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US 2006/0131915 A1Published application
Pinch detection device and opening/closing device
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroyuki Ogino, Shigeki Ueda
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Abstract
A pinching detection apparatus having a pressure sensor 2 disposed along the geometry of a trunk lid 1 in a flexible manner, and determination means 16 for detecting that an object is being pinched between a body opening section 7 and the trunk lid 1, in accordance with a signal output from the pressure sensor 2. Since the pressure sensor 2 is disposed along the geometry of the trunk lid 1 in a flexible manner, pinching by the trunk lid 1 can be detected.
Claims7
A pinching detection apparatus comprising:
- a pressure sensor disposed along an outer edge of a trunk lid of a vehicle;
- and
- determination means for detecting that an object is pinched between a body opening section of said vehicle and said trunk lid in accordance with a signal output from said pressure sensor.
An opening/closing apparatus comprising:
- a pinching detection apparatus having a pressure sensor laid along an outer edge of a trunk lid of a vehicle, and determination means for detecting that an object is pinched between a body opening section of said vehicle and said trunk lid in accordance with a signal output from said pressure sensor;
- drive means for driving said trunk lid;
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- control means for controlling said drive means so as to release pinching when occurrence of pinching has been determined by said pinch determination means on the basis of a signal output from said determination means.
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