Patent ID: 7619381
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. An open/close member control apparatus comprising: a switch for opening/closing an open/close member; a load detector that detects load on the open/close member; and a pinch detector for detecting pinch of a foreign matter in the open/close member on the basis of the load detected by the load detector, the apparatus having a function of forcedly making the open/close member perform closing operation even if pinch is detected by performing a predetermined forced closing operation on the switch, and switching the closing operation of the open/close member to opening operation in the case where the pinch detector detects pinch and the forced closing operation on the switch is not maintained, and continuing the closing operation of the open/close member in the case where the pinch detector detects pinch and the forced closing operation on the switch is maintained, wherein in the case where the pinch detector detects pinch and the forced closing operation of the switch is maintained, when the maintenance of the forced closing operation is cancelled during closing operation of the open/close member, the open/close member is allowed to perform opening operation so that an open amount of the open/close member becomes smaller than that in normal times.