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Electric motor-driven positioning element
Assignee: Motors Liquidation Co
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Filing: 1989-10-23
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Granted: 1991-01-29
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Expires: 2009-10-23
Abstract
Abstract In an electric motor-driven positioning element for steering the rear wheels of a passenger car, a rotor of an electric motor is mounted on a ball nut which is adapted to effect axial displacement of a ball screw. The ball nut supports on a flange the shafts of pinions of a planetary gear unit, with the sun wheel of that planetary gear unit being driven by the rotor of the electric motor. The housing accommodates an electro-magnetic dog clutch which serves to block the ball nut during the time the electric motor is not energized.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul Bausch
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 20:40
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02K; H02K7/00; H02K7/10; B; B60; B60G; B60G7/00; B60G7/001; B60G7/003; B60G7/006; B62; B62D; B62D5/00; B62D5/04; B62D5/0418; B62D5/043; B62D5/0433; B62D5/0442; B62D5/0445; B62D5/0448; B62D7/00; B62D7/06; B62D7/14; B62D7/146; B62D7/15; B62D7/1581; H02K7/06; B60G2200/00; B60G2200/10; B60G2200/13; B60G2200/132; B60G2200/1322; B60G2200/40; B60G2200/422; B60G2200/44; B60G2200/462; B60G2202/00; B60G2202/40; B60G2202/42; B60G2204/00; B60G2204/10; B60G2204/14; B60G2204/148; B60G2204/40; B60G2204/419; B60G2204/4191; B60G2204/62; B60G2206/00; B60G2206/01; B60G2206/10; B60G2206/11; B60G2206/111; B60G2206/1116; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/18; Y10T74/18568; Y10T74/18576; Y10T74/18664
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
An electric motor-driven positioning element for steering a rear wheel of a passenger car, including a housing with a positioning member in the form of a ball screw which is adapted for axial displacement effected by a rotatable ball nut, and wherein the ball nut is driven by an electric motor via a planetary gear unit, with the rotor of the electric motor driving a sun gear, and the sun gear intermeshing with planetary pinions driving the ball nut, the improvement wherein: the ball nut is a hollow shaft, and the rotor of the electric motor is rotatably mounted on the ball nut.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
103 words
An electric motor-driven positioning element for steering a rear wheel of a passenger car, including a housing with a positioning member in the form of a ball screw which is adapted for axial displacement effected by a rotatable ball nut, and wherein the ball nut is driven by an electric motor via a planetary gear unit, with the rotor of the electric motor driving a sun gear, and the sun gear intermeshing with planetary pinions driving the ball nut, the improvement wherein: the ball nut is a hollow shaft, and the rotor of the electric motor is rotatably mounted on the ball nut.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
The electric motor-driven positioning element of claim 1, wherein: the planetary pinions have shafts mounted on a flange of the ball nut which is fashioned into a pinion carrier, and in that the planetary pinions are in mesh with a stationary internal toothing of the housing which functions as a ring gear.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The electric motor-driven positioning element of claim 1, wherein: the ball nut is mounted in the housing by means of bearings which are fitted radially outwardly onto the ball nut.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
96 words
The electric motor-driven positioning element of claim 1, wherein: the shafts of the planetary gears are positioned on a pinion carrier which is mounted for rotation on the ball nut and which has, on the side facing away from the electric motor, another sun gear which is in mesh with planetary pinions, with the planetary pinions being mounted on a flange of the ball nut which performs the function of a planetary pinion carrier, and in that all planetary pinions are in mesh with fixed internal toothing of the housing which functions as a ring gear.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The electric motor-driven positioning element of claim 1, wherein: the housing contains an electro-magnetic dog brake for blocking the ball nut during the time the electric motor is not energized.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
78 words
The electric motor-driven positioning element of claim 5, wherein: the dog brake has a clutch disc which is nonrotatably mounted on a collar of the ball nut, with the collar facing oppositely the electric motor, said brake disc being biased by the force of a spring against the end wall of the housing, and an annular magnetic element being arranged on the side of said spring for axially displacing the brake disc against the force of said spring.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
The electric motor-driven positioning element of claim 6, wherein: the brake disc on the side facing the end wall of the housing, and the end wall of the housing are provided, respectively, with radial toothing which are adapted to mesh with one another.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
48 words
The electric motor-driving positioning element of claim 1, wherein: on one side the housing is completely closed and is provided with a mounting lug, and in that the ball screw projecting from the other side of said housing is connected to a steering arm of said rear wheel.
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