Actuator assembly for locking devices
AssigneesLocway Technology Co., Ltd., Dongguan ChongWei Metals & Plastic Products Factory Co., Ltd.
InventorMengxiao Yuan
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Abstract
This invention relates to locking devices and particularly to an actuator assembly for a locking device with electronic control. The actuator assembly includes: a motor, having a drive shaft installed to a motor shaft, and a coil spring installed to the drive shaft, and further includes: a follower shaft capable of displacing in an axial direction in the coil spring, and a pin installed onto the follower shaft and rotatable into the coil spring, and the follower shaft is extended into the coil spring and slidably fitted to the coil spring. Compared with the prior art, this invention effectively maintains a radial limitation of the cylinder spring to overcome the vibration of the spring occurred during the rotation of the cylinder spring and the axial displacement of the follower shaft.
Claims8
An actuator assembly for a locking device, comprising:
- a motor,
- a drive shaft installed to the motor shaft, and
- a coil spring installed to the drive shaft, characterized in that the actuator assembly further comprises:
- a follower shaft capable of displacing in an axial direction in the coil spring, and
- a pin installed onto the follower shaft and rotatable into the coil spring, and the follower shaft is extended into the coil spring and slidably fitted to the coil spring;
- wherein the coil spring is a cylinder spring comprising a rotating-in portion and a buffering portion,
- the pin displaces axially within a range of the rotating-in portion,
- the cylinder spring has a first fixing ring and a second fixing ring installed at two free ends of the cylinder spring respectively, a first U-shaped bend coupled to the first fixing ring, and a second U-shaped bend coupled to the second fixing ring,
- the drive shaft has a ring-shaped protruding strip formed thereon, and the ring-shaped protruding strip comprises a protruding strip head matched with the first U-shaped bend, and the first U-shaped bend is sheathed on the protruding strip head, and the first fixing ring is installed to the outer side of the ring-shaped protruding strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.