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Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025

Filed:

May. 12, 2022
Applicant:

Jtekt Bearings North America Llc, Greenville, SC (US);

Inventors:

Justin Brubaker, Greenville, SC (US);

Robert Lukasiewicz, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Assignee:

JTEKT Bearings North America LLC, Greenville, SC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 65/18 (2006.01); F16H 25/22 (2006.01); F16D 121/24 (2012.01); F16D 125/40 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 65/183 (2013.01); F16H 25/2214 (2013.01); F16D 2121/24 (2013.01); F16D 2125/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

A ball screw assembly having a ball screw nut including an outer surface, an inner surface defining a central bore, and a ball track defined by the inner surface, a ball screw shaft including an outer surface defining a ball track, the ball screw shaft being disposed in the central bore so that the two ball tracks form a ball raceway, a first stopper disposed at a first end of the ball screw nut within the ball raceway, a plurality of main balls forming a ball train disposed in the ball raceway, a main spring assembly disposed in the ball raceway between a first end of the ball train and the first stopper, and a strain sensing element affixed to a flat surface portion defined by the outer surface of the ball screw nut.


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