Ball screw device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9759311-B2
Application number	US-201514642817-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	Jun 25, 2014
Publication date	Sep 12, 2017
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017

Abstract

A ball screw device includes an elongated shaft having an outer groove, a ball nut having a screw hole for receiving the elongated shaft and having a passage communicating with the screw hole of the ball nut, and a lubricating device includes an inner cylindrical element engaged onto the elongated shaft and secured to the ball nut, a housing attached onto the cylindrical element and contacted with the ball nut, and the housing includes a chamber for receiving a lubricating grease, an oil distributing member is engaged into the passage of the ball nut and engaged into the screw hole of the ball nut for engaging with the elongated shaft, and an inner element is engaged in the housing and engaged with the distributing member for supplying the lubricating grease to the distributing member.

First claim

We claim:

1. A ball screw device comprising:
an elongated shaft including a groove formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof,
a ball nut including a screw hole formed therein for receiving said elongated shaft, said ball nut including a passage formed therein and communicating with said screw hole of said ball nut, said ball nut including an orifice formed therein and communicating with said passage of said ball nut, and
a lubricating device including:
an inner cylindrical element having a bore formed in said cylindrical element for receiving said elongated shaft, said cylindrical element including a first end portion secured to said ball nut and including a second end portion,
a housing attached onto said cylindrical element and contacted with said ball nut, and said housing including a chamber formed therein for receiving a lubricating grease, and said housing including a mouth piece engaged into said orifice of said ball nut for anchoring said housing to said ball nut,
a lock nut engaged onto said cylindrical element and engaged with said housing for anchoring said housing between said ball nut and said lock nut,
an oil distributing member engaged into said passage of said ball nut and including a first end portion engaged into said screw hole of said ball nut for engaging with said groove of said elongated shaft,
a fastener threaded with said ball nut and engaged with said distributing member for retaining said distributing member within said passage of said ball nut,
an inner element engaged in said chamber of said housing for absorbing said lubricating grease, and said inner element including a first end portion engaged into said passage of said ball nut and engaged with said distributing member for supplying said lubricating grease to said distributing member, and then to said groove of said elongated shaft, said first end portion of said inner element being engaged through said mouth piece of said housing and engaged into said passage of said ball nut and contacted with said distributing member, and
said lubricating grease including a wax of 5˜30% by weight, and a lubricating oil of 70˜95% by weight.

2. The ball screw device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said lubricating grease includes said wax of 10% by weight, and said lubricating oil of 90% by weight.

Assignees

• Hiwin Tech Corp

Inventors

• Chu Wei Ying
• Sung Yen Ying

Classifications

• F16H57/045

  Lubricant storage reservoirs, e.g. reservoirs in addition to a gear sump for collecting lubricant in the upper part of a gear case · CPC title

• F16H57/0497 Primary

  Screw mechanisms · CPC title

• C10N2040/04

  Oil-bath; Gear-boxes; Automatic transmissions; Traction drives · CPC title

• C10N2050/10

  semi-solid; greasy · CPC title

• C10N2050/08

  Solids · CPC title