IP Library Granted Patent US 7,619,381
Granted Patent B2
US 7,619,381 · App. 11/882,334 · Granted Nov 17, 2009

Open/close member control apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,619,381
App. No.
11/882,334
Granted
Nov 17, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an open/close member control apparatus capable of blocking entry of a ruffian even if forced closing operation is cancelled during closing operation of an open/close member by the forced closing operation and suppressing damage on an object which is erroneously caught. In the open/close member control apparatus for switching closing operation of a window to opening operation in the case where pinch of a foreign matter is detected and the forced closing operation of the switch is not maintained and continuing the closing operation of the window in the case where pinch of a foreign matter is detected and the forced closing operation of the switch is maintained, in the case where pinch is detected and the forced closing operation of the switch is maintained, when the maintenance of the forced closing operation is cancelled during closing operation of the window, the window opening operation is performed so that an open amount of the window becomes smaller than that in normal times.

Claims (16)

1. An open/close member control apparatus comprising:

a switch for opening/closing an open/close member;

a load detector that detects load on the open/close member; and

a pinch detector for detecting pinch of a foreign matter in the open/close member on the basis of the load detected by the load detector,

the apparatus having a function of forcedly making the open/close member perform closing operation even if pinch is detected by performing a predetermined forced closing operation on the switch, and

switching the closing operation of the open/close member to opening operation in the case where the pinch detector detects pinch and the forced closing operation on the switch is not maintained, and

continuing the closing operation of the open/close member in the case where the pinch detector detects pinch and the forced closing operation on the switch is maintained,

wherein in the case where the pinch detector detects pinch and the forced closing operation of the switch is maintained, when the maintenance of the forced closing operation is cancelled during closing operation of the open/close member, the open/close member is allowed to perform opening operation so that an open amount of the open/close member becomes smaller than that in normal times.

2. An open/close member control apparatus comprising:

a switch for opening/closing an open/close member;

a load detector that detects load on the open/close member; and

a pinch detector for detecting pinch of a foreign matter in the open/close member on the basis of the load detected by the load detector,

the apparatus having a function of forcedly making the open/close member perform closing operation even if pinch is detected by performing a predetermined forced closing operation on the switch, and

switching the closing operation of the open/close member to opening operation in the case where the pinch detector detects pinch and the forced closing operation on the switch is not maintained, and

continuing the closing operation of the open/close member in the case where the pinch detector detects pinch and the forced closing operation on the switch is maintained,

wherein in the case where the pinch detector detects pinch and the forced closing operation of the switch is maintained, when the maintenance of the forced closing operation is cancelled during closing operation of the open/close member, the open/close member is allowed to perform opening operation so that open speed of the open/close member becomes lower than that in normal times.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055472/0944 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2010
From: OMRON CORPORATION
To: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024710/0339 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2007
From: KAWAI, NOBUYUKI; FUJIWARA, YUTAKA; SAKUMA, YOICHI; UJIGAWA, NOBORU
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA; OMIRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020044/0337 →