Multi-functional vehicle apparatus
OwnerRobin Mihekun Miller, Daniel D. Kilker +5inventors
InventorsRobin Mihekun Miller, Daniel D. Kilker, Monte L. Falcoff, H. Winston Maue, Eric J. Krupp, William C. Zimmer, James W. Gibson
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Abstract
A multi-functional automotive vehicle apparatus comprising: a rotatable member; an electromagnetic device operable to selectively rotate said rotatable member; a first motion transmitting member selectively moved in response to rotation of said rotatable member; and a second motion transmitting member selectively moved in response to rotation of said rotatable member.
Claims32
A multi-functional automotive vehicle apparatus for use in an automotive vehicle, said apparatus comprising:
- a window regulator driving device;
- a lock linkage movable between a locked orientation and an unlocked orientation;
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- a single electromagnetic device actuable to selectively operate said window regulator driving device and said lock linkage, said electromagnetic device being stationarily mounted to the vehicle during actuation of said lock linkage.
A multi-functional automotive vehicle apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle mirror adjustment device movable between a first orientation and a second orientation;
- a lock linkage movable between a locked orientation and an unlocked orientation;
- a single electromagnetic device actuable to selectively operate said mirror adjustment device and said lock linkage.
A multi-functional automotive vehicle apparatus comprising:
- a rotatable member;
- a single electromagnetic device operable to selectively rotate said rotatable member;
- a first motion transmitting member selectively moved in response to rotation of said rotatable member;
- a first mechanism located adjacent to a front portion of said automotive vehicle, said first mechanism operably moving in response to movement of said first motion transmitting member;
- a second motion transmitting member selectively moved in response to rotation of said rotatable member;
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- a vehicle windshield wiper assembly coupled to said second motion transmitting member for operation of said wiper assembly.
A multi-functional automotive vehicle apparatus comprising:
- a single electromagnetic device;
- a first intermittent motion transmitting member selectively movable in response to energization of said single electromagnetic device;
- a second intermittent motion transmitting member selectively movable in response to energization of said single electromagnetic device, wherein at least one of said intermittent motion transmitting members includes at least one of the following members taken essentially from the group of:
- (a) a Geneva-type mechanism, (b) a starwheel-type mechanism, (c) a slotted cam, and (d) a clutch assembly;
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- a window regulator coupled to said first intermittent motion transmitting member.
A multi-functional automotive vehicle apparatus comprising:
- a single electromagnetic device;
- a first mechanism located adjacent to a headlamp and being movable from a first orientation to a second orientation;
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- a hood latch release mechanism movable from a first orientation to a second orientation;
- said single electromagnetic device selectively moving said first mechanism and said hood latch release mechanism between said respective orientations.
A multi-functional automotive vehicle apparatus comprising:
- an electromagnetic device;
- a rotatable member having a driving interface, said electromagnetic device operably moving said rotatable member;
- a first intermittent motion mechanism selectively engagable with said driving interface;
- a second intermittent motion mechanism selectively engagable with said driving interface;
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- a third intermittent motion mechanism selectively engagable with said driving interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.