BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, HALLSTADT Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150352927 | GUIDE RAIL FOR A WINDOW LIFT AND DOOR SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE DOOR - A guide rail for a window lifter for raising and lowering a window pane or door system for a vehicle door having a carrier and at least two guide rails disposed on the carrier. The guide rails comprise a guide profile that can be twisted or bent for guiding an adjusting part of the window lifter coupled to the window pane along an adjusting direction predetermined by the guide rails and the guide profile comprises a base and two legs protruding at obtuse draft angles from the ends of the base, such that the size of the draft angles is proportional to the bending or twisting of the guide rails prescribed by the kinematics of the retraction of the window pane over the adjusting travel of the window pane. | 12-10-2015 |
20150240547 | SPINDLE DRIVE FOR AN ADJUSTMENT ELEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a spindle drive for an adjustment element of a motor vehicle, wherein a drive unit and a spindle-spindle nut transmission arranged downstream of the drive unit in terms of drive is provided for generating linear drive movements, wherein the drive unit has a tubular, preferably one-piece, drive unit housing and therein a drive motor and, where applicable, an intermediate transmission arranged downstream of the drive motor in terms of drive, wherein the drive unit and the spindle-spindle nut transmission are arranged one behind the other on the geometrical spindle axis, wherein a spindle drive housing is provided with a tubular inner housing and a tubular outer housing, wherein the inner housing runs in a telescope-like manner in the outer housing. It is proposed that the outer housing of the spindle drive housing accommodates the drive unit with the drive unit housing and is connected to the drive unit. | 08-27-2015 |
20140324273 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AN OPERATOR CONTROL MESSAGE WHEN AN OPERATOR CONTROL EVENT OCCURS - The invention relates to a method for detecting an operator control event using a sensor arrangement having at least one proximity sensor and a sensor controller, the operator control event being generated by a user of a vehicle. A first coarse evaluation of the sensor measured values for the occurrence of an operator control sign is carried out, that a predetermined number of the respective last sensor measured values of at least one sensor element are buffered, that the detection of an operator control sign triggers a fine evaluation of the sensor measured values for verifying the occurrence of an operator control event at a triggering time, and that the fine evaluation is based on the buffered sensor measured values and on the temporally subsequent sensor measured values, with the result that sensor measured values both before and after the triggering time are included in the fine evaluation. | 10-30-2014 |
20140195073 | METHOD FOR ACTUATING A CLOSURE ELEMENT ARRANGEMENT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for actuating a closure element arrangement in a motor vehicle, wherein the closure element arrangement has a closure element, a drive arrangement associated with the closure element, a control arrangement and a sensor arrangement having at least one sensor element that is particularly in the form of a proximity sensor, wherein operator control event monitoring involves the control arrangement being used to monitor sensor events in the sensor measured values from the sensor arrangement for whether a predetermined operator control event is occurring, and the result of the operator control event monitoring is taken as a basis for actuating the drive arrangement. It is proposed that the operator control event monitoring is based on at least one operator control event model stored in the control arrangement and that the operator control event model is produced and/or parameterized during use compliant with normal operation. | 07-10-2014 |
20140188349 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FLAP ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for operating a flap arrangement of a motor vehicle, wherein the flap arrangement has a flap wing and a control arrangement, wherein a flap drive which is assigned to the flap wing and by which the flap wing can be adjusted between a closed position and an open position in an adjustment process is provided, wherein at least one predetermined flap operator control event is detected by means of the control arrangement and the flap drive is actuated as a technical control reaction to a flap operator control event. It is proposed that by means of the control arrangement the technical control reaction of stopping or continuing an adjustment process, which is due to two successive flap operator control events, is suppressed if at least one suppression condition is detected. | 07-03-2014 |
20140173984 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING A DRIVE UNIT, ESPECIALLY OF A WINDOW LIFTER, COMPRISING A ROTATING DRIVE MOTOR - An anti-trap protection unit for an electric window lifter of a vehicle or generally to efficiently limit excess forces of an adjusting element that can be driven by means of a drive unit is provided. For this purpose, a compensation trajectory of the drive unit is determined independent of the temperature, and a variable threshold function which is dependent on the temperature is determined as a function of the drive trajectory or the drive time, the threshold function approaching a defined threshold value asymptotically, and the drive force especially in the form of a measured speed of a drive motor being continuously determined and being monitored in accordance with the determined threshold function. | 06-26-2014 |
