Brose Fahrzeugteile Se & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg

Shane Alexander

Andrew Lakerdas

Michael Kidd

A drive system for a tailgate and including a drive unit having a first coupler supported for rotation about a first longitudinal axis and defining a receptacle. A second coupler including a first side and a second side configured to engage with a hinge component of a vehicle and defining a second longitudinal axis. A driveshaft extends between the first and second couplers at an angled orientation relative to the first and second axes via wobble connections formed between a first end of the driveshaft and the first coupler and between a second end of the driveshaft and the first side of the second coupler.

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Ortonville, MI, United States of America

Shane Alexander