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7629760 Controlling device for range switch mechanism  
A controlling device includes a range switch mechanism, range switch operating means, operation frequency monitoring means, and heat generation limit controlling means. The range switch mechanism...
7428377 Focusing drive apparatus  
A focusing drive apparatus includes a determination device that is configured to determine whether a present focusing condition is an AF-able condition or an AF-unable condition. In the AF-able...
7359783 Method of detecting obstructions caused by motor-driven power windows and similar devices using fuzzy logic algorithms  
The mobile element is a vehicle window pane, panel, movable seat or similar, conveniently guided, and driven by a DC electric motor with a permanent magnet, and the method comprises a step of...
7288907 Half-open position holding apparatus for vehicle opening and closing member  
A half-open position holding apparatus for a vehicle opening and closing member includes an opening and closing member supported in a vehicle body to be openable and closable and has an opening and...
7187146 Opening-and-closing control device  
An opening-and-closing control device is disclosed, in which speed of an opening-and-closing body can be increased even while automatic operation is performed. The device includes an operation knob...
7126302 Modular motor converter for window covering systems  
A window covering system includes a window covering, a motor having a housing and a power supply inlet, for opening or closing the window coverings, and a modular motor converter. The modular motor...
7109676 Control for electric motor in vehicles  
A control for an electric motor in a vehicle. The control ascertains whether an obstacle is interfering with rotation of the motor. The control establishes a baseline speed, representing normal...
7019476 Method for recognizing an obstructive situation in a motor driven element  
A method for recognizing an obstructed situation of a traveling element. The method includes evaluating a variable containing information about the motor's rotational speed as the motor is driving...
6984950 System and method for configuring a motor controller with an external device  
A remotely configurable motor controller system comprises a motor controller and a remote configuration device. The motor controller includes solid state switches for connection between an AC line...
6975084 Power window controller  
A controller has a plurality of control units that are mutually connected by a communication line and are set at different places of an automobile, each corresponding to a different one of its...
6933694 Control for electric motor in vehicles  
A control for an electric motor in a vehicle. The control ascertains whether an obstacle is interfering with rotation of the motor. The control establishes a baseline speed, representing normal...
6885164 Climate control system and motor actuator therefor  
A motor actuator of a climate control system includes an specialized electric motor with a motor housing enclosing an encoder ring on a motor shaft having a plurality of opposite encoder-segment...
6856112 Power window driving device  
A power window driving device includes a reference-current generator, generating a reference current having a level which corresponds to the size of a motor current flowing into a drive motor for...
6781341 Abnormality detector for a motor drive system  
An abnormality detector for motor drive system easily detects, using a CPU, abnormality such as short circuit or disconnection in magnetic field coils of a motor, wiring, an open/close element,...
6762579 Position adjusting system for a seat of a vehicle  
A position adjusting system for adjusting the position of a seat n a vehicle and preventing movement of the seat resulting from external forces acting on the seat. The system includes a seat track...
6753668 Reduced profile drive assembly for garage door operator and method of assembly  
A garage door drive assembly for moving a linkage arm connected to a garage door, the assembly being adapted for shipping in a partially assembled condition in at least a box for on-site...
6700340 Control circuit for a coffee grinder  
A control circuit controls a coffee grinder having a grinder motor. The control circuit includes a timer portion and a first switch. The first switch functions as a two-condition switch to place...
6676186 Motor vehicle with a tailgate  
A vehicle with a tailgate ( 5 ) or the like, the vehicle being defined in that the tailgate ( 5 ) has a sensor for sensing objects at least during the opening operation.
6657410 Control device for a windscreen wiper device  
A control device for the drive motor of a windscreen wiper device in a vehicle, especially a motor vehicle, comprising a control switch which can be activated by means of a manually actuated wiper...
6639374 Method and device for controlling DC servomotor for driving rotating load  
A method of controlling a DC servomotor for driving a driven member coupled by a wire to an operation member of a valve, wherein, at the start of a control, the motor is driven first to rotate the...
6600281 Wiper control device  
The wiper control device comprises a wiper motor 52 for moving a wiper, a switch 53 for outputting a signal which inverts at each single sweep of the wiper, a wiper switch circuit 51 of a...
6580241 Method of detecting pinching of object in power window device  
In a power window device an MCU detects motor torque values one by one when a window is opened and closed, compares the detected motor torque values with base values set to the travel regions and...
6541929 Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle power windows  
A power window control apparatus for controlling vehicle power windows ( 12-18 ) includes window control switches ( 52-58 ) for controlling power window control motors ( 20-26 ). When two window...
6486630 Power window apparatus capable of leaving windows open for a predetermined time when automobile falls into water  
A power window apparatus is provided that, even if a CPU (IC 2 ) causes malfunction or becomes uncontrollable upon submergence, can prevent windows from performing unexpected operations and enables...
6433500 Vehicle window position sensor  
An apparatus ( 10 ) for detecting a window open condition comprises a first photoelectric cell ( 60 ) mountable to the window ( 20 ) for providing a reference output signal ( 61 ) independent of...
