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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Larry Dean Elie, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
John W. Jaranson, Dearborn, MI (US);
Timothy J. Potter, Dearborn, MI (US);
Robert F. Novak, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Michael M. Azzouz, Livonia, MI (US);
Gerald J. Heath, Allen Park, MI (US);
Jeff A. Wallace, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A bi-directional element drive system includes a motor having a drive shaft, a cable anchor and a cable connector. The cable connector is carried on the drive shaft and has two ends connected to the cable anchor. In addition the drive system includes a support and a driven element. The driven element is displaced between a first position and a second position relative to the support by the motor.