CN1846037A - Power actuator for automotive closure latch - Google Patents

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CN1846037A
CN1846037A CNA2004800256116A CN200480025611A CN1846037A CN 1846037 A CN1846037 A CN 1846037A CN A2004800256116 A CNA2004800256116 A CN A2004800256116A CN 200480025611 A CN200480025611 A CN 200480025611A CN 1846037 A CN1846037 A CN 1846037A
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斯科特·J·R·米切尔
伊万·D·伊莱亚
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05BLOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B81/00Power-actuated vehicle locks
    • E05B81/24Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by constructional features of the actuator or the power transmission
    • E05B81/25Actuators mounted separately from the lock and controlling the lock functions through mechanical connections
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05BLOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B81/00Power-actuated vehicle locks
    • E05B81/24Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by constructional features of the actuator or the power transmission
    • E05B81/50Powered actuators with automatic return to the neutral position by non-powered means, e.g. by springs
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05BLOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B81/00Power-actuated vehicle locks
    • E05B81/12Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by the function or purpose of the powered actuators
    • E05B81/14Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by the function or purpose of the powered actuators operating on bolt detents, e.g. for unlatching the bolt

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A power actuator for automotive door latches. The actuator includes an electric motor mounted in a housing. A worm is operatively coupled to the motor for driving rotation of the worm about an axis in a first rotational direction. A worm gear, which meshes with the worm, is mounted in the housing for rotation about an axis substantially orthogonal to the worm axis. A camshaft is mounted on the worm gear and has a rotation axis coincident with the gear axis. An output arm is affixed to the distal end of the camshaft for engaging the lever of a latch. The power actuator uses a reduced number of components.

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The power actuator that is used for automotive closure latch
Technical field
Present invention relates in general to a kind of power actuator that is used for the automobile breech lock, the power actuator that for example is used to discharge the power actuator of luggage case breech lock or is used to make locking bar between the locking and unlocking position, to move.
Background technology
A key factor of being considered when cost is Production Example such as motorized latch release device and so on car accessories.The number of the parts of formation power actuator is influential to product cost.Therefore, the known automobile that is used for cuts out the power actuator of breech lock and has than multi-part, therefore has the cost higher than the present invention.
Summary of the invention
Existing same device is compared the parts with lesser number on a kind of according to the preferred embodiment of the invention power actuator that is used for automotive closure latch and the market.
According to one embodiment of present invention, provide a kind of power actuator, this power actuator comprises: a housing; An electro-motor that is installed in the described housing; Be coupled to a running worm screw on the described motor, described motor is used to drive described worm screw and rotates along first rotation direction around an axis; Worm gear with described worm engaging, it is installed in the housing with around the rotational that is approximately perpendicular to described worm axis; A camshaft, it is installed on the worm gear, and has the pivot center that coincides with the worm gear axis, and described camshaft has a far-end; And output arm that is fixed on the cam shaft distal end.
Described power actuator can be used as latch release device.According to this embodiment, described latch release device comprises: a housing; An electro-motor that is installed in the described housing; Be coupled to a running worm screw on the described motor, described motor is used to drive described worm screw and rotates along first rotation direction around an axis; Worm gear with described worm engaging, it is installed in the housing with around the rotational that is approximately perpendicular to described worm axis; A camshaft, it is installed on the worm gear, and has the pivot center that coincides with the worm gear axis, and described camshaft has a far-end that extends to hull outside; And a cam that is fixed on place, camshaft outer end, its surface is used to engage described breech lock, is used under motor drives, along with worm gear turns to the second place and breech lock is moved to the off-position from fastening position from primary importance along first direction.
In the preferred embodiment of described releasing device, described worm screw has the minor diameter that helps described device overall size.Output cam also causes high total power output with combining of worm gear reducer system.
In the preferred embodiment of described latch release device, worm gear is biased and resists rotation from the primary importance to the second place.Provide a kind of biasing back-moving spring that repeatably unidirectional power output can be provided, and do not having under the situation of this spring, two-way torque/power output then is provided.
