Patent ID: 7698855
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: B60J,E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A sliding-door opening control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a sliding door arranged to be moved in an opening direction and a closing direction along a side face of the vehicle; a driving source arranged to drive the sliding door to move in the opening direction and the closing direction; a clutch arranged to connect the driving source and the sliding door in an engaged state and to disconnect the driving source and the sliding door in a disengaged state; and a control section that controls the driving source and the clutch, measures a distance of movement of the sliding door in the opening direction and the closing direction, and controls a speed of movement of the door by (1) changing the clutch from the disengaged state to the engaged state when a measured distance of movement of the sliding door from a stop position to a position in one of the opening direction and the closing direction reaches a first predetermined distance within a predetermined time and then a measured distance of movement of the sliding door from the position in the one of the opening direction and the closing direction reaches a second predetermined distance, and (2) driving the sliding door to move in the one of the opening direction and the closing direction by controlling the driving source.