Panel driving device
AssigneesAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorYukio Ito
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Abstract
A panel driving device turns an openable panel inside out by rotating the openable panel by 180° about a rotation center shaft and moving the rotation center shaft upward or downward during a specific period while the openable panel is rotated. The panel driving device is provided with a rotating mechanism for supporting the openable panel on a rotatable end of a rotary arm and rotating the openable panel, and a torque converting mechanism for converting part of a driving force of the rotating mechanism into a rotating force for rotating the rotary arm only during the specific period to rotate the rotary arm upward or downward. The openable panel can be turned inside out by a simple construction.
Claims18
A panel driving device that rotates a panel having a pair of vertically extending opposite side planes, the panel driving device comprising:
- a support member;
- a pair of rotary arms, each having a first end pivotally connected, at a pivotal connection, to one end portion of a respective one of the side planes of the panel, and a second end pivotally supported by the support member;
- a rotation mechanism that generates a driving force to rotate the panel about the pivotal connections between the rotary arms and the panel;
- a torque conversion mechanism that causes the driving force of the rotating mechanism to turn the rotary arms for a specific time period such that the pivotal connections move vertically, the rotation mechanism rotating the panel between an upright position and a swung position, the vertical movement of the pivotal connections turning the panel between the swung position and a horizontally extending position, the driving force of the rotating mechanism rotating the panel further beyond the horizontally extending position until the panel reaches an inside out position wherein the panel has been rotated for 180 degrees from the upright position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.