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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2014
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Takeshi Nishikibe, Tokai, JP;
Kohei Kobayashi, Ichinomiya, JP;
Yoshinori Hitomi, Okazaki, JP;
Takeshi Katsuda, Nagoya, JP;
Shunsuke Hayakawa, Obu, JP;
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kariya-shi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle-door opening/closing control device includes a controller, which controls the operation of a drive device. The controller is configured to supply drive power based on a voltage of an in-vehicle power supply to an electromagnetic clutch. The controller is also configured such that, when stopping an opening/closing body at an intermediate position, the controller supplies the drive power based on the voltage of the in-vehicle power supply to the electromagnetic clutch to put the clutch in the engaged state, and then stops the supply of drive power to the electromagnetic clutch so that the clutch is in the disengaged state after a predetermined holding time has elapsed since the controller has stopped the opening/closing body at the intermediate position. The predetermined holding time differs between a case where the trapping of the foreign object is detected and a case where the opening/closing manipulation is detected.