Actuator and vehicle operation system with actuator
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsDaisuke NISHIO, Tomoki YAMASHITA, Itsuki FUNABA, Kazuto KITOU
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Abstract
An actuator and a vehicle operation system with the actuator. The actuator includes a housing unit composed of a combination of internal components including a motor, a housing and a cover. A pair of terminals conveys external power to the motor. A terminal holder holds die pair of terminals. The terminal holder is accommodated in the housing unit as a sub-assembly separately from the housing unit.
Claims10
An actuator comprising:
- a housing unit composed of a continuation of internal components including a motor, a housing and a cover;
- a pair of terminals for conveying external power to the motor;
- and
- a terminal holder to hold the pair of terminals, the terminal holder being accommodated in the housing unit separately from the housing unit, and as a sub-assembly.
A vehicle operation system with an actuator, the actuator comprising:
- a housing unit composed of a combination of internal components including a motor, a housing and a cover;
- a pair of terminals for supplying external power to the motor;
- and
- a terminal holder to hold the pair of terminals, the terminal holder being separately accommodated in the housing unit from the housing unit as a sub-assembly,
- wherein the vehicle operation system is composed of one of a wiper system, a power window system, and a power seat system,
- wherein the actuator acts as a wiper motor when the vehicle operation system is the wiper system, the actuator acts as a power window motor when the vehicle operation system is the power window system, and the actuator acts as a power sear motor when the vehicle operation system is the power seat system.
A method of producing a sub-assembly composed of a pair of terminals for conveying external power to a motor and a terminal holder, the method comprising the steps of:
- preparing a conductive flat plate;
- applying a punching process to the conductive flat plate thereby obtaining a pair of elongated terminals partially connecting with each other via a connection portion at a middle portion along a longitudinal direction thereof;
- bending, each of the pair of elongated terminals substantially at a right angle in a plate thickness direction around a first axis at a first portion between the middle portion and one end thereof;
- bending each of the pair of elongated terminals substantially at a right angle in a plate thickness direction around a second axis perpendicular to the first axis at a second portion between the first portion and the one end thereof;
- inserting the pair of terminals into a molding mold;
- molding a terminal holder by applying injection molding together with the pair of terminals other than bent portions bent in the bending processes while forming a through hole at a position above a connection portion connecting the pair of elongated terminals with each other;
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- cutting the connection portion and separating the pair of terminals from each other after the insert molding is completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.