Actuator mechanism
AssigneeMCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.
InventorsStefan Fritz Brouwer, Bastiaan Huijzers
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Abstract
The invention relates to an actuator mechanism (1) for adjusting the orientation of a mirror element in an exterior mirror unit of a vehicle. The mechanism comprises an electric motor (9, 10) with a driving shaft (11, 12), a drive train (13, 14), and a movable mirror adjusting element (5, 6) coupled via the drive train to the driving shaft of the electric motor. Also, the actuator mechanism comprises an actuator frame (2) which carries the electric motor, the drive train and the mirror adjusting element. The driving shaft of the electric motor is bearing mounted in the actuator frame.
Claims16
An actuator mechanism for adjusting the orientation of a mirror element in an exterior mirror unit of a vehicle, comprising
- a first electric motor with a first driving shaft, a first drive train, and a first movable mirror adjusting element coupled via the first drive train to the first driving shaft of the first electric motor;
- a second electric motor with a second driving shaft, a second drive train, and a second movable mirror adjusting element coupled via the second drive train to the second driving shaft of the second electric motor for adjusting the mirror element in a second degree of freedom;
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- an actuator frame, wherein
- the actuator frame carries the first electric motor, the first drive train and the first mirror adjusting element,
- the first driving shaft of the first electric motor is bearing-mounted in the actuator frame, and
- the second driving shaft of the second electric motor is bearing-mounted in the actuator frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.