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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:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Festo AG & Co., Esslingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B 2/900 ;
Abstract
A piston-rod-less linear drive ( ) whose housing ( ) possesses a tube body ( ) with housing covers ( ) mounted at terminal sides. The tube body ( ) is provided with a longitudinal slot ( ) which is covered over by an internal and/or outer closure band ( and ). For securing the terminal band sections ( and ) and securing means ( ) are provided, which comprises a support body ( ) arranged on the respective terminal band section ( and ), such support body ( ) projecting laterally past the outline of the closure bands ( and ) and bearing independently from the housing cover ( ), provided on the same terminal side, on the associated terminal face ( ) of the tube body ( ).