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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2005
Stephen Paul Hunter, Bristol, GB;
Michael Robert John Reeve, Malmesbury, GB;
David Roberts Mcmurtry, Dursley, GB;
Hugo George Derrick, Bath, GB;
Stephen Paul Hunter, Bristol, GB;
Michael Robert John Reeve, Malmesbury, GB;
David Roberts McMurtry, Dursley, GB;
Hugo George Derrick, Bath, GB;
Renishaw PLC, Gloucestershire, GB;
Abstract
A bearing arrangement for an articulatable support includes bearing assemblies. In one embodiment, the assemblies have a ball and aperture having sliding contact at discrete areas during relative rotation. In another embodiment, the sliding contact may be formed at a ball and a plastics (e.g. P.T.F.E. support). Resilient displacement of the bearing contact along a rotational axis is provided by planar spring supports and a rigid support is provided by supports.