Kinematic component
A kinematic component comprising a first movably adjustable component, a second movably adjustable component and a device which is provided and designed to adjust the movably adjustable components independently of each other, and wherein the device is provided and designed to recognise a first reference position of the first movably adjustable component and a second reference position of the second movably adjustable component, wherein the device is further provided to reference the first movably adjustable component upon recognition of the first reference position and to reference the second movably adjustable component upon recognition of the second reference position.
1 . A kinematic component, comprising:
a first movably adjustable component, wherein the first movably adjustable component is planar and is movably adjustable about a first axis;
a second movably adjustable component, wherein the second moveably adjustable component is planar and is movably adjustable about a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis; and
a device that is provided and designed to adjust each of the movably adjustable components independently of one another,
wherein the device is provided and designed to recognize a first reference position of the first movably adjustable component and a second reference position of the second movably adjustable component, wherein the device is further provided for referencing the first movably adjustable component upon recognition of the first reference position and referencing the second movably adjustable component upon recognition of the second reference position, and
wherein the first reference position and the second reference position are each the position at which the respective movably adjustable component is assigned a certain position of the respective movably adjustable component.
2 . A method for referencing a kinematic component according to claim 1 ,
wherein by the following method steps:
a. actuation of a kinematic component;
b. recognizing an actuation of a sensor unit by recognizing a reference position;
c. processing the recognized reference position as a function of a respective direction of rotation in order to recognize which movably adjustable component is to be referenced; and
d. referencing the recognized movably adjustable component.
3 . The kinematic component according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the first reference position corresponds to a predetermined position of the first movably adjustable component and the second reference position corresponds to a predetermined position of the second movably adjustable component.
4 . The kinematic component according to claim 3 ,
wherein
the predetermined position of the first movably adjustable component corresponds to a maximum position of the first movably adjustable component and the predetermined position of the second movably adjustable component corresponds to a maximum position of the second movably adjustable component.
5 . The kinematic component according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the device comprises a drive unit that is connected to a rotatable actuator and to each of the first movably adjustable component and the second movably adjustable component, wherein the drive unit can be actuated by means of rotation of the rotatable actuator, and wherein the first movably adjustable component can be adjusted when the actuator is rotated in a first direction and the second movably adjustable component can be adjusted when the actuator is rotated in a second direction of rotation, which is opposite to the first direction of rotation.
6 . The kinematic component according to claim 5 ,
wherein
the rotatable actuator is an electric motor.
7 . The kinematic component according to claim 5 ,
wherein
the device has a first actuating element and a second actuating element, the first actuating element being connected to the drive unit and the first movably adjustable component and the second actuating element being connected to the drive unit and the second movably adjustable component.
8 . The kinematic component according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the device comprises a sensor unit that is provided and designed to recognize the reference positions.
9 . The kinematic component according to claim 8 ,
wherein
an evaluation unit is provided, which is provided and designed to reference at least one of the movably adjustable components by recognizing the respective reference position thereof on a basis of a respective direction of rotation.
10 . The kinematic component according to claim 8 ,
wherein at least one of the following is satisfied:
the sensor unit comprises at least one sensor; and
the sensor unit is in active contact with at least one of a first actuating element and a second actuating element.
11 . The kinematic component according to claim 10 ,
wherein
the at least one sensor is stationary with respect to the device.
12 . The kinematic component according to claim 10 ,
wherein
the at least one sensor is one or more of a Hall sensor, a magnetic sensor, a capacitive sensor, and a mechanically actuated sensor.
13 . The kinematic component according to claim 10 ,
wherein
the at least one sensor is at least operatively connected to the first movably adjustable component and to the second movably adjustable component and is designed and provided for recognizing the reference positions on a basis of the interaction with the movably adjustable components.
14 . The kinematic component according to claim 10 ,
wherein
the sensor unit further comprises an elastically deformable actuating element, and wherein the actuating element is at least operatively connected to the first movably adjustable component and to the second movably adjustable component.
15 . The kinematic component according to claim 14 ,
wherein
the elastically deformable actuating element has a first end, which is fixedly connected to the sensor, and has a second end, which is at least operatively connected to the first movably adjustable component and to the second movably adjustable component.
16 . A kinematic component, comprising:
a first movably adjustable component;
a second movably adjustable component; and
a device that is provided and designed to adjust the movably adjustable components independently of one another, wherein the device is provided and designed to recognize a first reference position of the first movably adjustable component and a second reference position of the second movably adjustable component, wherein the device is further provided for referencing the first movably adjustable component upon recognition of the first reference position and referencing the second movably adjustable component upon recognition of the second reference position,
wherein the first reference position and the second reference position is the position of which the movably adjustable component is assigned a certain position of the movably adjustable component,
wherein the device comprises a sensor unit that is provided and designed to recognize the reference positions,
wherein the sensor unit at least one of:
comprises at least one sensor; and
is in active contact with at least one of a first actuating element and a second actuating element, and
wherein the sensor unit further comprises an elastically deformable actuating element at least operatively connected to the first movably adjustable component and to the second movably adjustable component.