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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:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenji Hori, Chiryu, JP;
Katsuaki Kadoike, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
475149 ; 296223 ;
Abstract
A drive apparatus for a sunroof comprises a rotation output shaft connected to a drive source through a first reduction gear and adapted to connect to a driven member of the sunroof and a detecting mechanism arranged on the same axis of that of the rotation output shaft and detecting a moving position of a sunroof panel in synchronous with a rotation of a rotating plate connected to the rotation output shaft through a second reduction gear.