Patent ID: 7540207

Claim:
A device for actuating doors of a vehicle comprising: an actuator element mounted within an actuation device for relative rotational movement with the actuator element about an axis M and reciprocal linear movement in a direction X wherein the direction X is parallel to the rotational axis M; a shaft element extending along axis M and having a first end connected to a door and a second end connected to a front surface of the actuator element; a drive means for sequentially driving one of ( 1 ) the actuator and ( 2 ) actuation device about axis M and thereafter in direction X through a stroke distance H between a first position and a second position; the actuation device comprises a cylinder element having rotational symmetry around axis M and having a front surface in which a carrier element is rotatably mounted about axis M; the carrier element has a coupling on a surface thereof which engages with a coupling on the front surface of the actuator element when the actuator element is in the first position; and link means for linking an outer surface of the actuator element to an inner surface of the actuation device.