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US 6,270,148 B1Granted
Slide door apparatus for vehicles
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKohei Noda, Tomoaki Imaizumi, Eiji Itami, Ryoichi Fukumoto, Katsuhisa Yamada, Masao Ohhashi, Shintaro Suzuki
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Abstract
A vehicular slide door apparatus includes a slide door which opens and closes an opening formed in the lateral side of the vehicle body 2. A brake device is provided at the lateral side of the vehicle body to apply a braking force to the slide door. The brake device is under the control of an electronic control device.
Claims12
A vehicular slide door apparatus comprising:
- a slide door movable in a lengthwise direction of a vehicle body for opening and closing an opening area formed in a lateral side of the vehicle body the slide door being moved in an electric operation mode and a manual operation mode;
- a brake device provided at the lateral side of the vehicle body for applying a brake force to the slide door;
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- an electronic control device operatively associated with the brake device to restrict movement of the slide door from an opened position to a closed position by controlling the brake device to apply the brake force intermittently while the slide door is released from the electric operation mode.
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A vehicular slide door apparatus comprising:
- a slide door mounted on a lateral side of a vehicle body for movement in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle body between a fully opened position and a fully closed position;
- a brake device operatively associated with the slide door for applying a brake force intermittently to restrict sliding movement of the slide door;
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- a control device operatively associated with said brake device to operate said brake device and restrict movement of said slide door when said slide door reaches the fully open position.
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A vehicular slide door apparatus comprising:
- a slide door mounted on a lateral side of a vehicle body for sliding movement in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle body between a fully opened position and a fully closed position;
- an elongated member operatively connected to the slide door to move with the slide door;
- a brake device operatively associated with the elongated member for applying a brake force intermittently to the elongated member to restrict sliding movement of the slide door;
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- a control device connected to the brake device to control operation of the brake device and cause the brake device repeatedly to apply the braking force to the elongated member for a predetermined time period and to release the braking force upon elapse of the predetermined time period, for a predetermined number of times, as long as the slide door moves to a retaining portion formed on the vehicle body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.