Modular power actuator

US8011265B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Nexteer (Beijing) Technology O., Ltd.

Inventors

• Ratko Menjak · Frankenmuth, US
• Brian J. Magnus · Saginaw, US
• Steven M. Thomas · Saginaw, US
• Thomas A. Barrett · Bridgeport, US
• Mohammad S. Islam · Saginaw, US
• Karen A. Boswell · Freeland, US
• David K. Siniff · Bay City, US
• Michael A. Tomasino · Montrose, US
• James E. Rouleau · Burt, US
• Steven J. Schultz · Saginaw, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 11, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 6, 2011
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/19828
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A power actuator assembly includes a torque transmission device, a motor mounted to the torque transmission device extending along a motor axis, and a screw coupled to the torque transmission device and extending along a screw axis. An adjustment mechanism interconnects the screw and the torque transmission device and permits selective rotational adjustment between the adjustment mechanism and the torque transmission device to rotate the motor relative to the torque transmission device. A connecting device releasably interconnects the adjustment mechanism to the torque transmission device to permit repeated re-positioning of the motor relative to the torque transmission device.