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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2002
Achim Neubauer, Sinzheim-Vormberg, DE;
Martin-peter Bolz, Buehl, DE;
Jochen Moench, Sinzheim, DE;
Falk Herrmann, Fairport, NY (US);
Achim Neubauer, Sinzheim-Vormberg, DE;
Martin-Peter Bolz, Buehl, DE;
Jochen Moench, Sinzheim, DE;
Falk Herrmann, Fairport, NY (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A device for opening and closing an opening (), in particular in a motor vehicle, by means of a motor-driven, movable part (), with a control unit () and a pinch prevention sensor (), which is disposed essentially along an edge () of the part () and/or of a frame profile () bordering the opening () and which, during the closing of the part (), detects an obstacle () that is in the movement path of the part () and sends a signal to the control unit () in order to stop or reverse the movement of the part (), wherein the pinch prevention sensor () has a highly elastic, electroactive polymer (EAP) material (), in particular polyurethane, fluoroelastomer, polybutadiene, fluorosilicone, or silicone, disposed between electrodes (), which produces a voltage change in the electrodes () in the event of a deformation.