IP Library Granted Patent US 11,391,072
Granted Patent B2
US 11,391,072 · App. 16/500,242 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Device for controlling opening/closing body for vehicle

Inventors: Noriyuki Kamiya (Chita-gun, JP); Takeshi Nishikibe (Tokai, JP)
Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
E05B81/56B60J5/0468E05B81/66E05B81/74E05B83/40E05B85/243
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Patent No.
US 11,391,072
App. No.
16/500,242
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for controlling an opening/closing body for a vehicle provided with a locking device and a control device, the control device being provided with an inverse rotation stopping unit for stopping the inverse rotation of a rotary member based on the on/off state change of a first neutral switch or the on/off state change of a second neutral switch, and a re-inversion control unit. The re-inversion control unit executes re-inversion control for causing the rotary member to rotate in a first direction when the inverse rotation of the rotary member is stopped based on the on/off state change of the second neutral switch in inversion control after close control, and not causing the rotary member to rotate in a second direction when the inverse rotation of the rotary member is stopped based on the on/off state change of the second neutral switch in inversion control after release control.

Claims (17)

1. A vehicle opening/closing body controller comprising:

a lock device including a latch mechanism; and

a controller that is configured to control actuation of the lock device, wherein

the lock device is configured to perform a closing action and a releasing action with the latch mechanism in accordance with a pivot direction of a pivot member pivoted in a first direction and a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, between a first pivot end and a second pivot end,

the lock device includes

a first neutral switch configured to change an on/off state at first and second state change points that are pivot positions of the pivot member between the first pivot end and the second pivot end, and

a second neutral switch configured to change an on/off state at a third state change point that is a pivot position of the pivot member between the first and second state change points,

the controller is configured to execute closing control that constrains a vehicle opening/closing body with the latch mechanism by pivoting the pivot member in the first direction and performing the closing action with the latch mechanism and execute releasing control that releases the constraint on the opening/closing body with the latch mechanism by pivoting the pivot member in the second direction and performing the releasing action with the latch mechanism,

the controller includes,

a reversing controller configured to execute reversing control for reversely pivoting the pivot member after the closing control is completed and after the releasing control is completed,

a reversing stopper configured to stop the reverse pivoting of the pivot member based on a change in the on/off state of the first neutral switch or a change in the on/off state of the second neutral switch, and

a re-reversing controller configured to pivot the pivot member in a direction opposite to a pivot direction of the reverse pivoting when the reverse pivoting of the pivot member is stopped based on a change in the on/off state of the second neutral switch,

the re-reversing controller executes re-reversing control for pivoting the pivot member in the first direction when the reverse pivoting of the pivot member is stopped based on a change in the on/off state of the second neutral switch during the reversing control after the closing control, and

the re-reversing controller does not pivot the pivot member in the second direction when the reverse pivoting of the pivot member is stopped based on a change in the on/off state of the second neutral switch during the reversing control after the releasing control.

2. The vehicle opening/closing body controller according to claim 1 , wherein the controller includes

a re-reversing counter configured to increment its count during the re-reversing control, and

a re-reversing terminator configured to end the re-reversing control when a count value of the re-reversing counter reaches a predetermined value.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2022
From: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058746/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2019
From: KAMIYA, NORIYUKI; NISHIKIBE, TAKESHI
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 050603/0781 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-077095 · Apr 7, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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