Appeal 2007-1723
Application 10/893,962
member, and thereby a change in a rotational speed of the drive motor per
unit time decreases below a threshold value in the closing operation;
a position sensing means for sensing a current position of the closing
member; and
a motor output control means for controlling an output of the drive
motor, wherein:
the motor output control means reduces the output of the drive motor
when the closing member reaches a first intermediate position, which is
between the fully open position and the fully closed position, in the closing
operation of the closing member; and
the motor output control means increases the output of the drive motor
based on a position signal, which is received from the position sensing
means and which indicates that the position of the closing member in the
closing operation is in a second intermediate position located on a fully
closed position side of the first intermediate position, wherein the second
intermediate position is located in a pinch-monitoring disabled zone, in
which the monitoring of the pinching of the object through the pinching
control means is disabled,
wherein the motor output control means increases the output of the
drive motor during a principal predetermined time period, which begins
when the drive motor is locked upon arrival of the closing member to the
fully closed position.
[Emphasis added.]
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Barge US 4,328,451 May 4, 1982
Iizawa US 4,641,067 Feb. 3, 1987
Redelberger US 5,801,501 Sep. 1, 1998
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