Patent ID: 6460295
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
The combination of a moveable closure of a motor vehicle and an electrically operated actuator for operating the moveable closure of the motor vehicle comprising a planetary gear set including a sun gear, a plurality of pinion gears rotatably mounted on a planet carrier and interengaging with the sun gear, and a ring gear interengaging with the pinion gears; the sun gear, planet carriers and ring gear being rotatable about an axis; an electric motor non-declutchebly connected to the ring gear of the planetary gear set to rotate the ring gear about the axis whenever the electrical motor is energized; an electrically actuated brake connected to the sun gear to brake rotation of the sun gear about the axis whenever the electrical motor is energized; a driver rotatably driven by the planet carrier connected to the moveable closure whereby the moveable closure may be operated electrically when the electric motor and the electrically actuated brake are energized or operated manually when the electric motor and the electrically actuated brake are deenergized.