Control apparatus for opening/closing vehicle door

A control apparatus for opening/closing a vehicle slide door, comprising:

• a door opening/closing mechanism for slidably moving the vehicle slide door along plural guide rails to laterally move the vehicle slide door between a fully-opened position and a fully-closed position;
• a driving source for driving the door opening/closing mechanism;
• a clutch operatively disposed between the driving source and the door opening/closing mechanism, the clutch being switchable between a connected state, in which a driving force is transmitted to the vehicle slide door from the driving source, and a disconnected state, in which the driving force is not transmitted to the vehicle slide door from the driving source;
• controlling means for controlling the clutch to be in the connected state or the disconnected state;
• door movement-detecting means for detecting a movement of the vehicle slide door;
• the controlling means switching the clutch from the connected state to the disconnected state when the driving source is stopped during an opening/closing operation of the vehicle slide door by the driving source and before the vehicle slide door reaches the fully-opened position and before the vehicle slide door reaches the fully-closed position;
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• the controlling means performing a repetition mode in which the controlling means controls the clutch to repeatedly switch the clutch plural times between the disconnected state and the connected state when the movement of the vehicle slide door is detected by the door movement-detecting means in the disconnected state of the clutch.

A control apparatus for opening/closing a vehicle slide door, comprising:

• a door opening/closing mechanism for slidably operating the vehicle slide door to laterally move the vehicle slide door between a fully-opened position and a fully-closed position;
• a driving source for driving the door opening/closing mechanism;
• a clutch operatively disposed between the driving source and the door opening/closing mechanism, the clutch being switchable between a connected state, in which a driving force is transmitted to the vehicle slide door from the driving source, and a disconnected state, in which the driving force is not transmitted to the vehicle slide door from the driving source;
• controlling means for controlling the clutch to be in the connected state or the disconnected state;
• door movement-detecting means for detecting a movement of the vehicle slide door;
• the controlling means switching the clutch from the connected state to the disconnected state when the driving source is stopped during sliding movement of the vehicle slide door before the vehicle slide door reaches the fully-opened position and before the vehicle slide door reaches the fully-closed position;
• the controlling means performing a repetition mode of the clutch in which the controlling means controls the clutch to repeatedly switch the clutch plural times between the disconnected state and the connected state when the movement of the vehicle slide door is detected by the door movement-detecting means in the disconnected state of the clutch;
• a timer which determines an amount of time elapsed from start of the repetition mode during which the clutch is repeatedly switched plural times between the disconnected state and the connected state;
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• the controlling means terminating the repetition mode and switching the clutch to the disconnected state when it is determined that a predetermined time has elapsed from start of the repetition mode.