VEHICLE HAVING OPENING-CLOSING CONTROL FUNCTION

• US 20150233167A1
• Filed: 02/11/2015
• Published: 08/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Subaru Corp.
• Original Assignee: Fuji Heavy Industries Limited (Subaru Corp.)
• Inventors: KOBAYASHI, Hiroyuki, TAKAHASHI, Tetsuro, WATANABE, Naoto, NATSUI, Hiroshi, ITOI, Isao, TANAKA, Noriyasu, FUJINO, Hiroaki
• Granted Patent: US 9,714,535 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/70 with automatic actuation
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/358 in the proximity of end positions
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/44 Sensors therefore E05Y2400/322, E05Y2400/33, E05Y2400/55, E05Y2400/56, E05Y2400/852 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/12 Sealing
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/546 Tailgates

Abstract

A vehicle such as an automobile includes: a vehicle body having an opening; an opening-closing member that closes the opening; a drive member that drives the opening-closing member so as to open and/or close the opening; a controller that controls the drive member to control the opening-closing member between a fully open position and a fully closed position; and an elastic member provided at a mating portion of the closed opening-closing member and the vehicle body and inserted between the closed opening-closing member and the vehicle body. The controller controls the drive member in a stopping state of the vehicle and opens the opening-closing member from the fully closed position so as to reduce a pressure acting upon the elastic member.

Claims

1. A vehicle having an opening-closing control function, comprising:

a vehicle body having an opening;

an opening-closing member that closes the opening;

a drive member that drives the opening-closing member so as to open and/or close the opening;

a controller that controls the drive member to control the opening-closing member between a fully open position and a fully closed position; and

an elastic member provided at a mating portion of the closed opening-closing member and the vehicle body, and inserted between the closed opening-closing member and the vehicle body, wherein

the controller controls the drive member in a stopping state of the vehicle and opens the opening-closing member from the fully closed position so as to reduce a pressure acting upon the elastic member.

2. The vehicle having an opening-closing control function according to claim 1, wherein

the controller opens the opening-closing member from the fully closed position when detecting that the vehicle is in the stopping state continuously more than a predetermined time period.

3. The vehicle having an opening-closing control function according to claim 1, wherein

when opening the opening-closing member from the fully closed position, the controller opens the opening-closing member to a position which has moved into a predetermined stroke of the opening direction than the fully closed position and in which a lock of the opening-closing member is not released, or to a position which has moved into a predetermined stroke of the opening direction than the fully closed position and in which waterproofing at the mating portion of the opening-closing member and the vehicle body is maintained.

4. The vehicle having an opening-closing control function according to claim 2, wherein

when opening the opening-closing member from the fully closed position, the controller opens the opening-closing member to a position which has moved into a predetermined stroke of the opening direction than the fully closed position and in which a lock of the opening-closing member is not released, or to a position which has moved into a predetermined stroke of the opening direction than the fully closed position and in which waterproofing at the mating portion of the opening-closing member and the vehicle body is maintained.

5. The vehicle having an opening-closing control function according to claim 1, further comprising:

a torque sensor that detects a drive torque of the opening-closing member created by the drive member, wherein

when opening the opening-closing member from the fully closed position, the controller controls the drive member until it is determined that the torque detected by the torque sensor is lower than a torque necessary for controlling the opening-closing member to the fully closed position.

6. The vehicle having an opening-closing control function according to claim 2, further comprising:

a torque sensor that detects a drive torque of the opening-closing member created by the drive member, wherein

when opening the opening-closing member from the fully closed position, the controller controls the drive member until it is determined that the torque detected by the torque sensor is lower than a torque necessary for controlling the opening-closing member to the fully closed position.

7. The vehicle having an opening-closing control function according to claim 3, further comprising:

a torque sensor that detects a drive torque of the opening-closing member created by the drive member, wherein

when opening the opening-closing member from the fully closed position, the controller controls the drive member until it is determined that the torque detected by the torque sensor is lower than a torque necessary for controlling the opening-closing member to the fully closed position.

8. The vehicle having an opening-closing control function according to claim 4, further comprising:

a torque sensor that detects a drive torque of the opening-closing member created by the drive member, wherein

when opening the opening-closing member from the fully closed position, the controller controls the drive member until it is determined that the torque detected by the torque sensor is lower than a torque necessary for controlling the opening-closing member to the fully closed position.

9. The vehicle having an opening-closing control function according to claim 1, further comprising:

a position sensor that detects a position of the opening-closing member, wherein

when opening the opening-closing member from the fully closed position, the controller controls the drive member until it is determined, on the basis of the detection of the position sensor, that the position of the opening-closing member has shifted from the fully closed position.

10. The vehicle having an opening-closing control function according to claim 2, further comprising:

a position sensor that detects a position of the opening-closing member, wherein

when opening the opening-closing member from the fully closed position, the controller controls the drive member until it is determined, on the basis of the detection of the position sensor, that the position of the opening-closing member has shifted from the fully closed position.

11. The vehicle having an opening-closing control function according to claim 3, further comprising:

a position sensor that detects a position of the opening-closing member, wherein

when opening the opening-closing member from the fully closed position, the controller controls the drive member until it is determined, on the basis of the detection of the position sensor, that the position of the opening-closing member has shifted from the fully closed position.

12. The vehicle having an opening-closing control function according to claim 4, further comprising:

a position sensor that detects a position of the opening-closing member, wherein

when opening the opening-closing member from the fully closed position, the controller controls the drive member until it is determined, on the basis of the detection of the position sensor, that the position of the opening-closing member has shifted from the fully closed position.