20140167445 | DOOR MODULE WITH INTEGRATED SENSOR ELECTRODE - A door module for a door of a motor vehicle. The door module has a support for receiving a window lifter drive and fixing points at which the door module can be fixed to the corresponding door. At least one sensor electrode of a capacitive and/or inductive control device is attached to the support in order to contactlessly operate an actuator in the motor vehicle. | 06-19-2014 |
20140136024 | ERROR AVOIDANCE IN THE GESTURE-CONTROLLED OPENING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR AND TRUNK - For error-proof, gesture-controlled opening of an actuating element in a motor vehicle, provision is made to detect a vehicle user's gesture, which conveys an opening command, by means of a sensor, to check a control behavior for activating at least one further gesture-controlled actuating element of the motor vehicle for plausibility in accordance with at least one predetermined criterion and, upon identification of the opening command, to refuse the opening of the actuating element if, in a temporal relationship with the identification of the opening command, the control behavior for activating the further actuating element is identified as being implausible. | 05-15-2014 |
20140049194 | DRIVE ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a drive arrangement for the motor-operated adjustment of an adjusting element in a motor vehicle, wherein the drive arrangement comprises two electrical drives having in each case a drive motor and a control device, wherein in the assembled state the drives act in the same manner on the adjusting element and are embodied in an essentially identical manner apart from deviations that are a result of tolerances, wherein the control device influences the two drive motors by a pulse width modulation voltage (“PWM” voltage). It is proposed that the control device influences the two drive motors by PWM voltages having PWM switching frequencies that vary continuously during the adjustment process in such a manner that the PWM switching frequencies that are allocated to the two drive motors are different from each other at least for periods of time. | 02-20-2014 |
20140025262 | DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR THE MOTORIZED ADJUSTMENT OF A FLAP ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a drive arrangement for the motorized adjustment of a flap arrangement for a motor vehicle, with a drive controller for producing a desired flap adjustment by means of at least one drive, wherein the flap arrangement is configured with two flap wings, wherein the two flap wings are each substantially pivotable about a respective spaced-apart, parallel pivot axis and, in the closed state, are in engagement with each other via a respective free wing end opposite the respective pivot axis. The two flap wings are assigned collision pivoting regions which are mounted upstream of the respective closed position and in which the movement regions of the flap wings overlap in such a manner that a predetermined opening and closing sequence has to be observed there in order to avoid collisions between the free wing ends. | 01-23-2014 |
20130342010 | DRIVE ARRANGEMENT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a drive arrangement in a motor vehicle, wherein a first drive, a second drive and a third drive are provided, wherein the drives each have two supply connections, and wherein the first drive and the second drive each have their own associated driver circuit. The invention proposes that the supply connections of the third drive can be connected to high potential (V | 12-26-2013 |
20130321006 | METHOD FOR MEASURING CAPACITANCE AND CAPACITIVE SENSOR UNIT - A method measures a capacitance. According to the method, a first detection measurement for the capacitance which is to be measured is detected by a first measurement method during a first measurement phase. In this case, a second measurement phase is started when the first detection measurement satisfies a transition criterion. A second detection measurement for the capacitance which is to be measured is detected during the second measurement phase by a second measurement method which differs from the first measurement method. The second measurement method has higher measurement accuracy than the first measurement method but also greater energy expenditure. | 12-05-2013 |
20130271059 | PRECISE ASCERTAINMENT OF ACTUATING POSITION FOR A MOTOR-DRIVEN VEHICLE PART - In order to ascertain the actuating position of a vehicle part that is moved by an electric actuating motor via an actuating mechanism, an angle of rotation correlating with the number of motor shaft rotations during the actuation process or a motor signal correlated therewith are ascertained during an actuation process. An actuating position measure for the actuating position of the vehicle part is derived from the angle of rotation or the motor signal correlating therewith. During this process, an unloaded angle of rotation, through which the motor shaft rotates during an initial no-load phase of the actuation process without motion of the vehicle part is compensated by a predetermined correction term. The correction term is changed according to a stored dependency on a characteristic quantity for the age of the actuating mechanism. | 10-17-2013 |
