# US 12,000,193 B2 · Electric supporting rod > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,000,193 B2 - Document ID: US12000193B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/684,404 - Filed: 2022-03-01 - Published: 2023-09-07 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2022-03-01 - Assignees: Hsin Chong Machinery Works Co. Ltd.; Fuzhou Mingfang Automobile Parts Industry Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Hsin Chong Machinery Works Co. Ltd.; Fuzhou Mingfang Automobile Parts Industry Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Chi-Wang Wu; Feng-Lin Yang; Jeffrey Chung-Chiang Hsi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12000193B2 ## CPC - E05F 15/622: using screw-and-nut mechanisms - E05Y 2201/434: Electromotors; Details thereof - E05Y 2201/71: Toothed gearing - E05Y 2900/531: Doors - E05Y 2900/546: Tailboards, tailgates or sideboards opening upwards - E05F: DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING - E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF ## Abstract An electric supporting rod includes a driving unit and an actuating unit. The driving unit has a first outer cylinder and a driver disposed in the first outer cylinder. The first outer cylinder has an opening and elastic latching hooks disposed on an inner wall thereof, and the driver has a transmission slot. The actuating unit has a second outer cylinder and a transmission screw rod sheathed in the second outer cylinder. The second outer cylinder has an insertion part inserted into the opening, the transmission screw rod has a passive end engaged with the transmission slot, the insertion part has connection pieces surrounding the passive end, and the connection pieces are latched with the elastic latching hooks to longitudinally lock driving unit and the actuating unit. Accordingly, the electric supporting rod has a simple structure and is easily assembled. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electric supporting rod, comprising: a driving unit, comprising a first outer cylinder and a driver disposed in the first outer cylinder, wherein an opening is defined in one end of the first outer cylinder, the driver comprises a transmission slot disposed on one end thereof that faces the opening, the driver comprises a plurality of positioning holes surrounding the transmission slot, and a plurality of elastic latching hooks is disposed on an inner wall of the first outer cylinder and located between the opening and the transmission slot, wherein each of the elastic latching hooks is protruding from the inner wall in a radial inward direction; and an actuating unit, comprising a second outer cylinder and a transmission screw rod sheathed in the second outer cylinder, wherein the second outer cylinder comprises an insertion part disposed on one end thereof, the transmission screw rod comprises a passive end protruding from the insertion part, and a plurality of connection pieces and a plurality of positioning columns extend from the insertion part and surround the passive end; wherein the insertion part is inserted in the opening, the passive end is engaged with the transmission slot, each of the connection pieces is correspondingly latched with each of the elastic latching hooks to longitudinally lock the driving unit and the actuating unit, and each of the positioning columns is correspondingly inserted in each of the positioning holes to limit a radial movement of the driving unit relative to the actuating unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electric supporting rod according to claim 1, wherein each of the elastic latching hooks comprises a base part and an elastic arm, and each of the base parts is disposed in the first outer cylinder and connected to each of the elastic arms. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electric supporting rod according to claim 2, wherein each of the elastic arms includes a hook part, and each of the connection pieces includes an outer reverse hook, and each of the hook parts is correspondingly hooked with each of the outer reverse hooks. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electric supporting rod according to claim 1, wherein the positioning columns are spaced apart from one another. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electric supporting rod according to claim 1, wherein a length of each of the positioning columns is equal to or longer than a length of each of the connection pieces. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electric supporting rod according to claim 1, further comprising: a bearing adapted to sheathe the transmission screw rod. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electric supporting rod according to claim 1, wherein the transmission slot includes a plurality of inner teeth, and the passive end includes a plurality of outer teeth, wherein the outer teeth correspond to the inner teeth. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electric supporting rod according to claim 1, wherein the actuating unit further comprises a moveable inner cylinder, the moveable inner cylinder is moveably disposed in the second outer cylinder and engaged with the transmission screw rod, the moveable inner cylinder comprises a fasten end disposed outside the second outer cylinder, and the fasten end comprises a rotary connector. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electric supporting rod according to claim 1, wherein the first outer cylinder has a connection part, the connection part is disposed on an end of the first outer cylinder opposite to the opening, and the connection part comprises a connector.