Infinite power door check mechanism and method of operation
OwnerMario CAPPELLI, Giovanni GENNAI +1inventors
InventorsMario CAPPELLI, Giovanni GENNAI, Francesco CUMBO
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Abstract
A system for controlling a motion of a door of a vehicle comprising: at least one user interface device comprising a control device, the control device being in operable communication with a door check mechanism configured for resisting the motion of the door relative to a vehicle body, wherein operation of the control device controls operation of the door check mechanism. The door check mechanism can comprise: a linkage coupled between a vehicle body and the door, the linkage configured to pivot about an axis; and a brake assembly coupled to the linkage for applying a resistive force to the linkage to resist rotation of the linkage about the axis.
Claims20
A door check mechanism (31) for a door (14) of a vehicle (10) comprising:
- a linkage (40) coupled between a vehicle body (12) and the door, the linkage configured to pivot about an axis (48);
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- a brake assembly (37) coupled to the linkage for applying a resistive force to the linkage to resist rotation of the linkage about the axis.
A door check mechanism for a door of a vehicle, comprising:
- a biasing member in operable connection with a linkage coupling the door to a vehicle body;
- a rotatable brake assembly coupled to the linkage, wherein a movement of the linkage causes a rotation of the rotatable brake assembly;
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- an actuator for controlling a biasing state of the biasing member, wherein a change in the biasing state of the biasing member varies a friction force applied by the rotatable brake assembly to the linkage for resisting the movement of the door.
A door check mechanism for a door of a vehicle comprising:
- a linkage coupled between a vehicle body and the door, the linkage configured to pivot about an axis;
- an actuator;
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- a brake assembly coupled to one of the door and the vehicle body, the brake assembly comprising a roller arrangement (64) for applying variable resistive force to the linkage to resist movement of the door relative to the vehicle body;
- wherein the roller arrangement is operable by operation of the actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.