JACK SCREW FOR MOVING A MOVABLE PANEL OF A VEHICLE

• US 20130186220A1
• Filed: 06/30/2011
• Published: 07/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: U-Shin Deutschland Zugangssysteme Gmbh (MinebeaMitsumi Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Valeo Sicherheitssysteme GmbH
• Inventors: Kummer, Frank, Orth, Dietmar
• Application Number:
  US13/807,471
• Publication Number:
  US 20130186220A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 74/89.42
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/622 using screw-and-nut mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/476 Disk springs
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/604 Transmission members
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/628 Bearings
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2600/13 by motors, magnets, springs, weights
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/342 Deformable
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/40 Protection E05Y2400/50, E05Y2400/52 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/422 against vibration or noise
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/546 Tailgates
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 25/2003 with arrangements for taking up backlash F16H25/2209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18728 Backlash

Abstract

The invention relates to a jack (4) for moving a movable panel of a vehicle, including: a endless screw and nut assembly (14) defining an axis (22); a bearing (20) in which an element (14) selected from the nut and the screw, for example the latter, is rotatably mounted; and a tensioner (60) which is force-tilted onto the element or onto the hearing and which biases the latter by means of mutual axial bearing when the jack is inoperative.

Claims

1. An actuating jack for a movable panel of a vehicle, comprising characterized in that it comprises:

a nut and endless screw assembly defining an axis;

a bearing, in which an element selected from the group consisting of the nut and the endless screw, is rotatably mounted; and

a tensioner, which is force-fitted into the element or onto the bearing and which biases the latter by means of mutual axial bearing contact when the jack is inoperative.

2. The jack as claimed in claim 1, in which the tensioner is force-fitted onto the bearing.

3. The jack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tensioner comprises tongues having an edge engaging with the element or the bearing.

4. The jack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the element is in bearing contact with the bearing via at least one surface inclined in relation to the axis.

5. The jack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the element and the bearing exhibit mutual bearing surfaces inclined in relation to the axis.

6. The jack as claimed in claim 1, wherein one or the other of the element or the bearing is in bearing contact with the tensioner via a surface inclined in relation to the axis.

7. The jack as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an adapter interposed between the tensioner and the element, and exhibiting a bearing surface perpendicular to the axis and a bearing surface inclined in relation to the axis.

8. The jack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the element and the bearing form a ball joint coupling.

9. The jack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the element exhibits two surfaces in sequence along the axis of the bearing, inclined in relation to the latter and oriented in opposing directions.

10. The jack as claimed claim 1, further comprising:

at least one roller bearing interposed between the element and at least one or the other of the tensioner and the bearing, the one roller bearing or each roller bearing preferably having a generally comprising a frustoconical form.