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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1993
Walter J Shear, III, Waterford, MI (US);
Theodore R Schlenker, Troy, MI (US);
Beaver Precision Products, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A ball nut for use in combination with a ball screw and a plurality of ball bearings wherein said ball nut has a metallic sleeve segment including a longitudinal opening and a plurality of equidistant arcuate grooves. A polymeric deflector segment is included, having a plurality of S-shaped return grooves spaced apart sufficiently to cooperate with the plurality of arcuate grooves of the sleeve segment for completing a plurality of bearing race circuits inside the ball nut. A polymeric ball nut body encases the sleeve segment including a longitudinal slot for receiving the deflector segment sufficiently to place the plurality of equal distant arcuate grooves into cooperation relationship with the S-shaped return grooves.