Interlockingly extending driving mechanism for electric sofa

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11564496-B1
Application number	US-202117462312-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Aug 31, 2021
Priority date	Aug 31, 2021
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

An interlockingly extending driving mechanism for an electric sofa, including a backrest adjusting assembly provided in a sofa seat frame. A footrest assembly is provided at one end, remote from the backrest, of the backrest adjusting assembly, and the backrest adjusting assembly is connected with the footrest adjusting assembly. The footrest adjusting assembly includes a supporting rod which is vertically and fixedly provided on the surface of one side of the backrest adjusting assembly, a driving unit is provided on the supporting rod, the driving unit is drivingly connected with a transmitting screw, an interlocking unit is movably connected to one end, close to the footrest, of the transmitting screw, the interlocking unit is movably connected with the footrest, and when the transmitting screw drives the interlocking unit to move, the interlocking unit drives the footrest assembly to extend or fold.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An interlockingly extending driving mechanism for an electric sofa, comprising a backrest adjusting assembly provided in a sofa seat frame, wherein a footrest assembly is provided at one end, remote from the backrest, of the backrest adjusting assembly, and the backrest adjusting assembly is connected with a footrest adjusting assembly, wherein the footrest adjusting assembly comprises a supporting rod which is vertically and fixedly provided on a surface of one side of the backrest adjusting assembly, the supporting rod is provided with a driving unit, the driving unit is drivingly connected with a transmitting screw, an interlocking unit is movably connected to one end, close to the footrest assembly, of the transmitting screw, the interlocking unit is movably connected with the footrest assembly, and when the transmitting screw drives the interlocking unit to move, the interlocking unit drives the footrest assembly to extend or fold;
wherein the interlocking unit comprises a first connecting rod, a second connecting rod, a third connecting rod, and a fourth connecting rod, the first connecting rod and the third connecting rod being located on both sides of the second connecting rod;
one end of the second connecting rod is hinged to the backrest adjusting assembly, one end of the fourth connecting rod is hinged to the backrest adjusting assembly, and a hinge point of the fourth connecting rod and the backrest adjusting assembly is closer to the backrest relative to a hinge point of the second connecting rod and the backrest adjusting assembly;
the other end of the second connecting rod is hinged to one end of the first connecting rod; the other end of the fourth connecting rod is hinged to one end of the third connecting rod; the third connecting rod is hinged to the second connecting rod at the same time, and the hinge point of the third connecting rod and the second connecting rod is close to the hinge point of the third connecting rod and the fourth connecting rod;
the footrest assembly comprises a connecting side plate, and the other end of the first connecting rod and the other end of the third connecting rod are hinged to the connecting side plate, and when the footrest assembly is in an extended state, the hinge point of the first connecting rod and the connecting side plate is closer to the backrest than the hinge point of the third connecting rod and the connecting side plate;
a driving rod is fixedly connected to a surface of one side of the second connecting rod close to the driving unit, and a middle part of the driving rod is movably connected with an end part of the transmitting screw, and when the transmitting screw rotates, the driving rod moves along an axial direction of the transmitting screw, and the movable rod drives the first connecting rod, the second connecting rod, the third connecting rod, and the fourth connecting rod to move so as to extend or fold the footrest assembly.

2. The interlockingly extending driving mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the driving unit comprises a power module, the power module is drivingly connected with a transmitting module, and the transmitting module is movably provided on the supporting rod and drivingly connected with the transmitting screw.

3. The interlockingly extending driving mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein the transmitting module comprises a housing in which a worm and a worm wheel are provided;
wherein one end of the worm is drivingly connected with the power module, and the other end of the worm meshes with the worm wheel;
a threaded hole matched with the transmitting screw is formed in a center of the worm wheel, and the transmitting screw penetrates through the housing and the worm wheel.

4. The interlockingly extending driving mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein a first limiting protrusion for limiting an angle of relative rotation between the first connecting rod and the third connecting rod is provided between the first connecting rod and the third connecting rod.

5. The interlockingly extending driving mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein a second limiting protrusion for limiting the angle of relative rotation between the second connecting rod and the third connecting rod is provided between the second connecting rod and the third connecting rod.

Assignees

• Dewertokin Tech Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Long
• Shen Bin
• He Pengfei
• Lei Minglong
• Tao Kangming
• Zhang Guangjiao

Classifications

• A47C17/04

  {Seating furniture, e.g.} sofas, couches, settees, or the like, with movable parts {changeable to beds}; Chair beds · CPC title

• A47C1/034 Primary

  the parts including a leg-rest or foot-rest (A47C1/037 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A47C1/0355 Primary

  actuated by linkages, e.g. lazy-tongs mechanisms · CPC title

• A47C1/03211

  by electric motors · CPC title