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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2019
Minebea Mitsumi Inc., Nagano, JP;
Daniel Nickel, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Ullrich Kreiensen, Deisslingen, DE;
Biancuzzi Giovanni, Freiburg, DE;
Fabian Armbruster, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Florian Bayer, Hechingen, DE;
MINEBEA MITSUMI INC., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling an actuator comprising an electric motor and an actuator coupled to the electric motor, the method comprising controlling the electric motor to move the actuator in a direction towards an absolute mechanical end stop until a last registered soft reference position has been reached and then to overtravel the last registered soft reference position by a predetermined distance, detecting the load of the actuator, and updating the registered soft reference position on the basis of the detected load.