An inertia device is provided for attaching under a cover of an armrest console in a vehicle. The inertia device comprises a flap to be pivotally connected to a lower surface of the cover at a location adjacent to a front of the cover; and a resilient member connected to the flap and the cover. The flap and the resilient member are configured such that the flap is maintained at a normal position by a retaining force of the resilient member and rotated downward from the normal position when a g-force applied to the flap exceeds a predetermined level.

A vehicular opening/closing body control device includes a braking controller configured to apply a braking force to an opening/closing body, a full-closing detection unit configured to detect that the opening/closing body is in a fully-closed state, and a failure detection unit configured to detect failure of a latch mechanism provided on the opening/closing body. The latch mechanism is provided with a pawl switch, which is switched between ON and OFF states in conjunction with operation of a pawl. The failure detection unit detects, based on the ON and OFF states of the pawl switch, occurrence of an engagement failure in which the latch mechanism fails to hold the opening/closing body in the fully-closed state. The braking controller executes braking control for applying the braking force to the opening/closing body when the engagement failure is detected in the latch.

The present disclosure relates to a support device, in particular for a vehicle flap, comprising a housing (2) which can be connected between the vehicle flap and the vehicle body and which comprises at least one first housing part (3) and a second housing part (4) said the first housing part (3) and second housing part (4) are movable relative to each other in a telescopically guided manner. The support device also includes a spindle drive (8) which is coupled to the housing (2). The spindle drive (8) comprises a spindle rod (9) and a spindle nut (10) which is in thread engagement with the spindle rod (9), and one of the aforementioned components, i.e. the spindle rod (9) and the spindle nut (10), is rotatably arranged in the housing (2) about a spindle axis(S) and the respective other component is rotationally fixed in the housing (2). The support device also includes a first brake device (16) which is coupled to one of the aforementioned components in order to brake the rotation of the said component. The first brake device (16) can be activated by being rotated relative to the housing (2) about a central rotational axis via centrifugal forces.

An opening and closing body control apparatus includes: a first signal receiving unit receiving a first detection signal indicating the presence or absence of contact of a user with an operating portion of an opening and closing body; a second signal receiving unit receiving a second detection signal indicating a movement speed of the body; and a signal output unit outputting a control signal regulating a holding force of the body to a holding force regulating device, wherein the control signal regulating the holding force to a first holding force less than a second holding force is output to the device according to the first detection signal indicating that the contact has been detected, and when the second detection signal indicating that the movement speed body is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed is received when the holding force is the first holding force, the control signal regulating the holding force to the first holding force is output to the device regardless of the first detection signal.

The system for controlling the speed of opening a sliding door for an aircraft including a mechanical braking device for the door including a transmission shaft and a centrifugal absorber including a resistance shaft connected to the transmission shaft, and linking means that are designed to be connected to the sliding door and to cooperate with the transmission shaft so that when the sliding door moves in a predetermined direction, the linking means drive the transmission shaft and the centrifugal absorber applies a resistance torque to the transmission shaft in order to control the speed of movement of the door. The system includes a speed reducer connecting the resistance shaft to the transmission shaft so that the speed of rotation of the resistance shaft is greater than that of the transmission shaft when the sliding door moves in the predetermined direction.

The invention relates to a damping system for damping a movement of a flap of a vehicle relative to a body of the vehicle. The damping system comprises two coupling elements for coupling the damping system to the flap and to the body, wherein the two coupling elements are connected to one another so as to be linearly displaceable relative to one another along a longitudinal axis of the damping system, and a spindle gear with a rotary element selected from a threaded spindle aligned along the longitudinal axis and a spindle nut guided on the threaded spindle. The spindle gear is connected to a first of the two coupling elements in such a way that the spindle gear translates a translation of the first coupling element relative to the second coupling element along the longitudinal axis into a rotation of the rotary element about the longitudinal axis. The damping system comprises a damping device and a centrifugal clutch, wherein the centrifugal clutch is configured to connect the rotary element to the damping device for damping the rotation of the rotary element when a speed of the rotary element exceeds a switching speed.

The present disclosure relates to a support device, in particular for a vehicle flap, comprising a housing (2) which can be connected between the vehicle flap and the vehicle body and which comprises at least one first housing part (3) and a second housing part (4) said the first housing part (3) and second housing part (4) are movable relative to each other in a telescopically guided manner. The support device also includes a spindle drive (8) which is coupled to the housing (2). The spindle drive (8) comprises a spindle rod (9) and a spindle nut (10) which is in thread engagement with the spindle rod (9), and one of the aforementioned components, i.e. the spindle rod (9) and the spindle nut (10), is rotatably arranged in the housing (2) about a spindle axis (S) and the respective other component is rotationally fixed in the housing (2). The support device also includes a first brake device (16) which is coupled to one of the aforementioned components in order to brake the rotation of the said component. The first brake device (16) can be activated by being rotated relative to the housing (2) about a central rotational axis via centrifugal forces.

The invention relates to a damping system for damping a movement of a flap of a vehicle relative to a body of the vehicle. The damping system comprises two coupling elements for coupling the damping system to the flap and to the body, wherein the two coupling elements are connected to one another so as to be linearly displaceable relative to one another along a longitudinal axis of the damping system, and a spindle gear with a rotary element selected from a threaded spindle aligned along the longitudinal axis and a spindle nut guided on the threaded spindle. The spindle gear is connected to a first of the two coupling elements in such a way that the spindle gear translates a translation of the first coupling element relative to the second coupling element along the longitudinal axis into a rotation of the rotary element about the longitudinal axis. The damping system comprises a damping device and a centrifugal clutch, wherein the centrifugal clutch is configured to connect the rotary element to the damping device for damping the rotation of the rotary element when a speed of the rotary element exceeds a switching speed.