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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1999
Henry C. Sangret, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus (,) includes first (,) and second (,) meshing gears, a rotatable eccentric (,), a torsion spring (,), and a rotation blocking member (,). The first gear (,) is rotatable about a first axis (,) and the second gear (,) is rotatable about a second axis (,). The rotatable eccentric (,) supports the first gear (,) for rotation about the first axis (,). Rotation of the eccentric (,) in a first direction (,) causes the first axis (,) and the first gear (,) to move toward the second axis (,). The torsion spring (,) biases the eccentric (,) for rotation in the first direction (,). The rotation blocking member (,) prevents rotation of the eccentric (,) in a second direction (,) opposite the first direction (,).