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Ball screw device and linear motion device

US7146869B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 8, 2004
Grant dateDec 12, 2006
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/19953
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A spacer between adjacent balls of, for example, a ball screw device or a linear motion device has an outer periphery that is concave such that the spacer is elastically deformed to be in substantially circular line contact with the adjacent balls and that a distance therebetween is variable.

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