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Actuator assembly

US7114407B1 · kind B1 · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 21, 1999
Grant dateOct 3, 2006
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/18824
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An actuator assembly (10) including a motor (1) having a body portion (14) and a drive shaft (16), the drive shaft being drivably connected to a pinion (18), the pinion drivingly engaging an array of gear teeth (20) of a gear rack (22) the array of gear teeth having a first side (21) adjacent the motor, in which the gear rack is pivotally mounted via a pivot about a pivot axis (25A) on said first side (21) of the array of gear teeth (20).

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