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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2001
Cornelius Peter, Bühl, DE;
Johann Von Der Heide, Schramberg, DE;
TRW Automotive Electronics & Components GmbH & Co. KG, Radolfzell, DE;
Abstract
The driving device has a rotatable drive disc ( ) that is coupled to a motor ( ) and, arranged coaxially with the drive disc, a locking disc ( ) that can be rotated to a limited extent relative to the drive disc. The locking disc has detent teeth on its outer circumference. A pawl ( ), is pivotally mounted on a stationary axis. The drive disc ( ) is provided with a recess ( ) on its outer circumference. The outer circumference of the drive disc extends radially beyond the tips of the detent teeth. The recess has a bottom of approximately the same radial depth as the gaps of the detent teeth. Together with the outer circumference of the drive disc ( ), the recess ( ) forms a cam on which the tip of the pawl ( ) slides.