A furniture drive for moving a furniture part movably supported relative to a furniture carcass. The furniture drive includes a carrier to be fixed to the furniture carcass, an actuating arm pivotally supported relative to the carrier about a pivoting axis between a closed position and a maximum opening position, and an adjustment device configured to adjust a position of the maximum opening position of the at least one actuating arm. The adjustment device includes a pivoting member configured to be moved in at least two pivoting positions relative to the actuating arm, and the pivoting member is configured to distance the actuating arm in the at least two pivoting positions to a different extent from an abutment arranged on the carrier when the actuating arm is arranged in the maximum opening position.

The invention relates to a furniture hinge comprising a stop element (20) and a joint part (30) connected to the stop element (20) via a joint lever (27), the joint part (30) supporting a damper (60), for applying a damping effect between the stop element (20) and the joint part (30), a locking element (43) being adjustable between a release position and a locking position by means of an operating element (41) of an actuating unit (40), and the locking element (43) locking the damper (60) in an at least partially compressed damping position. For improved operating reliability, it is provided according to the invention for the locking element (43) to be adjustable relative to the operating element (41) by means of at least one actuator (41.7) and at least one actuator receiving portion (43.3).

A door component has a controllable rotary damper and two connector units which can be moved relative to one another. One of the two connector units can be connected to a load-bearing construction and the other one can be connected to a movable door device of a vehicle, in order to damp a movement of the door device between a closed position and an open position in a controlled manner. Two mutually engaged spindle units are arranged between the two connector units, one spindle unit being a threaded spindle and the other being a spindle nut. A first spindle unit is fastened rotatably on a coupling rod connected to one of the connector units. A magnetorheological transmission device is arranged between the coupling rod and the first spindle unit, in order to brake a rotational movement of the first spindle unit as required.

A control system for controlling vehicle door movement along a door sweep trajectory between a first position and a second position, can include one or more controllers, the control system configured to: receive a sensor signal; based on the sensor signal, generate an obstacle detection map of a sensor region in the vicinity of the vehicle, the obstacle detection map comprising a location of an obstacle if present; determine an overlap of the obstacle detection map and a projected door sweep region defined by the door sweep trajectory; and generate an output signal based on the determined overlap.

The invention relates to a hinge (10) comprising a swivellable hinge part (12), a stationary hinge part (14) and a tensionable spring element (34), wherein the stationary hinge part (14) is designed with a first bearing (16) as well as a second bearing (18), wherein the bearings (16, 18) have swivel axes (S1, S2) that are offset to one another. According to the invention, the swivellable hinge part (12) is mounted on the stationary hinge part (14) via the first bearing (16) such that it can swivel about a swivel axis (S1), and the tensionable spring element (34) is arranged on the stationary hinge part (14) via the second bearing (18).

A head unit system for controlling an object includes a secondary object sensor and a head unit device that include shear thickening fluid (STF) and a chamber configured to contain the STF. The chamber further includes a front channel and a back channel. The head unit device further includes a piston housed at least partially radially within the piston compartment and separating the back channel and the front channel. The piston includes a first piston bypass and a second piston bypasses to control flow of the STF between opposite sides of the piston. The chamber further includes a set of fluid flow sensors and a set of fluid manipulation emitters to control the flow of the STF to cause selection of one of a variety of shear rates for the STF within the chamber to control motion of the object with regards to a secondary object.

A furniture drive includes a carrier configured to be fixed to or within a furniture panel of a furniture carcass, an actuating arm assembly arranged on the carrier, a spring device for applying a force to the actuating arm assembly, an adjustment device for adjusting a force of the spring device to the actuating arm assembly, and a threaded section having a longitudinal direction. An engagement location of the spring device is adjustable along the threaded section by a rotation of an adjustment element about a rotational axis, and the rotational axis of the adjustment element and the longitudinal direction of the threaded section enclose an angle to one another. The angle formed by the rotational axis of the adjustment element and the longitudinal direction of the threaded section is configured to be varied upon a movement of the actuating arm.

An adjustable snap-acting hinge is provided. The hinge includes a first articulated quadrilateral and a second articulated quadrilateral, which can move on a working plane and share a first lever and a second lever and are provided respectively with a plate for coupling to a first element and with a plate for fixing to a second element. A contrast element is associated with the coupling plate and can be arranged in at least one position for use, which lies between a first position in which the contrast element is arranged at a maximum distance from the point of the first lever, and a second position in which the contrast element is arranged at a minimum distance from the point of the first lever. The hinge also includes locking means for keeping the contrast element in the position for use.

Door with automatic opening and closing, including a door panel, a support column fixed to the door panel and suitable for rotating around its longitudinal axis in such a way to move the door panel between two end-of-travel positions, an electric motor for actuating the support column and a drive unit for transmitting the motion from the electric motor to the support column. The drive unit has a first drive element connected to the electric motor and a second drive element connected to the support column, wherein the drive unit includes a clutch unit that is interposed between the first drive element and the electric motor or between the second drive element and the support column. The door also has an automatic lock that completes the automation of the door by detectors.

A drive device for a pivoting vehicle flap, includes a first housing part (3), a second housing part (4), wherein the first housing part (3) and the second housing part (4) are designed to be movable toward each other in the direction of the axial extension (x) of the drive device (1), a spindle rod (12) rotatably arranged on one of the first housing part (3) and the second housing part (4) and a spindle nut (13) arranged in a rotatably fixed manner on the other of the first housing part (3) and the second housing part (4), a braking device (19), comprising a first brake element, which is connected to the spindle rod (12) in a rotatably fixed manner, a second brake element, which is connected to one of the first housing part (3) and the second housing part (4) in a rotatably fixed manner, wherein the first brake element can interact with the second brake element in order to generate a brake force, and a magnet arrangement for generating a magnetic field. The drive device (1) is for a pivoting vehicle flap, to provide automatic pivoting and a flexible holding force for the vehicle flap, such that at least one of the first brake element and the second brake element can be displaced in the axial direction (x) of the spindle rod (12) by the magnetic field.