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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2010
Alan K. Uyeda, Irvine, CA (US);
Alan K. Uyeda, Irvine, CA (US);
Adams Rite Manufacturing Co., Pomona, CA (US);
Abstract
In a drive train between a door handle having a first axis of rotation and a rotary lock part carried on a door to have a second axis of rotation, the drive train accommodating to possible misalignment of those axes, the drive train including a carrier, a rack carried by the carrier, and movable in a first lateral direction in response to door handle rotation, a gear located to rotatably drive the rotary lock part in response to rack movement in the first lateral direction, relative to the carrier, and means to adjust the position of the rack in a second lateral direction, to compensate for mis-alignment of the first and second axes.