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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2002
Applicants:
Soichiro Kato, Saitama, JP;
Masaru Akiyama, Gunma, JP;
Inventors:
Soichiro Kato, Saitama, JP;
Masaru Akiyama, Gunma, JP;
Assignee:
NSK, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A friction applying apparatus and a linear guide apparatus having the same, according to the present invention can uniformly contact allover contacting faces of sliding members to the contacted members so as to reduce abrasion in the sliding members and the contacted members, and may maintain appropriate frictional force and precision. In the friction applying apparatus forcing the sliding members moving along guide rails for generating friction, the sliding member is made of a material having elastic modulus being 5000 MPa or less and Vickers hardness being 400 or more.