Patent Grant
11187024
This application is the U.S. National Phase of PCT Application No. PCT/EP2017/072274, filed on Sep. 5, 2017, which claims priority to German Patent Application No. 10 2016 216 879.7, filed on Sep. 6, 2016, the disclosures of which are incorporated in their entirety by reference herein.
The disclosure relates to a drive device for an adjustment installation for adjusting a vehicle part, in particular a power window actuator.
Vehicles may include one or more drive devices to adjust a vehicle part. A drive device of this type may include a carrier element, a cable drum, and a cable exit housing which is disposable on the carrier element and which mounts the cable drum so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis and which by way of at least one housing portion is attachable to the carrier element. A motor unit serves for electromotively driving the cable drum.
A drive device of this type may include a carrier element, a cable drum, and a cable exit housing which may be disposed on the carrier element and which mounts the cable drum so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis and which by way of at least one housing portion is attachable to the carrier element. A motor unit serves for electromotively driving the cable drum.
The drive device may be a component part of a power window installation and can thus serve for adjusting a window glass. However, such a drive installation can also serve for adjusting another adjustment element, for example a sliding roof or the like, in a vehicle.
In the case of a power window actuator, one or a plurality of guide rails on which one entrainment element that is coupled to a window glass is in each case guided can be disposed in an apparatus carrier of a door module, for example. The entrainment element is coupled to the drive device by way of a flexurally limp traction cable which is conceived for transmitting (exclusively) tensile forces, wherein the traction cable is disposed on the cable drum in such a manner that the traction cable, in a rotating movement of the cable drum, by way of one end is wound onto the cable drum and by way of another end is unwound from the cable drum. A displacement of a cable loop formed by the traction cable thus takes place in a manner corresponding to a movement of the entrainment element along the respectively assigned guide rail. The window glass, driven by the drive device, can thus be adjusted so as to release or close a window opening on a door on the side of a vehicle, for example.
It is an object underlying the proposed solution to make available a drive device which is particularly simple to assemble and when in operation can have a favorable operational behavior.
One or more objects may be achieved by a subject matter having features as described herein.
Accordingly, the carrier element has a contact structure having a plurality of elevations and depressions that are successively lined up and are mutually disposed in an alternating manner. The at least one housing portion of the cable exit housing by way of a base portion is attachable to the contact structure.
For example, the contact structure can extend annularly about the rotation axis on the carrier element, wherein the elevations and depressions are successively lined up in an alternating circumferential manner about the rotation axis. The elevations and depressions herein may form a periodically encircling structure having radially extending peaks and troughs.
The contact structure can in particular extend annularly about an opening in the carrier element, the cable drum by way of said opening in terms of gearing being connected to the motor unit.
On account of depressions and elevations being successively lined up in an alternating manner, a structure is produced on the carrier element which, on the one hand, causes a reinforcement where the cable exit housing is attached to the carrier element is achieved there on the carrier element. On the other hand, by attaching the cable exit housing to the contact structure by way of one or a plurality of housing portions, the cable exit housing can be disposed in a rotationally fixed and advantageously play-free manner on the carrier element, such that that an advantageous position of the cable exit housing on the carrier element results by way of a fixed connection between the cable exit housing and the carrier element.
The contact structure by way of the elevations and depressions thereof that are successively lined up in an alternating manner can configure, for example, a corrugated structure in which the elevations are formed by corrugation peaks, and the depressions are formed by corrugation troughs. The elevations and depressions herein are advantageously successively lined up in a uniform manner, this enabling the cable exit housing to be attached to the carrier element in various positions, specifically in those positions that are mutually rotated about the rotation axis.
The corrugated structure on the carrier element may be formed by a corrugated design at a non-variable thickness of the carrier element. On account of the corrugated shaping of the carrier element in the region of the contact structure, material accumulations can be avoided in this way, this being able to minimize any distortion and thus reduce deviations from a nominal shape (which otherwise could lead to an out-of-round running and thus to a generation of noise when in operation).
In order for a favorable position of the cable exit housing to be obtained on the carrier element, the base portion can have a profile that is complementary to that of the contact structure of the carrier element, for example. Accordingly, the base portion can have elevations and/or depressions that are complementary to the elevations and depressions, for example, such that the base portion can be attached in a planar manner to the support element so as to bear in a positive-locking manner on the contact structure.
