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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Michael Schulte, Sylvania, OH (US);
Sylvain Angoujard, Bad Homburg, DE;
Martin Buerkle, Bad Homburg, DE;
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An actuator assembly that includes a frame, an output member, a latch and a spring. The output member is movable along an axis relative to the frame between a first position and a second position. The latch has a first latch member, which is movable along the axis, and a second latch member that is coupled to the output member. The second latch member is configured to engage the first latch member to retain the actuator output member in the first position. The spring exerts a force on the actuator output member when the second latch member engages the first latch member to retain the actuator output member in the first position. The force is configured to urge the actuator output member toward the second position when the second latch member is disengaged from the first latch member.