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VEHICLE OPENING-AND-CLOSING MEMBER CONTROL DEVICE

  • US 20130024076A1
  • Filed: 07/18/2012
  • Published: 01/24/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A vehicle opening-and-closing member control device for performing an automatic opening and closing control of a vehicle opening-and-closing member by controlling a plurality of drive units having a drive force for operating the vehicle opening-and-closing member, the vehicle opening-and-closing member control device comprising:

  • a plurality of displacement amount detection portions provided at said plurality of drive units, respectively, and detecting respective displacement amounts of the drive units;

    a determination portion obtaining a relative difference of the displacement amounts detected by the displacement amount detection portions and determining whether the drive unit is in failure on the basis of the difference of the displacement amounts;

    a restriction portion restricting an operation state of the opening-and-closing member operated by the drive units so as to be an operation disapproval state where the opening-and-closing member cannot be operated by the drive units in a case where the determination portion determines that at least one of the drive units fails and at least one of the drive units operates normally; and

    whereinthe restriction portion stops the operation of the drive units at the time when an occurrence of a failure of the drive unit or the drive units is determined during the drive units are in operation, and the restriction portion prohibits the operation of the drive units thereafter when the occurrence of the failure of the drive unit or the drive units is determined during the drive units are not in operation.

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