Drive for an adjusting instrument, in particular for adjusting an exterior vision unit of a motor vehicle
AssigneeMCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.
InventorsPaulus Gerardus Maria Van Stiphout, Bastiaan Bartjan Maat
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Abstract
Drive for an adjusting instrument, comprising a single motor, in particular an electric motor, and a driving shaft coupled therewith. The driving shaft cooperates via a transmission selectively with a first and a second driving path respectively. The drive comprises furthermore an operating mechanism with which the transmission is switchable between the first and the second driving path. The operating mechanism is energized by the motor via the driving shaft and is configured, upon successive energization of the motor from rest of the drive, to select alternately the first and the second driving path as initial driving path.
Claims31
A drive for an adjusting instrument, comprising a single motor and a driving shaft coupled therewith, wherein the driving shaft cooperates via a transmission selectively with a first and a second driving path respectively, furthermore comprising an operating mechanism with which the transmission is switchable between the first and the second driving path, wherein the operating mechanism is energized by the motor via the driving shaft, and wherein the operating mechanism is configured, upon successive energization of the motor from standstill of the drive, to select alternately the first and the second driving path as initial driving path.
A method for driving an adjusting instrument with a drive, the drive comprising a single motor and a driving shaft coupled therewith, in which the driving shaft selectively cooperates via a transmission with a first and a second driving path, respectively;
- and an operating mechanism with which the transmission is switchable between the first and the second driving path, wherein the operating mechanism is energized by the motor via the driving shaft, and the method comprises switching the operating mechanism between the first and the second driving path as initial driving path upon successive energization of the motor from standstill of the drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.