Method for controlling an adjuster on a motor vehicle

US6943516B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, COBURG · DE

Inventors

• Alexander Woller · Bad Wurzach, DE
• Ingo Carl · Gochsheim, DE
• Michael Steiner · Sonneberg, DE
• Thorsten Fuchs · Hallstadt, DE
• Stefan Schiegel · Prien am Chiemsee, DE
• Thomas Rösch · Gelnhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2005
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2220/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for controlling a vehicle seat adjuster in an adjusting path having a first mechanical stop and a second mechanical stop. A user sets an adjustment position of the adjuster inside the adjusting path. A protective stop is also automatically set in the adjusting path in the vicinity of the mechanical stops or another mechanical block blocking the adjusting path. The protective stop causes the adjusting motion to be reduced or stopped upon reaching of the protective stop. This helps produce a smooth braking of the vehicle seat and reduces the mechanical strain on the mechanical stops. The protective stop may be corrected with an updated protective stop. The updated protective stop is maintained despite any user action if a condition dependent on the adjusting motion of the adjuster is fulfilled. Learning regions within the adjusting path are provided to allow the setting of updated protective stops within the learning regions.