US 12,215,532 B2
Pinch detection system
Dennie Wilhelmus Hendrikus Craane, Nijmegen (NL); and Sergej Sergeevic Lojko, Lottum (NL)
Assigned to INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V., Oostrum (NL)
Filed by Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V., Oostrum (NL)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/729,555.
Claims priority of application No. 21171330 (EP), filed on Apr. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0349233 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 7/057 (2006.01); E05F 15/44 (2015.01)
CPC E05F 15/443 (2015.01) [B60J 7/0573 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/542 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An open-roof assembly for covering or at least partly uncovering an opening in a vehicle roof, the open-roof assembly comprising a frame defining the opening, a moveably arranged closure member and a pressure-sensitive sensor device,
wherein the open-roof assembly comprises a closed state, in which the closure member covers the opening in the vehicle roof, and an open state, in which the closure member uncovers the roof opening at least partly,
wherein the pressure-sensitive sensor device is arranged between the closure member and the frame for detecting presence of an object between the closure member and the frame, at least when the closure member is moving from the open state towards the closed state,
wherein the pressure-sensitive sensor device extends over a sensor device length along at least one side of the opening and is configured to detect a location of a local pressure, which local pressure is exerted locally on the pressure-sensitive sensor device, along the sensor device length,
wherein the pressure-sensitive sensor device is configured to detect a local deformation due to the local pressure exerted on the pressure-sensitive sensor device, and
wherein the closure member is tiltably arranged and wherein the pressure-sensitive sensor device is arranged and configured to detect a hinge angle between the frame and the closure member.