6411054 Obstruction detection system for power liftgate  
A powered liftgate actuation system for a vehicle in which opening and/or closing of the liftgate is inhibited if the vehicle is positioned too close to an obstruction for unobstructed movement of...
6392374 Device for control of an electric motor driving a moving object  
The control device includes a switch ( 12 ) controlling the power supply to the motor and an actuator which actuates this switch by rotatably reacting against the moving object being restrained so...
6373213 Rotation controlling apparatus and electronic apparatus  
A panel member such as a display panel is rotated with a predetermined shaft as a center of the rotation. The rotation controlling apparatus for controlling the rotation of the panel member is...
6369537 Device for displacing movable parts on motor vehicles  
A device for displacement of a movable part on motor vehicles such as sliding roofs, windows or the like including an electrical servomotor permanently mechanically coupled to the movable part and...
6362587 Windshield wiper system for a motor vehicle and related method  
In one form, the present invention provides an apparatus for controlling a windshield wiper system of a motor vehicle in combination with the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has a steering wheel....
6335602 Squeeze protection system  
A squeeze protection system for movable parts of a vehicle, includes an operating switch for one or several parts to be moved, one or several actuators assigned to the operating switch, a control...
6316896 Man machine interface for an A-C motor bypass  
A man machine interface for an A-C motor bypass has a membrane keypad with a multiplicity of pushbuttons connected to a micro-controller. The micro-controller controls the flow of current to the...
6307341 Wiper driving apparatus for vehicles  
A wiper driving apparatus for vehicles capable of preventing the temporary standstill and overrun phenomenon of wiper blades. The apparatus includes the wiper blades which receive a driving force...
6307342 Optical apparatus  
An apparatus capable of manually and electrically driving an optical unit comprising a manual operation unit for manually driving the optical unit, an electric drive unit for electrically driving...
6262553 Control for material spreaders  
The present invention is a control system for a vehicle that utilizes a powered attachment such as a material spreader. Such a device requires the use of a high current drawing motor, which in turn...
6262554 Electronic device and method of controlling the same  
In an electronic device having a stepping motor which can be driven more quickly than in a normal driving operation without causing a significant increase in power consumption, a detecting coil...
6218799 Control apparatus for engine driving motor  
The invention provides a control apparatus for an engine driving motor having a function of driving a crankshaft of an engine and another function of generating electric power from power from the...
6218798 Central vacuum interface for air exchanger  
A central vacuum cleaner system having a motor driven vacuum source which is selectively turned on or off. The central vacuum cleaner has an interface connector for establishing a connection...
6118236 Hand-held, finger or mouth-actuated pneumatic unit for remote proportional control of sewing machine  
A mouth and/or hand-held finger-actuated remote control unit is disclosed which is operable to permit selective variation of a pneumatic-operated controller (38, 42) having a proportional...
6111373 Power window apparatus for a vehicle  
A power window apparatus for a vehicle, which can open or close a door window by manual operation of a power window switch for energizing either of window-opening and closing relays for rotating a...
6097170 Signaling machine for computer controlled appliance  
A signaling machine for a computer controlled appliance includes a pointer movable by a handle to any of several positions and a switch generating and sending to the computer an output signal when...
6087794 Automatic open-and-close system for a vehicle slide door  
An automatic open-and-close system for a vehicle slide door includes a slide door being moved for its opening/closing along a guide track provided on a vehicle body by a slide door moving...
6087795 Wiper control method  
The wiper control method is capable of preventing damages on a wiper due to erroneous operation of the wiper when a vehicle is subjected to a car washer with its wiper operation kept in an "AUTO"...
6072290 Waterproof power window device  
When a window lowering switch is operated, a car voltage is supplied to a window lowering relay to drive the window lowering relay, and the window lowering relay is inhibited from being driven by...
6069460 Method for controlling an electro-hydraulic power assist steering system  
A method is provided for controlling an electro-hydraulic power assist steering system including a variable-speed electric motor for pumping hydraulic fluid in the system. The method includes...
6066932 Motor reversal protection apparatus  
A motor reversal protection system to protect driven equipment from the inadvertent or accidental reversal of direction of a three-phase electric motor should there be a reversal of phase in the...
6051948 Bidirectional positioning actuator with limited positioning range  
A positioning actuator for positioning at least a part of a movable load at selected positions in a range of available positions in response to corresponding provisions of electrical energy of...
6008607 Device and process for electronic monitoring of an adjustment drive in a vehicle  
Suggested are a device and a method for electronically monitoring an adjustment drive arranged in a vehicle, for which a second adjustment drive (17) is actuated by an electronic control unit (12)...
6002228 Device for electronically controlling a motor vehicle displacement mechanism  
An apparatus for electronically monitoring an adjusting drive controlling a moving part in a vehicle is proposed wherein a position-dependent anti-jam system is realized. The signals of a switching...
5982124 Method and apparatus for adaptive control of a vehicle power window  
An adaptive vehicle power window control apparatus (20) includes an electric motor (28) for moving a member (34) between a first position and a second position. The space between the first position...
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