A vehicle includes a body and front and rear doors having front and rear powered latches, front and rear anti-pinch sensors, and front and rear electrically-powered door openers. The vehicle further includes a controller that is configured to receive an unlatch signal from unlatch sensors/switches and generate a signal to unlatch the front and rear powered latches and actuate the front and rear door openers after the front and rear powered latches are unlatched. The controller may also be configured to actuate the rear door opener to retain the rear door in an open position when the front pinch sensor detects a hand to thereby prevent pinching.

The device comprises a main body, fixing means affording the fixing of the leaf to the body, drive means able to drive a body under the effect of motor means, locking means able to move between an active locking position in which they lock the drive means with respect to the body, in the closed position of the leaf, and an inactive unlocking position in which they allow a displacement of the drive means with respect to this body, and partial opening means able to allow a small movement of the fixing means with respect to the drive means, in the displacement direction, from the closed position of the leaf. The device further comprises means for inhibiting the partial opening means, able to immobilize the fixing means with respect to the drive means, at least in translation in said displacement direction, when the locking means are in their inactive position.

An opening and closing body control apparatus includes a motor driving unit and a control unit. The motor driving unit outputs a predetermined application voltage to the motor, based on a control command from the control unit. The control unit is configured to: when an opening and closing body reaches a first position in front of a closing-up position, set a target speed of the motor to a closing-up time target speed at which a torque required for closing-up the opening and closing body is secured, and perform feedback control on the motor driving unit; and when the opening and closing body reaches a second position closer to the closing-up position than the first position, stop the feedback control, and control the motor driving unit so that the application voltage of the motor at the time is held.

In a driver, supposing that an angular position of the rotator in a state where a coupler coupling a link member and the rotator together is located at a rearmost position is regarded as a reference angular position, a first angular position is an angular position where the rotator is shifted from the reference angular position in a first rotation direction by an angle 1, and a second angular position is an angular position where the rotator is shifted from the reference angular position in a second direction opposite to the first rotation direction by an angle 2 smaller than the angle 1. The driver has a regulating portion which does not allow the rotator to rotate in the second rotation direction from the second angular position.

A retractable arm device, system, and method with a locking mechanism for preventing items placed in a device or receptacle from getting stuck, damaged, or torn. The retractable arm includes an inner tube, a pawl, and an outer tube surrounding the inner tube. The inner tube slides within the outer tube and the pawl preventing the retractable arm from moving into an extended position under particular conditions. The retractable arm may be placed in a receptacle for items to prevent the door from being reopened before the door is fully closed.

A system and method detects an obstruction in the path of a vehicle access control member moving from an open position to a closed position. The method includes transmitting a detection signal along an edge of the member towards a reflective surface mounted on the member. The detection signal includes a sequence of pulses having different amplitudes with the amplitudes varying linearly moving from a first pulse to a final pulse of the sequence of pulses. The method further includes receiving a detection response signal corresponding to the detection signal following reflection of the detection signal by one of the reflective surface and the obstruction. The detection response signal includes another sequence of pulses and the method further includes generating an obstruction signal indicating whether the obstruction is in the path of the access control member responsive to differences in amplitude between adjacent pulses in the sequence of pulses.

An inner-cabin side part of a hollow part of a protector with a sensor extends between a top end and an inner-cabin side end with an inner-cabin side apex closest to an interior of an automobile body. An outer-cabin side part of the hollow part extends between the top end and an outer-cabin side end with an outer-cabin side apex closest to an exterior of the automobile body. Distances are shorter between the apexes and the ends than between the top end and the apexes. A first conductive part includes parts closer to an installation base member than an apex of a second conductive part. Lower ends of the first conductive part have protrusions formed. The protrusions extend to protrude toward the second conductive part from an inner surface of an outer coat of the hollow part and are formed on uneven bases.

A finger protection device (5) with a roller blind for a leaf door has a housing (2), a first fastening means (4) and a web (1), wherein the roller blind can be fastened to a door frame (R) and to a dour leaf (F) of the leaf door by means of the housing (2) and the first fastening means (4), with the result that, when the device is used as intended, the web (1) covers a gap between the door leaf (F) and the door frame (R). The web (1) has at its free edge an end strip (11) which is held in a second fastening means (3). The second fastening means (3) can be connected to the first fastening means (4) in order to tension the web (1) between the housing (2) and first fastening means (4) The second fastening means (3) is a suspension unit which can be suspended in the first fastening means (4) in order to tension the web (1). The finger protection device according to the invention is of robust design, consists of the simplest means and nevertheless allows optimum protection against manipulation and a maximum degree of readjustability.

An opening/closing body control device that, when the capacitance of a sensor electrode increases while window glass is ascending, lowers the window glass to prevent pinching. The opening/closing body control device has a disconnection threshold value and a disconnection determination unit. The disconnection determination unit determines whether the sensor electrode is disconnected by comparing the disconnection threshold value and the capacitance of the sensor electrode.

A pinch sensor that is provided with: a capacitive sensor electrode (18) that is provided to window glass; a shield electrode that covers a selected portion of the sensor electrode in a non-contact manner and that sets a limited detection directivity for the pinch sensor; and a dummy electrode that is arranged between the sensor electrode and the shield electrode and that is set to the same voltage as the sensor electrode or to a voltage that is in the vicinity thereof.