Method of sliding a vehicle door by a powered sliding door

• US 6,877,280 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2002
• Issued: 04/12/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation (Mitsui Mining and Smelting Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Yokomori, Kazuhito
• Primary Examiner(s): REDMAN, JERRY E
• Application Number:
  US10/270,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20040103585A1
• Time in Patent Office: 909 Days
• Field of Search: 49/26, 49/27, 49/28, 493/60, 495/06, 318/280, 318/283, 318/284, 318/285, 318/445, 318/452
• US Class Current: 49/506
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/40 Safety devices, e.g. detection of obstructions or end positions
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/531 Doors

Abstract

A control method of a powered sliding device for sliding a vehicle sliding door slidably attached to a vehicle body with the power of a motor in the door opening direction and in the door closing direction, wherein when a first abnormal sliding of the sliding door is detected during the door closing sliding of the sliding door by the door closing rotation of the motor, the motor is rotated again in the door closing direction after being stopped for a specified time, and after that, the re-judgment of the abnormal sliding is performed, and when the abnormal sliding is again detected in the re-judgment, safety processing operation is performed.

Claims

1. A control method of a powered sliding device for sliding a door slidably attached to a vehicle body in a door opening direction and in a door closing direction by power of a motor, wherein when a first abnormal sliding of the door is detected during a closing of the door by a door closing rotation of the motor, a first vehicle speed measurement is performed, and when the first measured vehicle speed measurement is less than a specified speed, a safety processing operation is immediately performed, and when the first vehicle speed measurement is the specified speed or more, a re-measurement of the vehicle speed is performed after stopping the motor for a specified time, and when the re-measurement of the vehicle speed is less than the specified speed, the safety processing operation is immediately performed, and when the re-measurement of the vehicle speed is the specified speed or more, the door closing rotation of the motor is actuated and after that, a re-judgment of the abnormal sliding is performed, and when the abnormal sliding is again detected in the re-judgment, the safety processing operation is performed.