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Method and device for actuating a door or a flap of a vehicle

US8788152B2 · kind B2 · utility

31Cited by

10References

24Claims

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Assignees

VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE
AUDI AG · DE
Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. · DE

Inventors

Martin Reimann · Tucson, US
Ludger Weghaus · Lippstadt, DE
Ruben Maier · Herbrechtingen, DE
Andreas Thiele · Wolfsburg, DE
Bernd Ette · Wolfsburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 14, 2009
Grant date	Jul 22, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 27, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05Y2900/546
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In a method and a device (12) for actuating a door or flap (1) of a vehicle (10), the door or flap (1), if it is closed, is automatically opened or, if it is open, is automatically closed if a movement of an object with at least one change in direction is detected outside the vehicle (10) and at the same time a key (6) assigned to the vehicle (10) is detected.

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