Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shutter unit for vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 车辆快门单元
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Application No.: US13178802Application Date: 2011-07-08
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Publication No.: US08794360B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Hirotomi Nemoto
- Applicant: Hirotomi Nemoto
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP
- Priority: JP2010-162464 20100720
- Main IPC: B60K11/00
- IPC: B60K11/00 ; G06F7/00 ; G06F17/00 ; B60K11/08

Abstract:
A shutter unit for a vehicle, capable of properly determining failure of a shutter without using a sensor which directly detects a position of the shutter. The shutter unit includes a return spring for returning the shutter to a predetermined initial position by urging the shutter, and a rotating machine configured to be capable of converting input motive power to electrical power and input electrical power to motive power by electromagnetic induction action. The rotating machine drives the shutter by the motive power obtained by conversion. The shutter unit executes return control that stops supply of electric power to the rotating machine to return the shutter to the initial position by urging of the shutter by the return spring, and determines failure of the shutter based on a rotating machine induced voltage of the rotating machine, detected during execution of the return control.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120022742A1 SHUTTER UNIT FOR VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2012-01-26
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