For example, the base portion can have one or a plurality of depressions which can be inserted into one or a plurality of elevations of the contact structure. The base portion can likewise have one or a plurality of depressions which can receive one or a plurality of elevations of the contact structure.
The base portion, in terms of the shaping thereof, is thus adapted to the contact structure. A plurality of different discrete positions in which the cable exit housing can be attached to the contact structure results.
The base portion herein can have a substantially rigid shape such that the base portion when attached to the contact structure if at all deforms only to a minor extent.
In one alternative variant, the base portion can at least in portions be elastic such that the base portion, when attaching the cable exit housing to the carrier element, can be elastically deformed. The base portion in this variant is not mandatorily pre-shaped so as to be complementary to the contact structure. The base portion can also adapt to the contact structure by way of an elastic deformation only when the cable exit housing is being attached to the carrier element, thus attaining a position on the contact structure that is fixed in a positive-locking manner by way of the base portion.
When the base portion is at least in portions elastic, damping in relation to vibrations can also be provided during operation by way of said base portion. The base portion in this case acts in a damping manner between the cable exit housing and the carrier element.
If the base portion is to be elastically deformed when the cable exit housing is being attached to the carrier element, it can be provided that the housing portion is configured from a plurality of materials so as to design the housing portion to be softer in particular in the region of the base portion and to thus enable an elastic deformation on the base portion. To this end, it can be provided that the housing portion in a first region is made from a first material having a first elasticity modulus and in a second region, in particular in the region of the base portion, is made from a second material having a lower, second elasticity modulus. The housing portion in the region of the base portion can in this way be designed so as to be softer, thus more elastic, such that a deformation can take place in particular in the region of the base portion when the cable exit housing is being attached to the contact structure of the carrier element.
The elasticity modulus (also referred to as tensile modulus, coefficient of elasticity, elongation modulus, E modulus, or Young's modulus), is understood to be a material indicator which describes the correlation between tension and elongation in the deformation of a solid body when behaving in a linear-elastic manner. The higher the elasticity modulus, the more rigid the material.
Establishing the cable exit housing in a rotationally fixed manner on the carrier element can already be performed by attaching the cable exit housing by way of one or a plurality of housing portions to the contact structure of the carrier element. Additionally, one or a plurality of positive-lock elements which are radially spaced apart from the rotation axis and which (for engaging in positive-lock openings on the base portions of the housing portions of the cable exit housing) are molded on the carrier element, for example, or (for engaging in positive-lock openings on the carrier element) are molded on the base portions of the housing portion can be provided for securing the cable exit housing in a rotational manner in relation to the carrier element.
In one concrete design embodiment the positive-lock element is disposed on the carrier element and projects so as to be parallel to the rotation axis from the contact structure. When attaching the cable exit housing to the carrier element, the positive-lock element comes to engage with a positive-lock opening on a base portion of a housing portion such that an (additional) positive lock along a stress direction that is directed about the rotation axis is formed in this way between the cable exit housing and the carrier element.
The positive-lock element herein, when attaching the cable exit housing to the carrier element, can latch in the positive-lock opening such that a captive retention of the cable exit housing on the carrier element is achieved by way of the positive-lock element. This can be particularly helpful in the assembly so as to prevent the cable exit housing from falling off the carrier element after said cable exit housing has been attached to the latter.
The positive-lock opening can be formed by an arcuate slot opening, for example. Accordingly, the positive-lock element is configured as a projecting arcuate rib.
The base portion by way of the positive-lock opening can in particular be separated from other regions of the housing portion of the cable exit housing, on account of which the elasticity on the base portion can be set in a desired manner, for example. In order for the deformation capability of the base portion to be increased, it can be provided herein, for example, that the slot-shaped positive-lock opening on the housing portion runs so far that said positive-lock opening also extends into side walls of the housing portion that extend from the base portion. On account of this separation of the base portion, for example from a rear wall of the housing portion, the base portion can adapt in an elastic manner to the shaping of the contact structure when the cable exit housing is attached to the carrier element.
The drive device may include a drive housing which is disposed on a side of the carrier element that faces away from the cable drum housing and which mounts a drive wheel which in terms of gearing is connected to a motor unit. The cable exit housing advantageously has a first bearing element for mounting the cable drum, and the drive housing has a second bearing element for mounting the drive wheel. In one design embodiment herein, the cable exit housing and the drive housing are fastened to one another by way of a fastening element which acts between the first bearing element and the second bearing element.
