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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2017
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Holger Pruessel, Sinzheim, DE;
Klaus Buechinger, Gaggenau, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating a closing device (), wherein with the aid of an electric motor () controlled by a control unit (), a closing element () can be moved against a stop edge in a closing direction, the method comprising the following steps: detecting a pinching force on an object or on a body part between the closing element and the stop edge by integrating a measurement variable, wherein the pinching force is represented by a corresponding integrator value; signalling that a maximum permissible pinching force has been reached as a function of the integrator value; temporarily storing the integrator value after the electric motor has been stopped (); and, when a resumption of an operation of the electric motor () in the closing direction is requested, starting the integration of the measurement variable beginning with the temporarily stored integrator value as a starting value.