Door presenter with door holding presenting position and electrical release
AssigneeInteva France
InventorsPhilippe Ottolini, Mathias Barth
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Abstract
An actuator for presenting a handless door of a vehicle. The actuator including: an extendable extension bar supporting a pawl/catch system, the pawl/catch system having an actuator catch that cooperates with a dedicated striker; an actuator housing for housing a motor and a gear train operatively coupled to the motor, the gear train comprising a gear that has an integrated wormscrew; a nut located on the integrated wormscrew that translates linearly on the wormscrew as it is rotated by the motor, wherein movement of the nut causes the extendable extension bar to be moved outwardly and inwardly from the housing.
Claims20
An actuator for presenting a handless door of a vehicle, the actuator comprising:
- an extendable extension bar supporting a pawl/catch system, the pawl/catch system having an actuator catch that cooperates with a dedicated striker;
- an actuator housing for housing a motor and a gear train operatively coupled to the motor, the gear train comprising a gear that has an integrated wormscrew;
- a nut located on the integrated wormscrew that translates linearly on the wormscrew as it is rotated by the motor, wherein movement of the nut causes the extendable extension bar to be moved outwardly and inwardly from the housing and movement of the nut on the integrated wormscrew causes the nut to be coupled and decoupled to the extendable extension bar.
A handless door of a vehicle, the handless door comprising:
- a latch for securing the handless door to a striker;
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- an actuator mounted to an inner door trim of the handless door, comprising:
- an extendable extension bar supporting a pawl/catch system, the pawl/catch system having an actuator catch that cooperates with a dedicated striker;
- an actuator housing for housing a motor and a gear train operatively coupled to the motor, the gear train comprising a gear that has an integrated wormscrew;
- a nut located on the integrated wormscrew that translates linearly on the wormscrew as it is rotated by the motor, wherein movement of the nut causes the extendable extension bar to be moved outwardly and inwardly from the housing and wherein outward movement of the extendable extension bar places the handless door in a presenting positon when the latch is disengaged and movement of the nut on the integrated wormscrew causes the nut to be coupled and decoupled to the extendable extension bar.
A method for presenting a handless door, comprising:
- locating an extendable extension bar of an actuator on an inner door panel of the handless door, the actuator supporting a pawl/catch system, the pawl/catch system having an actuator catch that cooperates with a dedicated striker;
- extending and retracting the extendable extension bar with a nut located on an integrated worm screw of a gear train, wherein the nut translates linearly on the worm screw as it is rotated by a motor and movement of the nut on the integrated worm screw causes the nut to be coupled and decoupled to the extendable extension bar.
An actuator for presenting a handless door of a vehicle, the actuator comprising:
- an extendable extension bar supporting a pawl/catch system, the pawl/catch system having an actuator catch that cooperates with a dedicated striker;
- a motor and a gear train operatively coupled to the motor, the gear train comprising a gear that has an integrated wormscrew;
- a nut located on the integrated wormscrew that translates linearly on the wormscrew as it is rotated by the motor;
- a retainer for coupling and decoupling the nut to the extendable extension bar;
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- wherein movement of the nut away from the extendable extension bar when the retainer decouples the nut from the extendable extension bar releases the actuator catch from the dedicated striker when the nut moves away from the extendable extension bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.