Lift- and-slide handle assembly

A lift-and-slide handle assembly including:

• a drive shaft operatively adapted to couple with a roller actuating assembly of a lift-and-slide roller carriage;
• an electronic drive assembly operatively adapted to couple with the drive shaft to apply torque to the drive shaft;
• a manual drive assembly operatively adapted to couple with the drive shaft to apply torque to the drive shaft;
• and
• an override coupling assembly operatively adapted to decouple the electronic drive assembly from the drive shaft to couple the manual drive assembly to the drive shaft;
• wherein the electronic drive assembly includes an electric motor for generating torque;
• wherein the electronic drive assembly includes drive gearing operatively adapted to transmit torque from the electric motor to the drive shaft;
• wherein the override coupling assembly incudes a clutch assembly operatively adapted to couple and decouple the drive gearing from the drive shaft;
• wherein the clutch assembly includes a clutch cam operatively adapted for movement between (i) a clutch engaged position in which the clutch cam couples the drive gearing to the drive shaft, and (ii) a clutch released position in which the clutch cam decouples the drive gearing from the drive shaft;
• and
• wherein the clutch assembly includes at least one cam roller operatively associated with the drive gearing, the at least one cam roller adapted to roll along an outer surface of the clutch cam, the at least one cam roller movable between (i) a gear engaged position when the clutch cam is located in the clutch engaged position such that torque is transmitted via the cam roller from the drive gearing to the drive shaft, and (ii) a gear disengaged position when the clutch cam is located in the clutch released position such that the at least one cam roller is unable to transmit torque from the drive gearing to the drive shaft.