Patent ID: 9050923
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: B60P,F16H

Abstract:
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 slideout unit frame insertable into said opening; a drive shaft; a means for rotation of said drive shaft; a plurality of first bevel gear sets connected to said drive shaft and adapted to redirect the rotational motion of said drive shaft; a plurality of first auxiliary shafts operatively connected to said first bevel gear set for rotation thereby; one or more second set of bevel gears each connected to an auxiliary shaft, adapted to redirect the rotational motion of said drive shaft; one or more second auxiliary shafts operatively connected to said one or more second set of bevel gears for rotation thereby; a plurality of drive gears located on either said drive shaft or said auxiliary shafts and a rack gear assembly associated with each drive gear, for linear movement of said slideout unit frame relative to the opening; and wherein the at least one first drive gear and the at least one second drive gear include a pair of drive gears spaced horizontally from each other; and wherein the first rack assembly includes a pair of rack gears aligned with the pair of drive gears of the at least one first drive gear and a the second rack assembly includes a pair of rack gears aligned with the pair of drive gears of the at least one second drive gear.