Patent ID: 9649237
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A47C,A61G,G08C,H02K,H04M

Claim:
1. An electric motor drive for a bed having at least one bed part, the electric motor drive comprising: a control unit; at least one adjustment drive operatively connected to the control unit to adjust the at least one bed part into at least one position in response to at least one command from the control unit; at least one operating unit operatively connected to the control unit, wherein the at least one operating unit is one selected from a group comprising a mobile telephone, a handheld device, a laptop, a device with Bluetooth function, a normal telephone, a smart phone, a personal data assistant, and an electronic organizer, wherein the at least one operating unit issues at least one control signal, wherein the at least one operating unit comprises a multifunction operating part having an operating section and a display section and wherein the at least one operating unit is controllable by a person within a predetermined range of the bed; and an adapter device connected between the at least one operating unit and the control unit, wherein the adapter device receives the at least one control signal from the at least one operating unit, adapts the at least one control signal, and forwards at least one adapted control signal to the control unit, wherein the adapter device comprises at least one converter unit configured to receive the at least one control signal and convert the at least one control signal into at least one converted control signal, wherein the adapter device comprises an interface to connect the at least one operating unit to the at least one converter unit, wherein the adapter device also comprises a level adapter that adapts the at least one control signal before transmission to the control unit to provide leveling control to the at least one adjustment drive, wherein the at least one converter unit is disposed operatively between the interface and the level adapter, wherein the level adapter is disposed operatively between the at least one converter unit and the control unit, wherein the interface is disposed operatively between the at least one operating unit and the at least one converter unit, and wherein the control unit issues the at least one command in response to receipt of the at least one adapted control signal to the at least one adjustment drive.