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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Nsk Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NSK LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 41/06 (2012.01); B24B 5/04 (2006.01); B24B 51/00 (2006.01); B24B 5/307 (2006.01); B24B 27/00 (2006.01); B24B 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 41/06 (2013.01); B24B 5/04 (2013.01); B24B 5/307 (2013.01); B24B 27/0076 (2013.01); B24B 41/005 (2013.01); B24B 51/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A workpiece supporting device () includes a base stand (), a shoe () which is disposed on at least one place in a circumferential direction of a workpiece () that is rotationally driven using a rotary drive device () and is in sliding contact with a circumferential surface of the workpiece (), and a supporting body () which supports the shoe () with respect to the base stand (). The supporting body () includes a compliant structure portion (a leaf spring ()) which tilts the shoe () in accordance with tilting of the workpiece () with respect to the base stand ().