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US 2016/0186468 A1Published application
Dual motor device with application to power cinch and latch mechanism
AssigneeMagna Closures Inc.
InventorIoan Dorin Ilea
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Abstract
A rotary drive actuation system for actuating a latch including: an output shaft having a member affixed at one end of the output shaft for coupling to a component of the latch; a common drive element affixed to the output shaft at the other end of the output shaft; and a plurality of motors coupled to the common drive element for simultaneously driving the common drive element and the output shaft in a first rotary direction to effect actuation of the latch.
Claims19
A rotary drive actuation system for actuating a latch including:
- an output shaft having a member affixed at one end of the output shaft for coupling to a component of the latch;
- a common drive element affixed to the output shaft at the other end of the output shaft;
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- a plurality of motors coupled to the common drive element for simultaneously driving the common drive element and the output shaft in a first rotary direction to effect actuation of the latch.
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A power latch system including:
- a frame;
- a latch mounted on the frame and including a plurality of latch components;
- a rotary drive actuation system mounted on the frame, the rotary drive actuation system for actuating at least one of the plurality of latch components and including:
- an output shaft having a member affixed at one end of the output shaft for coupling to a component of the plurality of latch components;
- a common drive element affixed to the output shaft at the other end of the output shaft;
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- a plurality of motors coupled to the common drive element for simultaneously driving the common drive element and the output shaft in a first rotary direction to effect actuation of the component of the latch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.