Power window apparatus
AssigneeFuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNoriyuki Miyazawa
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Abstract
A power window apparatus for a vehicle capable of switching an operation mode of a window to a submersion mode when a submersion of the vehicle is detected, includes a circuit board for controlling the window, a sensor having a pair of electrodes for detecting a continuity between the electrodes when the electrodes are submerged, a housing for accommodating the circuit board and the sensor, a first chamber provided in the housing and enclosed by walls for accommodating the circuit board, a second chamber provided in the housing and enclosed by walls for accommodating the sensor, and an opening provided at the walls of the second chamber for allowing to introduce water into the second chamber so as to merge the sensor in water before the circuit board is submerged.
Claims16
A power window apparatus for a vehicle capable of switching an operation mode of a window to a submersion mode when a submersion of said vehicle is detected, comprising:
- a circuit board having a circuit for controlling said window;
- at least one sensor having a pair of conductive elements for detecting a continuity between said conductive elements when said conductive elements are submerged;
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- a housing for accommodating said circuit board and said sensor and for merging said sensor in water before said circuit board is submerged when said vehicle is submerged.
A power window apparatus for vehicle capable of switching an operation mode of a window to a submersion mode when a submersion of said vehicle is detected, comprising:
- a circuit board having a circuit for controlling said window;
- at least one sensor having a pair of conductive elements for detecting a continuity between said conductive elements when said conductive elements is submerged;
- a housing for accommodating said circuit board and said sensor;
- a first chamber provided in said housing and enclosed by walls for accommodating said circuit board;
- a second chamber provided in said housing and enclosed by walls for accommodating said sensor;
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- at least one opening provided at said walls of said second chamber for allowing to introduce water into said second chamber so as to merge said sensor in water before said circuit board is submerged.
A power window apparatus for a vehicle capable of switching an operation mode of a window to a submersion mode when a submersion of said vehicle is detected, comprising:
- a control circuit for controlling said window;
- at least one sensor having a pair of conductive elements for detecting a continuity between said conductive elements when said conductive elements are submerged;
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- a circuit board for mounting said control circuit and said sensor such that said sensor is provided at a position lower than said control circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.