COLLISION PROTECTION DEVICE FOR A PIVOTABLE HATCH OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, HATCH, MOTOR VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD

• Main Authors: HARTMANN, Jürgen, WARSCHAT, Ulf, SCHULER, Thomas
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 29.04.2020
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS ORWINDOWS; CHECKS FOR WINGS; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; KEYS; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; LOCKS; MEASURING; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; SAFES; TESTING; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THEFUNCTIONING OF THE WING

The invention relates to a collision protection device for a pivotable hatch of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one sensor for detecting an obstacle in the pivoting range of the hatch, and comprising a control unit, which is designed to output, in dependence on sensor signals of the at least one sensor, control commands for stopping an opening movement of the hatch, wherein the at least one sensor is an optical visibility sensor, which is designed for capturing an optical visibility in an environment of the sensors.