A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A MANUAL REAR CLOSURE MEMBER

• Main Authors: PENZATO, Sam, GREGORY, Jonathan, BUNN, Matthew David, BARR, Gerald William
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 24.07.2019
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; CHECKS FOR WINGS; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; HINGES OR OTHER SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS; KEYS; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; LOCKS; MEASURING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORVEHICLES; SAFES; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILARDEVICES FOR VEHICLES; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THEFUNCTIONING OF THE WING

A motor vehicle 1 is disclosed having a safety system 10 that includes an electronic controller 15 controlling an electronically controlled mechanism 12 in response to inputs from a number of rear parking sensors 16 to prevent movement of a rear closure 5 of the motor vehicle 1 in a closing direction when more than one object is sensed to be within a rear protection zone PZ and the rear closure member 5 is in a fully open position.