Controlling an actuator of an actuator unit of a motor vehicle

US11326656B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GKN Automotive Limited · DE

Inventors

• Erik Resvoll · Unkel, DE
• Markus Weller · Kettenhausen, DE
• Mark Zimmermann · Holzhäusern, CH
• Andreas Langhanki · Duisburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 2018
• Grant date: May 10, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2500/70402
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for controlling an actuator of an actuator unit of a motor vehicle includes detecting desired activation of the actuator, detecting whether a currently present operating state of the motor vehicle is a first operating state or a second operating state, selecting either a first control routine upon detecting the first operating state or a second control routine upon detecting the second operating state, and actuating the drive motor with the selected first control routine or second control routine. A drive motor of the actuator unit is controlled depending on the operating state of the motor vehicle. In the first operating state, an actuation of the actuator occurs according to the first control routine with high dynamics of the drive motor, and in the second operating state, the actuation of the actuator occurs according to the second control routine with adjusted dynamics of the drive motor.