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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1997
Hirokazu Tsuda, Toyohashi, JP;
Masaaki Shimizu, Toyohahsi, JP;
ASMO Co., Ltd., Kosai, JP;
Abstract
A power window actuator including an electric motor, a reduction gear train for reducing rotational speed of the motor and a linkage mechanism connected to the gear train opens and closes a pivotable quarter window or a rear side vent. The rotation of the motor is mechanically stopped by structural members totally enclosed in a housing containing the motor and the gear train when the pivotable window comes to a fully opened or a fully closed position. An electric current supply to the motor is automatically discontinued by operation of a controller. To enclose the structural members for stopping the motor in the housing, a first projection is formed on a final stage gear of the gear train and a second projection on an inside surface of the housing. Both projections abut against each other to stop the motor when the pivotable window is driven to predetermined positions. Thus, the actuator is made small in size and at a low cost.