Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ball spline
- Patent Title (中): 滚珠花键
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Application No.: US10583411Application Date: 2004-11-15
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Publication No.: US08167493B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Hideki Fujii , Hironori Shoji , Satoru Nagai , Yoshitaka Takahashi
- Applicant: Hideki Fujii , Hironori Shoji , Satoru Nagai , Yoshitaka Takahashi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Thk Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Thk Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2003-434600 20031226
- International Application: PCT/JP2004/016923 WO 20041115
- International Announcement: WO2005/066511 WO 20050721
- Main IPC: F16C29/06
- IPC: F16C29/06

Abstract:
a ball spline enabling easy machining of a spline shaft by drawing and manufacturable at low cost. The ball spline includes a spline shaft in which multiple lines of ball rolling faces are formed along the longitudinal direction; and a spline nut having a hollow hole for inserting the spline shaft therein, having load rolling faces opposed to the ball rolling faces of the spline shaft. Multiple lines of torque transmission grooves along the longitudinal direction are formed at equal intervals around the spline shaft, and the ball rolling faces are formed on the lateral both sides of these torque transmission grooves. Further, a distance between a pair of ball rows rolling on both sides of the land parts of the spline shaft is set larger than a distance between a pair of ball rows rolling on both sides of the torque transmission grooves.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070223846A1 BALL SPLINE Public/Granted day:2007-09-27
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