In a specific embodiment, described device comprises conductive contact piece, and described conductive contact piece to electrically contact with motor, extends to the outside of housing, to be connected to power supply simultaneously along with housing is molded and be embedded in the housing by plastic resin.The integrated of electrical connector is another example that obtains further function by means of the present invention described here under the situation that need not optional feature or complexity.
The housing of described latch release device can comprise an injection-molded closure plate, the cavity of wherein said housing and described plate have relative wall, described relative wall is configured as when described cavity and described plate are fixed together the housing in abutting connection with motor, and described plate further comprises protuberance, described protuberance extends to the side of enclosure interior with the adjacency motor shell, is used for stoping motor to move around.
Another preferred aspect, closure plate and described housing comprise a plurality of holes that communicate with each other, being arranged to allow simultaneously housing and closure plate to be tightened together in described hole, and will be close to the described device of described breech lock and can operate contiguous cam with these devices and tighten up.This technical scheme allows to utilize same fasteners that described unit is installed in main breech lock or the mechanism and the housing parts of described device is combined.Therefore described preferred embodiment provides and has been used for that power discharges or multiduty, customizable, compact, the mechanism cheaply of locking.
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Embodiments of the present invention is described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in described accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 a is mounted on the automobile and the three-dimensional view of motorized latch release device of the present invention in the closed position;
Fig. 1 b is similar to Fig. 1 a, and wherein, described motorized latch release device is shown in an open position;
Fig. 2 be from the part decomposition view of the similar vantage point of above accompanying drawing intercepting, the cover plate of latch release device is removed and part is decomposed electro-motor and worm gear arrangement to show described mechanism;
Fig. 3 be from the decomposition view more fully of the similar vantage point of above accompanying drawing intercepting, to show inner housing, worm gear and to be used for described worm gear towards the spring of closed position and the put area of motor;
Fig. 4 is the plane view of described worm gear situation lower house, spring and worm gear in the closed position, and wherein worm gear is in fastening position;
Fig. 5 is similar to Fig. 4, but worm gear turns to the open position shown in Fig. 1 fully.
Fig. 6 is the three-dimensional view of the outside of housing and opposite side shown in Figure 1;
Fig. 7 be from the three-dimensional view of the similar vantage point of Fig. 6, its part is decomposed to show motor and cover plate;
Fig. 8 is the vertical view in when orientation among described device such as Fig. 1;
Fig. 9 is the upward view in when orientation among described device such as Fig. 1;
Figure 10 be among described device such as Fig. 1 when orientation right end view elevation;
Figure 11 is the left end view elevation in when orientation among described device such as Fig. 1;
Figure 12 is the back elevation in when orientation among described device such as Fig. 1;
Figure 13 is observed worm gear plan view from the left side of Fig. 7;
Figure 14 is the cross sectional view of worm gear, and it illustrates the cam of installing with worm gear.
The specific embodiment
Referring to accompanying drawing, motorized latch release device 20 of the present invention is shown roughly among Fig. 1 a and Fig. 1 b.Among the figure, described device illustrates and is installed on the motor vehicle, discharges the luggage case of Long-distance Control to allow the driver.As shown in Fig. 1 a, luggage case is in the position of closing and locking.Breech lock 22---part of conventional luggage case locking mechanism---biasing along clockwise direction.Generally speaking, turn to the open position shown in Fig. 1 b by output cam 28 from the fastening position shown in Fig. 1 a, device 20 is operated.This clockwise rotates (as seen in Fig. 1 a and Fig. 1 b) forces breech lock 22 to move right off-position shown in the breech lock present position Fig. 1 b from its fastening position.Output cam 28 rotates back into the fastening position of Fig. 1 a automatically after reaching the fully open position.Below to install 20 and the operation be described in detail.
As shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, described device comprises a hollow housing 30 and a closure plate 32.These members are all injection molded as single plastic member in the single step operation.The socket that further describes below is integrally molded as the part of housing and is fixed in the plastic member, is used for the electro-motor 34 of described device is connected to external power source.Described housing and closure plate are made by suitable plastics, in this example, are made of the nylon resin of glass and mineral-reinforced.Usually selective polymer obtains high strength and high rigidity, dimensional stability and resistance to elevated temperatures.
As Fig. 2 and seen in fig. 3, electro-motor 34 comprises an output axostylus axostyle 36, the worm screw 38 of output axostylus axostyle 36 drive installations to this axostylus axostyle outer end.Described device comprise one with the worm gear 40 of this worm engaging, a helical spring 42 and a camshaft 44, output cam 28 is installed on the described camshaft 44.As described in detail later, these parts are arranged to: described spring makes the biasing of described worm gear, so make described output cam in the counterclockwise direction (from Fig. 1 and Fig. 3) towards closed position.Described motor running rotates along clockwise direction by the described worm gear of described worm drive, promptly rotates towards the open position shown in Fig. 1 b.
Electro-motor 34 is 200 series motor of high output torque, low backlash torque, and it has incorporate hot guard member, EMC protector and annular knurl axostylus axostyle (knurled shaft).Such motor for example can from MABUCHI MOTOR Co., Ltd (Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd) or North America Johnson electronics corporation (Johnson Electric North American Inc) buys.This motor is installed in the permanent position in the housing, just remains on the appropriate location in abutting connection with (positive abutment) by the surface with housing and closure plate.The cylindrical stub 48 of this motor is installed on the concave surface 46 of housing.Motor shell directly is adjacent to first and second surfaces 50,52.Be two row's triangle protuberances 54 on the inboard of closure plate 32, the end face 56 of described triangle protuberance 54 be provided with and be orientated to the inner surface area 58 of described plate together with the housing adjacency of motor.Cylindrical stub 60 is contained between the vertical component 62,64 of inner housing of described device, and the side surface of each member is in abutting connection with the non-move left and right to help shaft rod end with motor to remain on as the orientation among Fig. 1.Described motor comprises first and second openings 66,68, is provided with electric connection terminal in the described opening.Prap 70,72 is molded in the described housing, and is contained in the opening 66,68 of motor, and the terminals of each prap and motor electrically contact.
Described housing comprises a socket 74 with the first and second pin 75a, 75b, and it externally is molded as the described housing rear portion part of (as being orientated among Fig. 1) the described first and second pin 75a, 75b.Each is electrically connected to pillar 70,72 by an insertion wire described pin.Preferably, described socket and pin are designed to hold the plug of a standard, and being used for provides electric power to the motor of described latch release device.Yet the electrical connector of any appropriate format all meets the demands.
Rotate back into the driving mechanism of described device, the drive end of axostylus axostyle 36 extends beyond outside the end of cylinder 60 approximately 1.5cm, and axostylus axostyle 36 suitably is installed on the cylinder 60.The free end of described axostylus axostyle has wrinkle ridge (knurled ridge) (not shown) of the longitudinal axis that is parallel to described axostylus axostyle, and described wrinkle ridge is pressed into the about 7mm length of axostylus axostyle.Worm screw 38 is tubuloses, and its interior diameter is slightly smaller than the external diameter of axostylus axostyle 36, thereby worm screw is contained in and causes life expectancy that enough tight sliding fit (snugfit) is used for described device all on the axostylus axostyle.In the process that worm screw is assembled on the axostylus axostyle, the ridge on the axostylus axostyle is a little radially to internal strain, and described ridge helps to guarantee that described worm screw is rigidly fixed on the axostylus axostyle, so as in the operation process of described device not with respect to described spindle rotation.
Worm gear 40 is preferably injection molded by the single step of homopolymers acetal (homopolymer acetal), and selecting the homopolymers acetal is because it has low-friction coefficient, high-wearing feature and dimensional stability.Also can replace with other material.Worm gear is molded to include a tubulose axostylus axostyle 80 (see figure 7)s is installed.Axostylus axostyle 80 is received in the open end of cylindrical installed part 82, and this cylindrical installed part 82 is integrally molded in the housing 30.The external diameter of axostylus axostyle 80 is about 1cm.The interior diameter of the external diameter of axostylus axostyle 80 and cylinder installed part 82 size each other is approaching, thereby has only very little play between two members, but worm gear can freely rotate with respect to cylinder installed part 82 simultaneously.Abutment surface is very smooth, and has circular cross-section, and worm gear is rotated the frictional resistance that presents minimum around described axostylus axostyle central axis.
In the embodiment shown, the external diameter of worm gear 40 is approximately 2.7cm, and simultaneously the width of wheel rim is that described toe joint of taking turns touches part and is approximately 1.1cm, and the overall height of wheel shaft 80 is about 1.6cm.One retainer 84 is molded as the part of worm gear.Retainer 84 is given prominence to about 4mm from tooth rim, and is approximately 45 degree around the circumference extension of wheel rim.Under the situation of desired output rotational angle for full 360 degree, this retainer 84 can save.The retainer 86 and the distance that installed part 82 is radially spaced of a part that is molded as housing is slightly littler than the radial distance between the center of gear stop 84 and axostylus axostyle 80.Housing retainer 86 is adjusted with wheel retainer 84 and is rotated (angle) distance, and (Fig. 1 a) and between the open position (Fig. 1 b) moves, and rotation distance is about 270 ° in fastening position to allow worm gear.Housing retainer 86 residing arc length are approximately 45 °, and gear stop 84 residing arc length are approximately 45 °, thereby these two retainers have extended about 90 ° altogether along its common residing public circumference.When worm gear 40 is suitably installed and is in fastening position, describedly take turns the abutment surface 90 of retainer and the abutment surface 92 of housing retainer is adjacent to each other, to stop clockwise rotating of worm gear.(see Fig. 1 b) when described worm gear rotates counterclockwise extreme open position, the abutment surface 94,96 of described gear stop and housing retainer correspondingly is adjacent to each other, so that stop the further motion counterclockwise of worm gear.Because the combination distance of two retainers on public circumference is 90 °, the rotation of worm gear between fastening position and open position amounts to 270 °.As can further understanding from below, this is that cam 28 discharges rotation (angle) distance of advancing in the operating process of described breech lock at described device.
Worm gear 40 by helical spring 42 towards closed position.Spring 42 is installed in the general toroidal space set between the inner surface 100 of the external surface of inner surface 98, worm gear axostylus axostyle 80 of wheel rim and gear wall 102.What be positioned at described annular space is protuberance 104, and protuberance 104 gives prominence to and be used as the pallet of spring hooked end 106 from gear wall.Protuberance 104 comprises over-hang part 108.Axially-movable by stoping the spring unci (as be parallel to the wheel central axis and away from the motion on the direction of inwall 102), over-hang part 108 helps mounting spring in described device assembling process, and helps to guarantee that the unci 106 at spring described in the process of described device running can the described pallet of slippage.Spring end 110 is hook-shaped, to be buckled on the surface of shell 96.It should be noted that at this gear stop 84 roughly is positioned at the radial outside of spring 42 usually and is spaced from, but hook portion 110 is radially outward given prominence to and is buckled on the surface 96 from the remainder of spring, and the surface 94 in abutting connection with gear stop is arranged on this surface 96 diametrically.By hook portion is arranged in the recess 112, provide to be used for retainer 84 and when worm gear turns to fastening position, to advance by the gap of hook portion 110, as shown in Figure 3, recess 112 surrounds cylindrical installed parts 82 and also extending radially outwardly around retainer 86.Therefore hook portion 110 and retainer 84 axially spaced (towards the bottom of described housing) are passed through hook portion 110 to allow retainer 84.
Spring 42 is mounted to and is in constant tension, and is preferably made by spring steel wire and stainless steel.This causes applying consistently one towards promptly follow the usual practice clockwise bias force among Fig. 1 a and Fig. 1 b of fastening position on worm gear.Along with worm gear is rotating (as described in greater detail) by motor under by the effect of the power that worm screw provided, the tension force on the spring increases.
The motive power of motor 34 is delivered to worm gear 40 by worm screw 38.Screw thread 76 soldered tooths 114 of worm screw, and the axial pitch of described tooth 114 and pitch are designed to axial pitch and pitch engagement with worm thread.Therefore the actuating of motor 34 causes worm screw 38 to clockwise rotate (left side from Fig. 1 a), and this causes worm gear 40 to rotate in the counterclockwise direction again---see among Fig. 1 a.By applying that suitable electric current comes driven motor 34 can be by being operated suitable wiring by the operator button or by realizations such as actuation circuits under Long-distance Control.In the position of Fig. 4, be about 330Nmm by the torque of spring action on worm gear, and when worm gear is in position shown in Figure 5, be about 380Nmm from the torque of spring.
As described, when worm gear turned over about 270 ° angle and turns to the position of opening fully, the rotation of worm gear 40 stopped by the adjacency of stop surface 94,96 the most at last.Therefore worm gear stops operating, and has stoped the worm screw rotation, makes motor 34 stalls.To the power cut of motor supply, and the energy of storing in the wind spring makes worm gear rotate back into fastening position.
Worm gear 40 has a centre bore 116, and centre bore 116 holds an axostylus axostyle 44 that is installed on the cam 28.Described cam and axostylus axostyle are injection molded into single member, and it is made of the plastics identical with worm gear.The exterior contour in the cross section of axostylus axostyle 44 matches with the cross section of the centre bore of worm gear 116, and described cross section is non-circular.Therefore to be contained in axostylus axostyle 44 in the described hole be fixing and opposing with respect to the rotational of worm gear.The axostylus axostyle 44 that is mounted is the center with the central axis of worm gear also, thereby when worm gear during around rotational, cam shaft is also around this rotational.Need be pointed out that further that engaging between the surface in axostylus axostyle 44 and described hole is used for the cam orientation, with close and open position between turn round.
As described further below, after closure plate and housing assembling, cam 28 is mounted to the part of described device.This is to finish by the trimmer on the free end of axostylus axostyle 44 150.Each trimmer is positioned at an end of finger 152, and described finger is radially spaced on the opposite side of the central axis of axostylus axostyle 44 each other.Each trimmer comprises abutment surface 154, and described abutment surface 154 relatively and be adjacent to around the surface 156 of worm gear 40 centre bores.Relative with tab surface 154 is the surface 158 of axostylus axostyle 44, and surface 160 adjacency of surface 158 and worm gear.Therefore, in order to install, camshaft 44 passes hole 162 and inserts in the worm wheel aperture 116.The inner surface of the chamfering front surface 164 of trimmer narrower part 117 of 116 against the hole, during the inner surface of described trimmer narrower part 117 when passing throat described resilent finger is pressed together, described resilent finger finally bounces back into the installation site shown in Figure 14, be adjacent to each other on this surface, installation site 154,156, and surface 158,160 is adjacent to each other, and makes it to resist the axially-movable with respect to worm gear so that cam is fixed.
The cross section profile of cam face is wing.The rotation of camshaft 44 moves to off-position with breech lock 22 from fastening position by cam face, shown in Fig. 1 a and Fig. 1 b.Along with axostylus axostyle 44 rotates, be marked as 118 cam surface area contact breech lock 22 substantially.Take place along with this rotates, the radial distance of the contact portion that contacts with breech lock of cam face (from the center of axostylus axostyle) increases, and causes breech lock to carry out positive motion towards the off-position from fastening position.As mentioned above, worm gear and stationary cam rotate always, up to reaching the position 28a (Fig. 1 b) that opens fully, and motor 34 stalls, this stall causes cam finally to turn back to fastening position.
Cam contour will be exported the linear power of torque conversion, and this linear force pushing movable bar, plate and other people wish the parts of power that it is applied.This cam plays the effect of the further worm-gear drive ratio of system, and wherein the small distance that promotes that rotates fully by cam is appreciated that the bigger power that has been applied by cam.
Because when luggage case was opened under situations such as heavy rain, the device of being installed may can be exposed to a spot of water once in a while.In order to reduce the possibility that these exposures bring infringement, the periphery of the closed edge of winding board is provided for the passage of these liquid flows.Therefore be molded as housing 30 a part ridge 120 and be molded as that the ridge 122 of a part of closure plate 32 is moulding to be become in abutting connection with (respectively in abutting connection with closure plate and housing) apparent surface, to provide limited sealing to entering of water.In addition, described ridge is a little inwardly spaced apart from limit periphery, thereby forms a liquid flow path 124 around the periphery of described ridge.
In the manufacture process of device 20, by single rigging screw 126 of passing plate hole 128, housing 30 and closure plate 32 fit together easily, and shank of screw is contained in the housing bore 130.The cross section of the section ratio shank of screw in hole 130 is little, thereby the screw thread of screw is embedded in the plastic wall of housing in assembling process.
Described housing and plate have other three pairs of holes that communicate 132,134,136.Use in the process that described device is installed on the automatic breech lock by securing member 138,140,142 in these holes.When installing, on the outer plate surfaces around the surface of the zone 144,146,148 in these holes and automobile just adjacency contact.(this can similarly be used for the exterior zone of housing around described hole.) like this, when the remainder of described device and breech lock is installed, be sandwiched in by housing and closure member between the head and car surface of securing member 138,140,142, pressure further is applied on housing and the closure plate, and the plate zone 144,146,148 of housing and closure member and car surface are just in abutting connection with contacting.
The spring 42 of shown device can not wanted, and this makes worm gear no longer be subjected to bias force certainly.In this case, the control circuit of described device can change, with along first direction and second direction CD-ROM drive motor, thereby respectively cam is moved to the second place (nominal move to fastening position from open position) from the primary importance shown in Fig. 1 a and Fig. 1 b, and cam is moved to primary importance from the second place.Therefore described device for example is used for suitably moving being latched between first and second positions alternatively, and for example locking bar can move between the locking and unlocking position.Being appreciated that cam or other output arm can have is used for the differently contoured of different purposes.
Shown embodiment is specifically described for purpose of description.Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand and can carry out multiple change and can not deviate from spirit of the present invention embodiment described here.

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1, a kind of latch release device comprises:
Housing;
Be installed in the electro-motor in the described housing;
Be coupled to running the worm screw on the described motor, described motor is used to drive described worm screw and rotates along first rotation direction around an axis;
With the worm gear of described worm engaging, it is installed in and is used for the rotational that is approximately perpendicular to described worm axis around one in the described housing;
Camshaft, it is installed on the described worm gear, and has the pivot center that coincides with described worm gear axis, and the remote extension of described camshaft is to the outside of housing;
Be fixed on the cam on the described outer end of described camshaft, its surface is used to engage described breech lock, be used under the control of motor, along with described worm gear turns to the second place and described breech lock is moved to the off-position from fastening position along first direction from primary importance.
2, device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said worm gear are setovered and are resisted rotation from the primary importance to the second place.
3, device as claimed in claim 2, the described biasing that wherein said worm gear is subjected to is provided by a spring that is connected between described worm gear and the housing, thereby along with described worm gear turns to the described second place from described primary importance under the control of described motor, energy is delivered to described spring from described motor, and when described motor cut off the power supply, the energy that described spring is stored made the described worm gear edge second direction opposite with first direction rotate and turns to primary importance from the second place.
4, device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said worm gear comprise one be pivotally mounted on the described housing axostylus axostyle and with the isolated outer rim of described axostylus axostyle, the tooth that described outer rim supporting and described worm screw mesh, and described spring is a helical spring between described axostylus axostyle and wheel rim.
