Electric Linear Actuator
AssigneeNtn Corporation
InventorTakao MIZUUCHI
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Abstract
An electric linear actuator has a housing with an electric motor mounted on the housing. A speed reduction mechanism and ball screw mechanism converts rotational motion to axial linear motion. A nut is rotationally but axially immovably supported by bearings on the housing. A screw shaft is coaxially integrated with the drive shaft. The shaft is inserted into the nut, via helical grooves and a large number of balls. The screw shaft is non-rotationally supported on the housing but is axially movable. The housing has a first housing and a second housing arranged with their end faces abutting against each other. Joining surfaces of the end faces of the first and second housings are sealed by a curing liquid curable material.
Claims4
An electric linear actuator comprising:
- a housing;
- an electric motor mounted on the housing;
- a speed reduction mechanism to transmit the rotational power of the electric motor to a ball screw mechanism, via a motor shaft, while reducing the motor speed;
- the ball screw mechanism converts the rotational motion of the electric motor, transmitted via the speed reduction mechanism, to an axial linear motion of a drive shaft, a nut includes a helical screw groove on its inner circumference, the nuts is rotationally, but axially immovably, supported by bearings on the housing, a screw shaft is coaxially integrated with the drive shaft, the screw shaft includes a helical screw groove on its outer circumference corresponding to helical screw groove of the nut, the screw shaft is inserted into the nut, via a large number of balls, the screw shaft is non-rotationally supported on the housing but is axially movable;
- the housing comprises a first housing and a second housing arranged with their end faces abutting against one another;
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- joining surfaces of the end faces of the first and second housings are sealed by curing liquid curable material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.