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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2007
Applicants:

Koji Sawahata, Hiroshima, JP;

Shinya Matsui, Hiroshima, JP;

Takashi Motohashi, Hiroshima, JP;

Takuya Izumi, Hiroshima, JP;

Inventors:

Koji Sawahata, Hiroshima, JP;

Shinya Matsui, Hiroshima, JP;

Takashi Motohashi, Hiroshima, JP;

Takuya Izumi, Hiroshima, JP;

Assignee:

Webasto AG, , DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Reducing number of components in a case where a plurality of locking mechanism is being used. The system includes an input cable () driven when pulled by an electric motor () via a hook (); a connecting member () rotatably connected to a vehicle body, an output end of the input cable () is connected thereto; and a branched driving cable () having a first driving cable (), an input end of which is connected to the connecting member () while an output end of which is connected to a link restricting mechanism () for transmitting a pulling force of the input cable () to the link restricting mechanism (), and second driving cable (), an input end of which is connected to the connecting member () and an output end of which is connected to the stored state locking mechanism () for transmitting a pulling force of the input cable () to the stored state locking mechanism (), wherein the link restricting mechanism () and the stored state locking mechanism () are driven by the electric motor () via the branched driving cable ().


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