Linear motion guide device and method for manufacturing linear motion guide device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11268600-B2
Application number	US-201916955982-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2019
Priority date	Feb 9, 2018
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

The method for manufacturing a linear motion guide device includes a step of forming a long member ( 8 ) having a pair of side wall parts ( 51 ) and a bottom wall part ( 52 ), a step of attaching a track body ( 4 ) to the pair of side wall parts ( 51 ) of the long member ( 8 ), and a step of cutting away a base member ( 5 ) to which the track body ( 4 ) is attached by cutting the long member ( 8 ) together with the track body ( 4 ) into a desired length.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A linear motion guide device comprising:
a screw shaft;
a moving body provided to be relatively movable along the screw shaft;
a track body which guides the moving body in a longitudinal direction of the screw shaft;
a base member including a pair of side wall parts to which the track body is attached and a bottom wall part connecting the pair of side wall parts, and extending in the longitudinal direction; and
a bearing support part attached to each end of the bottom wall part of the base member in a vertical direction and supporting each end of the screw shaft via a bearing, wherein
the track body is attached to the pair of side wall parts over an entire length in the longitudinal direction of the base member,
the bearing support part has a facing region facing the track body in a range of the entire length in the longitudinal direction of the base member and is attached to the bottom wall part so that movement of the moving body is restricted in the facing region,
wherein the bottom wall part includes:
a first planar part; and
a second planar part which is formed at a position lower than that of the first planar part and to which the bearing support part is attached.

2. The linear motion guide device according to claim 1 , wherein a groove part having a substantially T-shaped cross section is formed in the bottom wall part in the longitudinal direction,
the linear motion guide device further comprising:
a nut member inserted into the groove part; and
a bolt member screwed into the nut member and attaching the bearing support part to the bottom wall part in the vertical direction.

3. The linear motion guide device according to claim 2 , wherein the bearing support part includes a cover part extending outward from an end surface in the longitudinal direction of the base member and covering an opening end of the groove part formed in the end surface.

4. A method for manufacturing a linear motion guide device that includes:
a screw shaft;
a moving body provided to be relatively movable along the screw shaft;
a track body which guides the moving body in a longitudinal direction of the screw shaft;
a base member including a pair of side wall parts to which the track body is attached and a bottom wall part connecting the pair of side wall parts, and extending in the longitudinal direction; and
a bearing support part attached to each end of the bottom wall part of the base member in a vertical direction and supporting each end of the screw shaft via a bearing,
the method for manufacturing the linear motion guide device comprising the steps of:
forming a long member including the pair of side wall parts and the bottom wall part;
attaching the track body to the pair of side wall parts of the long member;
cutting away the base member to which the track body is attached by cutting the long member together with the track body into a desired length;
flattening an attachment region for the bearing support part in the bottom wall part at opposite ends of the bottom wall part after the cutting; and
attaching the bearing support part to the attachment region in the bottom wall part at axial ends of the base member in the longitudinal direction to provide non-movable terminal ends for movement of the moving body along the screw shaft.

5. The method for manufacturing a linear motion guide device according to claim 4 , wherein the attaching of the bearing support part to the attachment region in bottom wall part of the base member is in a vertical direction.

Assignees

• Thk Co Ltd

Inventors

• Homma Kazuto
• Hasebe Kenichi
• Hoshide Kaoru

Classifications

• F16H25/2214

  with elements for guiding the circulating balls · 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

• F16C29/004

  Fixing of a carriage or rail, e.g. rigid mounting to a support structure or a movable part · CPC title

• F16H25/20 Primary

  Screw mechanisms (with automatic reversal F16H25/12) · CPC title

• F16H25/22

  with balls, rollers, or similar members between the co-operating parts; Elements essential to the use of such members · CPC title