US 12,276,320 B2
Spindle system, linear actuator and piece of furniture
Haymo Niederkofler, Graz (AT); and Hannes Puck, Stainz (AT)
Assigned to LOGICDATA Electronic & Software Entwicklungs GmbH, Deutschlandsberg (AT)
Filed by LOGICDATA Electronic & Software Entwicklungs GmbH, Deutschlandsberg (AT)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/363,239.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 120 890.7 (DE), filed on Aug. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0060553 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. F16H 25/24 (2006.01); F16H 25/20 (2006.01); A47B 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 25/2056 (2013.01) [F16H 25/2009 (2013.01); A47B 9/04 (2013.01); F16H 2025/2436 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spindle system for a linear actuator, wherein the linear actuator has a telescopic tube system having an outer tube and at least one inner tube arranged coaxially with the outer tube and at least partially surrounded by the outer tube, the spindle system comprising:
an inner shaft;
a sliding element connected to the inner shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein the sliding element comprises one or more first tappets associated with a first profiling of the inner shaft, wherein the sliding element further comprises one or more elastic compensating elements;
a bearing; and
a hollow spindle at least partially surrounding the inner shaft, wherein the telescopic tube system surrounds the hollow spindle, the hollow spindle comprising:
one or more second tappets associated with a second profiling of an inner side of the hollow spindle, wherein the hollow spindle is connected to the inner shaft by a positive and axially displaceable shaft-hub connection defined by the first profiling and the second profiling, wherein the one or more elastic compensating elements engage the one or more second tappets to minimize radial play between the one or more first tappets and the one or more second tappets over an entire length of the hollow spindle;
an outer side having an external thread; and
a bearing seat, wherein the bearing is seated in the bearing seat, and wherein the bearing is configured to transmit axial thrust forces or axial tensile forces between the hollow spindle and the outer tube, wherein a rotational movement of the spindle system does not cause a rotational movement of the outer tube, wherein the external thread, the one or more second tappets, and the bearing seat are formed as a single casting of a plastic material.