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Granted Patent B2
US 12,129,704 · App. 18/042,618 · Granted Oct 29, 2024

Opening apparatus for a motor vehicle door element

Inventor: Uwe Reddmann (Essen, DE)
Assignee: Kiekert AG
E05F15/627E05B81/56E05Y2201/626E05Y2900/531
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Patent No.
US 12,129,704
App. No.
18/042,618
Granted
Oct 29, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An opening apparatus for a motor vehicle door element, comprising an electric drive, an actuator, more particularly a pusher element, acting on the door element, wherein the actuator can be adjusted by means of the electric drive and a transmission arranged between the electric drive and the actuator, such that the door element can be at least opened by means of the actuator, wherein a discontinuous transmission ratio is made possible by means of the transmission.

Claims (19)

1. An opening apparatus for a motor vehicle door element, comprising:

an electric drive,

an actuator that includes a pusher element that acts on the door element, wherein the actuator is adjustable by the electric drive, and

a transmission arranged between the electric drive and the actuator, such that the door element is at least opened by the actuator, wherein the transmission is configured to cause a varied transmission ratio of movement of the electric drive to movement of the actuator driven by the transmission,

wherein the transmission has at least two mutually cooperating levers that engage one another in at least a first engagement region and a second engagement region, and

wherein the transmission ratio is a function of a spacing between the first engagement region and the second engagement region.

2. The opening apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two mutually cooperating levers are pivotably accommodated in the opening apparatus.

3. The opening apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a first lever of the at least two mutually cooperating levers is pivotably attached to the pusher element.

4. The opening apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein at least one further lever of the at least two mutually cooperating levers is engageable with the first lever for transmitting a torque to the first lever.

5. The opening apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two mutually cooperating levers are brought into engagement with one another such that at least two effective radii are provided in the transmission.

6. The opening apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the at least two effective radii are in the different engagement regions of the at least two mutually cooperating levers and are spaced apart from one another at the at least two mutually cooperating levers.

7. The opening apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the at least two mutually cooperating levers engage with each other in a form-fitting mutual engagement in the engagement regions.

8. The opening apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the at least two mutually cooperating levers are configured for rolling off of the engagement regions.

9. The opening apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an electric lock, wherein the opening apparatus interacts with the electric lock.

10. The opening apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transmission includes at least one of a gear wheel and a Bowden cable.

11. The opening apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the first lever is pivotably attached to an outer end of the pusher element.

12. The opening apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a first effective radius corresponds to a force transmission ratio higher than a force transmission ratio that corresponds to a second effective radius, and

wherein the second effective radius corresponds to a speed transmission ratio higher than a speed transmission ratio that corresponds to the first effective radius.

13. The opening apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein a ratio of the first effective radius to the second effective radius is 1:2.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2023
From: REDDMANN, UWE
To: KIEKERT AG
Reel/Frame 063699/0427 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 124 099.6 · Sep 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240026723A1 · Jan 25, 2024
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