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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Hiroto Handa, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Takahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Clarion Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A panel drive apparatus that requires no special mechanism inside a device body and that can be easily mounted on the device body. One end of an armis rotatably joined to a mounting platethat can be mounted on the device. The other end of the armis rotatably joined to a panel. The mounting platehas a fan-shaped fixed gear. A panel gear, which is a spur gear, is fixed to the panel. The armhas an idle gearthat is provided between the fixed gearand panel gearso as to be engaged with the respective gears and that can be rotated by a drive mechanism