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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2018
Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg, Bamberg, DE;
Thomas Goldmann, Bayreuth, DE;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a drive arrangement for movement of a tailgate, wherein at least one drive unit is provided, having two drive connections, wherein a first drive unit is motor and spring-operated and has a drive unit motor as well as a drive unit spring, respectively acting on the two drive connections associated with the first drive unit, wherein the first drive unit comprises a movement sensor, representing movement information regarding a movement between the drive connections, wherein a second drive unit is spring-operated and has a drive unit spring, acting on the two drive connections associated with the second drive unit, wherein a drive unit controller is provided, which detects a predetermined deviation of the sensor signal of the movement sensor from a predetermined normal signal corresponding to the normal condition as an error condition and upon detecting an error condition carries out an error routine.