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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dan Rogovin, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
Meritor Light Vehicle Technology L.L.C., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 7/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a novel method and apparatus for determining the position of a window glass in an aperture window as between one of two or more regions. Further, the present invention discloses a method and apparatus for determining the direction of travel of a window. The present invention senses the position and direction of travel of a window by measuring the amount of current in a motor that is suitable for moving the window as the window passes one or more elastic objects.