Control for a roof assembly of a vehicle, roof assembly and method of controlling a roof assembly
AssigneeInalfa Roof Systems Group B.V.
InventorPaul Theodora Maria Plettenberg
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Abstract
The invention relates to a control for a roof assembly of a vehicle, in which said roof assembly includes several roof members which are individually drivable by drive motors. The control comprises a control unit programmed to control said drive motors, and a switch. It has a range of adjustment with pre-selected positions each corresponding to a pre-selected position of the roof members. The switch can be provided with a momentary function to activate the control unit to energize one or more of said drive motors to move one or more of said roof members to the position corresponding to said pre-selected position of said switch.
Claims10
A control for a roof assembly of a vehicle having several roof members which are individually drivable by drive motors, said control comprising:
- a control unit programmed to control said drive motors;
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- a control element having a range of adjustment for a first operation thereof with pre-selected positions each corresponding to pre-selected positions of the roof members, wherein said control element is provided with a second operation for activating the control unit to energize one or more of said drive motors to move one or more of said roof members to the position corresponding to said pre-selected position of said control element.
The control according to any of the preceding claims, provided with a pinch safety system for the roof members, the control unit being programmed such that the pinch safety system is overridden if the second operation of the control element is maintained during movement of the roof members.
A roof assembly for a vehicle, said roof assembly comprising several roof members which are individually drivable by drive motors, a control including a control unit programmed to control said drive motors, and a switch having a range of adjustment with pre-selected positions each corresponding to, a pre-selected position of the roof members, wherein said switch is provided with a push-button function activating the control unit to energize one or more of said drive motors to move one or more of said roof members to the position corresponding to said pre-selected position of said switch.
A method of controlling a roof assembly of a vehicle, said roof assembly including several movable roof members which are individually drivable by drive motors, said method including the steps of:
- providing a control comprising a control unit programmed to control said drive motors,
- moving a switch of said control to one of a set of preselected positions corresponding to one of a set of pre-selected positions of the roof members,
- momentarily activating the control unit to energize one or more of said drive motors to move one or more of said roof members to the position corresponding to said pre-selected position of said switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.