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AssigneeMCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.
InventorsStephen Alexander George Gustavo Boom, Bastiaan Huijzers, Erik Alfred Simeon de Vries
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The invention relates to an adjustment device for adjusting shutoff elements of an air inlet of a motor compartment of a motor vehicle between at least a first position in which the air inlet is substantially closed and a second position in which the air inlet is substantially open. The adjustment device comprises a drive unit. The drive unit comprises a drive train, an electric motor with an output shaft for driving the drive train, and a drive shaft. The drive train comprises at least one reduction element. The reduction element, the output shaft of the electric motor, and the output shaft of the adjustment device form drive elements of the drive unit. The adjustment device is provided with a condition determining unit for determining a motion condition of at least one of the drive elements.
An adjustment device for adjusting shutoff elements of an air inlet of a motor compartment of a motor vehicle between at least a first position in which the air inlet is substantially closed and a second position in which the air inlet is substantially open, wherein the adjustment device is provided with a drive unit comprising an electric motor and a drive train having drive elements, wherein the electric motor drives the drive train, wherein the adjustment device is furthermore provided with a condition determining unit for determining a motion condition of at least one of the drive elements, wherein the condition determining unit includes a control element for controlling the drive unit based on the determined motion condition.
A method for adjusting shutoff elements of an air inlet of a motor compartment of a motor vehicle, wherein the shutoff elements are adjustable between at least a first position in which the air inlet is substantially closed and a second position in which the air inlet is substantially open, the method comprising:
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