A very simple assembly results on account of the cable exit housing on one first side of the carrier element, and the drive housing on the other, second side of the carrier element, being fastened to one another and therefore being established on the carrier element by way of a (single) fastening element which acts between the first bearing element and the second bearing element. For assembly, the cable exit housing, on the one hand, and the drive housing, on the other hand, can in particular be attached to the carrier element so as to thereafter connect the cable exit housing and the drive housing to one another, such as mutually brace in an axial manner said cable exit housing and said drive housing, by way of the fastening element, for example a screw element.
For example, in the case of an arrangement according to the intended use on a vehicle, the cable drum is disposed on a door on the side of the vehicle, for example in a wet space, while the motor unit of the drive device lies in a dry space. The separation between the wet space and the dry space herein can be provided by the carrier element, for example an apparatus carrier, made of plastics, of a door module. Such a wet space/dry space separation can be maintained in a simple manner on account of the assembly of the cable exit housing on the one side of the carrier element and of the drive housing on the other side of the carrier element, and on account of the connection by way of a (single) central fastening element, without said wet space/dry space separation being compromised by fastening elements that engage from one side to the other.
The first bearing element serves for mounting the cable drum and to this end can for example be configured as a cylindrical bearing dome which projects from a base of the cable exit housing. Moreover, the second bearing element of the drive housing, which serves for mounting the drive wheel on the side of the carrier element that faces away from the cable drum, can be configured as a cylindrical bearing dome on the drive housing. The bearing domes are axially mutually braced by way of the fastening element, such that the cable exit housing, on the one hand, and the drive housing, on the other hand, are established on the carrier element by way of said bracing.
In order to ensure that the first bearing element of the cable exit housing and the second bearing element of the drive housing are attached to one another in a positionally correct manner when assembling, one of the bearing elements may have a conical portion (a so-called centering cone) while the other bearing element has a centering engagement which can be configured, for example, by a conical opening. When the cable exit housing is attached to the carrier element, on the one hand, and the drive housing is attached to the carrier element, on the other hand, the conical portion and the entering engagement come to mutually engage such that the first bearing element of the cable exit housing and the second bearing element of the drive housing are mutually centered and it is ensured that the first bearing element of the cable exit housing and the second bearing element of the drive housing are aligned so as to be mutually coaxial.
In an embodiment, the center-aligning engagement between the conical portion, on the one hand, and the centering engagement, on the other hand, can be established only when bracing during the assembly, for example. It can thus be provided that, in a first assembly position in which the cable exit housing and the drive housing are disposed on the carrier element but are not yet mutually axially braced by way of the fastening element, the conical portion and the centering engagement have mutual axial play. The conical portion and the centering engagement in the first assembly position thus do not directly bear on one another. Conical area portions of the conical portion, on the one hand, and of the centering engagement, on the other hand, have in particular not yet slid onto one another. In a second assembly position, in which the cable exit housing and the drive housing are mutually axially braced by way of the fastening element, the conical portion and the centering engagement do however bear on one another. The play between the first bearing element and the second bearing element, as existed in the first assembly position, is thus eliminated in the second assembly position. The first bearing element and the second bearing element are mutually centered on account of the conical portion and the centering engagement bearing on one another.
In the bracing of the cable exit housing in relation to the drive housing by way of the fastening element that is configured as a screw element, for example, it can be provided that the cable exit housing is elastically deformed in one region or in a plurality of regions. Any play between the cable exit housing, the carrier element, and the drive housing, as well as any play in the mounting of the cable drum, can be equalized on account of such a deformation capability.
Such an elastic deformation capability can be made available by way of a targeted shaping on portions of the cable exit housing. Such an elastic deformation capability can be provided, for example, on the base of the cable exit housing from which the first bearing element projects. The base herein is connected to the carrier element by way of the at least one housing portion which is radially spaced apart from the first bearing element of the cable exit housing, such that the base lies away from the carrier element and the cable drum is received within the cable exit housing.
