Electrical adjustable table and control method for electrical adjustable table

• US 9,993,068 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2015
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TiMOTION Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: TiMOTION Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lin, Dong-Jye, Wu, Chou-Hsin, Chou, Pen-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Jose V
• Application Number:
  US14/979,209
• Publication Number:
  US 20160309889A1
• Time in Patent Office: 903 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0062 Electronically user-adaptable, height-adjustable desk or table
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 9/00 Tables with tops of variable height lecterns with variable height A47B19/06; school forms or desks with variable height A47B39/02, A47B41/02; seats with variable height A47C3/20

Abstract

An electrical adjustable table having a table plate, a table foot, a lifting structure, a hand control device, a motion sensor unit, and a control box is provided. The electrical adjustable table adjusts a height of the table plate heading to a first direction after receiving an operation sent via the hand control device, and stops adjusting the height of the table plate after sensing the table plate is tilted via the motion sensor unit during adjusting the height of the table plate.

Claims

1. An electrical adjustable table (10, 10′

, 8), comprising;

a table plate (13, 13′

, 88);

at least one table foot (11, 11′

, 86) connected to the table plate (13, 13′

, 88) and configured to be moved together with the table plate (13, 13′

, 88);

a lifting structure (30) disposed in each of the at least one table foot (11, 11′

, 86) for extending or shrinking each of the at least one table foot (11, 11′

, 86) to adjust the height of the table plate;

a hand control device (25, 84) for receiving an operation;

a motion sensor unit (23) used to sense a tilt angle of the table plate (13, 13′

, 88), wherein the motion sensor unit (23) is a gyroscope or an accelerometer sensor; and

a control box (20, 80) being disposed to the table plate (13, 13′

, 88) and being electrically connected to the lifting structure (30), the hand control device (25, 84) and the motion sensor unit (23), the control box (20, 80) being configured to drive the lifting structure (30) to adjust the height of the table plate (13, 13′

, 88) heading to a first direction according to the operation, and further being configured to stop driving the lifting structure (30) for stopping adjusting the height of the table plate (13, 13′

, 88) when sensing the table plate (13, 13′

, 88) tilted via the motion sensor unit during adjusting the height of the table plate, the control box (20, 80) being configured to drive the lifting structure (30) to lower down the height of the table plate (13, 13′

, 88) when the table plate (13, 13′

, 88) is in a static status and the tilt angle is not smaller than an angle setting value.

2. The electrical adjustable table (10, 10′

, 8) of claim 1, wherein the control box (20, 80) comprises a main power unit (21), a main control unit (22) and a warning unit (24).

3. The electrical adjustable table of claim 1, wherein the control box (10, 10′

, 8) is configured to determine the table plate (13, 13′

, 88) is tilted when the tilt angle is not smaller than 0.3 degree.

4. The electrical adjustable table (10, 10′

, 8) of claim 1, further comprising at least one obstacle sensor unit (26) for sensing an obstacle, the obstacle sensor unit (26) being disposed to the table plate (13, 13′

, 88) and electrically connected to the control box (20, 80).

5. The electrical adjustable table of claim 4, wherein the obstacle sensor unit (26) is a light sensor element.

6. The electrical adjustable table (10, 10′

, 8) of claim 1, wherein each of the at least one table foot (11, 11′

, 86) has a table foot plate (111, 111′

), and the electrical adjustable table further comprises a table foot plate driving structure (60) connected to a motor (50,820) electrically connected to the control box (20, 80) and disposed in the table foot plate (111, 111′

).

7. The electrical adjustable table (10, 10′

, 8) of claim 1, wherein one side of one of the at least one table foot (11, 11′

, 86) is connected to a beam (12, 12′

) supporting the table plate (13, 13′

, 88).

8. The electrical adjustable table (10, 10′

, 8) of claim 7, further comprising a horizontal moving structure (40) disposed between the beam (12, 12′

) and the table plate (13, 13′

, 88), the horizontal moving structure being connected to a motor (50,820) electrically connected to the control box (20, 80) for adjusting the position of the table plate (13, 13′

, 88) horizontally.

9. The electrical adjustable table (10, 10′

, 8) of claim 1, wherein the hand control device (25) is embedded in the table plate (13, 13′

, 88).

10. The electrical adjustable table (10, 10′

, 8) of claim 9, wherein the hand control device (25) is at the same height with the table plate (13, 13′

, 88).

11. The electrical adjustable table (10, 10′

, 8) of claim 9, wherein the hand control device (25) further comprises a touch screen (251) or at least one button (252).

12. The electrical adjustable table (10, 10′

, 8) of claim 9, wherein the hand control device (25) further comprises at least one touch screen (251) and at least one button (252).

13. The electrical adjustable table (10, 10′

, 8) of claim 12, wherein the touch screen (251) and the button (252) are disposed at different sides of the hand control device, and wherein the touch screen (251) and the button (252) are respectively disposed at a top surface of the hand control device (25) and an adjacent surface adjacent to the top surface.