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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Inventor:
Phillip M Sokolofsky, Akron, NY (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 19/04 (2006.01); F16H 1/04 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F16H 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 19/04 (2013.01); B60H 1/00842 (2013.01); B60H 1/00857 (2013.01); F16H 35/00 (2013.01); Y10T 74/18976 (2015.01);
Abstract
An actuator consists of a pair of compact cam plates with compound straight and semicircular toothed racks that engage a single circular gear turned by a single motor. As the gear turns in one direction, the cam plates are pulled toward one another in a guided straight line until they engage and lock around the gear. Continued turning of the gear rotates the locked cam plates with the gear. The motion is reversed as the gear reverses.