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US 12,673,602 B2Granted
Actuator and lift system for a camper trailer
OwnerStuart Badman, Malcolm Badmaninventors
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Abstract
An actuator for a lift system for a roof of a camper trailer and a lift system and a camper trailer including the actuator. The actuator has a linear guide; a rotatable threaded shaft that extends in alignment with the guide; and a slider, located in the guide, and threadably mounted to the shaft. The slider is prohibited from substantial rotation within the guide, about an elongate axis thereof, such that, on rotation of the shaft, the slider moves along the shaft.
Claims12
An actuator assembly suitable for use in a lift system for a roof of a camper trailer, the actuator assembly comprising:
- a linear guide tube portion;
- a rotatable threaded shaft that extends within and in alignment with the linear guide tube portion;
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- a motor which when installed is coupled to the shaft and configured to rotate the shaft;
- a slider located in the linear guide tube portion, and threadably mounted to the shaft,
- the slider prohibited from substantial rotation within the linear guide tube portion about an elongate axis thereof, such that, on rotation of the shaft, the slider moves along the shaft;
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- a flexible push rod configured to sleeve the shaft when installed, wherein one end of the flexible push rod is arranged for contacting engagement with a distal end of the slider, and the other end of the flexible push rod is operatively engageable with a roof support when in use.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.