Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control module for adjusting flaps of a vehicle
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Application No.: US16963635Application Date: 2018-07-23
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Publication No.: US12097757B2Publication Date: 2024-09-24
- Inventor: Marius Brand , Bastiaan Huijzers , Jinku Hu
- Applicant: MCI (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Woerden
- Assignee: MCI (MIRROR CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL) NETHERLANDS B.V.
- Current Assignee: MCI (MIRROR CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL) NETHERLANDS B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Woerden
- Agency: Volpe Koenig
- Priority: WO TNL2018050047 2018.01.23
- International Application: PCT/NL2018/050511 2018.07.23
- International Announcement: WO2019/147125A 2019.08.01
- Date entered country: 2020-07-21
- Main IPC: B60K11/08
- IPC: B60K11/08 ; B60R16/023 ; B60R16/03 ; B60W10/30 ; B62D35/00 ; H02P5/68 ; H02P7/00 ; B60W50/04

Abstract:
A control unit is presented for controlling a driving unit arranged for adjustment of one or more first air guiding flaps of a motorised vehicle between a first outer position and a second outer position. The control unit comprises a communication module for communicating with a vehicle control network for receiving first adjustment instructions for adjusting the first flap, a power supply module comprising an input power terminal for receiving power from a vehicle power network and a first output power terminal for supplying a first current to the driving unit. The control unit further comprises a current sensor module for sensing variations in the first supply current and a control module arranged to control the first supply current in accordance with the adjustment instructions and the sensed variations. By separating the control module from the driving unit, functionality of the control module may be shared over multiple driving units.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210061087A1 CONTROL MODULE FOR ADJUSTING FLAPS OF A VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2021-03-04
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