Closing device for a vehicle, and method for operating a closing device

US9388623B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Ette · Wolfsburg, DE
• Richard Wolf · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 12, 2016
• Expiry date: Jun 29, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E05Y2900/546
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A closing device includes an element which can be moved along a path, a drive, an operating element for detecting a closing request, and detector for detecting the position of an ID transmitter paired with the vehicle. The drive is designed to move the movable element along the path, and a closing movement of the movable element is started via the drive if the actuation of an operating element is detected, if an ID transmitter paired with the vehicle is detected in a first position region within a time window t following the actuation of the operating element, and if the ID transmitter paired with the vehicle is not detected in the first position region at least for a duration s, which begins at least within the time window t, after being detected in the first position region within the time window t.