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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2018
Thk Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuichi Yamakoshi, Tokyo, JP;
THK CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A ball housing band is provided which can encourage increases in precision and rigidity of a motion guide apparatus and make the motion guide apparatus compact. A ball housing band includes: a housing band including a band formed with ends, the band having at least two rows of opening portions, and a plurality of spacers placed between the opening portions of the rows; and at least two rows of balls housed in the at least two rows of the opening portions. One of adjacent rows of and the other row of the balls are placed in a staggered arrangement in a state where the spacers are disposed between the balls and between the balls. The one row of the balls overlap the other row of the balls as viewed in the length direction of the ball housing band.