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US 11,143,214 B2Granted
Rod assembly and fluid pressure device
AssigneeSMC Corporation
InventorTsukasa Odaka
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Abstract
A rod assembly for a fluid pressure cylinder has a rod member and a packing that is mounted on an outer circumferential part of the rod member and slides along a slide hole. Assembly is simple because a conventional hard piston is not used. The assembly can be carried out simply by hand without the use of a dedicated tool. Thus, the rod assembly simplifies assembly work.
Claims11
A rod assembly configured to reciprocate along a slide hole of a fluid pressure device, comprising:
- a rod member;
- and
- a packing attached to an outer circumferential part of the rod member and configured to slide along the slide hole, wherein:
- the rod member includes, in the outer circumferential part, a stopper receiving groove extending in a circumferential direction;
- a stopper member divided into a plurality of elements in the circumferential direction is installed into the stopper receiving groove,
- wherein the packing includes:
- a packing body portion covering one end in an axial direction of the stopper member and coming into abutment against the outer circumferential part of the rod member,
- a circumference covering portion protruding from the packing body portion in the axial direction to cover an outer circumference of the stopper member, and
- an annular engaging groove formed in an inner circumferential part of the circumference covering portion to elastically engage with the stopper member,
- and wherein
- the packing has an L-shaped cross-section and includes an opening from which an other end in the axial direction of the stopper member is exposed, the packing being integrally formed of an elastic material, and
- the packing covers the stopper member, and thus the stopper member supports the packing and is prevented from coming off the stopper receiving groove.
9 more elements
A fluid pressure device, comprising:
- a body containing therein a slide hole;
- and
- a rod assembly disposed so as to reciprocate along the slide hole,
- wherein:
- the rod assembly includes a rod member and a packing attached to an outer circumferential part of the rod member and configured to slide along the slide hole;
- the rod member includes, in the outer circumferential part, a stopper receiving groove extending in a circumferential direction;
- a stopper member divided into a plurality of elements in the circumferential direction is installed into the stopper receiving groove,
- wherein the packing includes:
- a packing body portion covering one end in an axial direction of the stopper member and coining into abutment against the outer circumferential part of the rod member,
- a circumference covering portion protruding from the packing body portion in the axial direction to cover an outer circumference of the stopper member, and
- an annular engaging groove formed in an inner circumferential part of the circumference covering portion to elastically engage with the stopper member,
- and wherein
- the packing has an L-shaped cross-section and includes an opening from which an other end in the axial direction of the stopper member is exposed, the packing being integrally formed of an elastic material, and
- the packing covers the stopper member, and thus the stopper member supports the packing and is prevented from coming off the stopper receiving groove.
11 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.