Cap of linear guide device and linear guide device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9771976-B2
Application number	US-201414912344-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2014
Priority date	Sep 3, 2013
Publication date	Sep 26, 2017
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017

Abstract

A cap of a linear guide device includes a receiving part configured to receive hitting of a hitting jig, a fitting part extending from the receiving part, having an outer diameter to be an interference with the counterbore part, and being press-fitted into the counterbore part, a foreign material receiving groove arranged at an outer circumference of the fitting part, and configured to receive a foreign material generated from the fitting part when the cap is hit into the counterbore part, and a gas discharge groove extending to reach an inside of the counterbore part from the foreign material receiving groove, with the fitting part being press-fitted into the counterbore part at the outer circumference of the fitting part, and configured to discharge a gas in the inside of the counterbore part to a foreign material receiving groove side.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cap of a linear guide device, the cap being configured to close a counterbore part of a mounting hole arranged on a guide rail of the linear guide device, by being hit and press-fitted into the counterbore part with a hitting jig,
the mounting hole comprising the counterbore part that accommodates a head part of a bolt, and a shaft accommodation part that accommodates a shaft part of the bolt,
the cap comprising:
a receiving part configured to receive hitting of the hitting jig;
a fitting part extending from the receiving part, having an outer diameter to be an interference with the counterbore part, and being press-fitted into the counterbore part;
a foreign material receiving groove at an outer circumference of the fitting part, and configured to receive a foreign material generated from the fitting part when the cap is hit and inserted into the counterbore part; and
a gas discharge groove extending to reach an inside of the counterbore part from the foreign material receiving groove, with the fitting part being press-fitted into the counterbore part at the outer circumference of the fitting part, and configured to discharge a gas in the inside of the counterbore part to a foreign material receiving groove side, wherein
the gas discharge groove is arranged at the outer circumference of the fitting part, which is located between the counterbore part and the foreign material receiving groove.

2. The cap of the linear guide device according to claim 1 , wherein two of the gas discharge grooves are arranged at equal intervals at the circumference of the fitting part formed to have a cylindrical shape.

3. The cap of the linear guide device according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting part comprises a taper part configured to guide introduction of the fitting part into the counterbore part when the cap is hit, the taper part being arranged at the outer circumference and a bottom surface of the fitting part.

4. The cap of the linear guide device according to claim 3 , wherein when L represents a depth of the gas discharge groove, φD represents an outer diameter of the fitting part, and φd represents an inner diameter of the taper part, the depth L of the gas discharge groove is set to fall within a range of 0<L<(φD−φd)/2.

5. The cap of the linear guide device according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving part is formed to have a disc shape, and an annular reinforcement rib is arranged on a surface of the receiving part.

6. A linear guide device comprising:
a mounting hole on a guide rail, the mounting hole comprising a counterbore part configured to accommodate a head part of a bolt and a shaft accommodation part configured to accommodate a shaft part of the bolt; and
the cap according to claim 1 configured to close the counterbore part.

7. A cap of a linear guide device, the cap being configured to close a counterbore part of a mounting hole arranged on a guide rail of the linear guide device, by being hit and press-fitted into the counterbore part with a hitting jig,
the mounting hole comprising the counterbore part that accommodates a head part of a bolt, and a shaft accommodation part that accommodates a shaft part of the bolt,
the cap comprising:
a receiving part configured to receive hitting of the hitting jig;
a fitting part extending from the receiving part, having an outer diameter to be an interference with the counterbore part, and being press-fitted into the counterbore part;
a foreign material receiving groove at an outer circumference of the fitting part, and configured to receive a foreign material generated from the fitting part when the cap is hit and inserted into the counterbore part; and
a gas discharge groove extending to reach an inside of the counterbore part from the foreign material receiving groove, with the fitting part being press-fitted into the counterbore part at the outer circumference of the fitting part, and configured to discharge a gas in the inside of the counterbore part to a foreign material receiving groove side, wherein
the receiving part is formed to have a disc shape, and wherein a first annular reinforcement rib and a second enforcement rib radially extending toward the first annular reinforcement rib from the center of the receiving part are arranged on a surface of the receiving part.

Assignees

• Nsk Ltd

Inventors

• Kawakami Koichi

Classifications

• F16B37/14

  Cap nuts; Nut caps or bolt caps · CPC title

• F16C29/082 Primary

  fixed to the way · CPC title

• F16C29/0647

  with load directions in X-arrangement · CPC title

• F16C29/004

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

• F16C33/726

  with means to vent the interior of the bearing · CPC title