Trunk door opening/closing assistance apparatus and method
AssigneeContinental Automotive GmbH
InventorTaeHoon Lee
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Abstract
A trunk door opening/closing assistance apparatus including: a torque detection part which detects a torque input by a user to open/close the trunk door of a vehicle; a control unit which provides assist torque support in addition to the torque applied by the user within a total torque range required to open/close the door when the user manually opens or closes the trunk door; and a motor drive part which drives a motor for assisting the opening or closing of the trunk door with a direction and a strength which are controlled by the control unit.
Claims14
A trunk door opening/closing assistance apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- a torque detection part adapted to detect a torque applied by a user in response to the user manually opening or closing the trunk door of the vehicle;
- a control unit adapted to provide assist torque support in addition to the torque applied by the user within a total torque range required to open or close the trunk door in response to the user manually opening or closing the trunk door;
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- a motor drive part adapted to drive a motor for assisting the opening or closing the trunk door with a direction and a strength which are controlled by the control unit.
A trunk door opening/closing assistance method comprising:
- detecting a torque applied by a user to in response to the user manually opening or closing a trunk door of a vehicle;
- providing, by a control unit, an assist torque support in addition to the torque applied by the user within a total torque range required to open or close the door in response to the user manually opening or closing the trunk door;
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- driving a motor, by a motor drive part, for assisting the opening or closing of the trunk door according to a direction and a strength which are controlled by the control unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.