A tailgate interlocking occupant step apparatus and method for a vehicle, includes a powered tailgate, a powered occupant step, a kick sensor mounted to the occupant step, and a controller having processing circuitry. The processing circuitry detects a signal from the kick sensor, operates the powered occupant step to move the occupant step to an extended position, operates the powered tailgate to lower the tailgate to an opened position, and when a pinch force is detected either in the occupant step or the tailgate, stops the operation of both the occupant step and the tailgate.
Tailgate interlocking occupant step
2020-04-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | E05F DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION , Vorrichtungen zum Bewegen der Flügel in die Offen- oder Schließstellung / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |