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Power drive for movable step or door

CA 1056420 A · Owner: Waggonfabrik Uerdingen A.G. · Inventors: Geers, Leo; Schillings, Dieter; Pietrowski, Edmund

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A drive arrangement for transport vehicles is operative for moving a step plate between operative positions so that passenger access to the vehicle is facilitated. The drive arrangement includes a turnable shaft coupled to the step plate and a motor, coupled with the shaft for turning the latter about its axis and for moving the step plate between its operative positions. An uncoupling device disengages the motor from the shaft so that the step plate can be manually moved. The drive arrangement also comprises a switching arrangement having first cam parts spaced from and about the shaft, and second cam parts mounted on the shaft for joint rotation therewith. The second cam parts each have n …

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  • Granted June 12, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 12, 1996.
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GrantedJune 12, 1979
Term endedJune 12, 1996
Patent numberCA 1056420 A
Classification (IPC)B60R3/02 +2 more

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedJune 12, 1979Term endedJune 12, 1996

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