Patent ID: 8219288

Claim:
A method for positioning a mobile unit ( 2 ) in a motor vehicle, the method comprising: driving a mobile unit ( 2 ) in one of a manual mode and an automatic mode, with an external force provided by a motor (M), wherein the mobile unit ( 2 ) is equipped with an electronic jamming protection device; driving the mobile unit ( 2 ) with increased motor power when the mobile unit ( 2 ) exceeds a jamming protection position defined by the electronic jamming protection device for the mobile unit ( 2 ) and when the mobile unit ( 2 ) is operated in the automatic mode; positioning the mobile unit ( 2 ) between two final positions (El, E 2 ), wherein the final positions are predefined by a guide mechanism ( 7 ) of the mobile unit ( 2 ) and positioning can be performed via at least one input unit (T); automatically storing an occupied position ( 5 ) of the mobile unit ( 2 ) in a storage unit (SP), wherein the stored occupied position ( 5 ) can be automatically approached by user request, a region (B 1 , B 2 ) is defined between the final positions (E 1 , E 2 ), wherein the region (B 1 , B 2 ) is smaller than the distance of the final positions (El, E 2 ), and the occupied position ( 5 ) is stored automatically when the occupied position ( 5 ) lies in the predefined region (B 1 , B 2 ), and when the occupied position ( 5 ) is maintained longer than a predefined time; selecting one of the manual mode and the automatic mode based upon a period of time the input unit (T) is actuated; and positioning of the mobile unit ( 2 ) via the input unit (T) to one of the stored position ( 5 ) and the two final positions (El, E 2 ) by user request when in automatic mode based upon the period of time the input unit (T) is actuated.