Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Squire, Snaders & Dempsey LLP.
  • Patent number: 6243022
    Abstract: A two-way vehicle communication system includes a remote unit adapted to provide output signals to command opening and closing of a vehicle window, and a controller disposed in a vehicle and responsive to the output signals from the remote unit to operate the vehicle windows. The controller includes a vehicle opening device condition detector adapted to detect a condition of the vehicle window and provide a signal indicative of the detected condition. Thereafter, the controller transmits the detected condition signal to the remote unit. The remote unit further includes an indicating unit responsive to the detected condition signal for indicating to a user the vehicle window condition. The controller in the vehicle further includes an anti-pinching device adapted to sense presence of an object caught in the window as it is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideo Furukawa