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US 11,338,719 B2Granted
Slide-out room mechanism with cable drive
AssigneeLci Italy S.R.L.
InventorsLawrence Revelino, Rupert Wilkins, Fabio Romagnoli
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Abstract
A slide-out room system includes a motor-driven sheath with wound cables for extending and retracting the slide-out room. The cables and the sheath are configured such that rotation of the sheath in one direction displaces the cables to extend the room and such that rotation of the sheath in an opposite direction displaces the cables to retract the room.
Claims16
A drive mechanism for a slide-out room, the drive mechanism comprising:
- a motor;
- a sheath coupled with the motor for rotation by the motor;
- a first cable engaging the sheath, the first cable including a right side room OUT end and a left side room IN end;
- a second cable engaging the sheath, the second cable including a right side room IN end and a left side room OUT end;
- a first drive block fixable relative to the slide-out room, the first drive block receiving the left side room IN end of the first cable and the left side room OUT end of the second cable;
- a second drive block fixable relative to the slide-out room, the second drive block receiving the right side room OUT end of the first cable and the right side room IN end of the second cable;
- a first drive bar securable to a sidewall of the slide-out room adjacent the first drive block, wherein the left side room IN end of the first cable and the left side room OUT end of the second cable are connected at opposite ends of the first drive bar;
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- a second drive bar securable to a sidewall of the slide-out room adjacent the second drive block, wherein the right side room OUT end of the first cable and the right side room IN end of the second cable are connected at opposite ends of the second drive bar.
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A slide-out room system for a vehicle, the slide-out room system comprising:
- a room defined by a top wall, a floor, and a pair of sidewalls connected between the top wall and the floor;
- a first drive bar secured to one of the pair of sidewalls;
- a second drive bar secured to the other of the pair of sidewalls a rotatable sheath;
- a first cable engaging the sheath, one end of the first cable being secured to the first drive bar through a first drive block, and an opposite end of the first cable being secured to the second drive bar through a second drive block;
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- a second cable engaging the sheath, one end of the second cable being secured to the first drive bar through the first drive block, and an opposite end of the second cable being secured to the second drive bar through the second drive block.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.