Lying surface for a bed, in particular a healthcare and/or hospital bed

A lying surface for a bed, the lying surface comprising:

• support elements (22) and
• at least one electro-mechanic lifting unit (20) for lifting and lowering one of the support elements (22) relative to a bearing element (62) of the support element (22),
• wherein
• the at least one lifting unit (20) comprises a housing (24) with an electromotor (32) having a drive shaft (34), a transmission (38) and a lifting member (50) supported at the bearing element (62) of said one support element (22),
• the lifting member (50) is adapted to be rotated by the transmission (38) and to be moved both up and down during a rotary movement of 360°, and
• the electromotor (32) is supported in the housing (24) in a vibration-damping manner to decouple vibrations propagating from the electromotor (32) to the housing, and the drive shaft (34) of the electromotor (32) has a vibration-damping section (74) for decoupling of vibrations from the electromotor (32) to the transmission (38) and a flexible shaft coupled mechanically with the transmission (38) for compensating a radial offset between the drive shaft of the electromotor and the input shaft of the transmission, said offset being caused by tolerances.

A lying surface for a bed, the lying surface comprising:

• support elements (22) and
• at least one electro-mechanic lifting unit (20) for lifting and lowering one of the support elements (22) relative to a bearing element (62) of the support element (22),
• wherein
• the at least one lifting unit (20) comprises a housing (24) with an electromotor (32) having a drive shaft (34), a transmission (38) and a lifting member (50) supported at the bearing element (62) of said one support element (22),
• the lifting member (50) is adapted to be rotated by the transmission (38) and to be moved both up and down during a rotary movement of 36020 , and
• the transmission (38) is a multi-stage and reduction transmission and comprises a screw (42) connected with the drive shaft (34) of the electromotor (32) via a coupling section (74), said screw meshing with a gear stage (44) that is in rotational engagement with the lifting member (50).

A lying surface for a bed, the lying surface comprising:

• support elements (22) and
• at least one electro-mechanic lifting unit (20) for lifting and lowering one of the support elements (22) relative to a bearing element (62) of the support element (22),
• wherein
• the at least one lifting unit (20) comprises a housing (24) with an electromotor (32) having a drive shaft (34), a transmission (38) and a lifting member (50) supported at the bearing element (62) of said one support element (22),
• the lifting member (50) is adapted to be rotated by the transmission (38) and to be moved both up and down during a rotary movement of 360°, and
• a drive line comprising the drive shaft (34) of the electromotor (32), a coupling section (74) and an input shaft (36) of the transmission (38) is supported within the housing (24) at a bearing (39) which, seen from the electromotor (32), is situated behind the coupling section (74).

A lying surface for a bed, the lying surface comprising:

• support elements (22) and
• at least one electro-mechanic lifting unit (20) for lifting and lowering one of the support elements (22) relative to a bearing element (62) of the support element (22),
• wherein
• the at least one lifting unit (20) comprises a housing (24) with an electromotor (32) having a drive shaft (34), a transmission (38) and a lifting member (50) supported at the bearing element (62) of said one support element (22),
• the lifting member (50) is adapted to be rotated by the transmission (38) and to be moved both up and down during a rotary movement of 360°, and
• the support elements (22) are configured as bars on which a mattress or a like support rests.

A lying surface for a bed, the lying surface comprising:

• support elements (22) and
• at least one electro-mechanic lifting unit (20) for lifting and lowering one of the support elements (22) relative to a bearing element (62) of the support element (22),
• wherein
• the at least one lifting unit (20) comprises a housing (24) with an electromotor (32) having a drive shaft (34), a transmission (38) and a lifting member (50) supported at the bearing element (62) of said one support element (22),
• the lifting member (50) is adapted to be rotated by the transmission (38) and to be moved both up and down during a rotary movement of 360°, and
• the bearing element (62) at which the lifting member (50) of the at least one lifting unit (20) is supported is attached to a frame portion (66) of a mattress under-springing comprising the bars (22).

A lying surface for a bed, the lying surface comprising:

• support elements (22) and
• at least one electro-mechanic lifting unit (20) for lifting and lowering one of the support elements (22) relative to a bearing element (62) of the support element (22),
• wherein
• the at least one lifting unit (20) comprises a housing (24) with an electromotor (32) having a drive shaft (34), a transmission (38) and a lifting member (50) supported at the bearing element (62) of said one support element (22),
• the lifting member (50) is adapted to be rotated by the transmission (38) and to be moved both up and down during a rotary movement of 360°, and
• the support elements (22), the at least one lifting unit (20) and the bearing elements (62) are integrated in a mattress.

A lying surface for a bed, the lying surface comprising:

• support elements (22) and
• at least one electro-mechanic lifting unit (20) for lifting and lowering one of the support elements (22) relative to a bearing element (62) of the support element (22),
• wherein
• the at least one lifting unit (20) comprises a housing (24) with an electromotor (32) having a drive shaft (34), a transmission (38) and a lifting member (50) supported at the bearing element (62) of said one support element (22),
• the lifting member (50) is adapted to be rotated by the transmission (38) and to be moved both up and down during a rotary movement of 360°, and
• the transmission (38) of the at least one lifting unit (20) is supported in a vibration-damped manner within the housing (24) by an elastomer material between the transmission (38) or a housing part accommodating the same and the housing (24) of the lifting unit (20).