DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR MOTORIZED ACTUATION OF A FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20070137331A1
• Filed: 10/27/2006
• Published: 06/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brose Schließsysteme Gmbh & Co. Kg
• Original Assignee: Brose Schließsysteme Gmbh & Co. Kg
• Inventors: Kachouh, Checrallah
• Granted Patent: US 7,665,794 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 74/89.230
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/622 using screw-and-nut mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/122 Telescopic action
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/546 Tailgates
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 25/2056 Telescopic screws with at least three screw members in coaxial arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18568 Reciprocating or oscillating to or from alternating rotary
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18576 including screw and nut
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18672 Plural screws in series [e.g., telescoping, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/19744 Rolling element engaging thread

Abstract

Drive arrangement for motorized actuation of a functional element in a motor vehicle, having at least one drive, the drive having a drive motor and a spindle-spindle nut gear connected downstream of the drive motor for producing linear drive movements, the spindle-spindle nut gear having a spindle with an outside thread and a spindle nut with an inside thread, the linear drive movements being a motion of the spindle nut parallel to a spindle axis. the spindle-spindle nut gear has at least one telescoping sleeve with an inside thread and an outside thread. The at least one telescoping sleeve, spindle and spindle nut are arranged in a telescoping manner being screwed into one another with each outside thread forming a thread pairing with an respective inside thread. An alternative spindle-spindle nut gear has the outside thread and form a ball groove thread pairing with a variable thread pitch.

Claims

1. Drive arrangement for motorized actuation of a functional element in a motor vehicle, comprising:

at least one drive, the drive having a drive motor and a spindle-spindle nut gear connected downstream of the drive motor for producing linear drive movements, the spindle-spindle nut gear having a spindle with an outside thread and a spindle nut with an inside thread, the linear drive movements being a motion of the spindle nut parallel to a spindle axis,

wherein the spindle-spindle nut gear has at least one telescoping sleeve with an inside thread and an outside thread, the spindle being located extending inside the at least one telescoping sleeve and the spindle nut being located entirely outside the at least one telescoping sleeve,

wherein the spindle, the at least one telescoping sleeve and spindle nut are arranged in a telescoping manner being screwed into one another with each outside thread forming a thread pairing with an respective inside thread; and

wherein the functional element is one of a rear hatch, a rear cover and a side door of a motor vehicle and wherein the functional element is coupled to the body of the motor vehicle to be pivotable around a pivot axis for opening and closing an opening of the body.

3. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spindle is pivotally mounted in a pillow block, wherein the pillow block and the spindle nut, in an installed state, are arranged fixed against relative rotation therebetween.

4. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spindle-spindle nut gear has a single telescoping sleeve, wherein the outside thread of the spindle runs in the inside thread of the telescoping sleeve, and wherein the outside thread of the telescoping sleeve runs in the inside thread of the spindle nut.

5. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spindle-spindle nut gear has at least two telescoping sleeves which are telescopically arranged so as to be screwable one into the other, wherein the outside thread of the spindle runs in the inside thread of the inner telescoping sleeve and wherein the outside thread of the outer telescoping sleeve runs in the inside thread of the spindle nut.

6. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the arrangement is such that motorized positioning of the spindle produces traversing of the individual thread pairings in a predetermined sequence in succession.

7. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 6, wherein, when the spindle-spindle nut gear is moved from a retracted state into an extended state, the outside thread pairings are traversed after the inside thread pairings.

8. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 6, wherein the different thread pairings have different friction values.

9. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 8, wherein the thread pairing to be traversed first has a lower friction value than the thread pairing subsequently traversed.

10. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 8, wherein the different friction values of the different thread pairings are produced by at least one of different materials and different coatings of at least one of the spindle, the telescoping sleeve, telescoping sleeves and spindle nut.

11. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 6, wherein, after traversing a thread pairing, the component which has the outside thread of this thread pairing engages the component which has the inside thread of this thread pairing by blocking for enabling traversal of the next thread pairing.

12. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 6, wherein the different thread pairings have different thread pitches so that for sequential traversal of the thread pairings different gear stages are implemented.

13. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 12, wherein the thread pitches of the thread pairings are matched to the closing and opening characteristic of the functional element, so that a gear stage with a high multiplication is produced for a high force requirement and a gear stage with low multiplication is produced.

14. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one thread pairing is a ball groove thread pairing and has a variable thread pitch over its length.

15. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of an intermediate gear and a clutch is provided between the spindle and the drive motor.

16. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spindle, the drive motor, and an intermediate gear with a clutch are located in direct secession viewed along the spindle axis.

2. (canceled)

17. Drive arrangement for motorized actuation of a functional element in a motor vehicle, comprising:

at least one drive, the drive having a drive motor and a spindle-spindle nut gear connected downstream of the drive motor for producing linear drive movements, the spindle-spindle nut gear having a spindle with an outside thread and a spindle nut with an inside thread, the linear drive movements being a motion of the spindle nut parallel to a spindle axis, wherein the spindle-spindle nut gear has a spindle with an outside thread and a spindle nut with an inside thread, the linear drive movements being a motion of the spindle nut parallel to the spindle axis,

wherein the outside thread of the spindle and the inside thread of the spindle nut form a ball groove thread pairing which has a variable thread pitch over its length; and

wherein the functional element is one of a rear hatch, a rear cover and a side door of a motor vehicle and wherein the functional element is coupled to a body of the motor vehicle so as to be pivotable around a pivot axis for opening and closing an opening of the body.

19. Drive arrangement as claimed in claim 17, wherein the spindle is pivotally mounted in a pillow block, wherein the pillow block and the spindle nut, in an installed state, are arranged fixed against relative rotation therebetween.

18. (canceled)