Adjustment device and method for the power-operated adjustment of an adjustment part on a vehicle based on at least one operating event

US12005857B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg

Inventors

• Wolfgang Uebel · Weitramsdorf, DE
• Sergej Gauerhof · Knetzgau, DE
• Benjamin Grünewald · Knetzgau, DE
• Carsten Topf · Schonungen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 2020
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2024
• Expiry date: Nov 26, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R25/403
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle including a number of adjustable parts each configured to be adjusted by a motor, a sensor configured to detect a first gesture performed by a first person in a first sensor area indicative of a number of operating events, and a controller configured to, responsive to receiving the first gesture from the sensor, provide the first person a first operating event option and a second operating event option to select either a first operating event or a second operating event, and responsive to receiving a second gesture indicative of a selection of the first operating event, command a first motor to adjust a first adjustable part of the number of adjustable parts.