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Driving apparatus and door lock

US11174662B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 2017
Grant dateNov 16, 2021
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Expiry dateSep 1, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H2057/02082
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A drive apparatus includes a sun gear, a ring gear, a carrier which supports planetary gears, a drive source which drives the ring gear as an input element, and fixing mechanism which fixes selectively one output element of the sun gear as a first output element and the carrier as a second output element so as not to rotate, and driving force is outputted from the other output element which is other than the one output element of the sun gear and the carrier fixed by the fixing mechanism.

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