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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Thk Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
THK CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/12 (2006.01); F16H 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/123 (2013.01); B62D 3/126 (2013.01); F16H 19/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotation-linear motion conversion apparatus () includes: a rack bar () in which a rack gear () is formed; a housing () that surrounds the rack bar (); a pinion shaft () including a pinion gear () that engages with the rack gear () and that is inserted inside the housing (); and a support part () that is provided on an opposed surface (), which is opposed to the rack gear (), of the housing () and that supports the rack bar () movably in a longitudinal direction of the rack bar ().