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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1995
Claus Vordermaier, Munchen, DE;
Abstract
A drive device for a vehicle part that can be displaced between end positions, especially for a cover of an openable vehicle roof. The drive device is actuated by an electric motor that is connected, by a reduction gear, to a pinion gear placed on an output shaft. The drive device further has a switch element controlling the electric motor, to stop it in at least one predetermined position and an eccentric gear arrangement is provided to actuate the switch. The drive device enables an emergency actuation in which manual actuation of the output shaft is made possible by uncoupling of the electric motor while maintaining the coupling of the switching gear elements, so that, after an emergency actuation, no readjustment of the switching arrangement is necessary.