Motion guide device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10876575-B2
Application number	US-201615764700-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2016
Priority date	Oct 7, 2015
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

A motion guide device is formed of: a track member including a base portion extending along a longitudinal direction, and a pair of wall portions erected from both edges of the base portion in a width direction, and having rolling element rolling grooves formed along a longitudinal direction; and a moving member which is assembled in a movable manner along the longitudinal direction between the wall portions, and to which a pair of guide members are assembled, load rolling element rolling grooves which correspond to the rolling element rolling grooves being formed in the guide members, wherein at least either one of the guide members is equipped with a biasing member on a surface of the guide member on a side opposite to a surface of the guide member on which the load rolling element rolling groove is formed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motion guide device comprising:
a raceway member including
a base portion extending along a longitudinal direction, and
a pair of wall portions erected from both edges of the base portion in a width direction, and having rolling element rolling grooves formed along a longitudinal direction; and

a moving member which is assembled in a movable manner along the longitudinal direction between the wall portions, and to which a pair of guide members are assembled, load rolling element rolling grooves which correspond to the rolling element rolling grooves being formed in the guide members, wherein
a first of the guide members is equipped with an elastic member on a surface of the guide member on a side opposite to a surface of the guide member on which the load rolling element rolling groove is formed to allow the position of the guide member to be adjusted automatically by a reaction force of the elastic member such that a gap formed between the rolling element rolling groove and the load rolling element rolling groove is adjusted to an appropriate gap corresponding to a diameter of rolling elements rolling through the gap formed between the rolling element rolling groove and the load rolling element rolling groove, and is formed with a screw portion along a direction intersecting with a direction along which the elastic member biases the first guide member,
the moving member is formed with:
a mounting surface that guides the guide member in the direction along which the elastic member biases in a movable manner along the width direction automatically and allows the first guide member to be fixed to the moving member; and
a through hole formed along a direction intersecting with a direction along which the elastic member biases the guide member,

the first guide member is fastened and fixed from an upper surface of the moving member by a bolt that is inserted into the through hole and fastened to the screw portion to allow the guide member to be fixed in a state where a fastening force of the bolt does not influence a biasing force of the elastic member, and the guide member is positioned by the elastic member,
the through hole, for fixing the first guide member that is equipped with the elastic member to the moving member, is formed with an elongated hole shape or with a larger diameter than the bolt so as to have an adjustment tolerance that is sufficient to allow fastening of the guide member when the position of the guide member is adjusted by the elastic member.

2. The motion guide device according to claim 1 , wherein
the elastic member is mounted on both ends of the first guide member in the longitudinal direction.

3. The motion guide device according to claim 1 , wherein
a pair of the elastic members are mounted on the first guide member in cross section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.

4. The motion guide device according to claim 2 , wherein
a pair of the elastic members are mounted on the first guide member in cross section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.

Assignees

• Thk Co Ltd

Inventors

• Homma Kazuto
• Hasebe Kenichi
• Maeda Toshihisa
• Sakai Junichi
• Maki Nobuyuki
• Hoshide Kaoru

Classifications

• F16C29/002 Primary

  Elastic or yielding linear bearings or bearing supports · CPC title

• F16C29/063

  with a bearing body, e.g. a carriage or part thereof, provided between the legs of a U-shaped guide rail or track · CPC title

• F16H25/2018

  with both screw and nut being driven, i.e. screw and nut are both rotating · CPC title

• F16C29/0602

  Details of the bearing body or carriage or parts thereof, e.g. methods for manufacturing or assembly · CPC title

• F16C29/04 Primary

  Ball or roller bearings · CPC title