Drive unit and method for operating the drive unit
AssigneeBrose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Wurzburg
InventorsAttila Simofi-Ilyes, Milenko Stamenic, Michael Groppel, Richard Illingworth
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Abstract
A drive unit for operating a device, in particular a device in a vehicle and a method for operating a drive unit are provided. An electrical drive assembly and a break assembly are combined and arranged together in a common housing. The breaking assembly could be a mechanical breaking assembly or an electrical break assembly. The break assembly automatically locks the shaft of the electrical drive assembly and thus provides self-locking capabilities.
Claims18
A drive unit for actuating devices in a vehicle, comprising
- a drive unit housing including an electric drive assembly having a shaft and a break assembly connected to the shaft of the electric drive assembly.
A method for operating a drive unit, comprising the steps of:
- providing a drive unit having a drive unit housing including an electric drive assembly having a shaft and including a break assembly connected to the shaft of the electric drive assembly;
- rotating the shaft by said electric drive assembly;
- stopping the rotation of the shaft;
- and
- locking the shaft by said break assembly when the electric drive assembly has stopped the rotation of the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.