IP Library Granted Patent US 7,482,773
Granted Patent B2
US 7,482,773 · App. 11/701,263 · Granted Jan 27, 2009

Closing and opening system of a vehicle and method of addressing a drive of such a closing and opening system

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Patent No.
US 7,482,773
App. No.
11/701,263
Granted
Jan 27, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A closing and opening system of a vehicle comprises a control device of an anti-pinch protection arrangement, where the control device is coupled with a drive of the closing and opening system. The control device has an input for at least one signal based on a variable, vehicle-sensitive data value. The control device is configured such that the control device determines a situation-specific anti-pinch protection parameter depending on the signal and addresses the drive in a situation-specific manner on the basis of the situation-specific anti-pinch protection parameter.

Claims (13)

1. A method of addressing a drive of at least one cover of a sliding roof system of a vehicle including a control device of an anti-pinch protection arrangement coupled with the drive, comprising the following steps:

(a) feeding at least one signal to the control device, where the at least one signal is specific for a vehicle-sensitive, variable data value, wherein the vehicle-sensitive, variable data value is vehicle speed;

(b) determining a situation-specific anti-pinch protection parameter depending on the at least one signal;

(c) operating the anti-pinch protection arrangement with the situation-specific anti-pinch protection parameter; and

(d) feeding an additional vehicle-sensitive, variable data value into the control device, the additional vehicle-sensitive, variable data value being at least one of an opening condition of side windows of the vehicle and an operating state position of a fan of an interior space venting system.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is part of a sliding roof system.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is part of a window lifter system.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control device controls a plurality of closing and opening systems.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the situation-specific anti-pinch protection parameters are empirically ascertained for a model of the vehicle and any possible operating situation, and are stored in the control device.

6. A closing and opening system of a vehicle, comprising:

a control device of an anti-pinch protection arrangement coupled with a drive of a cover of a sliding roof system, wherein the control device has an input for at least one signal based on a variable, vehicle-specific data value, wherein the variable, vehicle-specific data value is vehicle speed, and with the control device being configured such that the control device determines a situation-specific anti-pinch protection parameter depending on the at least one signal and addresses the drive in a situation-specific manner on the basis of the situation-specific anti-pinch protection parameter, the control device being the control device of a window lifter, and wherein the control device receives an additional variable, vehicle specific data value that is at least one of an opening condition of side windows of the vehicle and an operating state position of a fan of an interior space venting system.

7. The closing and opening system according to claim 6 , wherein the control device is coupled with an electric vehicle control unit to obtain the variable, vehicle-specific data value.

8. The closing and opening system according to claim 6 , wherein the situation-specific anti-pinch protection parameters are empirically ascertained for a model of the vehicle and any possible operating situation, and wherein the control device includes a memory to store the situation-specific anti-pinch protection parameters.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2010
From: ARVINMERITOR GMBH
To: ROOF SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 025543/0236 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2007
From: HEYN, DETLEF
To: ARVINMERITOR GMBH
Reel/Frame 019075/0732 →