One or a plurality of structural elements for reinforcing the base can be provided on the base, for example. Reinforcement ribs which extend radially in relation to the rotation axis, or circumferentially about the rotation axis, can thus be molded on the base. One or a plurality of said reinforcement ribs can be interrupted in portions, in that recesses are provided on the assigned reinforcement ribs, such that a material weakening which enables an (elastic) deformation of the base specifically at this location is achieved at said recesses in order for a predetermined breaking point to be achieved on the base herein.
The concept on which the solution is based is to be explained in more detail hereunder by means of the exemplary embodiments illustrated in the figures.
A drive installation device may generally be designed so as to make available a torque of sufficient strength in order for the window glass to be adjusted. The drive device herein is to be able to have a small installation space, is to be easily assembled for example on an assigned carrier element, for example the apparatus carrier of a door module, and when in operation is to have a favorable operational behavior together with a low generation of noise, for example on a door module of a vehicle door.
In the case of a drive for an adjustment installation in a motor vehicle, known from DE 10 2004 044 863 A1, a cable drum is disposed on a bearing dome of a drive housing, wherein the drive housing by way of a fastening element in the form of a screw is connected to a carrier element in the form of an apparatus carrier.
In the operation of the drive device, the cable drum which is mounted in the cable exit housing is rotated by way of the motor unit so as to move a traction cable that is disposed on the cable drum. The cable exit housing herein is to be established in a rotationally fixed manner on the carrier element such that torques that act by way of the cable drum on the cable exit housing do not lead to any movement of the cable exit housing. The cable exit housing herein is to be established in an ideally play-free manner on the carrier element, wherein any vibration excitation of the carrier element by way of the cable exit housing should moreover be minimized.
Such an adjustment device in the form of a power window actuator, illustrated in an exemplary manner in
When in operation, a motor unit of the drive device 1 drives the cable drum 3 in such a manner that the traction cable 10 by way of one end is wound onto the cable drum 3, and by way of the other end is unwound from the cable drum 3. On account thereof, the cable loop formed by the traction cable 10 is displaced without any change in the freely extended cable length, this leading to the entrainment elements 12 being moved in the same direction on the guide rails 11 and the window glass 13, on account thereof, being adjusted along the guide rails 11.
The power window actuator in the case of the exemplary embodiment according to
The drive device 1 of the exemplary embodiment according to
The cable drum 3 on the first side of the carrier element 4, when disposed according to the intended use on a vehicle door of a vehicle, for example, is disposed in a wet space of the vehicle door. By contrast, the drive housing 7 is located in the dry space of the vehicle door. The separation between the wet space and the dry space is established by way of the carrier element 4, and the interface between the drive wheel 6 and the cable drum 3 is accordingly to be sealed in a moisture-proof manner such that no moisture can make its way from the wet space to the dry space.
The cable exit housing 2 has a base 20, a cylindrical bearing element 22 in the form of a bearing dome that projects centrally from the base 20, and housing portions 21 in the form of housing webs which extend so as to be parallel to the cylindrical bearing element 22 and are radially spaced apart from the bearing element 22. The cable drum 3 is rotatably mounted on the bearing element 22 and herein is enclosed by the cable exit housing 2 in such a manner that the cable drum 3 is held on the carrier element 4.
The cable drum 3 has a body 30 and, on the circumferential shell face of the body 30, has a cable channel 300 for receiving the traction cable 10, said cable channel 300 being molded in the body 30. The cable drum 3 by way of a ring gear 31 is inserted in an opening 41 of the carrier element 4 and is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the drive wheel 6 such that a rotating movement of the drive wheel 6 leads to a rotating movement of the cable drum 3.
The drive housing 7 by way of an interposed sealing element 5 is attached to the other, second side of the carrier element 4 and has a housing case 70 having a bearing element 72 in the form of a cylindrical bearing dome which is configured centrally in said housing case 70 and which engages through an opening 62 of the drive wheel 6 and which in this way rotatably mounts the drive wheel 6. A worm housing 74 adjoins the housing case 70, a drive worm 81 which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a drive shaft 800 of an electric motor 80 of the motor unit 8 lying in said worm housing 74 and by way of a worm toothing meshing with an external toothing 600 of a body 60 of the drive wheel 6. The drive shaft 800, at the end thereof that faces away from the electric motor 80, by way of a bearing 82 is mounted in the worm housing 74. The electric motor 80 herein lies in a motor case 73 of the drive housing 7, said motor case 73 by way of a housing cover 75 being closed in relation to the outside.
