Contact sensitive control apparatus
First Claim
1. A contact sensitive control apparatus, for detecting a foreign object in an opening provided between a frame and a movable member for closing said opening, said apparatus comprising:
- a tube member adapted to be stretched on one of said frame and said movable member;
pressure detection means for detecting application of pressure to said tube member by said foreign object and for outputting a detection signal indicating said application of pressure has occurred;
control means for stopping movement of said movable member in response to said detection signal from said pressure detection means.
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Abstract
In an automatically opened and closed mechanism, such a power window, a sunroof or the like, which is opened and closed automatically, a contact sensitive control apparatus according to the invention includes a sealed tube stretched on a frame of an opened and closed portion. A change in the pressure within the tube produced by contact with the frame when the opened and closed portion is closed is sensed by a pressure sensor. When the change in the pressure is detected, the closing of the opened and closed portion is stopped at once. This allows the occurrence of an accident of injury to be prevented in advance which includes portion of a human body being pinned by the window or the like when the opened and closed portion is closed.
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1. A contact sensitive control apparatus, for detecting a foreign object in an opening provided between a frame and a movable member for closing said opening, said apparatus comprising:
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a tube member adapted to be stretched on one of said frame and said movable member; pressure detection means for detecting application of pressure to said tube member by said foreign object and for outputting a detection signal indicating said application of pressure has occurred; control means for stopping movement of said movable member in response to said detection signal from said pressure detection means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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