Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Hallstadt

Brose Fahrzeugteile Se & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg

Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co Kg, Coburg

Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh&co.kg, Hallstadt

Brose Fahrzeugteile Se & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft

Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh&co. Kommanditgesellschaft

Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh &co.

Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg

Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co. Kammanditgesellschaft, Bamberg

Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg

Brose Fahrzeugteile Se & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg

Florian Pohl

Holger Wuerstlein

Christian Herrmann

Wolfgang Uebel

Christian Mergl

Wojciech Falinski

Alexander Müller

Luca Schaetzlein

Christian Karl

Maik Ruemmler

Johannes Stroehlein

Stefan Mutzl

Martin Juergenliemk

David Rosales

Manfred Stenzel

Detlef Russ

Thomas Weingaertner

Thomas Salhoff

Udo Geuther

Thorsten Fuchs

Rene Bekendam

Alex Kromer

Matthias Hering

Holger Würstlein

René Bekendam

Thomas Fischer

Harald Keller

Sebastian Habermann

Mehdi Jaouhari

Mark Wagner

Peter Horn

Markus Rosenthal

Danilo Mueller

Maximilian Goetz

Juergen Schmitt

Christoph Brand

Joachim Nusser

Alexander Czempik

Danilo Müller

It is provided a drive apparatus for adjusting an interior assembly of a vehicle comprises an electromotive adjustment drive for producing an adjustment force, a self-locking adjustment kinematic mechanism for transmitting an adjustment force produced by the adjustment drive to the interior assembly, which adjustment kinematic mechanism can be driven by means of the adjustment drive, and a control device for controlling the adjustment drive. The control device is configured to activate an adjustment mode for adjustment of the interior assembly depending on at least one trigger criterion and, when the adjustment mode is activated, to actuate the adjustment drive with a support current of a magnitude such that the interior assembly can put into motion by means of a user force produced manually on the interior assembly by a user, overcoming the self-locking of the adjustment kinematic mechanism.

Drive apparatus for adjusting an interior assembly

A control assembly for a motor vehicle lock system including a first and a second motor vehicle lock are associated with a closure element of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle locks each can be brought into a main locking position for a retaining engagement between a lock latch of the motor vehicle lock and a locking part and into an opened position, the motor vehicle lock system comprises a sensor assembly which determines sensor values for the respective positions of the motor vehicle locks, the first and the second motor vehicle lock each have a closing assembly, the motor vehicle lock system has at least one electric closing drive for the closing assemblies, the control assembly triggers a closing routine on fulfilment of a starting criterion by the sensor values.

Control assembly for a motor vehicle lock system

A control assembly for operating a motor vehicle locking system, including an electric drive motor for providing a motorized locking function. The control assembly including a control circuit for controlling the electric drive in an adjustment routine, the control circuit is electrically disconnected from a chargeable energy store, and in an emergency operating mode, responsive to the reception of an operating signal, the control assembly connects the chargeable energy store to the control circuit to provide electrical energy for the adjustment routine, the control assembly includes a monitoring assembly monitoring a state of charge variable of the chargeable energy store in a monitoring routine. The control assembly includes a trigger circuit which, responsive to satisfying a predefined trigger criterion and irrespective of the reception of the operating signal, connects the chargeable energy store to the monitoring assembly to provide electrical energy for the monitoring routine.

Control assembly for operating a motor vehicle locking system

A door assembly, with at least one vehicle door, a carrier component, which is provided in the vehicle door and carries at least one functional component of the vehicle door, a window pane, which is adjustable in relation to the carrier component, for a window opening on the vehicle door, a window-side receiver unit for the wireless reception of energy and/or data, and a carrier-component-side transmitter unit for the wireless transmission of energy and/or data to the window-side receiver unit.

Door assembly with transmitter and receiver units for the wireless transmission of energy and/or data

A method for allocating operating parameters to at least two local control units intended to control a door movement for a motor vehicle, wherein: a plurality of parameter records of operating parameters is stored in each local control unit; a plurality of values of a detection criterion is stored in each local control unit, said detection criterion being based on at least two values of an electric variable; for at least one local control unit, a value of the detection criterion is prepared using the electric variable; in each local control unit the detection criterion is queried; and, a parameter record is selected in accordance with the value of the detection criterion determined during the query, and the corresponding operating parameters are allocated to the local control unit.

Method for allocating operating parameters to local control units intended to control a door movement in a motor vehicle

A vehicle seat arrangement, a control device in the seat arrangement, and a method for activating a plurality of massage units integrated in a vehicle seat, including the following steps: playing back an acoustic entertainment signal by means of a playback device of a vehicle; and controlling the plurality of massage units based on the acoustic entertainment signal by means of the control device; in which at least one of the plurality of massage units is activated so as to vibrate in a frequency range, in which the at least one of the plurality of massage units only brings about noise emission which is externally imperceptible to a person other than a person sitting on the vehicle seat.

