Patent ID: 6573678
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: E05F,E05Y,F02D,G01M

Abstract:
A method for driving a movable panel from an open position to a closed position in a continuous manner in response to an first close command communicated from an input device to a controller adapted to control the manner in which said panel is driven to said close position by a drive mechanism and for automatically reopening said panel if an obstruction of no less than a first dimension and no more than a second dimension in diameter is encountered by said panel as it is driven toward said closed position, the method comprising the steps of:determining if said panel is more than a first predetermined proximity from said closed position when said first close command is communicated to said controller, and driving said panel to said closed position in said continuous manner only if said panel is more than said first predetermined proximity from said closed position, where said first predetermined proximity is at least as great as said second dimension.