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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
May. 17, 2022
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Matthias Hegwein, Ippesheim, DE;
Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
An actuating apparatus () for opening and closing a cover in or on a vehicle, having a locking and/or arresting kinematics that cooperate with the cover. The actuating apparatus includes a housing () and an actuating part () received in the housing () and movably supported relative to the housing (). The actuating part () cooperates with the cover in such a way that the actuating part () performs a movement relative to the housing () between a first position and a second position upon a movement of the cover between a closed position and an open position, wherein, in the first position, the actuating part () is in a locked state. The actuating apparatus () further includes an elastically deformable spring system () associated with the actuating part (), in particular having a progressive spring characteristic.