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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2022
Nsk Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Yabe, Kanagawa, JP;
NSK LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A nut of a ball screw is formed with, in a notch portion, an elongated hole that penetrates in a radial direction, and whose longitudinal direction is formed along a lead angle and parts of both longitudinal side surfaces parallel to each other guide balls. A circulation part includes: a first circulation component that is disposed in the notch portion so as to abut against a bottom wall surface of the notch portion and has a tongue portion accommodated in the elongated hole; a second circulation component that is disposed in the notch portion so as to cover the first circulation component and accommodated in the elongated hole, and has a wall portion facing the tongue portion; and a higher strength pipe that is disposed in an abutting surface where the first and second circulation components abut against each other, constitutes a part of a ball circulation path.