Patent ID: 9738210
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B60P,F16H

Claim:
1. A slidable room assembly in a vehicle body, the vehicle body having a plurality of exterior walls, at least one of which has an opening and a slideout unit disposed in the opening and reciprocable between an extended position and a retracted position, the slidable room assembly comprising: a drive shaft having a first end and a second end, and a means for rotation of the drive shaft; a plurality of first bevel gear sets connected to the first and second ends of the drive shaft and adapted to redirect the rotational motion of the drive shaft; a plurality of rigid first auxiliary shafts having a too end and a bottom end, each rigid first auxiliary shaft being oriented perpendicular to the drive shaft and operatively connected at their bottom ends to the first bevel gear set for rotation thereby; one or more second sets of bevel gears each connected to the top end of one of the plurality of rigid first auxiliary shafts, adapted to redirect the rotational motion of the drive shaft; one or more second auxiliary shafts operatively connected to the one or more second set of bevel gears for rotation thereby; a plurality of drive gears located on either the drive shaft or the auxiliary shafts; and a rack gear assembly associated with each drive gear, each rack gear assembly comprising at least one rigid rack gear that is connected to the slideout unit and associated with the at least one drive near for linear movement of the slideout unit relative to the opening.