Dual output actuator
AssigneeInteva Products, LLC
InventorYoshihiko Tametani
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Abstract
A dual output actuator for use with an active grill shutter system, including: a first output rotationally mounted about an axis; a second output rotationally mounted about the axis, the first output capable of independent rotation about the axis with respect to the second output and the second output capable of independent rotation about the axis with respect to the first output; and a gear rotationally mounted about the axis, the gear being capable of independently rotating either the first output or the second output by moving axially along the axis.
Claims20
A dual output actuator for use with an active grill shutter system, comprising:
- a first output rotationally mounted about an axis;
- a second output rotationally mounted about the axis, the first output capable of independent rotation about the axis with respect to the second output and the second output capable of independent rotation about the axis with respect to the first output;
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- a gear rotationally mounted about the axis, the gear being capable of independently rotating either the first output or the second output by moving axially along the axis, the gear having an inner opening that slidably receives a first portion of the first output and a second portion of the second output.
An active grill shutter system, comprising:
- a plurality of vanes including a first portion of vanes and a second portion of vanes;
- a dual output actuator, comprising:
- a first output rotationally mounted about an axis, the first output operably coupled to the first portion of vanes;
- a second output rotationally mounted about the axis, the second output operably coupled to the second portion of vanes, the first output capable of independent rotation about the axis with respect to the second output and the second output capable of independent rotation about the axis with respect to the first output;
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- a gear rotationally mounted about the axis, the gear being capable of independently rotating either the first output or the second output by moving axially along the axis;
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- the gear having an inner opening that slidably receives a first portion of the first output and a second portion of the second output.
A method of providing a dual output from an actuator of an active grill shutter system, comprising:
- rotationally mounting a first output about an axis;
- rotationally mounting a second output about the axis, the first output capable of independent rotation about the axis with respect to the second output and the second output capable of independent rotation about the axis with respect to the first output;
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- rotationally mounting a gear about the axis, the gear being capable of independently rotating either the first output or the second output by moving axially along the axis, the gear having an inner opening that slidably receives a first portion of the first output and a second portion of the second output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.