IP Library Granted Patent US 9,169,907
Granted Patent B2
US 9,169,907 · App. 13/926,587 · Granted Oct 27, 2015

Spindle drive

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Patent No.
US 9,169,907
App. No.
13/926,587
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spindle drive ( 1 ), in particular for a linear actuator, having a spindle ( 3 ), a spindle nut ( 7 ) which interacts with the spindle ( 3 ), and a lubricating channel outlet ( 20 ) which opens into an intermediate space between the spindle ( 3 ) and the spindle nut ( 7 ) for lubricating the spindle ( 3 ) and the spindle nut ( 7 ), the spindle drive ( 1 ) comprising, moreover, a stationary channel system and a rotatable channel system which is connected to the stationary channel system for feeding lubricant to the lubricating channel outlet ( 20 ).

Claims (5)

1. A spindle drive for a linear actuator comprising a spindle, a spindle nut which interacts with the spindle, and a lubricating channel outlet which opens between the spindle and the spindle nut for lubricating the spindle and the spindle nut, the spindle drive further comprising a stationary channel system and a rotatable channel system connected to the stationary channel system for feeding lubricant to the lubricating channel outlet, wherein the rotatable channel system is arranged at least partially in at least one of the spindle and a hollow-shaft rotor of the spindle drive, wherein the rotatable channel system comprises a radial channel, and wherein the spindle drive comprises a transfer space which is arranged between the stationary channel system and the rotatable channel system, wherein the transfer space is of annular configuration, and wherein the transfer space is configured to be at least partially concentric with respect to a longitudinal axis of the spindle.

2. A spindle drive according to claim 1 , wherein the rotatable channel system in the spindle comprises a longitudinal channel and the radial channel which is connected to the longitudinal channel.

3. A spindle drive according to claim 1 , wherein the radial channel opens directly into the lubricating channel outlet.

4. A spindle drive according to claim 1 , wherein the spindle is connected to a hollow-shaft rotor so as to rotate therewith, wherein the rotatable channel system runs through the hollow-shaft rotor.

5. A spindle drive according to claim 1 , wherein rolling bodies are arranged between the spindle and the spindle nut.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 18, 2016
From: WITTENSTEIN AG
To: WITTENSTEIN SE
Reel/Frame 040650/0801 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2013
From: SCHWARZBACH, MICHAEL
To: WITTENSTEIN AG
Reel/Frame 030683/0332 →