The drive housing 7 moreover has an electronics housing 76 in which a circuit board 760 having control electronics disposed thereon is enclosed. The electronics housing 76 is closed in relation to the outside by way of a housing plate 761 having a plug connector 762 for the electrical connection of the electronics of the circuit board 760 disposed on said housing plate 761.
The drive wheel 6, so as to project axially from the body 60, has a connecting wheel 61 having an external toothing 610 molded thereon, said connecting wheel 61 engaging with the ring gear 31 of the cable drum 3 in such a manner that an internal toothing 310 of the ring gear 31 (cf.
In order for the drive device 1 to be assembled, the cable exit housing 2 is attached to the carrier element 4, on the one hand, and the drive housing 7 is attached to the carrier element 4, on the other hand. The fastening to the carrier element 4 is in this instance performed in that a fastening element 9 in the form of a screw element is inserted into an engagement opening 721 on the lower side of the drive housing 7 in such a manner that the fastening element 9 extends through an opening 720 in the bearing element 72 of the drive housing 7 (cf.
A thread for receiving the fastening element 9 can be molded within the opening 221 of the bearing element 22 of the cable exit housing 2. However, it is also conceivable and possible for the fastening element 9 to be screwed into the opening 221 in a self-tapping manner.
For assembly, the cable exit housing 2 is attached to the first side of the carrier element 4 such that the cable exit housing 2 encloses the cable drum 3 and holds the latter on the carrier element 4 as is illustrated in
Axially projecting positive-lock elements 42 in the form of web-shaped pins are configured on the contact structure 45, said positive-lock elements 42, when attaching the cable exit housing 2 to the carrier element 4, engaging with positive-lock openings 212 (cf.
The web-shaped positive-lock elements 42, when viewed along the circumferential direction about the bearing element, on the lateral edges thereof can extend in an oblique manner (at a minor angle) such that the housing portions 21 when plug-fitting the base portions 210 onto the positive-lock elements 42 are established on the positive-lock elements 42 so as to be free of play along the circumferential direction.
Latching clearances 420 (cf.
The cable drum 3 in the pre-assembly position, by way of radially projecting bearing elements 32 on the upper periphery of the ring gear 31 (cf.
The bearing elements 32 serve in particular for securing the position of the cable drum 3 on the carrier element 4 in the pre-assembly position. Upon complete assembly of the drive device 1 the cable drum 3 is connected to the drive wheel 6 by way of the ring gear 31 and is axially established between the cable exit housing 2 and the drive housing 7.
Axially extending securing elements 23 that project in a radially inward manner are disposed on the internal sides of the housing portions 21, said securing elements 23 facing the cable channel 300 on the shell face of the body 30 and when in operation, sliding along the shell face. It is ensured by way of said securing elements 23 that the traction cable 10 received in the cable channel 300 cannot jump out of the cable channel 300.
The drive housing 7 is attached to the other, second side of the carrier element 4 in such a manner that the motor case 73 comes to lie in a molding 44 in the area portion 40, and the worm housing 74 comes to lie in a molding 440 in the area portion 40 that is adjacent to said molding 44 (cf.
Engagement portions 51 are disposed on an annular seal 50 of the sealing element 5 on the positive-lock elements 43 of the carrier element 4, such that the positive-locking engagement of the positive-lock elements 43 in the positive-lock openings 710 on the fastening installations 71 is performed with the intervention of the engagement portions 51. This serves for the acoustic decoupling.
A curved portion 52 which comes to lie in the region of the molding 440 for receiving the worm housing 74 is configured on the sealing element 5. The curved portion 52 forms an intermediate layer between the worm housing 74 and the carrier element 4 such that an acoustic decoupling of the drive housing 7 from the carrier element 4 is achieved.
When the drive housing 7 has been attached to the carrier element 4 with the intervention of the sealing element 5, the drive housing 7 by way of the fastening element 9 is braced in relation to the cable exit housing 2 such that the cable exit housing 2 and the drive housing 7 thereby are mutually established and established on the carrier element 4. As is illustrated in
As can be seen from
When the fastening element 9 is screwed into the bearing elements 22 from the side of the drive housing 7, the base 20 can thus be at least slightly deformed such that production-related tolerances can be equalized and the cable exit housing 2 by way of the base portions 210 on the housing portions 21 is established in a play-free manner on the carrier element 4.
