# US 7,609,017 B2 · Open/close body drive device

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- Number: US 7,609,017 B2
- Document ID: US7609017B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/920,770
- Filed: 2006-05-23
- Published: 2009-05-14
- Granted: 2009-10-27
- Earliest claimed: 2005-06-13
- Assignees: Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd.; Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Kazutaka Sugimoto; Yoshikazu Ito; Tomokazu Murakami
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7609017B2

## CPC

- H02P 6/22: in a selected direction of rotation
- E05F 15/695: Control circuits therefor
- E05F 15/697: Motor units therefor, e.g. geared motors
- H02P 6/12: Monitoring commutation; Providing indication of commutation failure
- H02P 6/185: using inductance sensing, e.g. pulse excitation
- B60J 7/0573: {power driven arrangements, e.g. electrical}
- E05Y 2201/434: Electromotors; Details thereof
- E05Y 2400/336: of the angular type
- E05Y 2800/422: against vibration or noise
- E05Y 2900/542: Roof panels
- E05Y 2900/55: Windows
- H02P: CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS
- E05F: DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
- B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)
- E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF

## Abstract

The open/close body drive device is capable of restarting a brushless motor, without using magnetic pole sensors, so as to securely drive an open/close body in an arbitrary direction when any of the magnetic pole sensors has failed. When a CPU (1) detects an abnormal logic as a detection pattern of the magnetic pole sensors (9), the CPU (1) determines that the sensor has failed and temporarily stops drive of a DC brushless motor (5), and a motor drive unit (4) generates a phase switching signal to prolong one of electric connection patterns for performing sensorless drive when restarting the DC brushless motor (5).

## Claims

### Claim 1

An open/close body drive device, which is capable of motor-driving an open/close body attached to a motor vehicle so as to open and close said open/close body,
comprising:
a DC brushless motor acting as a drive source;
a motor drive unit switching drive voltage applied to stator coils on the basis of a rotational position and rotation number of a rotor, which have been detected by a plurality of magnetic pole sensors for detecting positions of magnetic pole positions of a rotor magnet; and
a control unit for controlling said motor drive unit so as to open and close said open/close body on the basis of detection signals of the magnetic pole sensors,
wherein said control unit determines that the sensor has failed and temporarily stops drive of said DC brushless motor when said control unit detects an abnormal logic as a detection pattern of the magnetic pole sensors, and said motor drive unit generates a phase switching signal to prolong one of electric connection patterns for performing sensorless drive when restarting said DC brushless motor.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The open/close body drive device according to claim 1, wherein said control unit generates the phase switching signal to prolong the electric connection patterns of the first two phases of the three-phase stator coils, which are longer than those of ordinary rotation, from an optional stop position, at which the rotor magnet and a stator mutually attract, when restarting said DC brushless motor, so as to perform the sensorless drive with the similar electric connection patterns for each one rotation of the rotor.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The open/close body drive device according to claim 1, wherein said control unit performs the sensorless drive of said motor while an open/close switch is pushed.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The open/close body drive device according to claim 1, wherein said control unit stops said motor and performs the sensorless drive when said control unit repeatedly detects abnormal logics prescribed times from the first detection.