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  • Antenna actuator with a locating and reaction support surface for the cable storage drum
    Patent number: 4236162
    Abstract: A power antenna actuator mechanism has a worm and gear drive for a cable storage drum which is integral with the worm gear. A covering, which cooperates with a housing to enclose the actuator mechanism, has a rib portion which abuts a circumferential surface of the storage drum for an arcuate distance adjacent the mesh point of the worm and worm gear to provide a support member for the storage drum in a radial direction transverse to the axis of the worm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1980
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: David T. Carolus, Ralph W. Edwards, John R. Powell