Ims Gear Gmbh

Olav Schulte

Wolfram Hofschulte

Urban Knöpfle

The invention relates to a gearing mechanism for the adjustment of two reciprocally adjustable parts (), especially vehicle parts of a seat adjustment device, a window lifter or a sunroof, wherein the first of the parts () has a nonrotating spindle () or a fixed tooth rack. The gearing mechanism is formed with a wormwheel (), which has a spindle nut () non-rotatingly connected thereto in order to drive the spindle () or a worm non-rotatingly connected thereto in order to drive the tooth rack, with a worm () that can be driven so as to transfer a driving force to the wormwheel (), and with a gear housing (), which houses the worm () and wormwheel () in a supporting manner, and which can be connected immovably with the second of the parts () in its adjusting direction, wherein the gear housing () is formed of a single-piece body with a worm support () and a wormwheel support ().

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Stuttgart, Germany

Olav Schulte