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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Minebea Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Helmut Schneider, Zimmern-Floezlingen, DE;
Minebea Co., LTD., Kitasaku-Gun, Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A drive unit for an actuator having an electric motor, wherein the drive unit comprises a gear train having at least a first gear stage and a last gear stage, wherein the gear train realizes a transmission ratio of greater than one from the electric motor to an output wheel, wherein each gear stage is formed by a gear drive and wherein in the last gear stage, one gear wheel or alternatively two gear wheels connected in parallel are provided that each mesh with an upstream gear wheel of the gear train and with the output wheel, so as to transmit the torque acting on the last gear stage to this stage via the one gear wheel or alternatively distributed over the two gear wheels connected in parallel, wherein the drive unit is accommodated in a housing of the actuator that has at least a first and a second bearing support for the gear wheels of the last gear stage, and to form this last gear stage, the two bearing supports are fitted with the one gear wheel or alternatively with the two gear wheels connected in parallel.