Linear actuator
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsPeter Heipt, Patrick Daniel, Bettina Rudy
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Abstract
A linear actuator is disclosed having a housing and a plurality of components arranged in the housing. The actuator may include at least one conducting component, a group of mechanical, non-conducting components including components of a spindle mechanism, and at least one bearing arrangement designed to support components of the spindle mechanism in the housing. The at least one conducting component may be separated from the group of mechanical, non-conducting components by at least one seal in such a way that two mutually separate spaces sealed off from one another are formed within the housing.
Claims20
A linear actuator, having a housing and having a plurality of components arranged in the housing, the linear actuator comprising:
- at least one conducting component;
- a group of mechanical, non-conducting components, which comprise components of a spindle mechanism;
- at least one bearing arrangement designed to support components of the spindle mechanism in the housing;
- the at least one conducting component being separated from the group of mechanical, non-conducting components by at least one seal in such a way that two mutually separate spaces sealed off from one another are formed within the housing;
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- a continuous housing wall of the housing surrounds the two spaces, wherein a first of the spaces contains the conducting components and is subdivided into two subspaces, and wherein an electric motor is arranged in a first subspace and a sensor-system component is arranged in a second subspace.
A linear actuator, comprising:
- a column-shaped housing including a housing wall;
- a conducting component;
- a group of mechanical, non-conducting components including components of a spindle mechanism;
- at least one bearing arrangement designed to support components of the spindle mechanism in the housing;
- the conducting component being separated from the group of mechanical, non-conducting components by at least one seal in such a way that two mutually separate spaces sealed off from one another are formed within the housing, a first space and a second space;
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- the housing wall surrounding the two spaces, wherein the first space contains the conducting component and is subdivided into two subspaces, and wherein an electric motor is arranged in a first subspace and a sensor-system component is arranged in a second subspace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.