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AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorsNorman C. KERR, Jay L. SACKETT
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A power back door for a vehicle, in which the back door is automatically opened and closed by a pair of power back door drive devices, each of the power back door drive devices including an inner tube encompassed by an outer tube; a motor; a spindle screw that is turned by the motor; a spindle nut attached to one end of the inner tube and travels up and down the spindle screw to cause the inner tube to extend and contract relative to the outer tube over a length of travel; and a stopper fixed to the end of the spindle screw to stop the movement of the spindle nut at the end of travel. A length of travel of one of the power back door drive devices is different than a length of travel of the other of the power back door drive devices allowing the power back door to be quickly opened without bouncing at full open.
A power back door for a vehicle, in which the back door is automatically opened and closed by a pair of power back door drive devices, each of the power back door drive devices comprising:
A method of operating a power back door, the power back door including a pair of power back door chive devices, each of the pair of drive devices includes an inner tube encompassed by an outer tube, a spindle nut fixed to an end of the inner tube and a stopper fixed to an end of a spindle screw, and the spindle nut screws along the spindle screw, the method comprising:
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