Patent ID: 11959550
Assignee: DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. An actuation mechanism, comprising:
one or more motors having a motor output shaft with a sun gear;
a planetary gear assembly comprising:
a fixed non-rotating ring gear;
a carrier, wherein said carrier comprises a first portion and a second portion;
an output gear; and
one or more planetary gears,

wherein at least a portion of said one or more planetary gears are drivingly connected to at least a portion of said carrier, said sun gear, said fixed non-rotating ring gear, and said output gear,
wherein said planetary gear assembly of said actuation mechanism is non-back drivable, and
wherein said first portion and said second portion are two separate portions directly attached to each other in a press-fit manner, said first portion and said second portion having the same length along an axial direction of said carrier.