# US 10,767,402 B2 · Door check and method for blocking a door check > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,767,402 B2 - Document ID: US10767402B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/534,475 - Filed: 2015-12-04 - Published: 2017-12-07 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-12-10 - Assignees: Edscha Engineering GmbH - Applicants: Edscha Engineering GmbH - Inventors: Peter Hoffmann; Gundolf Heinrichs; Torsten Meissner; Matthias Brinker; Heiner Ackers; Dietmar Rehborn - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10767402B2 ## CPC - E05C 17/006: {with means for detecting obstacles outside the doors} - E05C 17/203: {concealed, e.g. for vehicles} - E05D 11/1014: {for maintaining the hinge in only one position, e.g. closed} - E05D 11/1057: {specially adapted for vehicles (E05D11/1064 takes precedence)} - E05B 81/08: using electromagnets or solenoids - E05D 3/02: with one pin - E05Y 2201/21: Brakes - E05Y 2201/258: Magnetic or electromagnetic friction - E05Y 2201/266: rotary - E05Y 2400/337: Encoder wheels - E05Y 2900/531: Doors - E05C: BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS (latching means for sideboard or tailgate structures for vehicles B62D, {B62D33/02}; fastening devices for constructional or engineering elements E04, F16B; locks, fastening devices structurally or operatively combined or having significant cooperation with locks E05B; means for operating or controlling wing fasteners in conjunction with mechanisms for moving the wing E05F) - E05D: HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C11/00) - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS - E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF ## Abstract The door check includes a retaining bar (20) which can be connected to one of the two door assembly parts, i.e. the door (8) or the door frame (6), and a retaining housing (13) which can be connected to the other door assembly part. In order to design a door check that allows a vehicle door to be reliably and safely blocked in an automated manner, a threaded bar (50) can be accommodated in an axially movable fashion in a cavity of the retaining bar (20). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A door check for a vehicle door, comprising a retaining rod which is configured to be attached to one of a door and a door frame, a retaining housing which is configured to be attached to the other of the door and the door frame, wherein a spindle rod is configured to be accommodated in an axially displaceable manner in a cavity in the retaining rod, wherein a spindle nut is arranged on the retaining rod for conjoint rotation, and wherein the spindle rod is fitted in the spindle nut. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The door check as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spindle rod is extendable out of the retaining rod proportionately to a pivoting travel of the door. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The door check as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spindle rod extends substantially in a straight manner, and wherein the retaining rod extends substantially in a straight manner. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The door check as claimed in claim 1, wherein the retaining rod sets a disk mounted in a fixed position into a rotary movement, and wherein the disk is configured to be stopped in a contactless manner by an electrically drivable blocking arrangement. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The door check as claimed in claim 1, wherein a bearing for the spindle rod is arranged on the retaining housing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The door check as claimed in claim 1, wherein a cup portion, into which the retaining rod is configured to be at least partly introduced, is attached to the retaining housing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The door check as claimed in claim 1, wherein an electromagnetically acting brake blocks a disk driven by the door check, and wherein the electromagnetically acting brake stops the disk driven by the door check in a contactless manner. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The door check as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spindle nut converts an axial movement of the retaining rod into a rotary movement of the spindle rod. ### Claim 9 A door check for a vehicle door, comprising: a retaining rod which is configured to be attached to one of a door and a door frame, a retaining housing which is configured to be attached to the other of the door and the door frame, wherein a spindle nut is arranged on the retaining rod for conjoint rotation, wherein a spindle rod is fitted in the spindle nut, wherein the spindle nut converts an axial movement of the retaining rod into a rotary movement of the spindle rod. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The door check as claimed in claim 9, wherein the spindle nut is arranged in an end region of the retaining rod. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The door check as claimed in claim 9, wherein the retaining rod sets a disk mounted in a fixed position into a rotary movement, and wherein the disk is configured to be stopped in a contactless manner by an electrically drivable blocking arrangement. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The door check as claimed in claim 11, wherein the disk is configured as a permanent-magnetic armature disk having at least two magnetic poles, wherein the electrically drivable blocking arrangement acts on the permanent-magnetic armature disk by electromagnetic force action, wherein the permanent-magnetic armature disk comprises a signal-generating sensor, and wherein the signal-generating sensor detects revolutions of the permanent-magnetic armature disk. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The door check as claimed in claim 11, wherein the disk is configured as a permanent-magnetic armature disk having at least two magnetic poles, wherein the electrically drivable blocking arrangement acts on the permanent-magnetic armature disk by electromagnetic force action, and wherein the permanent-magnetic armature disk is connected to the spindle rod for conjoint rotation. ### Claim 14 A door check for a vehicle door, comprising a retaining rod which is configured to be attached to one of a door and a door frame, a retaining housing which is configured to be attached to the other of the door and the door frame, wherein the retaining rod comprises a spindle nut fixed to the retaining rod, wherein the spindle nut sets a spindle rod having a disk mounted in a fixed position into a rotary movement, and wherein the disk is configured to be stopped in a contactless manner by an electrically drivable blocking arrangement. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The door check as claimed in claim 14, wherein the disk is configured as a permanent-magnetic armature disk having at least two magnetic poles, wherein the electrically drivable blocking arrangement acts on the permanent-magnetic armature disk by electromagnetic force action. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The door check as claimed in claim 14, wherein the electrically drivable blocking arrangement is configured as an electromagnet, wherein the electromagnet is provided as a coil arrangement which forms at least four magnetic poles. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The door check as claimed in claim 16, wherein the electromagnet and the permanent-magnetic armature disk form components of an electrical braking arrangement, and wherein the braking arrangement stops a rotary movement of the permanent-magnetic armature disk in a contactless manner. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The door check as claimed in claim 17, wherein a mechanical braking arrangement is arranged the retaining housing, wherein the electrical braking arrangement acting on the retaining rod is provided outside the mechanical braking arrangement likewise acting on the retaining rod, wherein the mechanical braking arrangement is guided along an extension of the retaining rod in a manner offset in parallel to a surface side of the retaining rod, wherein the mechanical braking arrangement is pretensioned against at least one of the surface sides by a spring member, wherein at least one of the surface sides has profiling along the extension of the retaining rod, wherein the profiling at least regionally comprises one of a friction lining and a brake lining, and wherein the profiling has at least one catching position for the vehicle door. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The door check as claimed in claim 14, wherein an electromagnetically acting brake blocks the disk driven by the retaining rod, and wherein a sensor selected from the group comprising a distance sensor, an obstacle sensor, an inclination sensor, an accident sensor and a rollover sensor triggers the electromagnetically acting brake.