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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2022
Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Janosz Schneider, Donaueschingen, DE;
Sven Axel Grüner, Trossingen, DE;
Dominik Längle, Mülheim, DE;
Jochen Stefan, Wald, DE;
KARL STORZ S.E. & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A bearing assembly of a swash plate in a steering gear component of a surgical instrument is disclosed. The swash plate being rotatable about an axis of rotation in a receiving opening of the steering gear component. The swash plate has an outer peripheral surface which provides a peripheral inner bearing surface, and the steering gear component has an inner peripheral surface in the receiving opening, which inner peripheral surface provides a peripheral outer bearing surface. The bearing assembly also comprises a plurality of rolling elements which are peripherally distributed between the peripheral inner bearing surface of the swash plate and the peripheral outer bearing surface of the steering gear component such that an integrated rolling element of the bearing assembly is provided by the swash plate, the steering gear component, and the plurality of rolling elements.