US4702117A
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Lock actuator for a pair of locks
Assignee: KOKUSAN KINZOKU KK
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Filing: 1986-03-31
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Granted: 1987-10-27
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Expires: 2006-03-31
Abstract
Abstract A vehicle use-lock actuator is proposed comprising a stationary housing and a reversible drive motor for locking and unlocking successively two remotely positioned locks. In this actuator, the drive motor is mounted within the housing in a hidden position. There is a single control slide for keeping normally respective wire cables at their neutral position for keeping in turn the locks in their locked position. There is provided within the housing a three stage reduction and reversely accelerating gearing between the drive motor and the control slide. The first stage includes a crown gear, while the third stage includes rack teeth which is united rigidly with the control slide.
Inventors
- 👤 Sunsaku Tsutsumi
- 👤 Takurou Ozawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 18:48
CPC Classifications
E; E05; E05B; E05B81/00; E05B81/24; E05B81/25; E05B79/00; E05B79/10; E05B79/20; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T292/00; Y10T292/08; Y10T292/096; Y10T292/0969; Y10T292/097; Y10T292/0993; Y10T292/1043; Y10T292/1051; Y10T292/1052; Y10T292/1057; Y10T292/59; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/18; Y10T74/18568; Y10T74/188; Y10T74/18808; Y10T74/20; Y10T74/20012; Y10T74/20396; Y10T74/20402; Y10T74/20462
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
169 words
Lock actuator comprising: a container housing; a drive motor of reversible type and mounted in the container housing; a remote ontrol switching unit for operation control of the said drive motor; an operation control slide mounted in the container housing and translatable in a reciprocatable manner; a first operation-transmitting wire cable leading from said slide to one of a pair of locks; a second operation-transmitting wire cable leading from said slide to another of said pair of locks; inner, motion-receiving enlarged heads of each of said operation-transmitting wire cables being arranged such that said enlarged heads face one another; an at least two stage, reversible reduction gearing arranged between said drive motor and said operation control slide, the latter having three operating positions, one of which is offset relative to a neutral position for pullingly actuating the first wire cable; a second one of which is said neutral position and a third one of which is offset oppositely from said one position for pullingly actuating the second wire cable.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
169 words
Lock actuator comprising: a container housing; a drive motor of reversible type and mounted in the container housing; a remote ontrol switching unit for operation control of the said drive motor; an operation control slide mounted in the container housing and translatable in a reciprocatable manner; a first operation-transmitting wire cable leading from said slide to one of a pair of locks; a second operation-transmitting wire cable leading from said slide to another of said pair of locks; inner, motion-receiving enlarged heads of each of said operation-transmitting wire cables being arranged such that said enlarged heads face one another; an at least two stage, reversible reduction gearing arranged between said drive motor and said operation control slide, the latter having three operating positions, one of which is offset relative to a neutral position for pullingly actuating the first wire cable; a second one of which is said neutral position and a third one of which is offset oppositely from said one position for pullingly actuating the second wire cable.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
Lock actuation of claim 1, wherein said drive motor is an electric motor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
Lock actuator of claim 1, wherein said at least two stage reduction gearing is a three stage gearing which comprises crown gear teeth at its first stage and where in rack teeth are provided at its final stage, and further wherein the rack teeth are made integral with said operation control slide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
Lock actuator of claim 2, wherein said switching unit is a slide switch having three operating positions for putting said drive motor into forward drive, turning said drive motor off and putting said drive motor into reverse drive.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
Lock actuator of claim 1, wherein said remote control switching unit is mounted in close proximity of a driver's seat of an automotive vehicle.
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