Sunroof controller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9802467-B2
Application number	US-201414548694-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2014
Priority date	Nov 20, 2013
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

A panorama sunroof controller has a user interface, a sunroof glass, a sunshade, a first motor for driving the sunroof glass, a second motor for driving the sunshade and a driving module including a single chip microcomputer, a second relay driver and a sensor module. The single chip microcomputer and a first sensor are disposed on a circuit board. The first relay driver is coupled with the single chip microcomputer and drives the first motor near the circuit board. The second relay driver is coupled with the single chip microcomputer and drives the second motor far away the circuit board. a sensor module includes a second sensor coupled to the single chip microcomputer of the driving module through signal wires.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A controller, comprising:
a single chip microcomputer disposed on a circuit board;
a first relay driver coupled with the single chip microcomputer and driving a first motor which is disposed adjacent to the circuit board;
a second relay driver coupled with the single chip microcomputer and driving a second motor which is disposed farther from the circuit board than the first motor;
a first sensor disposed on the circuit board; and
a second sensor disposed adjacent to the second motor and coupled with the single chip microcomputer,
wherein the single chip microcomputer receives signals from the first motor and second motor, responds to instructions from a user, and controls operation of the first relay driver and the second relay driver respectively.

2. The controller of claim 1 , wherein the first sensor collects signals from the first motor and transfer the signals to the single chip microcomputer through printed circuits of the circuit board, and the second sensor collects signals from the second motor and transfer the signals to the single chip microcomputer remotely.

3. The sunroof controller of claim 1 , further comprising a LIN bus control module for receiving control signals through LIN protocol.

4. A panorama sunroof controller, comprising:
a single chip microcomputer disposed on a circuit board;
a first relay driver for controlling a sunroof glass, coupled with the single chip microcomputer and driving a first motor which is disposed adjacent to the circuit board;
a second relay driver for controlling the sunshade, coupled with the single chip microcomputer and driving a second motor which is disposed farther from the circuit board than the first motor;
a first sensor disposed on the circuit board and adjacent to the first motor; and
a second sensor disposed adjacent to the second motor and coupled with the single chip microcomputer,
wherein the single chip microcomputer receives signals from the first motor and second motor, responds to instructions from a user, and controls operation of the first relay driver and the second relay driver respectively.

5. The sunroof controller of claim 4 , wherein the first sensor collects position signals from the first motor and transfer the signals to the single chip microcomputer through printed circuits on the circuit board, and the second sensor collects position signals from the second motor and transfer the signals to the single chip microcomputer remotely.

6. The sunroof controller of claim 5 , further comprising a first relay and a second relay, wherein the first relay driver drives the first relay to control the first motor, and the second relay driver drives the second relay to control the second motor.

7. A panorama sunroof system, comprising:
a user interface, a sunroof glass and a sunshade;
a first motor for driving the sunroof glass and a second motor for driving the sunshade;
a driving module, including,
a single chip microcomputer disposed on a circuit board;
a first relay driver coupled with the single chip microcomputer and driving the first motor which is disposed adjacent to the circuit board;
a second relay driver coupled with the single chip microcomputer and driving a second motor which is disposed farther from the circuit board than the first motor; and
a first sensor disposed on the circuit board and adjacent to the first motor; and
a second sensor coupled to the single chip microcomputer of the driving module through signal wires;
wherein the single chip microcomputer receives signals from the first sensor and second sensor, responds to instructions from the user interface, and controls operation of the first relay driver and the second relay driver respectively.

8. The panorama sunroof system of claim 7 , wherein the first sensor collects position signals from the first motor and transfer the position signals of the sunroof glass to the single chip microcomputer through printed circuits on the circuit board, and the second sensor collects position signals from the second motor and transfer the position signals of the sunshade to the single chip microcomputer remotely.

9. The panorama sunroof system of claim 8 , further comprising a first relay and a second relay, wherein the first relay driver drives the first relay to control the first motor, and the second relay driver drives the second relay to control the second motor.

10. The panorama sunroof system of claim 7 , wherein the first sensor and the second sensor include a position sensor respectively.

11. The panorama sunroof system of claim 7 , wherein the first sensor and the second sensor include a direction sensor respectively.

12. The panorama sunroof system of claim 7 , further comprising a Lin bus control module for receiving control signals through Lin protocol.

Assignees

• Johnson Electric Sa

Inventors

• Qu Nian He
• Wang Xiao Ming

Classifications

• B60J7/0573 Primary

  power driven arrangements, e.g. electrical · CPC title

• H02P5/68

  controlling two or more DC dynamo-electric motors (H02P5/46, H02P5/60 take precedence) · CPC title

• G05B2219/25257

  Microcontroller · CPC title

• G05B19/042 Primary

  using digital processors (G05B19/05 takes precedence) · CPC title