US 11,952,807 B2
Optional actuatoric door opening support for a vehicle
Jan Heyduck, Sindelfingen (DE); Tobias Konrad, Böblingen (DE); and Martin Lindmayer, Sulz (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/290,293
Filed by DAIMLER AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/078538
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/088969, PCT Pub. Date May 7, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 008 668.3 (DE), filed on Nov. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0372170 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. B60J 5/04 (2006.01); E05B 81/16 (2014.01); E05B 81/56 (2014.01); E05B 81/76 (2014.01); E05B 85/26 (2014.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); E05B 85/16 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 81/56 (2013.01) [B60J 5/0472 (2013.01); B60J 5/0493 (2013.01); E05B 81/16 (2013.01); E05B 81/77 (2013.01); E05B 85/26 (2013.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); E05B 85/16 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/30 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/44 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door arrangement of a vehicle, the vehicle door arrangement comprising:
a first closing element arranged on a vehicle door;
a second closing element arranged on a bodywork of the vehicle, wherein the first closing element and the second closing element are configured to be connected to each other in a positive looking manner to hold the vehicle door on the bodywork;
a door handle arranged on the vehicle door;
a sensor device connected to the door handle, wherein the sensor device is configured to detect a pressure input or a pulling input of a user on the door handle;
a control unit connected to the sensor device, wherein the control unit is configured to control a locking actuator and a door opening actuator,
wherein the locking actuator is configured to separate the first and second closing elements,
wherein the door opening actuator is configured to open the vehicle door in relation to the bodywork,
wherein the control unit is configured to control the locking actuator to separate the first closing element and the second closing element in response to a detected pressure input or pulling input, and to control the door opening actuator to open the vehicle door in relation to the bodywork, and
wherein the door handle is at least partially countersunk in the vehicle door when a pressure input is present and is elevatable out of a depression by pressing the door handle.