Portable window controllers and associated methods
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorClinton Jay Ward, JR.
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Abstract
A portable window controller for operating window lift assemblies of multiple vehicles includes a controller housing that is sized to fit in a hand and a control switch that extends outward from the housing and can be actuated by the hand. The control switch is a momentary switch that is biased toward a home position and terminates power to a regulator motor when the control switch is placed in the home position.
Claims15
A portable window controller for operating window lift assemblies of multiple vehicles, the portable window controller comprising:
- a controller housing that is sized to fit in a hand;
- and
- a control switch that extends outward from the housing and can be actuated by the hand;
- wherein the control switch is a momentary switch that is biased toward a home position and terminates power to a regulator motor when the control switch is placed in the home position.
A method of operating a window regulator assembly, the method comprising:
- actuating a control switch of a portable window controller that is electrically connected to a regulator motor of the window regulator assembly, therein actuation of the control switch moves a regulator carriage of a regulator in a first direction;
- releasing the control switch, the control switch being biased toward a home position;
- and
- automatically terminating power to the regulator motor when the control switch returns to the home position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.