The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2014
Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co. Kg, Hallstadt, Hallstadt, DE;
Jan Kaiser, Bayreuth, DE;
Andre Carl, Ebersdorf, DE;
Silvio Schatke, Bad Staffelstein, DE;
Thomas Weingaertner, Memmelsdorf, DE;
Dalibor Rietdijk, Wetzlar, DE;
Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Hallstadt, Hallstadt, DE;
Abstract
In the case of a collision protection method for a displaceable vehicle part of a vehicle, during the displacement of the vehicle part, a focused light beam is deflected by a light deflection unit along a predefined scanning path and reflected radiation of the same light beam is detected by a light-sensitive sensor to scan a travel path region upstream from the vehicle part. The presence or absence of an obstruction in the upstream travel path region is concluded on the basis of the reflected radiation, wherein the displacement is stopped or reversed if an obstruction is recognized in the upstream travel path region.