US 12,083,988 B2
Drive device for a vehicle flap
Manfred Bauer, Remscheid (DE); Sergej Steigerwald, Remscheid (DE); and Heinrich Ackers, Remscheid (DE)
Assigned to EDSCHA ENGINEERING GMBH, Remscheid (DE)
Filed by Edscha Engineering GmbH, Remscheid (DE)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/234,018.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 121 058.8 (DE), filed on Aug. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059246 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 21/38 (2011.01); E05D 3/12 (2006.01); E05F 15/00 (2015.01)
CPC B60R 21/38 (2013.01) [E05D 3/125 (2013.01); E05F 15/00 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/626 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/102 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/252 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/746 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/536 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive device for a deployable vehicle flap, comprising
a flap part assigned to a vehicle flap;
a body part assigned to a vehicle body;
a joint arrangement connecting the flap part and the body part in an articulated manner;
a first actuator coupled to the joint arrangement for opening and closing the vehicle flap during conventional operation;
a second actuator coupled to the joint arrangement for lifting the vehicle flap into a pedestrian protection position; and
a coupling device for coupling the first actuator and the second actuator,
wherein the coupling device comprises a first lever and a second lever,
wherein said first lever is assigned to the first actuator,
wherein said second lever is assigned to the second actuator,
wherein during conventional operation the first lever and the second lever are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner via a mechanical securing element.