Patent ID: 9464464
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: E05B,F16H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A drive unit for automotive applications with or in combination with a motor vehicle door lock, the drive unit including a housing, a motor with an associated motor shaft, and at least one spring element generating an axial force at one end of the motor shaft, wherein the spring element is located in at least one mount in the housing, and wherein the spring element has essentially a T-shaped design with an end plate and cantilevers on both opposing sides of the end plate, with the end plate acting upon the motor shaft, and at least the cantilevers being arranged in a receptacle, and wherein the end plate defines a U-shaped recess formed by the cantilevers being U-shape limbs on opposing sides of a U-base of the end plate to support the end of the motor shaft.