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Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011

Filed:

May. 09, 2007
Applicants:

Thomas L. Booth, Birmingham, MI (US);

Kevin P. O'connor, Lake Mills, WI (US);

Inventors:

Thomas L. Booth, Birmingham, MI (US);

Kevin P. O'Connor, Lake Mills, WI (US);

Assignee:

STRATTEC Power Access LLC, Troy, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/30 (2006.01); G01P 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A drive assembly for a vehicle door is provided. The drive assembly includes a motor having a driving member. The drive assembly further includes a housing having a shaft rotatably received therein. The drive assembly further includes an input member being rotatably received upon the shaft. The input member is operatively associated with the driving member. The drive assembly further includes a rotor fixedly secured to the shaft. The drive assembly further includes first and second Hall effect sensor modules mounted to the housing in a facing spaced relationship with respect to the plurality of teeth of the rotor that generate first and second signals, respectively. The first and second signals have a quadrature relationship with respect to one another and indicate a rotational direction of the rotor when the plurality of teeth are rotating past the first and second Hall effect sensor modules.


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