Brose Fahrzeugteile Se & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg

Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh&co.kg, Hallstadt

Markus Wunder

Detlef Russ

Marcus Scholz

Markus Schlesiger

Stephen Nawrocki

Robert Trask

Daniel Welz

Matthias Buehler

Thomas Lehnert

Alexander Atang

A center console may include a moving portion, a motor, and a controller. The moving portion may be configured to move between a first position and a second position. The motor may be configured to move the moving portion between the first position and the second position. The controller may be configured to, responsive to moving the moving portion in a first direction towards the first position, a number of motor position increments exceeding a first threshold within a period, and an absence of location data of a position of the moving portion, stop the motor.

Power sliding center console and method of operating same

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.

Precise ascertainment of actuating position for a motor-driven vehicle part

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