Electricity: motive power systems – Automatic and/or with time-delay means – Movement – position – or limit-of-travel
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-18
2001-11-20
Fletcher, Marlon T. (Department: 2837)
Electricity: motive power systems
Automatic and/or with time-delay means
Movement, position, or limit-of-travel
C318S264000, C318S286000, C318S466000, C318S468000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06320342
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a sunroof controlling device used for driving a sunroof lid of the motor vehicle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A sunroof controlling device for driving the sunroof lid of the motor vehicle is disclosed in, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,823,905 or Laid-Open Japanese Utility Model (KOKAI) No.
60-129461/85.
In general, the stroke of the sunroof lid is equivalent to several times to over ten times as long as one revolution of the output shaft of the actuator to drive the sunroof lid, therefore a speed decreasing mechanism with a plurality of reduction gears and a switching mechanism are used in the position detection switch of the sunroof lid.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object to provide a sunroof controlling device which is not provided with the position detecting switch composed of the speed decreasing mechanism having a plurality of the gears and the switching mechanism, and possible to automatically reset count value of the position counter of the sunroof lid.
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Funaki Hiroyuki
Niki Kenichi
Tanaka Tokuhiro
Yoshioka Nobuo
Fletcher Marlon T.
Jidosha Denki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Sughrue Mion Zinn Macpeak & Seas, PLLC
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