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Vehicle door manual to power move

  • US 5,434,487 A
  • Filed: 05/20/1993
  • Issued: 07/18/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A door controller for a vehicle door moveable between a closed position and an opened position, the door controller comprising, in combination:

  • electric drive means including an electric motor selectively energizable to power move the door in an opening direction to the opened position and in a closing direction to the closed position;

    a door movement sensor for (A) indicating one of the opening and closing directions of movement of the door and (B) generating distance pulses, each distance pulse representing a predetermined incremental distance of travel of the door;

    means for selectively energizing the electric motor to power move the door in the one of the opening and closing directions indicated by the door movement sensor when a predetermined number of the distances pulses representing a predetermined movement of the door are generated while the electric motor is de-energized.

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