Machine element or mechanism – Gearing – Directly cooperating gears
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-06
2005-09-06
Joyce, William C. (Department: 3682)
Machine element or mechanism
Gearing
Directly cooperating gears
C074S424860
Reexamination Certificate
active
06938510
ABSTRACT:
A ball screw apparatus, has a screw shaft including a screw groove; a nut fitted with the screw shaft, the nut including a screw groove and a ball return passage; a circulation piece including a ball circulation passage; and, a large number of balls, wherein, in the inner peripheral surface of the nut, a concave-shaped snap ring groove extending along the peripheral direction of the nut is formed, in the face of the circulation piece that faces the inside diameter side of the nut, a concave-shaped snap ring groove is formed so as to connect to the snap ring groove of the nut, and an outside diameter portion of a snap ring is fitted into the two snap ring grooves to thereby fix the circulation piece to the nut.
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Joyce William C.
NSK Ltd.
Sughrue & Mion, PLLC
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