Patent ID: 7034667

Claim:
In a deployment apparatus for extending a safety device for a school bus, said safety device being attached to a connector which is rotated about a pivot pin that is turned by a friction clutch driven by an output shaft, an improvement comprising: a gear box having a substantially rectangular cross-section with two opposite long ends and two opposite short ends; an L-shaped bracket integrally molded together with the gear box along one long end into a unitary structure; and an electric motor operatively connected to the gear box and configured to drive the output shaft; wherein said L-shaped bracket has closed-end elongated slots through which fasteners extend to secure the unitary structure to an inside wall of the deployment apparatus; wherein said L-shaped bracket has a first leg and a second leg substantially perpendicular to the first leg; wherein said gear box and the front leg of the L-shaped bracket have a bore formed therein; wherein the output shaft extends through the bore; and wherein a center line through the bore is parallel to the plane of the second leg of the L-shaped bracket.