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Circuit for preventing the erroneous operation of a motor control device for lifting and lowering a power window

US4746845A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 16, 1986
Grant dateMay 24, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02H7/0851
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An automatic window regulator for automobiles includes a drive motor for lifting and lowering the window glass, and a detector for detecting when there is a foreign object jammed between the window glass as it is lifted or lowered and a window frame. The detector includes sensor means for measuring motor characteristic values of the drive motor and comparator means for comparing a first motor characteristic value measured by the sensor means with a second motor characteristic value measured by the sensor means a prescribed period of time prior to the first motor characteristic value and for generating a detected signal indicative of the jammed foreign object when any difference between the compared first and second motor characteristic values is greater than a predetermined range.

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