Device for damping the movement of a movably supported structural part, in particular of a flap in an automotive vehicle of the like
First Claim
1. A device for damping the movement of a movably supported structural part, comprising:
- a toothed segment disposed upon said structural part; and
a rotary damping element comprising a housing, a toothed pinion mounted upon said housing for rotatable engagement with said toothed segment of said structural part as said structural part is moved, and a means extending from said housing of said rotary damping element and engaged with said structural part for maintaining said toothed pinion of said rotary damping element rotatably engaged with said toothed segment of said structural part as said structural part is moved.
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Abstract
A device for damping the movement of a movably supported structural part, in particular of a flap or the like in an automotive vehicle, where a tooth segment is located on the structural part, the tooth segment co-operating with a pinion which is associated with a rotary damping element and stationarily located relative to the structural part, whereby the rotary damping element is attached to a pivotally supported arm, in that the rotary damping element or the arm, respectively, has an extension, a guide portion being provided at the free end of the arm which co-operates with a guide path on the structural part such that the distance between the pinion and the tooth segment remains approximately constant.
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20 Claims
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1. A device for damping the movement of a movably supported structural part, comprising:
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a toothed segment disposed upon said structural part; and a rotary damping element comprising a housing, a toothed pinion mounted upon said housing for rotatable engagement with said toothed segment of said structural part as said structural part is moved, and a means extending from said housing of said rotary damping element and engaged with said structural part for maintaining said toothed pinion of said rotary damping element rotatably engaged with said toothed segment of said structural part as said structural part is moved. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 20)
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8. A device for damping the movement of a movably supported structural part, comprising:
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a toothed segment disposed upon said structural part; a rotary damping element having a toothed pinion mounted thereon for rotatable engagement with said toothed segment of said structural part as said structural part is moved; means for pivotally mounting said rotary damping element at a position adjacent to said structural part; and spring means operatively engaged with said rotary damping element for pivotally biasing said rotary damping element toward said structural part such that said toothed pinion of said rotary damping element is maintained rotatably engaged with said toothed segment of said structural part as said structural part is moved. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15)
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14. A device for damping the movement of a movably supported structural part, comprising:
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a structural part having a toothed segment disposed upon said structural part and an arcuate slot defined within said structural part; a rotary damping element comprising a housing, a toothed pinion mounted upon said housing for rotatable engagement with said toothed segment of said structural part as said structural part is moved, and a guide means mounted upon and extending from said housing of said rotary damping element so as to be disposed within said arcuate slot of said structural part such that said toothed segment of said structural part is effectively trapped between said guide means and said toothed pinion of said rotary damping element whereby said toothed pinion of said rotary damping element is maintained rotatably engaged with said toothed segment of said structural part as said structural part is moved. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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