Actuator for a motor-vehicle accessory and accessory with an actuator
AssigneeGrammer AG
InventorsSteve Kober, Robin Koerner, Mario Backmann-Kluetsch
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Abstract
The invention relates inter alia to an actuator (15) for operating an accessory in the vehicle passenger compartment, having an actuating element movable relative to a housing between an unactuated position and an actuated position in opposite adjustment directions (y, y,) and is urged by a resetting device into the unactuated position, wherein it is possible for the actuating element to displace an element of the accessory that cooperates with the actuating element. The special feature is that the resetting device comprises at least one spring (18) configured as a spiral spring and having an outer end (25) and an inner end (26).
Claims10
An actuator for operating an accessory in the vehicle passenger compartment and having a movable element, comprising:
- a first guide on the accessory;
- an actuating element operatively cooperating with the movable element and, for movement of the movable element, being movable relative to the first guide between an unactuated position and an actuated position in axially opposite adjustment directions;
- a second guide on the actuating element that moves relative to the first guide on displacement of the actuating element between the positions;
- a resetting device urging the actuating element into the unactuated position, the movable element of the accessory being displaceable by the actuating element with movement of the second guide along the first guide;
- a spiral spring of the resetting device having an outer end formed as a ring and an inner end and centered on a central axis extending parallel to the adjustment directions within a plane extending generally perpendicular to the central axis, the first and second guides extending axially and being slidable on each other;
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- attachment formations securing the ring to the accessory.
An actuator for operating an accessory in the vehicle passenger compartment and having a movable element, comprising:
- a first guide on the accessory;
- an actuating element operatively cooperating with the movable element and, for movement of the movable element, being movable relative to the first guide between an unactuated position and an actuated position in axially opposite adjustment directions;
- a second guide on the actuating element that moves relative to the first guide on displacement of the actuating element between the positions;
- a resetting device urging the actuating element into the unactuated position, the movable element of the accessory being displaceable by the actuating element with movement of the second guide along the first guide;
- a spiral spring of the resetting device having an outer end formed as a ring and an inner end;
- attachment formations securing the ring to the accessory;
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- a frame attachable to the accessory and forming the first guide, the actuating element moving relative to the frame during movement between the unactuated position and the actuated position, the frame forming a stop surface that cooperates with a contact surface of the actuating element to limit movement of the actuating element in one of the adjustment directions, the stop surface and the contact surface extending at an acute angle to each other to center the actuating element on the frame.
An actuator for operating an accessory in the vehicle passenger compartment and having a movable element, comprising:
- a first guide on the accessory;
- an actuating element operatively cooperating with the movable element and, for movement of the movable element, being movable relative to the first guide between an unactuated position and an actuated position in axially opposite adjustment directions;
- a second guide on the actuating element that moves relative to the first guide on displacement of the actuating element between the positions, one of the guides being an axially extending groove and the other of the guides being a radial projection engaged in the groove;
- a resetting device urging the actuating element into the unactuated position, the movable element of the accessory being displaceable by the actuating element with movement of the second guide along the first guide;
- a spiral spring of the resetting device having an outer end formed as a ring and an inner end;
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- attachment formations securing the ring to the accessory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.