US 12,337,777 B2
Motor vehicle and method for operating a motor vehicle
Johann Berger, Reischach (DE)
Assigned to AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Filed by AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/354,350.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 121 749.3 (DE), filed on Aug. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0067113 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 21/0134 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60J 5/10 (2006.01); B60J 10/86 (2016.01); B60R 21/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/12 (2006.01); E05B 77/12 (2014.01); E05F 15/72 (2015.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/0134 (2013.01) [B60J 5/047 (2013.01); B60J 5/107 (2013.01); B60J 10/86 (2016.02); B62D 25/12 (2013.01); E05B 77/12 (2013.01); E05F 15/72 (2015.01); B60R 2021/01252 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0273 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/536 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/546 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor vehicle comprising:
a body component;
a wing element pivotably coupled to the body component such that the wing element is configured to pivot relative to the body component about a pivot axis between a neutral starting position and a first pivot position;
an actuator configured to pivot the wing element about the pivot axis between the neutral position and the first pivot position;
an environment sensor configured to transmit a signal indicating a state of surroundings of the motor vehicle; and
a control device configured to receive the signal from the environment sensor and to detect an impending collision of the motor vehicle with a collision object located in the surroundings of the motor vehicle based on the signal from the environment sensor and a current journey parameter of the motor vehicle,
wherein if the impending collision is detected, the control device is configured to control the actuator such that the wing element pivots toward the body component from the neutral starting position to the first pivot position, and
wherein the control device is further configured to evaluate a severity of the impending collision and, based on the evaluation of the severity, to control the actuator such that the wing element pivots away from the body component from the first pivot position toward the neutral starting position.