Vehicle

• US 9,815,434 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2014
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Goto, Taisuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Shafi, Muhammad
• Application Number:
  US15/108,072
• Publication Number:
  US 20160325712A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,064 Days
• Field of Search: 701 48
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/101 for non-load transporting vehicles, i.e. family cars including vans
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/105 comprising door or part of door being pivotable about vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/08 electrically driven conjoint control of windscreen wiper motor and liquid supply of windscreen washer B60S1/482; conjoint control of windscreen wiper motor and means for cleaning parts o parts other than windscreens or front windows B60S1/56, B60S1/58, B60S1/606
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/0896 including control systems responsive to a vehicle driving condition, e.g. speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/583 including wiping devices
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 77/00 Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes locks specially adapted for bicycles E05B71/00; locking arrangements for non-fixed vehicle roofs B60J7/185
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/58 including time control, e.g. for controlling run-time of electric motors
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/62 for opening or closing of a circuit depending on electrical parameters, e.g. increase of motor current
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/64 Monitoring or sensing, e.g. by using switches or sensors
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 83/18 for car boot lids or rear luggage compartments

Abstract

A wheeled vehicle includes a rear opening that is formed in a rear surface of a vehicle body, a tailgate that is provided to open and close the rear opening, a sub door opening that is formed in a transverse portion of the tailgate, and a sub door that is provided to open and close the sub door opening. In the tailgate, a tailgate side window panel is provided on the tailgate, and a sub door side window panel is provided on the sub door. These tailgate side window panel and the sub door side window panel are made substantially level with each other while being disposed continuously in a transverse direction. The control unit prohibits the operation of a wiper device that moves over the individual window panels so as to clean and remove water therefrom, with the sub door left open.

Claims

1. A wheeled vehicle in which a rear opening is formed in a rear surface of a vehicle body, a tailgate is provided to open and close the rear opening, a sub door opening is formed in a transverse portion of the tailgate, and a sub door is provided to open and close the sub door opening, comprising:

a tailgate side window panel configured to be provided on the tailgate;

a sub door side window panel configured to be provided on the sub door;

a wiper device configured to move over the individual window panels so as to clean and remove water therefrom;

a sub door latch device configured to engage the vehicle body with the sub door;

a sub door unlocking device that operates the sub door latch device; and

a control unit configured to control the sub door latch device,

wherein the tailgate side window panel and the sub door side window panel are successively disposed with each other in a substantially same plane in a transverse direction, and

wherein when the wiper device is operating and the sub door unlocking device is operated, the control unit stops the wiper device after moving a blade of the wiper device to a stop position.

2. The wheeled vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit controls the sub door latch device so as to open the sub door when the wiper device stops in the stop position.

3. The wheeled vehicle according to claim 2, further comprising:

a warning device configured to issue a warning, and

wherein the control unit executes a control to activate the warning device after the wiper device is stopped and before the control unit executes a control to open the sub door.

4. The wheeled vehicle according to claim 3,

wherein the control unit executes a control to keep the wiper device stopping when the sub door is closed after the sub door is opened.

5. The wheeled vehicle according to claim 4,

wherein the control unit executes a control to activate the wiper device when the wheeled vehicle is running.

6. The wheeled vehicle according to claim 3,

wherein the control unit resumes an operation of the wiper device when the sub door is closed again after the sub door is opened.

7. The wheeled vehicle according to claim 6, further comprising:

a warning device configured to issues a warning, and

wherein the control unit controls the warning device so as to issue a warning before the operation of the wiper device is resumed after the sub door is closed again.

8. The wheeled vehicle according to claim 2,

wherein the control unit executes a control to keep the wiper device stopping when the sub door is closed after the sub door is opened.

9. The wheeled vehicle according to claim 8,

wherein the control unit executes a control to activate the wiper device when the wheeled vehicle is running.

10. The wheeled vehicle according to claim 2,

wherein the control unit resumes an operation of the wiper device when the sub door is closed again after the sub door is opened.

11. The wheeled vehicle according to claim 10, further comprising:

a warning device configured to issues a warning, and

wherein the control unit controls the warning device so as to issue a warning before the operation of the wiper device is resumed after the sub door is closed again.

12. The wheeled vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit controls the sub door latch device so as to open the sub door when the sub door unlocking device is operated again after the wiper device has stopped.

13. The wheeled vehicle according to claim 12,

wherein the control unit executes a control to keep the wiper device stopping when the sub door is closed after the sub door is opened.

14. The wheeled vehicle according to claim 13,

wherein the control unit executes a control to activate the wiper device when the wheeled vehicle is running.

15. The wheeled vehicle according to claim 12,

wherein the control unit resumes an operation of the wiper device when the sub door is closed again after the sub door is opened.

16. The wheeled vehicle according to claim 15, further comprising:

a warning device configured to issues a warning, and

wherein the control unit controls the warning device so as to issue a warning before the operation of the wiper device is resumed after the sub door is closed again.