Automatic control of a power tailgate under external loading
AssigneeAisin Technical Center of America, Inc.
InventorsGowtham Harsha Pulikonda, Yasuyuki Noiri, Nicholas Ozog, Ryan Heins
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AssigneeAisin Technical Center of America, Inc.
InventorsGowtham Harsha Pulikonda, Yasuyuki Noiri, Nicholas Ozog, Ryan Heins
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Embodiments of a system for controlling a vehicle power tailgate are described. The system includes a motor operably connectible to a tailgate to open and close the tailgate, a processor, and a memory communicably coupled to the processor. The memory stores a tailgate control module including instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to, responsive to a value of a motor speed parameter being above a predetermined motor speed threshold and a value of a motor acceleration parameter being above a predetermined motor acceleration threshold during opening of a tailgate, control operation of the motor to apply a braking force to the tailgate.
A system for controlling a vehicle power tailgate comprising:
A method of controlling a vehicle power tailgate system including a motor operably connectible to a tailgate to open and close the tailgate, the method comprising steps of:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium for controlling a vehicle power tailgate system including a motor operably connectible to a tailgate to open and close the tailgate, the medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
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