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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2003
Applicants:
David J. Chapman, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
John R. Rice, Chesterfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
David J. Chapman, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
John R. Rice, Chesterfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A drive assembly for a closed loop cable system in which a flexible driver member drives a door or the like back and forth has the flexible drive member wrapped around and driven by a drive pulley. The drive assembly includes a motor unit having a motor shaft that rotates about a drive axis for rotating the drive pulley about a pulley axis, and a tensioning mechanism for adjusting the position of the pulley axis with respect to the drive axis responsive to tension in the flexible drive member.