Drive motor for opening and closing body

An opening-closing body drive motor configured to open and close an opening-closing body included in a vehicle door between a fully closed position and a fully open position, the opening-closing body drive motor comprising:

• a motor body;
• and
• a controller that operates the opening-closing body to open and close via the motor body based on operation of an opening-closing switch, wherein
• a set position is set between the fully closed position and the fully open position,
• a section from the set position to the fully closed position defines a first section,
• a section located closer to the fully open position than the first section defines a second section,
• the controller is configured to execute low speed operation control and automatic operation control,
• the low speed operation control sets an operation speed of an opening-closing operation of the opening-closing body based on operation of the opening-closing switch to be lower in the first section than in the second section,
• the automatic operation control operates the opening-closing body to open when the opening-closing body is located in the first section based on detection that the vehicle door is open and operates the opening-closing body to close based on a subsequent detection that the vehicle door is closed, and
• in at least one of the opening operation and the closing operation of the opening-closing body based on control of the controller, the operation speed of the opening-closing body under the automatic operation control is set to be higher than the operation speed of the opening-closing body under the low speed operation control.