Drive assembly for a power closure panel
AssigneeIntier Automotive Closures Inc.
InventorsDragan Mrkovic, Peter Lance Oxley, Peter Lejbjuk, Jason David Niskanen
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Abstract
A power drive assembly (110) for controlling movement of a closure panel (102, 105) of a vehicle includes a closure panel (102, 105) that moves relative to the vehicle between open and closed positions, and a latch (108, 115) for cinching the closure panel (102, 105) to the vehicle. The drive assembly (110) includes an actuator (134), a first torque output (136) coupled to effect movement of the closure panel (102, 105), a second torque output (138) coupled to the latch (115), and a clutch assembly (144, 150) coupled between the actuator (134) and the torque outputs (136, 138) for selectively transferring torque between the actuator (134) and the torque outputs (136, 138).
Claims14
A drive assembly comprising:
- an actuator;
- at least two torque outputs;
- a clutch assembly comprising at least two electromagnetic clutches, each of said electromagnetic clutches coupled between the actuator and a respective one of the torque outputs for selectively transferring torque between the actuator and one of the torque outputs;
- an input gear set operatively coupling the actuator to the clutch assembly and an output gear set operatively coupling the clutch assembly to the torque outputs;
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- a housing rotatably mounting and enveloping said input and output gear sets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.