Positioning device for a motor vehicle door
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorTobias Klocke
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Abstract
A positioning device for a motor vehicle door, which is provided in its basic design with an electric motor drive for a positioning element, furthermore with at least one sensor assigned to the positioning element, and with a movement element optionally securing or releasing the positioning element (1, 2) and/or the motor vehicle door. The sensor is capable at least of measuring a force engaging on the positioning element. According to the invention, the movement element can be acted upon at least independently of the operator in accordance with signals from the sensor.
Claims17
A positioning device for a motor vehicle door, the positioning device comprising:
- a positioning element for positioning a locking pin of the motor vehicle door,
- an electric motor drive that drives the positioning element,
- at least one sensor assigned to the positioning element that measures a force applied by the electric motor drive that is acting on the positioning element, and
- a movement element which selectively acts on and the locking pin of the motor vehicle door to either release or hold in place the positioning element and the motor vehicle door,
- wherein the movement element is acted upon at least independently of an operator action in accordance with signals from the sensor,
- wherein when the measured force acting on the positioning element is above a threshold target force amount, the movement element is spaced from locking pin, and
- wherein when the measured force acting on the positioning element is at or below the threshold target force amount, the movement element is actuated to engage the locking pin to hold in place the positioning element and the motor vehicle door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.