has an easy exit feature that holds the vehicle door in a desired latched position by applying a latching torque with a controllable damper. An evaluation and control unit detects the desired latched positions by evaluating an instantaneous door movement sensed by a sensor system, and accordingly actuates the damper. The evaluation and control unit releases the latched position after a corresponding activation has been detected. The easy exit feature is embodied as a variable latching function, and applies a maximum holding force to the vehicle door by way of the damper and locks the vehicle door in the desired latched position.
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28 Claims
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1-8. -8. (canceled)
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9. A vehicle door with an easy exit feature, comprising:
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a controllable damper adapted to hold the vehicle door in a desired latched position by applying a latching torque, a sensor system that senses an instantaneous door movement, an evaluation and control unit that detects the desired latched position by evaluating the instantaneous door movement sensed by the sensor system and accordingly actuates the damper, wherein the evaluation and control unit releases the latched position after a corresponding activation has been detected, and wherein a variable latching function provides the easy exit feature and applies a maximum holding force to the vehicle door by way of the damper and locks it in the desired latched position. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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