Ball screw device
AssigneeJtekt Corporation
InventorGento Aramoto
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Abstract
A ball screw device includes a screw shaft that has a first helical groove on an outer circumference, a nut that has a second helical groove on an inner circumference, a plurality of balls, a stopper provided at an end portion of the second helical groove, and a spring body that is placed between an end portion ball closest to the stopper and the stopper. The spring body is configured of a plurality of coil springs arrayed along the first helical groove and the second helical groove. The coil springs that are adjacent each have a spring end portion of which rigidity is higher than rigidity of a spring middle portion.
Claims6
A ball screw device comprising:
- a screw shaft that has a first helical groove on an outer circumference thereof;
- a nut disposed on an outer circumferential side of the screw shaft and having a second helical groove on an inner circumference thereof;
- a plurality of balls disposed between the first helical groove and the second helical groove;
- a stopper disposed at an end portion of the second helical groove;
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- a spring body disposed between the stopper and an end portion ball closest to the stopper out of the plurality of balls, the spring body including:
- a first coil spring arrayed along the first helical groove and the second helical groove, the first coil spring having:
- a first spring middle portion;
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- a first spring end portion having a higher rigidity than a rigidity of the first spring middle portion;
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- a second coil spring arrayed along the first helical groove and the second helical groove, the second coil spring being adjacent to the first coil spring, the second coil spring having:
- a second spring middle portion;
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- a second spring end portion having a higher rigidity than a rigidity of the second spring middle portion, the second spring end portion being in contact with the first spring end portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.