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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2010
Michael A. Ciavaglia, Dearborn, MI (US);
John R. Rice, New Baltimore, MD (US);
Joseph M. Johnson, Norwood, MA (US);
Lloyd W. Rogers, Jr., Washington, MI (US);
Howard W. Kuhlman, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Eric R. Hansen, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Michael A. Ciavaglia, Dearborn, MI (US);
John R. Rice, New Baltimore, MD (US);
Joseph M. Johnson, Norwood, MA (US);
Lloyd W. Rogers, Jr., Washington, MI (US);
Howard W. Kuhlman, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Brian N. Orr, Chesterfield, MI (US);
Eric R. Hansen, Lake Orion, MI (US);
STRATTEC POWER ACCESS LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A drive unit comprising a guide channel that has a first pulley at one end that rotates about a fixed pulley axis. The drive unit also includes a flexible drive member having a plurality of spaced windows, an attachment assembly moveably attached to the guide channel, and an adjustable pulley assembly coupled to the guide channel that has a second pulley that rotates around a moveable pulley axis that can be adjusted to change the distance between the fixed pulley axis and the moveable pulley axis to take up slack in the flexible drive member.