Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Linear motion guide unit
- Patent Title (中): 直线运动导向单元
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Application No.: US13661573Application Date: 2012-10-26
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Publication No.: US08801289B2Publication Date: 2014-08-12
- Inventor: Hideki Kuwabara , Yoshihiro Yoshida
- Applicant: Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Browdy and Neimark, PLLC
- Priority: JP2011-235957 20111027
- Main IPC: F16C29/06
- IPC: F16C29/06 ; F16C33/10

Abstract:
A circular sleeve is disclosed which fits into a lengthwise bore in a slider to provide a return passage to make sure of smooth rolling in a slider downsized or compact in length. The sleeve is inserted with leaving circular clearances inside the lengthwise bore in the slider. The sleeve has a bridged beam portion and cantilevered beam portions all of which may undergo elastic deformation under urging or impact force caused by rollers while rolling through the return passage. The bridged beam portion is flanked by support beam portions forming the outside circular surface of the sleeve and the cantilevered beam portions are fastened at their inward ends to a middle support beam portion and freed at their outside ends to bend or warp.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130108193A1 LINEAR MOTION GUIDE UNIT Public/Granted day:2013-05-02
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