# US 6,293,703 B1 · Bearing device for machine tool spindle

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- Number: US 6,293,703 B1
- Document ID: US6293703B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 09/688,988
- Filed: 2000-10-17
- Granted: 2001-09-25
- Earliest claimed: 1997-12-16
- Assignees: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Takao Date
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6293703B1

## CPC

- F16C 37/007: {of rolling bearings}
- F16C 19/525: {related to temperature and heat, e.g. insulation}
- F16C 19/548: {in O-arrangement}
- F16C 25/08: self-adjusting
- F16C 2202/22: Coefficient of expansion
- F16C 2322/39: General buildup of machine tools, e.g. spindles, slides, actuators
- Y10S 384/90: Cooling or heating
- Y10S 384/905: Temperature compensation
- Y10T 409/309352: Cutter spindle or spindle support
- F16C: SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

Two angular contact ball bearings (5,7) are arranged in a backside combination manner for supporting a machine tool spindle (3), a spindle head body (1) serves as a bearing case for holding the angular bearings, an inner collar (9) is disposed between inner races (5i, 7i) of the angular bearings, an outer collar (13) is disposed between outer races (5o, 7o) of the angular bearings, the outer collar is set to be longer in an axial direction than the inner collar to provide preloads to the angular bearings, the outer collar is made of a material having a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than the bearing case, the machine tool spindle and the inner collar.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A bearing device for machine tool spindle, comprising:
a pair of angular contact ball bearings for supporting a machine tool spindle;
a bearing case for holding the pair of angular contact ball bearings;
an inner collar disposed between inner races of the pair of angular contact ball bearings;
an outer collar disposed between outer races of the pair of angular contact ball bearings, the outer collar having an axial length longer than an axial length of the inner collar to provide a preload to the pair of angular contact ball bearings, the outer collar being formed with a coolant path; and
a controller for performing a temperature control of a coolant flowing in the coolant path to control a thermal expansion of the outer collar.