The bearing element 22 on an end that faces away from the base 20 moreover has a conical portion 220 in the form of a centering cone (cf.
The bearing element 22 of the cable exit housing 2 and the bearing element 72 of the drive housing 7 herein define a common rotation axis D for the cable drum 3, on the one hand, and for the drive wheel 6, on the other hand, such that the cable drum 3 and the drive wheel 6 when in operation can rotate in a mutually coaxial and conjoint manner.
By contrast to the exemplary embodiment described above by means of
When the cable exit housing 2 by way of the fastening element 9 is now braced axially in relation to the drive housing 7, the bearing element 22 on account thereof is drawn farther into the bearing element 72 and, on account thereof, the play X2 between the conical portion 220 of the bearing element 22 and the centering engagement 722 of the bearing element 72 is canceled, such as can be seen from the enlarged view according to
The exemplary embodiment according to
An elimination of play as is the case in the exemplary embodiment according to
In the case of the exemplary embodiments explained above, the cable exit housing 2 by way of the housing portions 21 thereof is attached to a contact structure 45 on the area element 40 of the carrier element 4 and herein by way of the base portions 210 of the housing portions 21 engages in the positive-locking elements 42 that protrude in a rib-shaped manner on the carrier element 4. As can be derived from the enlarged view according to
The cable exit housing 2 by way of the housing portions 21 thereof is attached to the contact structure 45 in that the base portions 210 of the housing portions 21 are brought to bear on the contact structure 45. As can be seen from
The elevations 215, 216 of each base portion 210 can have identical heights (when viewed along the rotation axis D). However, it is also conceivable and possible for the centric elevation 216 to have a greater height than the external two elevations 215, for example. A (slight) elastic deformation thus arises on the base portions 210 when attaching the cable exit housing 2 to the contact structure 45, this potentially improving the absence of play of the cable exit housing 2 in relation to the carrier element 4.
In the case of the exemplary embodiment of the cable exit housing 2 according to
The positive-lock opening 212 herein also extends into side walls 214 that are axially spaced apart from the base portion 210, this enabling a desired elasticity to be set on the base portion 210.
In the event of a deformation of the base portion 210 on account of pressure acting on the central elevation 216 it arises in particular by virtue of the positive-lock openings 212 that extend into the side walls 214 that the external elevations 215 are elastically drawn toward one another (along a circumferential direction about the rotation axis D). On account thereof, the engagement in the contact structure 45 can be improved at a favorable absence of play.
The exemplary embodiment according to
Different variants of the cable exit housing 2 for attaching to the contact structure 45 are fundamentally conceivable and possible.
For example, the base portion 210 of a housing portion 21 can be pre-shaped in such a manner, as is schematically illustrated in
While the base portion 210 in the case of the exemplary embodiment according to
In the case of the exemplary embodiment according to
It is also conceivable and possible herein that a (slight) deformation is provided on the base portion 110, as is schematically illustrated in
It is also conceivable and possible for one or a plurality of the housing portions 21 to be made from different materials, as is schematically illustrated in
A favorable bearing of the cable exit housing 2 on the carrier element 4 can be provided on account of the corrugated contact structure 45. The cable exit housing 2 herein can be attached to the carrier element 4 in different mutually rotated potions, specifically in three different rotary positions in the case of the exemplary embodiments illustrated (predefined by the number of positive-lock elements 42), wherein more discrete rotary positions can fundamentally also be provided.
The corrugated contact structure 45 moreover leads to a reinforcement on the circumferential periphery about the opening 41 in the carrier element 4. Conjointly with the play-free establishment of the cable exit housing 2 on the carrier element 4, this can reduce an excitation of vibrations on the carrier element 4 in the operation of the drive device 1.
The concept on which the solution is based is not fundamentally limited to the exemplary embodiments set forth above but can fundamentally also be implemented in an entirely different manner.
A drive device of the type described is in particular not limited to the use in a power window actuator but can also serve for adjusting another adjustment element, for example a sliding roof or the like, in a vehicle.
The drive device can be assembled in a simple manner, in particular while using a (single) axially braced fastening element. An assembly which can be simple and cost-effective paired with a reliable establishment of the cable exit housing and of the drive housing on the carrier element results in few assembly steps.
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