A variable duct apparatus for a vehicle including first and second louvers to rotate around first and second axes to open and closed positions, the variable duct apparatus including: a link to connect first and second louvers; first and second stoppers disposed at the first and second louvers to control the first and second louvers at an open position; a motor to rotate the first louver; and a control device to perform an opening or closing operation for rotating the first louver to the open or closed position by supplying current to the electric motor until a lock current is detected. The control device includes an abnormality determining unit to determine that an operating state is abnormal when an operating angle of the first louver from a start of the opening or closing operation until detection of the lock current is out of a predetermined reference operating angle range.
Variable duct apparatus for vehicle
12.01.2016
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | F01P Kühlung von Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen oder Kraftmaschinen allgemein , COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES |
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