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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
David T Carolus, Dayton, OH (US);
Ralph W Edwards, Dayton, OH (US);
John R Powell, Bellbrook, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
343903 ; 242 / ;
Abstract
A power antenna actuator mechanism has a worm and gear drive for a cable storage drum which is integral with the worm gear. A covering, which cooperates with a housing to enclose the actuator mechanism, has a rib portion which abuts a circumferential surface of the storage drum for an arcuate distance adjacent the mesh point of the worm and worm gear to provide a support member for the storage drum in a radial direction transverse to the axis of the worm.