Shutter device for vehicle
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsBasmil Yenerdag, Yukio Shidara
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Abstract
The shutter device has a blade and a frame member which supports the blade in a rotatable manner. The device has a shaft arranged along the frame member, an actuator device for rotating the shaft, and a link member which opens and closes the blade by transmitting a rotational force of the shaft to the blade. The device has a calibration structure having a calibration member formed on the shaft and a calibration surface formed on the frame member. The calibration structure calibrates a rotational position of the shaft by coming into contact with the calibration member onto the calibration surface. The device further has a discharge structure which discharges foreign matters existing between the calibration member of the shaft and the calibration surface of the frame member.
Claims9
A shutter device for a vehicle, comprising:
- a blade;
- a frame member which supports the blade in a rotatable manner;
- a shaft arranged in a vertical direction along the frame member;
- an actuator device which is fixed above an upper frame piece and is meshed with an upper end of the shaft to rotate the shaft;
- a link member which opens and closes the blade by transmitting a rotational force of the shaft to the blade;
- a contact structure having a member formed on the shaft and a surface formed on the frame member which are formed to contact each other at a rotational end of the shaft;
- and
- a discharge structure formed in the frame member, the discharge structure discharging a foreign matter existing between the member of the shaft and the surface of the frame member, wherein
- the member is a calibration member,
- the surface is a calibration surface,
- the contact structure provides a calibration structure which calibrates a rotational position of the shaft by performing a calibration based on an initial position where the calibration member is operated by the actuator to come into physical contact with the calibration surface,
- the discharge structure includes a discharge hole provided below the calibration surface of the frame member in the vertical direction, and
- the discharge structure includes a notch shape provided so as to cut out a part of the calibration surface of the frame member, or a through hole provided so as to penetrate from the calibration surface to another outer surface of the frame member in the vertical direction.
A shutter device for a vehicle, comprising:
- a blade;
- a frame member which supports the blade in a rotatable manner;
- a shaft arranged in a vertical direction along the frame member;
- an actuator device which is fixed above an upper frame piece and is meshed with an upper end of the shaft to rotate the shaft;
- a link member which opens and closes the blade by transmitting a rotational force of the shaft to the blade;
- a contact structure having a member formed on the shaft and a surface formed on the frame member which are formed to contact each other at a rotational end of the shaft;
- and
- a discharge structure formed in the member on the shaft, the discharge structure discharging a foreign matter existing between the member of the shaft and the surface of the frame member, wherein
- the member is a calibration member,
- the surface is a calibration surface,
- the contact structure provides a calibration structure which calibrates a rotational position of the shaft by performing a calibration based on an initial position where the calibration member is operated by the actuator to come into physical contact with the calibration surface,
- the discharge structure includes a discharge hole provided below the calibration surface of the frame member in the vertical direction, and
- the discharge structure includes a notch shape provided so as to cut out a art of the calibration surface of the frame member, or a through hole provided so as to penetrate from the calibration surface to another outer surface of the frame member in the vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.