Renishaw Plc

Michael Robert John Reeve

David R McMurtry

Stephen Paul Hunter

Hugo George Derrick

A bearing arrangement for an articulatable support includes bearing assemblies. In one embodiment, the assemblies have a ball and aperture having sliding contact at discrete areas during relative rotation. In another embodiment, the sliding contact may be formed at a ball and a plastics (e.g. P.T.F.E. support). Resilient displacement of the bearing contact along a rotational axis is provided by planar spring supports and a rigid support is provided by supports.

Bearing arrangement

A bearing arrangement for an articulatable support () comprises bearing assemblies (and). In one embodiment the assemblies comprise a ball () and aperture (FIG.) having sliding contact at discrete areas () during relative rotation. In another embodiment the sliding contact may be formed at a ball () and a plastics e.g. P.T.F.E. support (FIGS.and). Resilient displacement of the bearing contact along a rotational axis (A and B) is provided by planar spring supports () and rigid support is provided by supports (and).

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Malmesbury, United Kingdom

Michael Robert John Reeve