IP Library Granted Patent US 11,993,971
Granted Patent B2
US 11,993,971 · App. 17/726,203 · Granted May 28, 2024

Method for determining and specifying the necessary closing speed of a motor-operated vehicle door at the moment of reaching an initial closure detent

Inventors: Beat Bauer (Friedrichshafen, DE); Timur Atas (Oberteuringen, DE)
Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
E05F15/611E05Y2400/36E05Y2900/531
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Patent No.
US 11,993,971
App. No.
17/726,203
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for determining and specifying necessary closing speed of a motor-operated vehicle door at the moment of reaching an initial closure detent by means of a control unit is described. The motor current of the door motor is determined and compared with a calculated maximum current, wherein the maximum current results from a motor armature resistance measured at the start of the door movement, from a minimum supply voltage of the control unit and from an adjustable factor. If the determined current is higher than the maximum current, the value of an adaptation table is changed and a higher closing speed is specified by the control unit for the next closing movement of the vehicle door; and, if the determined current is lower than the maximum current, a lower closing speed is specified by the control unit for the next closing movement of the vehicle door.

Claims (5)

1. A method for determining and specifying a necessary closing speed of a motor-operated vehicle door at a moment of reaching an initial closure detent:

at a control unit, determining and comparing motor current of a door motor with a calculated maximum current, wherein the calculated maximum current results from a motor armature resistance measured at a start of a door movement, from a minimum supply voltage of the control unit and from an adjustable factor;

if the determined current is higher than the calculated maximum current, changing a value of an adaptation table and specifying at the control unit a higher closing speed for next closing movement of the vehicle door and thus adapting to actual and instantaneous situation at the vehicle; and;

if the determined current is lower than the calculated maximum current, specifying at the control unit a lower closing speed for the next closing movement of the vehicle door.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the motor current is determined by a measurement.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 12, 2026
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
To: AUMOVIO GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 074819/0918 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2026
From: CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 074716/0744 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2022
From: BAUER, BEAT; ATAS, TIMUR
To: CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH
Reel/Frame 059767/0168 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 204 113.2 · Apr 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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