# US 7,611,128 B2 · Lifter

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- Number: US 7,611,128 B2
- Document ID: US7611128B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/468,303
- Filed: 2006-08-30
- Published: 2008-03-27
- Granted: 2009-11-03
- Earliest claimed: 2006-08-30
- Assignees: Moteck Electric Corp.
- Inventors: Jung-Jen Wu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7611128B2

## CPC

- A47C 19/045: {with entire frame height or inclination adjustments}
- A47C 20/042: {by means of screw-and-nut mechanism}
- A47C 20/041: {by electric motors}
- H02K 7/06: Means for converting reciprocating motion into rotary motion or vice versa
- H02K 7/1166: {comprising worm and worm-wheel (structural association with bearings specially adapted for worm gear drives H02K7/081)}
- H02K 16/00: Machines with more than one rotor or stator {(machines for transmitting mechanical power from a driving shaft to a driven shaft and comprising structurally interrelated motor and generator parts H02K51/00; permanent magnet machines with multiple rotors or stators relatively rotated for vectorially combining the excitation fields or the armature voltages H02K21/029)}
- F16H 25/2015: {Means specially adapted for stopping actuators in the end position; Position sensing means}
- F16H 2025/209: {using worm gears}
- A47C: CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
- H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53})
- F16H: GEARING

## Abstract

A lifter is disclosed using two transmission mechanisms at two sides of a housing for lifting, for example, a bed or chair, each transmission mechanism including a motor. a worm gear wheel meshed with a worm shaft as the output of the motor, a screw rod threaded into an inner thread in the hollow gear shaft of the worm gear wheel, a push block fixedly fastened to one end of the screw rod and moved with the screw rod to lift/lower the load upon rotation of the motor, and a sliding block fixedly fastened to the other end of the screw rod to guide axial displacement of the screw rod in the housing.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A lifter comprising
a housing, said housing defining therein an accommodation chamber;
two transmission mechanisms mounted in said accommodation chamber at two sides, said transmission mechanisms each comprising a motor, said motor having an output worm shaft, a worm gear wheel meshed with said worm shaft and rotatable by said worm shaft upon rotation of said motor, said worm gear wheel having an inner thread in a hollow gear shaft thereof, a screw rod threaded into said inner thread of said worm gear wheel, and a push block fixedly fastened to one end of said screw rod and moved with said screw rod to move a load upon rotation of said motor; and
two pairs of limit switches respectively fixedly mounted in said accommodation chamber inside said housing and adapted to control the direction of the motors of said transmission mechanism; said transmission mechanisms each further comprise a sliding block respectively fixedly mounted on one end of the associating screw rod opposite to the associating push block for touching said limit switches to cause said limit switches to the associating motor for limiting displacement.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The lifter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said motor is a DC motor.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The lifter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said motor is a server motor.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The lifter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said transmission mechanisms each further comprise at least one axle bearing adapted to support rotation of the associating worm gear wheel.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The lifter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the push blocks of said transmission mechanisms are adapted to lift a bed.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The lifter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the push blocks of said transmission mechanisms are adapted to lift a chair.