Actuator mechanism
AssigneeRivian IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsSpencer Charles Curran, Kosta Papanikolaou
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Abstract
An apparatus can include a housing. The housing can define a cavity. The housing can include a barrel cam profile. The apparatus can include an anchor. The anchor can be at least partially disposed within the cavity. The anchor can move between a first position and a second position. The apparatus can include a drive body. The drive body can be disposed within the cavity. The apparatus can include a spring. The spring can be at least partially disposed between the anchor and the drive body. The apparatus can include a shaft to interface with the drive body. The shaft can translate the anchor. The spring of the barrel cam profile can rotate the anchor between the first position and the second position.
Claims18
An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing defining a cavity, the housing comprising a slot and a barrel cam profile;
- an anchor comprising a pin, the anchor at least partially disposed within the cavity, the anchor to translate and rotate within the cavity to move between a first position and a second position, the slot to prevent the anchor from rotating the pin disposed in the slot;
- a drive body disposed within the cavity;
- a spring at least partially disposed between the anchor and the drive body;
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- a shaft to interface with the drive body, the shaft to translate the anchor;
- the spring or the barrel cam profile to rotate the anchor between the first position and the second position.
A method, comprising:
- activating an actuator, the actuator comprising:
- a housing defining a cavity, the housing comprising a slot and a barrel cam profile;
- an anchor at least partially disposed in the cavity, the anchor comprising a pin;
- a drive body disposed in the cavity;
- a spring disposed between the anchor and the drive body;
- and
- a shaft that interfaces with the drive body;
- moving the anchor from a first position to a second position, moving the anchor includes translating the anchor within the cavity via the shaft and rotating the anchor within the cavity via the spring or the barrel cam profile;
- and
- preventing, by the slot, the anchor from rotating within the cavity with the pin disposed in the slot.
An electric vehicle, comprising:
- an actuator coupled with a vehicle component, the actuator comprising:
- a housing defining a cavity, the housing comprising a slot and a barrel cam profile;
- an anchor comprising a pin, the anchor at least partially disposed within the cavity, the anchor to translate and rotate within the cavity to move between a first position and a second position, the slot to prevent the anchor from rotating with the pin disposed in the slot;
- a drive body disposed within the cavity;
- a spring at least partially disposed between the anchor and the drive body;
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- a shaft to interface with the drive body, the shaft to translate the anchor;
- the spring or the barrel cam profile to rotate the anchor as the anchor moves between the first position and the second position;
- the actuator to move the vehicle component between a first component position and a second component position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.