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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2003
Hidenori Ishihara, Kosai, JP;
Takeshi Hattori, Wako, JP;
Masahiro Tanigawa, Wako, JP;
Kazuya Shibata, Wako, JP;
Tatsuo Chiura, Wako, JP;
Ryoji Araki, Wako, JP;
Hidenori Ishihara, Kosai, JP;
Takeshi Hattori, Wako, JP;
Masahiro Tanigawa, Wako, JP;
Kazuya Shibata, Wako, JP;
Tatsuo Chiura, Wako, JP;
Ryoji Araki, Wako, JP;
Asmo Co., Ltd., Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An opening/closing apparatus including a trapping detection structure which reliably implements detection of trapping of foreign objects, even at a structure at which an outer peripheral edge of a moving body or an inner peripheral edge of an opening includes corner portions with small radii of curvature. A pressure sensor which detects external forces from directions intersecting a length direction thereof is provided at an outer periphery portion of a back door. However, at a corner portion, at a lower end portion of a door side portion or the like, the pressure sensor is provided with a large curvature such that the pressure sensor keeps distant from the corner portion. In place thereof, another pressure sensor, with a facing pair of electrode sheets, is provided along the corner portion. When one or more of these pressure sensors detects an external force, the back door is moved for opening.