Machine element or mechanism – Gearing – Teeth
Patent
1997-02-04
1998-07-21
Marmor, Charles A.
Machine element or mechanism
Gearing
Teeth
744248R, 384492, F16H 2522, F16C 3366
Patent
active
057821356
ABSTRACT:
A ball screw for a vacuum apparatus which includes a screw shaft having a spiral inner raceway formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof, a ball nut having a spiral outer raceway formed on an inner peripheral surface thereof, a plurality of balls disposed in a spiral space defined between the inner raceway and the outer raceway, and circulating members connecting ends of the spiral space to each other to define a continuous ball circulating passage. The plurality of balls are first balls formed of high polymer material containing polytetrafluoroethylene as a main component and second balls formed of either a metallic material or a ceramic material. The first balls circulate through the circulating passage together with the second balls. The second balls have lubricating films of crystalline polytetrafluoroethylene formed on the surface thereof.
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Ishimaru Michiyoshi
Kondo Hiromitsu
Nakamura Tokumasa
Nobutomo Masahiro
Yamada Hiroshi
Fenstermacher David M.
Marmor Charles A.
NTN Corporation
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