Method for activating massage units in a seat, control device for carrying out said method, and seat arrangement

A method for activating massage units in a seat, a control device for carrying out the method, and seat arrangement are described. One method for activating massage units in a seat, in particular in a vehicle seat, includes playing back an acoustic entertainment signal, in particular a piece of music, by means of a playback device, in particular an entertainment system of a vehicle. The method further includes controlling massage units integrated in the seat based on the acoustic entertainment signal by means of a control device.

An electronic control device for use in a motor vehicle including an electronic housing, a capacitor sensor, and a control unit. The capacitor sensor may be provided with a capacitor sensor electrode arranged inside the electronic housing. The control unit may be configured to output a trigger signal in response to receiving a measured capacitance value deviating from a threshold value, from the capacitor sensor electrode, indicative of a conductive liquid in the electronic housing.

Electronic control unit

It is provided an adjustment device for the power-operated adjustment of a vehicle part that is adjustable on a vehicle along an adjustment path between a closed position and at least one open position, comprising a sensor device by means of which an obstacle in the adjustment path of the vehicle part can be detected in a contactless way and upon detection of an obstacle in the adjustment path of the vehicle part an obstacle signal can be generated, and comprising an electronic control device coupled to at least one drive for the adjustment of the vehicle part, at least one actuating element for generating an adjustment signal and the sensor device, by means of which on the basis of the adjustment signal the at least one drive can be actuated for the power-operated adjustment of the vehicle part.

Adjustment device and method for adjusting a vehicle part

An electronic control device for use in a motor vehicle includes an electronic housing for accommodating an electronics system that includes a circuit board, and a resistance sensor for detecting water that has penetrated into the electronic housing. The resistance sensor includes at least two sensor electrodes, each of which is present, at least in one section, in an uninsulated state with respect to the interior of the electronic housing, and a control unit that is configured to detect and evaluate a measured resistance value between the two sensor electrodes. The control unit is further configured to output a trigger signal when the detected measured resistance value or its deviation from a normal value meets a trigger criterion that is characteristic of a contact closure between the two sensor electrodes that is caused by the presence of water in the electronic housing.

Electronic control device

The present invention relates to methods for controlling a capacitive anti-trap system of a vehicle. At least two transmission electrodes and one reception electrode of the capacitive anti-trap system are used for detecting an obstacle, and an electrical field is generated by a pair comprising transmission electrode and reception electrode by actuation of the respective transmission electrode by alternating electric current, said electrical field being influenced by an obstacle such that an electrical capacitance is measurably changed. A changing electrical capacitance is determinable on the basis of a signal received via the reception electrode and this signal is evaluated by means of an electronic evaluation unit at least during closing of the vehicle closing element in order to determine the presence of an obstacle in the displacement path of the vehicle closing element.

Methods for controlling a capacitive anti-trap system and anti-trap system

A door handle system for a vehicle door has a door handle and at least one flap for reversibly closing a grip recess set back to the rear of the door handle. An actuating device pivots the one or more flaps between a closed position that covers the handle recess and an open position that exposes the handle recess. A distance sensor is disposed on the flap. A control and evaluation unit uses a first measurement signal that is output by the distance sensor in the closed position, to deduce that a vehicle user is approaching so as to activate the actuation device to move the one or each flap into the open position. A second measurement signal that is output by the distance sensor in the open position indicates that the door handle is grasped by the vehicle user.

Door handle system for a vehicle door

During operation of a capacitive proximity sensor that is provided with at least two measuring electrodes, a first capacitance measurement variable and a second capacitance measurement variable are detected. The first capacitance measurement variable is correlated with the capacitance of at least one of the measuring electrodes to earth, while the second capacitance measurement variable is correlated with the capacitance between at least one of the measuring electrodes and at least one further measuring electrode. A change in the first capacitance measurement variable is evaluated together with a synchronous signal profile of the second capacitance measurement variable in order to distinguish a proximity of a conductor coupled electrically to earth from the proximity of dielectric matter. In this manner, a body part passing into the detection space of the proximity sensor can be distinguished effectively from other substances and objects, particularly water.

Method of operating a capacitive proximity sensor and capacitive proximity sensor

A capacitive proximity sensor for a motor vehicle contains a transmission electrode for producing a measurement field and a reception electrode for detecting at least part of the measurement field. Furthermore, the proximity sensor contains a screen electrode that is disposed to form the measurement field between the transmission electrode and the reception electrode. The proximity sensor is in particular provided for use in a collision protection device for the motor vehicle.

Capacitive proximity sensor for a motor vehicle, collision protection device for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle with a capacitive proximity sensor

An actuating apparatus for a vehicle part contains an actuating motor for generating an actuating force under the action of which the vehicle part can be adjusted between a closed state and an open state along an actuating path. The actuating apparatus also contains a control unit which is configured to carry out an actuating method in which, according to the method, a position measure is continuously ascertained when the vehicle part is adjusted, the position measure being characteristic of the current actuating position of the vehicle part along the actuating path. Furthermore, the position measure is set to a prespecified reference value when the vehicle part is in the closed state and when a further condition is additionally met, the further condition being linked in a reproducible manner with a specific actuating position.

Actuating method and actuating apparatus for a vehicle part

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Florian Pohl