Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a system for a vehicle having a vehicle body and a vehicle door held pivotably on the vehicle body. An example system includes: an anti-trap protection device to detect a trapping event occurring between the vehicle door and the vehicle body; and an obstacle identification system to detect a collision event occurring between the vehicle door and an object in surroundings of the vehicle. At least one sensor operates both for detection of the trapping event and for detection of the collision event.

Monitoring systems for automatic doors comprise at least one input device configured for sensing at least one characteristic of at least one operational parameter of an automatic door system, a door system controller coupled to the at least one input device, at least one monitor display comprising a first interface operatively coupled to the door system controller, and at least another interface operatively coupled to the monitor display and configured to be operatively coupled to at least one remote display device. The at least one monitor display is configured to continuously request information representative of the at least one operational parameter characteristic from the door system controller and display the information. Methods of monitoring an automatic door system comprise transmitting data representative of an operational parameter characteristic from an input device to at least one door system controller; sending a description of the operational parameter to a monitor display continuously; and displaying indicia representative of the description of the operational parameter.

Double door system (1) comprising an understriking door leaf (2), an overstriking door leaf (3), a first door operator (11) adapted to move the understriking door leaf (2) between an open and a closed position, a second door operator (12) adapted to move the overstriking door leaf (3) between an open and a closed position, a mechanical brake arrangement (100) and an electric coordination system (90).

A power closure system for a vehicle and corresponding method of operation are provided. The system includes a door and a power actuator for moving the door between closed and open positions. The power actuator is adapted to output a holding force to hold the door at a hold position between the closed position and the open position. In addition, the power actuator is configured to output the holding force such that a force applied to the door by a user to overcome the holding force is substantially the same to move the door in either one of an opening direction and a closing direction.

A multi-way liftgate assembly providing a plurality of dividers dividing the rear cargo area of a passenger vehicle into a plurality of secure areas assessable from a plurality of panels forming a liftgate to provide controlled access to one or more of those compartments. The vehicle operator has secure control of which portions of the cargo area can be selectively accessed. The multi-way liftgate assembly provides multiple secure openings to the cargo area of a vehicle that typically has only one secure opening to the cargo area. The multi-way liftgate assembly provides on-demand open height adjustment.

An improved method and an improved apparatus for operating an automatic door system are distinguished by the following features, inter alia: a sensor device (9) is used, which implements a monitoring region (19) assigned to and/or disposed upstream of the leaves (1; 1a, 1b) for the detection of objects (P, G) which are situated and/or moving in said monitoring region (19), by means of the sensor device (9) and/or by means of the control and/or evaluation device (11), an object (P, G) situated in the monitoring region (19) is detected with regard to the position and direction of movement of said object and also with regard to the width, size and/or contour (K) or overall contour (23) of said object, and depending on the movement-dependent position and direction of movement (21) and also the width, size and/or contour (K) or overall contour (23) of the detected object (P, G), the at least one leaf (1; 1a; 1b) is moved, in particular opened, readjusted and/or closed, in an object-related manner.

A door driving system and a refrigerator having the door driving system according to the present invention are provided with a motor, a power transmitting device for transmitting the power generated by the motor to the hinge, and an auxiliary device for receiving the power generated by the motor and generating an auxiliary force to move a door positioned in a closing position in an opening direction, so that the torque to be applied to the hinge of the door for opening and closing the door may be reduced.

An embodiment vehicle side-by-side doors opening and closing system includes a pair of side-by-side doors having a first door and a second door configured to open outwardly from a vehicle toward a boarding and alighting structure and a controller configured to assign the first door and the second door to an initially operative door and a subsequently operative door and to control a first door motor of the first door and a second door motor of the second door to perform opening operations of the initially operative door and the subsequently operative door with a time delay in the opening operation of the subsequently operative door following the opening operation of the initially operative door.

A vehicle door element (120, 122) for reversibly closing at least part of a body opening (102) on a vehicle (100) comprises a door leaf (124, 126) and at least one guide arm (128, 130, 132, 134) which includes a door-side portion and a vehicle-side portion, wherein the door-side portion of the guide arm (128, 130, 132, 134) is mounted on the door leaf (124, 126), and the vehicle-side portion of the guide arm (128, 130, 132, 134) includes connecting means (140, 142, 144, 146) which are configured for shiftably connecting the vehicle door element (120, 122) to the vehicle (100). The connecting means (140, 142, 144, 146) comprise at least one first connecting means (140, 142) which is configured for shiftable connection to a first guide rail (150, 152) of a vehicle door system (110) of the vehicle (100), and at least one second connecting means (144, 146) which is configured for shiftable connection to a second guide rail (154, 156) of the vehicle door system (110) of the vehicle (100). A sensor device (500) for a vehicle door system (110) comprises a sensor unit (510), an adjusting device (520), and a control unit (530) which is configured to control the adjusting device (520) in dependence on the position of at least one vehicle door element (120, 122) of the vehicle door system (110).

A portable window controller for operating window lift assemblies of multiple vehicles includes a controller housing that is sized to fit in a hand and a control switch that extends outward from the housing and can be actuated by the hand. The control switch is a momentary switch that is biased toward a home position and terminates power to a regulator motor when the control switch is placed in the home position.