US 12,234,889 B2
Driving unit for an adjustable element, method for adjusting an adjustable element with a driving unit, motor vehicle provided with an adjustable element with a driving unit
Jannick Daniël Wijntjes, Rotterdam (NL); Stefan Fritz Brouwer, Schoonhoven (NL); and Stephen Alexander George Gustavo Boom, Zeist (NL)
Assigned to MCI (MIRROR CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL) NETHERLANDS B.V., Woerden (NL)
Appl. No. 18/267,857
Filed by MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V., Woerden (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/NL2021/050777
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/131923, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2027141 (NL), filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0110613 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. F16H 1/16 (2006.01); B62D 35/00 (2006.01); F16H 1/22 (2006.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01); F16H 57/039 (2012.01)
CPC F16H 1/16 (2013.01) [B62D 35/00 (2013.01); F16H 1/22 (2013.01); F16H 57/039 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02034 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02082 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive unit for adjusting an adjustable element between at least a first position and a second position, comprising a drive train having an input shaft and an output shaft, wherein the drive train is split into at least a first drive path and a second drive path, wherein a splitting drive element is at a split between the first drive path and the second drive path, and wherein the splitting drive element is a pinion with evoloid toothing,
wherein the first drive path comprises at least one first drive element and the second drive path comprises at least one second drive element, of which one of the at least one first drive element and one of the at least one second drive element are both in engagement with the splitting drive element
wherein the at least one first drive element, which is in engagement with the splitting drive element, is around a first axis, the at least one second drive element, which is in engagement with the splitting drive element, is around a second axis, and the splitting drive element is around a third axis,
wherein the input shaft is around a fourth axis, which is parallel with the first axis and the second axis, and
wherein the drive unit further comprises a motor, wherein an output shaft of the motor is transverse to the fourth axis, and wherein the input shaft comprises an input drive element which is in engagement with a motor worm of the motor.