An electronic device includes a first machine body, a second machine body, a hinge structure, a moving component, and a towing structure. The hinge structure is configured to pivot the first machine body and the second machine body. The moving component is movably disposed in the first machine body. The towing structure is disposed in the first machine body and is coupled to the hinge structure and the moving component. The towing structure is configured to be driven by the hinge structure to drive the moving component to move relative to the first machine body.

A vehicle opening-closing body control device controlling a drive unit of an opening-closing body openably and closably supported by a vehicle body of a vehicle via a hinge includes: a storage device storing at least one registered parking area of the vehicle and a target opening degree of the opening-closing body in the registered parking area; and a control unit controlling the drive unit such that the opening-closing body is opened to the target opening degree of the registered parking area in accordance with an opening operation by a user when a host vehicle position of the vehicle is in the registered parking area.

A motor control system comprises a motor control circuit, a non-transitory storage medium and a processing circuitry. The storage medium is configured to store a current threshold profile that is indicative of a current requirement of the motor control circuit for an operational cycle of a motor. The processing circuitry is configured to adjust the stored current threshold profile based on a change to the operational cycle of the motor (e.g., from standard to non-standard).

Disclosed herein is a vehicle control apparatus for preventing a trunk from striking objects when the trunk is opened. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a vehicle control apparatus including a travel state determination unit configured to collect travel information about a vehicle and determine a travel state of the vehicle based on the collected travel information, a space information generation unit configured to collect scan information about a surrounding space of the vehicle and generate space information about the vehicle based on the collected scan information, a trunk opening allowability determination unit configured to determine whether a trunk of the vehicle is allowed to be opened based on the generated space information when the travel state of the vehicle is determined to be a parked/stopped state or a parking/stopping state, and a control unit configured to generate a control signal for controlling at least one of a notification apparatus and the trunk according to a result of determining whether the trunk is allowed to be opened.

A detection system and method of operating the detection system are provided. The system includes a power supply unit and at least one sensor for sensing at least one of an object and a motion. A communication unit is electrically coupled to the power supply unit for communicating with a plurality of vehicle system controllers. A microprocessor is operable in a plurality of modes and electrically coupled to the power supply unit and the at least one sensor and the communication unit. The microprocessor is configured to determine which of the plurality of modes should be active based on communication with the vehicle system controllers and to receive and process the data from the at least one sensor. The microprocessor is also configured to initiate movement of the closure panel in response to processing the data corresponding to the at least one of the object and the motion.

Disclosed is a new compact clamp for sliding glass doors, which includes two jaws, left jaw and right jaw. One of the jaws has a damper formed by a double-effect damper with gas and oil technology, using a cylinder containing a front gas chamber and a rear gas chamber which are located at the ends of the cylinder, and a central oil tank, the gas chambers and the oil tank being separated by a blind piston and an annular piston, which are both leak tight. In the central oil tank is disposed a non-leak tight damping piston that is connected to a rod of the damper and divides the tank into two oil chambers.

According to an aspect, a device may include a deployable rolling joint having a first deployable joint member, a second deployable joint member, and a plurality of flexures coupled to the first deployable joint member and the second deployable joint member. The deployable rolling joint may move from an undeployed state to a deployed state in which the first deployable joint member forms a convex surface portion and the second deployable joint member forms a convex surface portion. When the deployable rolling joint is in the deployed state, the convex surface portion of the first deployable joint member may roll with respect the convex surface portion of the second deployable joint member, and the plurality of flexures may hold the first deployable joint member and the second deployable joint member together as the first deployable joint member and the second deployable joint member roll across each other.

Methods and systems are described for determining operation of an openable barrier into a building. A method for determining an open state of a barrier includes confirming a first position for the barrier, the barrier having at least one hinge and a hinge sensor mounted to the at least one hinge, determining with the hinge sensor when the barrier changes position from the first position to a second position, and wirelessly transmitting data concerning the change in barrier position.

A tilt-up door for a building having an opening including a door frame with vertical track members, cam surfaces extending laterally from the vertical tracks at the upper portion of the tracks and a door sized to span the opening. The door can be pivotally coupled with rollers disposed within the vertical tracks and cam followers extending laterally from the upper portion of the door to contact the cam surfaces. When an upwardly directed motive force acts on the door the cam followers come into engagement with the cam surface to lift the door generally vertically and then rotate the door inwardly as the door is raised into an open raised position.

A door opening and closing device for a refrigerator includes a door coupled to a main body, an opening and closing unit including a drive unit for generating rotational force by means of a motor and a door rotating mechanism for opening or closing the door, a device for measuring a back electromotive force generated from the motor, a power circuit connected for supplying power to the motor, a circuit for transmitting back electromotive force of the motor to the device, a control switch for selectively connecting the motor to the circuit or the power circuit, and a control unit for connecting the control switch to the power circuit when the motor is activated, and connecting the control switch to the circuit and opening or closing the door when the motor is deactivated, wherein the control unit closes the door when a predetermined back electromotive force is input to the device.