| US 7,525,272 B2 | ||
| Method of protecting fuel door | ||
| Jong-Hwan Oh, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 27, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/796,633. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2006-0117574 (KR), filed on Nov. 27, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0122246 A1, May 29, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G05D 3/00 (2006.01); B60J 5/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 318—466 [318/266; 318/283; 296/97.22; 296/155] | 5 Claims |
| 1. A control method of a sliding door of a vehicle, comprising:
a first step of engaging a clutch of the sliding door if an obstacle is detected during manipulation of the sliding door,
and of waiting for a sliding door manipulation signal to be input;
a second step of determining whether a fuel door is open;
a third step of determining whether the sliding door manipulation signal is input again if the fuel door is determined to
be open at the second step; and
a fourth step of disengaging the clutch if the sliding door manipulation signal is determined to be input again at the third
step.
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