Ball connecting body, and linear guide device and ball screw device utilizing the ball connecting body
US5993064A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 24, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 30, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H2025/2242
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a ball connector in which a number of balls are arranged in one row and held rollably and which is used by being integrated, for example, into a linear guide device for endless sliding and a ball endless track of a ball screw device, particularly to a ball connector capable of being used by freely flexing or twisting the ball connector. Such a ball connector is a ball connector constituted by a number of balls arranged in one row at predetermined intervals and a connector belt rotatably holding the balls and connecting together the balls contiguous to each other, the connector belt is provided with four of belt members formed in a strip-like shape along peripheral faces of the balls and brought into contact with the plurality of rolls and in the meantime, the belt members are connected mutually with other ones of the belt members at intermediaries of the balls contiguous to each other and the connector belt is formed in a shape constricted in comparison with an outer diameter of the ball at such connecting positions.
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