A method for detecting potential pinches caused by at least one powered movable panel between a closed position and an open position, using a round including measuring a physical quantity, representative of a panel movement, when the panel is moved towards the closed position, determining if there is a lack of steadiness in said physical quantity relative to a previous round and, if not, starting a new round, determining if said lack of steadiness was already present during the previous round and, if not, storing at least one current parameter specific to the panel movement as a reference value, and starting a new round, and detecting a potential pinch if a second difference between the current parameter and the reference value is greater than or equal to a pinching threshold value, otherwise starting a new round.

A striker assembly comprising: (a) a latch that releasably engages a tonneau cover or a truck cap; and (b) an actuator in communication with the latch to actuate the latch between an open position and a closed position, wherein the actuation causes the tonneau cover or the truck cap to move between the open position and the closed position; wherein actuation is initiated wirelessly based on an input signal received by the actuator.

The present disclosure relates to an electric lift gate and a vehicle. The electric lift gate includes: two side bars opposed and spaced apart, and the two side bars being provided with a guiding groove, respectively, the guiding groove extending along a length direction of the side bar; a roller shutter assembly disposed between the two side bars, two opposite sides of the roller shutter assembly being slidably disposed in the corresponding guiding grooves, respectively; a winding assembly cooperating with the roller shutter assembly in a driving manner; and a driving assembly connected to the winding assembly, and configured to drive the winding assembly to rotate, so as to drive the roller shutter assembly to wind or unwind.

Disclosed herein is an armrest of a console for a vehicle. The console includes a storage box (S) having an open upper portion, a pair of side lids (20) supported on both sides of the upper portion of the storage box, and a center lid (10) rotatably supported by the side lids. An interference member (60) is mounted at the rear end of the center lid to regulate an opening angle of the center lid. The interference member includes a concave portion (62) formed concavely so that the rear end portion of the center lid can rotate in a certain section, and a concave front surface (62a) cause interference while the rear end portion of the center lid gets in contact with the concave front surface.

Method of operating a lid of a robotic vehicle. The lid is operable by a motor between an opened and a closed positions. When the lid is between the opened position and a first intermediary position, a first electric current having a first value is provided to the motor for exerting a first force on the lid. When the lid is between the first intermediary position and a second intermediary position, a second electric current, having a second value whose sign is opposite to a sign of the first value, is provided to the motor for exerting a second force on the lid. The second force is applied in an opposite direction of the first force. When the lid is between the second intermediary position and the closed position, a third electric current having a third value having a same sign than the first value is provided to the motor.

A truck is provided that includes a bed section located rear of a cab section. The bed section is bounded on each side by opposing first and second upward-extending sidewalls, respectively. The truck also includes a truck bed cover that sits over the bed section on at least the first and second upward-extending sidewalls, and includes a door portion to create selective accessibility to the bed section of the pickup truck. The door portion is movable with respect to the first and second upward-extending sidewalls between open and closed positons via an automatic bed cover drive assembly that moves the door portion between open and closed positons according to a plurality of velocities within a predetermined variance.

The pinch detector includes a first portion that, in a first situation in which the member is being closed in a first closing movement but is stopped in an intermediate position not completely closed, obtains a reference value of a measured physical quantity of the motor, when braking the motor is ordered to stop the member, said reference value representing the physical quantity of the motor just before motor braking; a second portion that, in a second situation following the first situation and in which the member is moved in a second closing movement from said intermediate position not completely closed, compares current values of the measured physical quantity of the motor to a threshold value depending on said reference value in order to detect a pinch at closing member based on a comparison result.

A method for detecting potential pinches caused by at least one powered movable panel between a closed position and an open position, using a round including measuring a physical quantity, representative of a panel movement, when the panel is moved towards the closed position, determining if there is a lack of steadiness in said physical quantity relative to a previous round and, if not, starting a new round, determining if said lack of steadiness was already present during the previous round and, if not, storing at least one current parameter specific to the panel movement as a reference value, and starting a new round, and detecting a potential pinch if a second difference between the current parameter and the reference value is greater than or equal to a pinching threshold value, otherwise starting a new round.

A method for opening and closing a door of a vehicle may include receiving a signal indicative of either opening or closing the vehicle door, determining whether the opening or closing will be performed by an operator or via a powered actuator based on the signal, and generating, if the opening or closing will be performed by the powered actuator, a first control signal indicative of a first position to which the door is to be moved. The method may further include controlling the powered actuator to cause the door to move from an original position to the first position.

The present invention relates to an active air flap comprising: a door including a barrier plate formed in a plate form, a pair of extension portions respectively extending in the thickness direction from both sides of the barrier plate in the longitudinal direction, and a pair of rotational coupling portions respectively formed at free ends of the pair of extension portions; and torsion prevention members disposed at positions corresponding to the pair of rotational coupling portions, and having one longitudinal end coupled to one extension portion and the other longitudinal end coupled to the other extension portion, whereby sufficient rigidity of the door may be secured such that the active air flap may prevent door twisting and abnormal door opening caused by wind pressure during high-speed driving of a vehicle.