Movement device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9777768-B2
Application number	US-201515309288-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2015
Priority date	May 15, 2014
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

A movement device includes: a track body; and a moving body which includes: a plurality of endless circulation passages; and a roller configured to roll in the plurality of endless circulation passages, the moving body being movable relative to the track body via the roller disposed between the track body and the moving body. The moving body further includes: a moving body main body in which inner peripheral portions of roller direction-change passages configuring the adjacent endless circulation passages are formed to be adjacent to each other on an end surface in a movement direction in which the moving body moves; and a cover body which is attached to the end surface of the moving body main body and in which outer peripheral portions of roller direction-change passages configuring the adjacent endless circulation passages are formed to be adjacent to each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A movement device comprising:
a track body; and
a moving body which comprises: a plurality of endless circulation passages; and a roller configured to roll in the plurality of endless circulation passages, the moving body being movable relative to the track body via the roller disposed between the track body and the moving body, wherein
the moving body further comprises:
a moving body main body in which inner peripheral portions of roller direction-change passages configuring the adjacent endless circulation passages are formed to be adjacent to each other on an end surface in a movement direction in which the moving body moves; and
a cover body which is attached to the end surface of the moving body main body and in which outer peripheral portions of roller direction-change passages configuring the adjacent endless circulation passages are formed to be adjacent to each other, and wherein
the moving body main body and the cover body are positioned by engaging a positioning portion provided between the adjacent inner peripheral portions of the moving body main body with a positioning portion between the adjacent outer peripheral portions of the cover body.

2. The movement device according to claim 1 , wherein
one of the positioning portions includes a recessed portion which is provided on one of the moving body main body and the cover body; and
an other of the positioning portions includes a protrusion portion which is provided on an other of the moving body main body and the cover body and abuts on the recessed portion.

3. The movement device according to claim 2 , wherein
each of the endless circulation passages comprises a load roller passage, a no-load roller passage, and a circulation piece accommodation portion, the circulation piece accommodation portion being formed on at least one of the load roller passage and the no-load roller passage,
the cover body comprises a circulation piece which protrudes toward the moving body, forms a portion of the outer peripheral portion, and is accommodated in the circulation piece accommodation portion, and
the protrusion portion is integrally provided with respect to the circulation piece.

4. The movement device according to claim 3 , wherein
the no-load roller passage comprises the circulation piece accommodation portion in which the circulation piece is accommodated, and
the circulation piece comprises arc-shaped guide surfaces which are formed outside the adjacent outer peripheral portions and are continuous to each other.

5. The movement device according to claim 4 , wherein
both the load roller passage and the no-load roller passage comprise the circulation piece accommodation portion in which the circulation piece is accommodated,
the circulation piece which is accommodated in the circulation piece accommodation portion of the load roller passage comprises a scooping portion which scoops the roller in the roller direction-change passage, and
the circulation piece which is accommodated in the circulation piece accommodation portion of the no-load roller passage is provided to protrude from the circulation piece which is accommodated in the circulation piece accommodation portion of the load roller passage.

6. The movement device according to claim 3 , wherein
both the load roller passage and the no-load roller passage comprise the circulation piece accommodation portion in which the circulation piece is accommodated,
the circulation piece which is accommodated in the circulation piece accommodation portion of the load roller passage comprises a scooping portion which scoops the roller in the roller direction-change passage, and
the circulation piece which is accommodated in the circulation piece accommodation portion of the no-load roller passage is provided to protrude from the circulation piece which is accommodated in the circulation piece accommodation portion of the load roller passage.

Assignees

• Thk Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mochizuki Hiroaki
• Kuribayashi Hiroomi
• Kaneko Akito

Classifications

• F16C29/06

  in which the rolling bodies circulate partly without carrying load · CPC title

• F16C43/04

  Assembling rolling-contact bearings · CPC title

• F16C29/0607

  of parts or members for retaining the rolling elements, i.e. members to prevent the rolling elements from falling out of the bearing body or carriage · CPC title

• F16C29/0609

  of the ends of the bearing body or carriage where the rolling elements change direction, e.g. end caps · CPC title

• F16C29/0623 Primary

  with balls · CPC title