Method for operating a motor vehicle closing system
AssigneeBrose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
InventorAlexander MÜLLER
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Abstract
A method for operating a motor vehicle closing system including, activating, by a controller, an electric drive to perform a movement routine and a charging routine, in which a stored energy source is charged, determining, by a monitoring unit, a time dependency of a discharging variable of the stored energy source as the stored energy source is discharging energy, and triggering, by the monitoring unit, a safety routine for the stored energy source, in response to a specified fault criterion being satisfied by the time dependency of the discharging variable.
Claims21
A method of operating a motor vehicle closing system, wherein the motor vehicle closing system includes an electric drive, provided with an electric drive motor configured to provide a motorized closing function for a movable closure element of a motor vehicle, a rechargeable stored energy source, configured to supply voltage to the motor vehicle closure closing system, a closing system controller configured to activate the electric drive perform a movement routine and perform a charging routine, in which a stored energy source is charged, wherein the closing system controller includes a monitoring unit configured to perform a monitoring routine, in which for monitoring the stored energy source is monitored, the method comprising:
- performing the monitoring routine, including determining, by the monitoring unit, a time dependency of a discharging variable of the stored energy source as the stored energy source is discharging energy;
- and
- triggering, by the monitoring unit, a safety routine for the stored energy source, in response to a specified fault criterion being satisfied by the time dependency of the discharging variable.
A motor vehicle closing system comprising:
- an electric drive including an electric drive motor configured to provide a motorized closing function for a movable closure element of a motor vehicle;
- a rechargeable stored energy source configured to supply voltage to the electric drive,
- a controller configured to activate the electric drive during a movement routine and charge the stored energy source during a charging routine,
- a monitoring unit configured to perform a monitoring routine, in which the stored energy source is monitored,
- wherein
- the monitoring unit is configured to determine a time dependency of a discharging variable of the stored energy source during the monitoring routine in while the stored energy source is discharging energy, and wherein the monitoring unit is configured to trigger a safety routine for the stored energy source in response to a predefined fault criterion being satisfied by the time dependency of the discharging variable.
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A method of operating a motor vehicle closing system, the method comprising:
- activating, by a controller, an electric drive to perform a movement routine and a charging routine, in which a stored energy source is charged;
- determining, by a monitoring unit, a time dependency of a discharging variable of the stored energy source as the stored energy source is discharging energy;
- and
- triggering, by the monitoring unit, a safety routine for the stored energy source, in response to a specified fault criterion being satisfied by the time dependency of the discharging variable.
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