Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ball screw spline
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Application No.: US16764471Application Date: 2018-11-12
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Publication No.: US10914365B2Publication Date: 2021-02-09
- Inventor: Yohei Amemiya
- Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye
- Priority: JP2017-227937 20171128
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/041775 WO 20181112
- International Announcement: WO2019/107122 WO 20190606
- Main IPC: F16H25/24
- IPC: F16H25/24 ; F16H25/22 ; F16C31/06

Abstract:
A ball screw spline with reduced size and weight includes: a shaft formed in such a manner that a helical ball screw groove and a straight ball spline groove intersect each other; a ball screw nut having a helical ball screw groove facing the ball screw groove in the shaft, the ball screw nut being configured to allow recirculating a screw ball fitting in the ball screw groove in the shaft; and a ball spline outer race having a straight ball spline groove facing the ball spline groove in the shaft, the ball spline outer race being configured to allow recirculating a spline ball fitting in the ball spline groove in the shaft. The ball screw groove in the shaft is made as deep as or deeper than the ball spline groove in the shaft, and the screw ball is made smaller in diameter than the spline ball.
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