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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2020
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Manfred Groben, Gau-Bickelheim, DE;
Thomas Pacher, Semback, DE;
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A drive unit () for actuating a plurality of functions of an air vent system or of an air distribution system, having an electric motor drive () with a drive shaft which can be driven in a first rotational direction or in a second rotational direction, and a switching mechanism with at least one first and one second output shaft (), via which functions of the air vent system can be actuated, the switching mechanism being configured, during a drive of the drive shaft in the first rotational direction, to transmit a torque from the drive shaft only to the first output shaft (), and, during a drive of the drive shaft in the second rotational direction, to transmit a torque from the drive shaft only to the second output shaft ().