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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg, Bamberg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/20 (2006.01); E05F 15/611 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/20 (2013.01); E05F 15/611 (2015.01); E05Y 2201/706 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/542 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.