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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2014
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Kai Hamacher, Marktheidenfeld, DE;
Roland Och, Rottendorf, DE;
Christian Beck, Roettingen, DE;
Andreas Rudolf, Wuerzburg, DE;
Joachim Oberst, Grossrinderfeld, DE;
Johannes Karlein, Tauberbischofsheim, DE;
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A system including a component which can be mounted movably in or on an automobile and an actuating apparatus for the component, the actuating apparatus having a push-push mechanism which interacts with the component, it being possible for the component to be moved out of a closed position by manual exertion of a pressing force counter to the prestress of a spring into an unlocked position in order to unlock the push-push mechanism, out of which unlocked position the component is moved into a partially open position driven by the prestress of the spring, out of which partially open position the component can be moved into an open position by manual exertion of a pulling force.