# US 11,299,923 B2 · Drive arrangement for a closure element of a motor vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,299,923 B2 - Document ID: US11299923B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/552,980 - Filed: 2016-02-16 - Published: 2018-02-01 - Granted: 2022-04-12 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-24 - Assignees: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH SE & Co. Kommanditgesselschaft, Bamberg - Applicants: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg - Inventors: Matthias Seidl; Sebastian Schenk - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11299923B2 ## CPC - E05F 15/60: using electrical actuators - B60J 5/101: {for non-load transporting vehicles, i.e. family cars including vans} - E05F 15/622: using screw-and-nut mechanisms - H02J 50/05: using capacitive coupling - H02J 50/10: using inductive coupling - B60R 25/01: operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens - E05Y 2400/66: Wireless transmission - E05Y 2900/546: Tailboards, tailgates or sideboards opening upwards - E05F: DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING - B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05) - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - 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 Various embodiments relate to a drive arrangement for a closure element of a motor vehicle which has an electrical motor vehicle on-board power system, wherein an electric drive for motorized adjustment of the closure element is provided, wherein the drive is assigned a coupling arrangement by which the drive can be actuated electrically. It is proposed that at least one cableless transmission path, in particular to an on-board-power-system-side coupling arrangement, via which the drive can be actuated, can be generated by the drive-side coupling arrangement. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A drive arrangement for a pivoting closure element of a motor vehicle, the drive arrangement comprising: an electrical motor vehicle on-board power system, wherein the motor vehicle on-board power system is assigned an on-board-power-system-side coupling arrangement, the drive arrangement further comprising an electric drive for motorized adjustment of the pivoting closure element coupled by a rotary joint to a motor vehicle bodywork, wherein the drive is assigned a drive-side coupling arrangement which is separate from the on-board-power-system-side coupling arrangement of the motor vehicle on-board power system and by which the drive is configured to be actuated electrically, wherein at least one cableless transmission path between the drive-side coupling arrangement of the drive and the on-board-power-system-side coupling arrangement of the motor vehicle on-board power system, via which the drive is actuated, is generated by the drive-side coupling arrangement of the drive, and wherein the cableless transmission path is generated in multiple angular positions of the pivoting flap, the multiple angular positions comprising substantially an entire movement range of the pivoting flap; wherein energy for the energy supply of the drive is transmitted via the cableless transmission path, and wherein the cableless transmission path comprises an inductive energy transmission, and the drive-side coupling arrangement has an inductive energy transmission arrangement which interacts with an inductive energy transmission arrangement of the on-board-power-system-side coupling arrangement, or wherein the cableless transmission path comprises a capacitive energy transmission, and the drive-side coupling arrangement has a capacitive energy transmission arrangement which interacts with a capacitive energy transmission arrangement of the on-board-power-system-side coupling arrangement. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The drive arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein a cableless transmission path to a coupling arrangement which is separate from the motor vehicle on-board power system is generated by the drive-side coupling arrangement. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The drive arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein a cableless transmission path to the coupling arrangement of a further electric drive is generated by the drive-side coupling arrangement. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The drive arrangement as claimed in claim 1, comprising a drive-side energy store for buffering energy which has been transmitted by the on-board-power-system-side coupling arrangement. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The drive arrangement as claimed in claim 4, wherein the energy store has at least one capacitor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The drive arrangement as claimed in claim 4, wherein the energy store has at least one double layer capacitor. ### Claim 7 A drive arrangement for a pivoting closure element of a motor vehicle, the drive arrangement comprising: an electrical motor vehicle on-board power system, wherein the motor vehicle on-board power system is assigned an on-board-power-system-side coupling arrangement, the drive arrangement further comprising an electric drive for motorized adjustment of the pivoting closure element coupled by a rotary joint to a motor vehicle bodywork, wherein the drive is assigned a drive-side coupling arrangement which is separate from the on-board-power-system-side coupling arrangement of the motor vehicle on-board power system and by which the drive is configured to be actuated electrically, wherein at least one cableless transmission path between the drive-side coupling arrangement of the drive and the on-board-power-system-side coupling arrangement of the motor vehicle on-board power system, via which the drive is actuated, is generated by the drive-side coupling arrangement of the drive, wherein the cableless transmission path is generated in multiple angular positions of the pivoting flap, the multiple angular positions comprising substantially an entire movement range of the pivoting flap; wherein energy for the energy supply of the drive is transmitted via the cableless transmission path; wherein control signals are transmitted via the cableless transmission path; and wherein the cableless transmission path comprises an inductive control signal transmission, and the drive-side coupling arrangement comprises an inductive control signal transmission arrangement which interacts with an inductive control signal transmission arrangement of the on-board-power-system-side coupling arrangement, or wherein the cableless transmission path comprises a capacitive control signal transmission, and the drive-side coupling arrangement has a capacitive control signal transmission arrangement which interacts with a capacitive control signal transmission arrangement of the on-board-power-system-side coupling arrangement. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The drive arrangement as claimed in claim 7, wherein both energy and control signals are transmitted via one and the same transmission path. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The drive arrangement as claimed in claim 7, wherein a first cableless transmission path for transmitting energy and a separate second cableless transmission path for transmitting control signals are generated by the drive-side coupling arrangement. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The drive arrangement as claimed in claim 7, wherein the cableless transmission path comprises a cableless control signal transmission by electromagnetic waves, and the drive-side coupling arrangement has a radio-based control signal transmission arrangement which interacts with a radio-based control signal transmission arrangement of the on-board-power-system-side coupling arrangement. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The drive arrangement as claimed in claim 10, wherein the cableless control signal transmission comprises a transmission by Bluetooth or WLAN. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The drive arrangement as claimed in claim 7, wherein the cableless transmission path is generated independently of the position of the pivoting closure element, or wherein the cableless transmission path is generated exclusively in at least one predetermined coupling position of the pivoting closure element. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The drive arrangement as claimed in claim 7, wherein the drive-side coupling arrangement and the on-board-power-system-side coupling arrangement are arranged on the drive. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The drive arrangement as claimed in claim 13, wherein the drive-side coupling arrangement and the on-board-power-system-side coupling arrangement are integrated into the connection joint for the rotary joint of the drive to the motor vehicle bodywork or the pivoting closure element. ### Claim 15 (depends on 7) A motor vehicle on-board power system having a coupling arrangement for generating a cableless transmission path to the coupling arrangement of a drive as claimed in claim 7.