Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Merra P. Narasimhan
  • Patent number: 6546825
    Abstract: There is described an actuator comprising an outer tube and an inner tube. In the actuator there is provided a spindle co-operating with a bushing for creating the displacement of the actuator by means of a motor. In order to establish an end stop in a secure way for preventing a wedging of the spindle and the bushing in extreme positions for the actuator, the bushing is disposed rotatable in relation to both tubes as it is arranged rotatable in a bushing housing. The actuator is arranged so that friction between the bushing and the bushing housing is greater that the friction occurring between the spindle and the bushing. Hereby rotation of the spindle will displace the bushing along the spindle until it reaches an extreme position. By an extreme position a pin on the bushing will hit a pin mounted in the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Kugle Holding A/S
    Inventor: Jens Kugle