IP Library Granted Patent US 10,125,530
Granted Patent B2
US 10,125,530 · App. 14/981,356 · Granted Nov 13, 2018

Power window device

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Patent No.
US 10,125,530
App. No.
14/981,356
Granted
Nov 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power window device includes a driving unit which moves a plurality of window glasses of a vehicle respectively, an operation unit which has a plurality of switches corresponding to the plurality of window glasses and which is provided for driving the driving unit, and a control unit which controls the driving unit to move and open or close the window glasses in accordance with an operation on the operation unit. When a normal operation for operating any one of the plurality of window switches individually is performed, the control unit controls the driving unit to move only the window glass corresponding to the operated window switch. When a special operation which is different from the normal operation is performed on the window switches, the control unit controls the driving unit to move all the window glasses.

Claims (27)

1. A power window device for opening and closing a plurality of window glasses of a vehicle, comprising:

a driving unit which moves the plurality of window glasses, the driving unit including a plurality of drivers that opens and closes each of the plurality of windows;

an operation unit which has a plurality of switches corresponding to the plurality of window glasses and which is provided for driving the driving unit; and

a control unit which controls the driving unit to move and open or close the window glasses in accordance with an operation on the operation unit,

wherein when a normal operation for operating any one of the plurality of window switches individually is performed, the control unit controls the driving unit to move only the window glass corresponding to the operated window switch, and

when a special operation which is different from the normal operation is performed on the window switches, the control unit controls the driving unit to move all the window glasses,

wherein upon detection of the special operation, the control unit is programmed to:

control the plurality of drivers so that a movement speed of each of the window glasses caused by the special operation is slower than a movement speed of the window glass caused by the normal operation.

2. The power window device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers so that a movement speed of the window glass disposed on a driver's seat side of the vehicle is faster than a movement speed of the window glass disposed on seat sides other than the driver's seat side of the vehicle during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

3. The power window device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers so that a movement speed of each of the window glasses caused by the special operation is slower than a movement speed of the window glass caused by the normal operation, and

the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers so that a movement speed of the window glass disposed on a driver's seat side of the vehicle is faster than a movement speed of the window glass disposed on seat sides other than the driver's seat side of the vehicle during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

4. The power window device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers to move the window glasses at different movement timings when the special operation different from the normal operation is performed on the window switches to move all the window glasses.

5. The power window device according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers so that the movements of the window glasses are stopped at different timings during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

6. The power window device according to claim 5 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers to start moving the window glasses disposed in a front row of the vehicle and then start moving the window glasses disposed in a rear row of the vehicle so that the movements of the window glasses is started at different movement timings during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

7. The power window device according to claim 6 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers to start moving the window glass disposed on a driver's seat side in a front row of the vehicle and then start moving the window glass disposed on an assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle so that the movements of the window glasses is started at different movement timings during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

8. The power window device according to claim 7 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers so that a time between start of the movement of the window glass disposed on a driver's seat side in a front row of the vehicle and start of the movement of the window glass disposed on an assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle is longer than a time between the start of the movement of the window glass disposed on the assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle and start of the movements of the window glasses disposed in a rear row of the vehicle during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

9. The power window device according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers to start moving the window glasses disposed in a front row of the vehicle and then start moving the window glasses disposed in a rear row of the vehicle so that the movements of the window glasses is started at different movement timings during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

10. The power window device according to claim 9 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers to start moving the window glass disposed on a driver's seat side in a front row of the vehicle and then start moving the window glass disposed on an assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle so that the movements of the window glasses is started at different movement timings during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

11. The power window device according to claim 10 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers so that a time between start of the movement of the window glass disposed on a driver's seat side in a front row of the vehicle and start of the movement of the window glass disposed on an assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle is longer than a time between the start of the movement of the window glass disposed on the assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle and start of the movements of the window glasses disposed in a rear row of the vehicle during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

12. The power window device according to claim 9 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers so that a time between start of the movement of the window glass disposed on a driver's seat side in a front row of the vehicle and start of the movement of the window glass disposed on an assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle is longer than a time between the start of the movement of the window glass disposed on the assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle and start of the movements of the window glasses disposed in a rear row of the vehicle during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

13. The power window device according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers to start moving the window glass disposed on a driver's seat side in a front row of the vehicle and then start moving the window glass disposed on an assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle so that the movements of the window glasses is started at different movement timings during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

14. The power window device according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers so that a time between start of the movement of the window glass disposed on a driver's seat side in a front row of the vehicle and start of the movement of the window glass disposed on an assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle is longer than a time between the start of the movement of the window glass disposed on the assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle and start of the movements of the window glasses disposed in a rear row of the vehicle during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

15. The power window device according to claim 13 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers so that a time between start of the movement of the window glass disposed on a driver's seat side in a front row of the vehicle and start of the movement of the window glass disposed on an assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle is longer than a time between the start of the movement of the window glass disposed on the assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle and start of the movements of the window glasses disposed in a rear row of the vehicle during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

16. The power window device according to claim 5 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers to start moving the window glass disposed on a driver's seat side in a front row of the vehicle and then start moving the window glass disposed on an assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle so that the movements of the window glasses is started at different movement timings during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

17. The power window device according to claim 5 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers so that a time between start of the movement of the window glass disposed on a driver's seat side in a front row of the vehicle and start of the movement of the window glass disposed on an assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle is longer than a time between the start of the movement of the window glass disposed on the assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle and start of the movements of the window glasses disposed in a rear row of the vehicle during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

18. The power window device according to claim 16 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers so that a time between start of the movement of the window glass disposed on a driver's seat side in a front row of the vehicle and start of the movement of the window glass disposed on an assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle is longer than a time between the start of the movement of the window glass disposed on the assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle and start of the movements of the window glasses disposed in a rear row of the vehicle during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

19. The power window device according to claim 6 , wherein the control unit is programmed to control the plurality of drivers so that a time between start of the movement of the window glass disposed on a driver's seat side in a front row of the vehicle and start of the movement of the window glass disposed on an assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle is longer than a time between the start of the movement of the window glass disposed on the assistant driver's seat side in the front row of the vehicle and start of the movements of the window glasses disposed in a rear row of the vehicle during the movements of the window glasses caused by the special operation.

Assignments (2)
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 Apr 22, 2016
From: IKURA, YOKO; SATO, EIJI; MATSUBA, KAZUHIKO; YAMAZAKI, TAKAFUMI; AKATSUKA, WATARU
To: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA; MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 038350/0151 →