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Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2010
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

STRATTEC POWER ACCESS LLC, Troy, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/00 (2015.01); E05F 15/63 (2015.01); E05F 15/627 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/63 (2015.01); E05F 15/627 (2015.01); E05Y 2201/216 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/246 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/462 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/546 (2013.01);
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.


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