Back to results
US 12,528,416 B2Granted
Method for providing anti-trap protection for a motor vehicle
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorFlorian Fritz
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method provides anti-trap protection for a motor vehicle, in which a miniature safety edge is arranged on a first interior component which is movable in automated fashion relative to a second interior component by way of a control device. An automated movement of the interior components relative to one another via the control device is prevented when the miniature safety edge is actuated.
Claims9
A method for providing anti-trap protection for an automobile, comprising:
- arranging a miniature safety edge on a first interior component which is movable in automated fashion along a first vehicle longitudinal axis relative to a second interior component by way of a control device, and which is movable in automated fashion along a second vehicle vertical axis by way of the control device, the second axis being different than the first axis, and
- preventing automated movement of the first interior component, by way of the control device, when the miniature safety edge is actuated,
- wherein the miniature safety edge is arranged on a cover element when the miniature safety edge is arranged on the cover blind, the cover element being rotatable between the first axis and the second axis, and the miniature safety edge is oriented depending on a movement direction of the first component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.