5, as claim 1 or 3 described devices, wherein said housing comprises an injection moulding tubulose installed part that extends in the described enclosure interior, and described worm gear is installed in rotation on this injection moulding tubulose installed part.
6, device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said housing comprises one first Unitarily molded with it retainer and one second retainer, and described worm gear comprises one first retainer and one second retainer, wherein when worm gear is in primary importance, described first retainer adjoins each other, is rotated in a second direction, to stop worm gear, and when worm gear is in the second place, described second retainer adjoins each other, and is rotated in a second direction, to stop worm gear.
7, device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said device further comprises an injection-molded closure plate, and described housing comprises a cavity, described housing has relative wall with described plate, and described relative wall is configured as when described cavity and described plate are fixed together the housing in abutting connection with motor, and described plate further comprises protuberance, and described protuberance extends in the enclosure interior with the side of adjacency motor shell, is used for stoping motor to move around.
8, device as claimed in claim 7, wherein said cavity comprises Unitarily molded with it upright perimeter ridge, described upright perimeter ridge is configured as the inner surface in abutting connection with described plate, and the plate of described housing comprises Unitarily molded with it upright perimeter ridge, this upright perimeter ridge is configured as the inner surface in abutting connection with described housing, preventing that water from flowing into the inside of described housing, and wherein said ridge is arranged to provide a water stream channel around its periphery.
9, device as claimed in claim 8, the tubulose installed part of wherein said housing has the open end, described worm gear is by means of stretching out from worm gear and being contained in the axostylus axostyle this open end and being installed in rotation in this open end, described worm gear comprises and the isolated wheel rim of described axostylus axostyle, and described spring is between the tubulose installed part of described wheel rim and described housing.
10, device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said shell plates comprises a hole that communicates with the centre bore of described worm gear, to allow described camshaft therefrom to pass, and the far-end of wherein said camshaft comprises at least one resilent finger, described resilent finger passes the described hole that communicates, and it has apparent surface with described worm gear in abutting connection with the surface that contacts, and axially extracts out from described worm wheel aperture to stop described camshaft.
11, device as claimed in claim 10, the described cam face that wherein is used to engage described breech lock is orientated to: along with described worm gear rotates along described first direction, described breech lock is moved along a direction, and this direction have and the uneven vector part of the rotation direction of described worm gear axostylus axostyle.
12, device as claimed in claim 7 further comprises the conductive contact piece that is embedded in along with the molded of described housing in the described housing, and described conductive contact piece and described motor electrically contact, and the outside that extends to described housing is to be connected to power supply.
13, device as claimed in claim 7, wherein said housing and closure plate comprise a plurality of holes that communicate with each other, and described hole is arranged to allow simultaneously described housing and closure plate tightens together and will be close to the described device of described breech lock and can operate contiguous cam with it and tighten up.
14, a kind of latch release device, it comprises:
Housing;
Be installed in the electro-motor in the described housing;
Be coupled to running the worm screw on the described motor, described motor is used to drive described worm screw and rotates along first rotation direction around an axis;
With the worm gear of described worm engaging, it is installed in and is used in the described housing around the rotational that is approximately perpendicular to described worm axis;
Camshaft, it is installed on the described worm gear, and has the pivot center that coincides with described worm gear axis, and the remote extension of described camshaft is to the outside of described housing;
Be fixed on the cam at the place, described outer end of described camshaft, its surface is used to engage described breech lock, is used for along with described worm gear turns to the second place and breech lock is moved to the off-position from fastening position from primary importance at the control lower edge of motor first direction;
Wherein by being connected the spring between described worm gear and the housing, described worm gear is setovered and is resisted rotation from the primary importance to the second place, thereby along with described worm gear turns to the described second place from described primary importance under the control of motor, energy is delivered to described spring from described motor, when motor cut off the power supply, energy stored made worm gear turn to primary importance along the second direction opposite with first direction from the second place in the spring.
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