Movable or removable closures – With operator for movably mounted closure – Operating lever or link and closure swing about parallel axes
Patent
1998-06-26
1999-04-27
Redman, Jerry
Movable or removable closures
With operator for movably mounted closure
Operating lever or link and closure swing about parallel axes
49340, 192 482, 296 56, E05F 1124
Patent
active
058967036
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle power liftgate cable drive has a cable drive housing. An electric motor with a motor housing and an output shaft is secured to the cable drive housing. A clutch pack with a first clutch driven by the output shaft and a second clutch driven by the first clutch, is mounted in the cable drive housing. One of the clutches in the clutch pack is a one way clutch and the other clutch is an electromechanical clutch. A pinion gear is driven by the second clutch. A driven gear is rotatably journaled on a fixed shaft and driven by the pinion gear. The cable drum is attached to the driven gear. A coil spring has one end fixed to the fixed shaft and its other end attached to the cable drum. The fixed shaft is rotated to preload the coil spring in a direction that tends to wind a cable on the cable drum and then the fixed shaft is fastened to the cable drive housing. A cable is attached to the cable drum and to the liftgate.
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Baughman Robert Wayne
Blanchard Craig R.
Chapman David Joseph
Kuhlman Howard Warren
Priest William L.
General Motors Corporation
Leahy Charles E.
Redman Jerry
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