The invention relates to an ejecting device for ejecting a cover element movably mounted on a piece of furniture, in particular a folding door or folding/sliding door, from a closed position into an open position. The cover element can be moved at least in one direction perpendicular to the closing plane, on which the cover element is arranged in the closed position, and in one direction parallel to the closing plane. The ejecting device comprises an energy accumulator, which is to be charged manually by a user, and an ejecting element, on which the energy accumulator acts, and the energy accumulator can be charged by moving the cover element substantially in a direction parallel to the closing plane, preferably during an ongoing cover element opening process following the ejection process, particularly preferably immediately following the ejection process.

The invention relates to a furniture connecting fitting, in particular a hinge, preferably a hatch holder, wherein the furniture connecting fitting has a kinematic arrangement (30) with levers and links, and by means of which kinematic arrangement a door or a hatch can be moved from a closed position to an open position, wherein an actuating arrangement (70) acts at the kinematic arrangement (30), wherein the actuating arrangement (70) comprises an actuator (72) and a holder (73), which can be adjusted relative to the actuator (72), wherein the actuator (72) can be moved by a part of the kinematic arrangement (30) and the holder (73) is supported relative to an attachment section (51, 53) or an additional component of the kinematic arrangement (30); in the case of such a furniture connecting fitting, the user is offered a wide range of applications with a small number of parts if provision is made that, in a first mode of operation, the actuating arrangement (70) acts using a damper (71) in a damping manner between the actuator (72) and the holder (73) and, in a second mode of operation, a spring force acting counter to the damping direction is applied directly or indirectly to the actuator (72) and the holder (73) by means of a tension spring (74).

An opening apparatus for a motor vehicle door element, having an electric drive and an actuating means, wherein the actuating means can be displaced by means of the drive and a gear mechanism arranged between the actuating means and the drive, such that a movement of the door element can be made possible, and a sensor for detecting the door movement, wherein at least one gear mechanism component is pivotably received in the opening apparatus, and the pivoting movement of the gear mechanism component can be detected by means of the sensor.

An opening device for a motor vehicle door element having an electric drive and an actuating means, wherein the actuating means is adjustable by means of the drive and a gear mechanism arranged between the actuating means and the drive, with the result that a movement of the door element can be made possible, and a sensor for detecting a force on the opening device, wherein the door element can be held by way of the actuating means.

A method for controlling an opening device and to an opening device for a motor vehicle door element, having a control unit, an electric drive, and an actuating element, wherein the actuating element can be actuated by means of the drive, and the door element can be opened by means of the actuating element. The opening device can be controlled on the basis of a position, in particular the inclination of the motor vehicle.

A bidirectional door opening module includes a vehicle body panel located between a first door configured to be rotated to open one end of a vehicle and a second door configured to be rotated to open a remaining end of the vehicle, and a drive unit coupled to the vehicle body panel and configured to apply opening force to the first door and the second door, wherein the drive unit includes a driver configured to apply driving force so as to open the first door or the second door, rail units configured to receive the driving force of the driver and then to apply opening force to the first door or the second door, and hinge units coupled to the rail units and configured to perform rotary opening of the first door or the second door.

A domestic refrigeration appliance includes a heat-insulated inner container delimiting a coolable interior for foodstuffs, a refrigeration device cooling the interior, a door leaf articulated by hinges for opening and closing the interior and an opening aid. At least one hinge is self-closing for automatically closing the door leaf up to a first opening angle. The opening aid includes an actuator and a tappet moving back and forth by the actuator between first and second positions. The opening aid enables the door leaf to be closed if the tappet is in the first position, to move the tappet from the first to the second position to push open the closed door leaf using the tappet up to a second opening angle smaller than the first opening angle, and to automatically move the tappet into the first position immediately or with a time delay after reaching the second position.

A door driving device includes a driving unit driving a door that opens and closes an entrance of a vehicle having a door case, and a control unit controlling the driving unit such that the door moves with a discontinuous acceleration during a period from when the door starts to open to when the door moves at a constant speed in an opening direction in which the door is retracted into the door case.

A door opening and closing device for a refrigerator includes a door coupled by means of a hinge unit to a main body defining a storage compartment therein, a gasket disposed between the door and the main body to provide a hermetic seal therebetween, and an opening and closing unit for opening and closing the door with respect to the main body, wherein the opening and closing unit includes a drive unit for generating a driving force, a gasket separation mechanism for pushing the main body using rotational force transmitted from the drive unit to separate the gasket from the main body or the door, and a door rotating mechanism for rotating the door using the rotational force transmitted from the drive unit.

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.