System for controlling power windows of vehicles

A system for operating power windows in a vehicle having left and right front power windows proximate left and right front seats, the left and front power windows being raised and lowered by left and right electric motors, respectively;

• left and right rear power windows proximate left and right rear seats, the left and right rear power windows being raised and lowered by left and right electric motors, respectively, the system comprising:
• a module mounted in a console located proximate the front seats, the module having left and right front operating switches for normally operating the left and right front windows and a mode selection switch movable between a first position in which the system is in a first mode and a second position in which the system is in a second mode;
• left and right rear operating switches for the left and right rear windows, the left and right rear operating switches being located proximate the rear seats;
• a power and control circuit having a power source and ground with the mode selection switch disposed in the power circuit, wherein the power and control circuit includes:
• means for connecting each of the motors and the operating switch associated therewith to the power circuit so that the current flows from the power source to ground through the selected operating switches and motors when the mode selection switch is in the first position to select the first mode, and
• means for connecting the left and right rear motors for the left and right rear power windows to the power source and to ground through the left and right front operating switches, respectively, while disconnecting the left and right front electric motors from the power circuit and disconnecting the left and right rear operating switches from the power circuit when the mode selection switch is in the second position to select the second mode, whereby the rear windows are operated only by the left and right front operating switches.