Patent ID: 8093849

Claim:
A closure panel control apparatus that reduces a drive speed of a closure panel installed in a vehicle at time when the closure panel reaches a speed reduction start point, which is adjacent to a fully closed position of the closure panel, in a closing movement of the closure panel under a predetermined condition, the closure panel control apparatus comprising: an electric motor that serves as a drive source to drive the closure panel; a drive mechanism that converts a rotational force of an output element of the electric motor into an opening movement or the closing movement of the closure panel; and a control means for controlling a rotational speed of the electric motor, wherein: the control means obtains a vehicle speed measured with a vehicle speed sensor and receives a command signal from a switch, which is operable by an occupant of the vehicle to command the opening movement or the closing movement of the closure panel; the control means controls the rotational speed of the electric motor based on the measured vehicle speed that is obtained at the time of receiving the command signal from the switch; the control means stores a plurality of charts, each of which specifies the rotational speed of the electric motor for each corresponding vehicle speed; and when the control means receives the command signal from the switch, the control means selects a corresponding one of the plurality of charts, which corresponds to the measured vehicle speed obtained at the time of receiving the command signal from the switch, and controls the electric motor according to the selected chart; each of the plurality of charts includes a rotational speed reducing time period, during which the rotational speed of the electric motor is reduced upon reaching of the closure panel to the speed reduction start point adjacent to the fully closed position in the closing movement of the closure panel; and the rotational speed reducing time periods of the plurality of charts differ from one another.