Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Motion guide apparatus
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Application No.: US17601652Application Date: 2020-03-13
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Publication No.: US11767882B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Ryuji Furusawa , Hiroyuki Kishi , Toshikazu Ban , Mihoko Miura
- Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: WHDA, LLP
- Priority: JP 19073276 2019.04.08
- International Application: PCT/JP2020/011051 2020.03.13
- International Announcement: WO2020/209001A 2020.10.15
- Date entered country: 2021-10-05
- Main IPC: F16C29/06
- IPC: F16C29/06

Abstract:
A motion guide apparatus which prevents a retainer from falling-off. A motion guide apparatus includes a track member having a rolling element rolling portion; a movable member having a loaded rolling element rolling portion facing the rolling element rolling portion of the track member; a return path; and a turn-around path connected to a loaded path and the return path; a plurality of rolling elements placed in the loaded path, the return path, and the turn-around path; and a retainer configured to hold at least one of the plurality of rolling elements. Grooves into which an end of the retainer in a width direction thereof enters are formed in the loaded path, the return path, and the turn-around path. A width of the grooves in at least a part of the turn-around path and/or in the return path is greater than a width of the groove in the loaded path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220196068A1 MOTION GUIDE APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-06-23
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