Positioning unit for technical applications in motor vehicles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11519214-B2
Application number	US-201916505761-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 9, 2019
Priority date	Jul 9, 2019
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A positioning unit for technical applications in motor vehicles, in particular a locking system, a door positioner or a sliding door drive, having a housing, a drive arranged in the housing, a control element which can be acted upon by the drive, and a bearing location for the drive, in which the bearing location is formed at least partly of plastic, wherein the bearing is designed as a separate bearing location, and at least part of the drive is insertable into the bearing location.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A positioning unit for a locking system, a door positioner, or a sliding door drive in a motor vehicle, the positioning unit comprising:
a housing formed of plastic,
a drive arranged in the housing, wherein the drive is a worm drive,
a control element which can be acted upon by the drive, and
a bearing location for the drive which is formed at least partly of plastic, wherein the bearing location is configured as a separate component relative to the drive and at least part of the drive can be inserted into the bearing location;
wherein the part of the drive can be guided by the bearing location at least in three opposite directions, and the part of the drive includes an output shaft on which a worm of the worm drive is mounted and the three opposite directions extend at right angles to each other.

2. The positioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing location is formed of a wear-resistant plastic.

3. The positioning unit according to claim 2 , wherein the bearing location is formed of polyurethane.

4. The positioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing location accommodates an output shaft of the drive at least in part.

5. The positioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing location accommodates a worm of the worm drive.

6. The positioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing location forms an axial stop for the part of the drive.

7. The positioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing location can be form-fittingly connected to the housing.

8. The positioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein the housing has guides for inserting the bearing location into the accommodation in the housing.

9. The positioning unit according to claim 8 , wherein the guides are configured to enable only a single insertion direction for the bearing location into the housing.

10. The positioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing location can be fixed by the housing.

11. The positioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein when the at least part of the drive is inserted into the bearing location, the at least part of the drive is fixed in a position in which the at least part of the drive is orientated at a right angle relative to the bearing location.

12. The positioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein the housing has an accommodation portion for the bearing location that is integrally formed on the housing.

13. The positioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing location has an undercut that engages the accommodation portion of the housing.

14. The positioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein the housing has an undercut that forms a bearing seat for the bearing location.

15. The positioning unit according to claim 1 , wherein the housing has an opening and the bearing location is configured to sealingly close the opening.

Assignees

• Kiekert Ag

Inventors

• Hunt Robert J
• Brickner Robert L

Classifications

• F16H57/032 Primary

  characterised by the materials used · CPC title

• E05B81/30

  Rotary elements · CPC title

• F16C27/063

  Sliding contact bearings · CPC title

• F16H2057/0213

  Support of worm gear shafts · CPC title

• F16C2208/12

  Polyurethan [PU] · CPC title