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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:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Osamu Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 67 ; 188 28 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a braking apparatus for a linear motion guiding apparatus that is able to completely stop a moving portion in the form of table 2 at a desired position by performing braking action by causing a linear motion actuator in the form of a piezoelectric actuator and so forth to activate friction members 58 and 59.