| US 7,477,977 B2 | ||
| Power window device | ||
| Kozo Nishimura, Aichi (Japan); Akira Ogino, Toyota (Japan); Seiichi Watanabe, Aichi-ken (Japan); Takashi Kikuta, Kariya (Japan); and Yukio Isomura, Chita (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Aichi (Japan); and Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 07, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/400,725. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-112449 (JP), filed on Apr. 08, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0229781 A1, Oct. 12, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60J 1/17 (2006.01); B62D 65/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 701—49 | 13 Claims |
| 1. A power window device for use in a vehicle including a steering wheel and a plurality of doors, with each door having a
window member, wherein the power window device is for raising and lowering each window member, the power window device comprising:
a plurality of drive units respectively mountable in the plurality of doors and operable for raising and lowering the associated
window members, each drive unit of the plurality including;
a memory device for retaining mounting position information of a position in the vehicle at which the window member driven
by the associated drive unit is located; and
a processor, connected to the memory device, for retrieving steering wheel position information of whether the steering wheel
is located on the right or left side of the vehicle, the processor recognizing the position in the vehicle at which the associated
drive unit is installed based on the mounting position information and the steering wheel information.
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