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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
May. 16, 2002
Hendrikus Jan Kapaan, Nieuwegein, NL;
Emmanuel Jacques Eyraud, Nieuwegein, NL;
Alexander Jan Carel Vries, Tiel, NL;
Jacobus Zwarts, Nieuwegein, NL;
Lucia Puppione, Utrecht, NL;
SKF Engineering and Research Centre B.V., Nieuwegein, NL;
Abstract
A screw actuator ( ) comprises a housing ( ), a nut ( ) and a screw ( ) one of which is axially fixed with respect to the housing and the other of which is axially displaceable with respect to the housing for moving an head ( ), as well as a motor ( ) which comprises a stator ( ) connected to the housing, and a rotor ( ) which is drivingly connected to a rotatable part ( ) of the screw actuator, the housing having a bore ( ) accommodating at least the nut and/or screw, an axially fixed part of said nut or screw being supported with respect to a radial support abutment ( ) which extends inwardly in the bore. The rotor of the motor is supported rotatably on a sleeve ( ), said sleeve engaging the fixed part and extending away from the brake pad, said sleeve having a radially outwardly extending sleeve flange ( ) which is interposed between said support abutment, and the axially fixed part.