Patent ID: 8082812
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: B60J,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicular closure system comprising: a housing having an axially extending opening on a bottom side which extends in a longitudinal plane; a cover having an axially extending opening on a top side which extends in a longitudinal plane, wherein the cover is connected to the bottom side of the housing with the openings being in alignment; a motor in the housing; a drive shaft connected to the motor to rotate in a first rotational direction and an opposite second rotational direction in response to being driven by the motor, wherein the drive shaft axially extends through the opening of the housing; a pinion axially extending in the openings of the housing and the cover, wherein the pinion is engaged to the drive shaft such that the pinion rotates in correspondence with the drive shaft; a pair of sliders extending in a longitudinal plane between the bottom side of the housing and the top side of the cover, wherein each slider is a U-shaped, flat slider having an inner leg and an outer leg connected at one end to a bridge, wherein the inner surface of each inner leg includes a gear rack, wherein the inner surfaces of the inner legs face one another and surround opposite sides of the pinion such that corresponding portions of the gear racks engage the respective opposite sides of the pinion whereby the sliders are longitudinally displaced away from one another in response to the pinion rotating in the first rotational direction and are longitudinally displaced toward one another in response to the pinion rotating in the second rotational direction, wherein the inner surface of the outer leg of each slider rests on and is guided in a sliding manner on the outer surface of the inner leg of the other slider such that the inner leg of each slider is clamped and guided between the pinion and the outer leg of the other slider.