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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2014
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Markus Frommann, Bingen am Rhein, DE;
Heiko Betzen, Bausendorf, DE;
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an actuator element for a motor vehicle cover. The actuator element includes a plunger, which is axially guided on a guide. A slotted link guide with a sliding element and a control surface for guiding the sliding element, positively couple the plunger and the guide. A spring element, elastically couple the plunger and the guide in axial and rotational direction. The control surface includes a first loading section for rotating the plunger as a consequence of an axial movement in closing direction subject to axial and rotational loading of the spring element.