20130271058 | PRECISE ASCERTAINMENT OF ACTUATING POSITION FOR A MOTOR-DRIVEN VEHICLE PART - A method is specified for ascertaining an actuating position of a vehicle part that can be moved by an electric actuating motor. The speed of an actuating motor correlated therewith is acquired in a time-resolved manner during an actuation process. An initial no-load phase of the actuation process is identified, during which the actuating motor rotates while overcoming the system tolerance of the actuating mechanism without motion of the vehicle part. An actuating position measure for the actuating position of the vehicle part is ascertained from the motor rotation, with this measure being corrected during the no-load phase. By averaging over time, a test quantity is ascertained from the second derivative or the measured quantity correlating herewith. The end of the initial no-load phase is identified in this process when the test quantity exceeds a predetermined limit. | 10-17-2013 |
20130234828 | SENSOR UNIT FOR ACTUATING A VEHICLE DOOR IN A CONTACTLESS FASHION - A sensor unit is provided that is not susceptible to errors for contactlessly actuating a vehicle door. The sensor unit includes a first proximity sensor and a second proximity sensor. Each of the two proximity sensors has an elongate detection field extending substantially in a Y direction. The detection fields of the two proximity sensors are spaced from one another in a direction perpendicular to the Y direction. In addition, the detection field of the first proximity sensor projects beyond the detection field of the second proximity sensor in the Y direction at least on one side by a projecting length. | 09-12-2013 |
20130193989 | CAPACITIVE DISTANCE SENSOR - A capacitive distance sensor is provided. The distance sensor includes a sensor element having an electrically conductive, elongated, flat sensor area which in turn contains a number of holes. The sensor area is completely surrounded by an electrically non-conductive insulating body, with the result that the insulating body completely covers the edge regions of the holes. The sensor element is produced, in particular, by first of all making the holes in the sensor area. In a subsequent step, the sensor area is completely encased by the insulating body which also completely fills the holes in the sensor area. | 08-01-2013 |
20130131917 | METHOD FOR THE SENSOR DETECTION OF AN OPERATOR CONTROL EVENT - A method for detection of a control event by a sensor arrangement having at least one sensor element and a sensor controller is described. The sensor controller digitizes sensor signals into sensor measured values. An operator control event is produced by a user and a first coarse evaluation for a sign of operator control is performed and a predetermined number of sensor measured values are progressively buffer-stored in a buffer store wherein detection of a sign of operator control initiates a fine evaluation of the sensor measured values to verify the occurrence of an operator control event at an initiation time. The fine evaluation is based on the buffer-stored sensor measured values and on subsequent sensor measured values, so that the fine evaluation includes sensor measured values both before and after the initiation time. | 05-23-2013 |
20130018551 | METHOD FOR OPERATING THE ON-BOARD ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLEAANM Fuchs; ThorstenAACI HallstadtAACO DEAAGP Fuchs; Thorsten Hallstadt DEAANM Hering; MatthiasAACI ForchheimAACO DEAAGP Hering; Matthias Forchheim DEAANM Wuerstlein; HolgerAACI Zeil am MainAACO DEAAGP Wuerstlein; Holger Zeil am Main DEAANM Schindhelm; ThomasAACI Neahaus-SchierschnitzAACO DEAAGP Schindhelm; Thomas Neahaus-Schierschnitz DEAANM Russ; DetlefAACI EbersdorfAACO DEAAGP Russ; Detlef Ebersdorf DE - A method for operating the electrical system of a motor vehicle having a control unit with an operating mode and an energy-saving standby mode is described. A wake-up operator control event is detected by a sensor and has an associated time interval from the preceding wake-up operator control event. The time interval is ascertained when a wake-up operator control event is detected, and the control unit is woken up or not woken up. Each wake-up operator control event has an associated switch-off indicator which is ascertained each time a wake-up operator control event is detected, and the control unit is woken up or not woken up as a function of the level of the switch-off indicator with reference to a switch-off threshold. A change in the current switch-off indicator relative to the preceding switch-off indicator is all the greater the smaller the current time interval. | 01-17-2013 |
20120319511 | ELECTRICAL COMPONENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is an electrical component of a motor vehicle, having a plastic housing and a conductor track structure which is at least substantially embedded in the plastic housing in the injection-molding method and is intended to provide the electrical connections required for operation. The conductor track structure includes—separate wires which each do not run in a straight line, and that any deviation from a straight course of the wires goes back solely to a corresponding bending operation in terms of manufacturing. | 12-20-2012 |
