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US 11,557,938 B2Granted
Motor unit for sunroof
AssigneeKeyang Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeong Soo Kim, Seung Tae Yun, Jin Seok Lee
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Abstract
A motor unit for a sunroof is proposed. The motor unit may include a lower housing, an upper housing, a bush, a worm wheel, a drive shaft, a pinion gear, the washer, and a bottom cover. Particularly, contact between the drive shaft and the bottom cover may be prevented, and the worm wheel may be configured to be in contact with the washer and he bush. Accordingly, different kinds of noise may be prevented from being generated according to opening and closing directions of the sunroof.
Claims9
A motor unit for a sunroof, the motor unit comprising:
- a lower housing configured as a box body having an open upper surface and having a drive motor provided therein, the drive motor driving a motor shaft having a worm gear provided thereon;
- an upper housing configured as a box body having an open lower surface so as to cover the open upper surface of the lower housing, the upper housing having a protruding hub formed at a center portion thereof;
- a bush provided in the protruding hub of the upper housing;
- a worm wheel having a circumference configured to be rotated in engagement with the worm gear and having a hub part formed at a center of the worm wheel by protruding therefrom, the hub part being rotatably installed by passing through an inside of the bush;
- a drive shaft installed to be fixed to the worm wheel by passing through the hub part of the worm wheel;
- a pinion gear coupled to an upper end part of the drive shaft such that power is transmitted therebetween;
- a washer located between the pinion gear and the hub part of the worm wheel;
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- a bottom cover allowing the worm wheel to be rotatably mounted thereto,
- wherein a bent part is formed at an upper end of the drive shaft, the bent part covering a portion of an upper surface of the pinion gear, and
- a contact part is formed at an upper surface of the worm wheel, the contact part configured to be in contact with a lower surface of the bush.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.