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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2001
Yoichi Sakuma, Kyoto, JP;
Atsushi Kawano, Kyoto, JP;
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for driving a motor that opens and closes the window of vehicle, for example, is so adapted that when the vehicle becomes submersed in the sea, a lake or a river, etc., the window is prevented from being closed owing to malfunctioning of a relay caused when a leakage current flows into an operating switch for opening and closing the window. When submersion is sensed and it is sensed that the motor is being rotated by a malfunction in a direction that closes the window, a relay for rotating the motor in the forward direction is actuated. This prevents the occurrence of a situation in which the motor is caused to rotate (especially in the direction that closes the window) regardless of the fact that the operating switch has not been operated.