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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2002
Takahiro Kurita, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuyoshi Nagao, Shizuoka, JP;
Takahiro Kurita, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuyoshi Nagao, Shizuoka, JP;
Murakami Corporation, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A control unit for an electrically retractable door mirror includes a motor to drive rotationally a door mirror to a stored position or a normal position, a change-over switch, and first and second control circuits. The first and second control circuits include electronic switches respectively that are capable of switching on/off depending on the polarity of an electrical signal switched by the change-over switch. Excess current detecting devices, whose electrical resistances grow with an increase in a current, are connected to the electronic switches in series respectively. And, shutoff switches switch off the electronic switches respectively when a voltage generated in the excess current detecting devices exceeds a predetermined value.