Abstract:
An electromechanical strut is provided for moving a pivotal closure member between an open position and a closed position relative to a motor vehicle body. The electromechanical strut includes a housing connected to one of the closure member and the motor vehicle body. An extensible shaft is connected to the other of the closure member and the motor vehicle body for slidable movement relative to the housing. A motor-gear assembly operably drives a rotatable power screw. A drive mechanism converts rotary motion of the power screw into linear motion of the extensible shaft to move the extensible shaft between a retracted position corresponding to the closed position of the closure member and an extended position corresponding to the open position of the closure member. A clutch/coupling assembly is operably disposed between the motor-gear assembly and the power screw and integrates a slip clutch device and a flexible coupling into a common unit.
Abstract:
An ejection device for a movable furniture component disposed in or against a furniture body includes an electric motor, a lever having a free end for ejecting the movable furniture component, and a gear mechanism for transmitting force from the electric motor to the lever. The gear mechanism has a slipping clutch which includes a spring washer and driving dogs. The spring washer extends upon overload and slips over the driving dogs. The ejection device may also include a path measuring device which activates the ejection device. The path measuring device can be a potentiometer directly coupled to the lever such that slipping of the slipping clutch does not change a position of the potentiometer relative to the lever.
Abstract:
An ejection device for a furniture component moveably housed in or against a furniture body. The ejection device includes a swivellably housed lever. A first castor is attached to a free end of the lever, and a second castor is attached to the lever at a distance from the free end.
Abstract:
A door hinge comprises a first hinge element fastenable to a door frame and a second hinge element fastenable to a door leaf and includes first and second hinge blade. A first pivot axis is connected, when the door hinge is in a first operating condition, to first and second hinge elements such that the second hinge blade is pivotable relative to the first hinge element, in a first pivot direction, for unblocking a door aperture. The first pivot axis is decoupled from the first or the second hinge element when the door hinge is in a second operating condition. A second pivot axis is connected to the first and second hinge elements such that said first and second hinge elements are pivotable relative to one another, in a second pivot direction which is opposed to the first pivot direction, for unblocking the door aperture.
Abstract:
An electric motor driven barrier operator includes spaced apart frame plates for supporting the motor, an intermediate drive shaft and an operator final output shaft. The motor output shaft, intermediate shaft and final output shaft are mounted on bearings at fixed centers on the frame plates and the motor and intermediate shaft are interconnected by a stretchable flexible drive belt reeved over respective drive pulleys mounted on the motor output shaft and the intermediate shaft. The drive belt may be mounted on the pulleys and replaced without adjusting the position of the motor output shaft, the intermediate shaft or the operator output shaft.
Abstract:
A driving device having a housing tube connected to a stationary base part or a movable structural component part a protective tube connected to the other respective part a spindle drive which has a threaded spindle and a spindle nut arranged on the threaded spindle by which the housing tube and protective tube are movable axially relative to one another, and a rotary drive that drives the spindle drive via a clutch, a rotationally rigid interconnection thereof can be canceled when a determined torque is exceeded. A magnetic ring having a plurality of north and south poles is rotationally arranged near a stationary sensor element. The magnetic ring is arranged at the clutch that is connected to the threaded spindle, fixed with respect to rotation relative to it.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an actuator (1), comprising an output member (6); a resilient element (8) connected to said output member (6) so as to urge it in a first direction; and an hydraulic rotation damper (5) with a closed cylinder cavity, a rotational damper shaft which extends into the cylinder cavity, and a piston dividing the cylinder cavity into a first side and a second side. Within the rotation damper (5), the rotational movement of the damper shaft is converted into a translational movement of the piston along a longitudinal axis of the shaft. A restricted fluid passage communicates said first and second sides. The damper shaft is connected over a gearing (10, 15, 17) to the output member (6) and resilient element (8) of the actuator for damping movement of said output member (6) in said first direction.The present invention relates to both rotational and linear actuators as well as to a closing mechanisms for hinged members, such as doors, gates, or windows, comprising such actuators.