US 12,188,284 B2
Compartment actuator for power cinching
Tim Knappe, Wermelskirchen (DE); Frank Heigel, Wuppertal (DE); Stefan Wiepen, Schwerte (DE); and Niklas Kock, Sprockhovel (DE)
Assigned to INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC, Troy, MI (US)
Filed by Inteva Products, LLC, Troy, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/186,210.
Claims priority of application No. 202017107026.3 (DE), filed on Nov. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0153766 A1, May 23, 2019
Int. Cl. E05B 17/00 (2006.01); B60R 7/06 (2006.01); E05B 63/24 (2006.01); E05B 81/04 (2014.01); E05B 81/06 (2014.01); E05B 81/20 (2014.01); E05B 81/34 (2014.01); E05B 81/44 (2014.01); E05B 83/30 (2014.01); E05F 15/611 (2015.01); F16H 19/08 (2006.01); B60R 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC E05F 15/611 (2015.01) [B60R 7/06 (2013.01); E05B 17/0029 (2013.01); E05B 63/24 (2013.01); E05B 81/05 (2013.01); E05B 81/06 (2013.01); E05B 81/20 (2013.01); E05B 81/34 (2013.01); E05B 81/44 (2013.01); E05B 83/30 (2013.01); F16H 19/08 (2013.01); B60R 7/04 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/538 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A compartment actuator comprising:
a pawl;
a motor; and
a drive gear driven by the motor about an axis of rotation between a first position and a second position, the drive gear having a curved groove for receiving a pawl, the pawl being movable out of engagement with the drive gear, the groove has a first end and a second end connected by a central portion, and at least one of the first end and the second end includes at least one ramp-like surface extending relative to the axis of rotation for opposing a biasing force acting on the pawl, wherein the groove is eccentric about the axis of rotation such that a radial distance between the groove and the axis of rotation varies about the groove; and
wherein when the drive gear is in the first position, the pawl is receivable at one of the first end and the second end of the groove and when the drive gear is in the second position, the pawl is arranged within the central portion of the groove.