Patent ID: 6533596
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: F15B

Abstract:
A linear drive comprising:a drive housing including a well formed in a side wall thereof, a drive housing cover arranged on at least one terminal region of the housing and having a recess formed therein, the recess having an opening communication with the well in the drive housing, a position detecting means for detecting the position of a piston including a housing arranged in the drive housing, the position detecting means being insertable into the well from a side of the housing facing the housing cover, an electromechanical connection means including a housing placed at a laterally aligned outer face of the housing cover, said connection means serving for the detachable connection of an electrical conductor arrangement leading from the outside toward the linear drive from the side, to the position detection means, wherein the electromechanical connection means is accommodated in a completely sunk manner in the housing cover without standing proud of the laterally aligned outer face, and the housing of the position detecting means being integrally formed with the housing of the electromechanical connection means, wherein the connection means is disposed within the recess of the housing cover, and the position detecting means is disposed in the well of the drive housing.