Patent ID: 7261334
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An actuating assembly for a closure panel of a motor vehicle, said actuating assembly comprising: a ratchet engageable with a striker of the closure panel, said ratchet including a cinch surface and a drive surface defining an opening therebetween; a sector gear movable in opposing first and second directions, said sector gear including a drive pin extending out perpendicularly therefrom and received within said opening of said ratchet for selective engagement with said cinch and drive surfaces thereof; a motor spaced apart from said sector gear, said motor including an output shaft extending out therefrom, said output shaft drivable in cinching and releasing directions from a park position; a transmission operatively connected between said output shaft and said sector gear for moving said sector gear in said first direction in order to drive said drive pin against said cinch surface of said ratchet to lock the striker within said ratchet when said output shaft is drivable in said cinching direction and for moving said sector gear in said second direction in order to drive said drive pin against said drive surface of said ratchet to release the striker from said ratchet when said output shaft is drivable in said releasing direction; and a spring having one end disposed within said opening and engageable with said drive pin for forcing said sector gear into movement in said first direction in order to return said motor to said park position after said motor is turned off and said output shaft has moved in the releasing direction.