20120285087 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HATCH ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - Described herein is a method for operating a hatch arrangement of a motor vehicle wherein a motor vehicle lock is controlled by means of a control arrangement in a relatch routine in such a way that a renewed latch state (a relatch state) is avoided or cancelled within a predetermined relatch time interval after the releasing process, and wherein in a relatch monitoring process the control arrangement monitors whether a relatch indication, in particular a relatch state, occurs within the predetermined relatch time interval after the releasing process and only then is the relatch routine triggered. | 11-15-2012 |
20120277958 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR-POWERED HATCH ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - Described herein is a method for controlling a motor-powered hatch arrangement of a motor vehicle, wherein the hatch arrangement has an upwardly deflectable hatch, in particular an upwardly pivotable hatch, a drive arrangement which is assigned to the hatch and a control arrangement which is assigned to the drive arrangement, wherein the motor-powered deflection of the hatch in the opening direction is limited to a maximum hatch deflection by means of a control arrangement. It is proposed that the chassis of the motor vehicle can be adjusted vertically as required in order to set different vehicle body levels, and in that the maximum hatch deflection is adapted to a change in the vehicle body level by means of the control arrangement. | 11-01-2012 |
20120233927 | CONNECTING ASSEMBLY FOR CONNECTING A DRIVING DEVICE TO A HINGED MEMBER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVING DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - The invention relates to a connecting assembly for connecting a driving device ( | 09-20-2012 |
20120151840 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HATCH ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for operating a hatch arrangement of a motor vehicle is provided. The hatch arrangement has a hatch leaf with a hatch drive associated with the hatch leaf, and a hatch controller, with, amongst other things, a motor-operated closing process triggered by the hatch controller. The hatch arrangement has a motor vehicle lock, it being possible to reverse the hatch leaf starting from an opening and/or closing process in a motor-operated reversing process in a manner triggered by the hatch controller. As part of a reversing process which is initiated starting from a closing process, the motor vehicle lock and possibly the hatch drive is or are actuated, at least in phases as a function of the lock state, in such a way that engagement in a retaining manner between the motor vehicle lock and the lock striker or the like is avoided or released during the reversing operation. | 06-21-2012 |
20120146556 | DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR THE MOTOR-DRIVEN ADJUSTMENT OF AN ADJUSTABLE ELEMENT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - Described herein is a drive arrangement for the motor-driven adjustment of an adjustable element in a motor vehicle, the drive arrangement having two electrical drives and a control device, the drives, in the fitted state, acting in the same way on the adjustable element and having a substantially identical configuration, apart from tolerance-related discrepancies. The control device has a power controller which, in the fitted state, during the motor-driven adjustment of the adjustable element, subjects the electrical power that is output respectively to the two drives to closed-loop control, for the purpose of compensating for the tolerance-related discrepancies, in such a way that an identical electrical power consumption is established for both drives. | 06-14-2012 |
20120036780 | DOOR MODULE FOR INSTALLATION IN A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR - A door module for installation in a motor vehicle door is provided. The door module comprising a door module carrier to be installed in a motor vehicle door and a plurality of functional components of a motor vehicle door pre-installed on the door module carrier that are to be installed together with the door module carrier in the motor vehicle door. There is at least one guide rail of a motor vehicle window lifter amongst the functional components pre-installed on the door module carrier that can be fixed in an operating position at fastening points on the door module carrier side such that it extends in the operating position along the adjustment direction of the window pane to be adjusted by means of the window lifter. To this end there are at least two different sets of fastening points on the door module carrier side, spaced apart from each other, on the door module carrier that serve to selectively arrange the one guide rail of the window lifter in a first or at least one other different operating position, wherein the guide rail is aligned in each operating position to guide the window pane that is to be adjusted by means of the window lifter along the adjustment direction thereof. | 02-16-2012 |
20120013143 | DRIVE CONFIGURATION FOR THE MOTORIZED DISPLACEMENT OF A DISPLACEMENT ELEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a drive configuration for the motorized displacement of a displacement element of a motor vehicle, at least one drive having an electrical drive motor, in particular a DC motor, and a drive controller, which is associated with the drive and connected to a supply voltage U | 01-19-2012 |