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US 12,571,237 B2Granted
Electromotive drive for motor vehicle applications
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorsPeter Szegeny, Ömer Inan, Michael Scholz, Holger Schiffer
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Abstract
An electromotive drive for motor vehicle applications, in particular for applications for and in a motor vehicle lock. For this purpose, the drive is equipped with an electric motor, a drive disk which can be actuated by the electric motor and can be rotated about an axis, and at least one spring assigned to the drive. The spring transmits a force to the drive disk which aids the drive within the scope of the invention.
Claims17
An electromotive drive for motor vehicle applications, the electromotive drive comprising:
- an electric motor,
- a drive disk which is actuated by the electric motor and is rotated about an axis,
- at least one spring functionally assigned to the drive disk,
- wherein the spring transmits a force to the drive disk which aids the electromotive drive, and wherein the spring is a leg spring which is fixed in place via a wound portion of the leg spring to a pin, and
- wherein the leg spring engages via a drive leg of the leg spring a contour on the drive disk,
- a first stop, wherein a fixed leg of the leg spring rests against the first stop, and
- a second stop, wherein the second stop is positioned for engagement by the drive leg of the leg spring when the drive disk reaches an end position,
- wherein the pin extends along a second axis that is different from the axis of the drive disk.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.