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US 12,184,148 B2Granted
Linear motor system guide
AssigneeGoodrich Actuation Systems Limited
InventorsArnaud De La Chevasnerie, Benjamin Legrand
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Abstract
A guide assembly includes an annular guide body defining a cavity, and a plurality of roller assemblies mounted within the guide body. Each roller assembly includes an annular roller mounted onto a pin and arranged to rotate around the pin. The pins are arranged such that their axes define a ring around the interior of the guide body and the annular rollers arranged to protrude through respective openings in the guide body into the cavity. Each annular roller has a concave outer surface.
Claims8
A guide assembly comprising:
- an annular guide body defining a cavity, the guide body including roller openings that open into the cavity and are surrounded by inert openings formed in an outer circumference of the annual guide body in the circumferential direction;
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- a plurality of roller assemblies mounted within the guide body, each roller assembly comprising:
- an annular roller mounted onto a respective separate pin and arranged to rotate around the respective separate pin, the respective separate pins arranged such that their axes define a ring around the interior of the guide body;
- wherein the annular rollers are arranged to protrude through respective roller openings in the guide body into the cavity;
- wherein the respective pins are arranged to extend radially through the insert openings adjacent to the respective roller openings in the guide body and through respective annular rollers to hold the annular rollers in position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.