US 12,281,697 B2
Drive unit for motor vehicle applications
Peter Szegeny, Engelskirchen (DE); Ömer Inan, Dorsten (DE); Michael Scholz, Essen (DE); and Holger Schiffer, Meerbusch (DE)
Assigned to Kiekert AG, Heiligenhaus (DE)
Appl. No. 17/999,241
Filed by Kiekert AG, Heiligenhaus (DE)
PCT Filed May 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/DE2021/100407
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/239180, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 114 465.2 (DE), filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0228322 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 37/12 (2006.01); E05B 17/00 (2006.01); E05B 81/06 (2014.01); E05B 81/16 (2014.01); E05B 81/34 (2014.01); E05B 81/42 (2014.01)
CPC F16H 37/122 (2013.01) [E05B 17/007 (2013.01); E05B 81/06 (2013.01); E05B 81/16 (2013.01); E05B 81/34 (2013.01); E05B 81/42 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive unit for motor vehicle applications, the drive unit comprising:
an electric motor and a drive element driven by the electric motor,
an actuation lever cooperating with the drive element, wherein the actuation lever is rotatable about a first axis, and
a rotatably mounted intermediate element positioned between the drive element and the actuation lever, wherein the intermediate element is a friction-reducing rolling element,
wherein the rolling element is mounted rotatably about a rolling element axis in or on the actuation lever, and
wherein the rolling element axis and the first axis of the actuation lever are different and non-parallel.