US 11,667,336 B2
Flap arrangement with a flap for a motor vehicle
Heino Schalyo, Altendorf (DE); Christoph Haberberger, Gößweinstein (DE); Vitali Wendland, Bamberg (DE); and Adam Laczo, Bamberg (DE)
Assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
Filed by Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg, Bamberg (DE)
Filed on May 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/314,786.
Application 17/314,786 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/869,868, filed on May 8, 2020, granted, now 11,536,074.
Prior Publication US 2021/0347416 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E05F 15/00 (2015.01); B62D 33/037 (2006.01); B62D 33/027 (2006.01); E05F 15/611 (2015.01); B62D 33/03 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 33/037 (2013.01) [B62D 33/0273 (2013.01); E05F 15/611 (2015.01); B62D 33/03 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/546 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flap arrangement including a flap for use in a motor vehicle including a body, the flap arrangement comprising:
a drive arrangement configured to adjust the flap when the flap is in a mounted state mounted to the body, to pivot the flap about a flap pivot axis between an open position and a closed position over a pivot angle,
wherein the drive arrangement includes
a motor configured to generate drive forces to adjust the flap,
a drivetrain disposed between the motor and either the flap or the body and configured to transmit the drive forces,
a freewheel mechanism provided with a drive component including,
a transmitting element, and
a driven component provided with a receiving element selectively coupled to the transmitting element,
wherein during motoric movement of the flap from at least one of the closed position to the open position over at least a portion of the pivot angle and the open position to the closed position over at least a portion of the pivot angle, the motor actuates the drive component and displaces the transmitting element, from a neutral position, conjointly with the receiving element along a displacement path,
wherein after the motoric movement of the flap, the transmitting element is selectively configured to return to the neutral position independent of the flap,
wherein in response to the transmitting element being in the neutral position and a manual movement of the flap between the closed position and the open position over at least a portion of the pivot angle, the flap actuates the driven component and displaces the receiving element without displacing the transmitting element.