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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Smc Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Yasunori Yoshida, Toride, JP;
Rikiya Ishikawa, Itabashi-ku, JP;
Youichi Kawamura, Tsukubamirai, JP;
Yoshihiro Toshimori, Moriya, JP;
Motohiro Sato, Toride, JP;
Nariaki Suzuki, Kita-ku, JP;
Toshio Sato, Tsukuba, JP;
SMC CORPORATION, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Abstract
A guide mechanism includes: a guide member having a first groove; a slide member having a second groove; and rolling bodies arranged in a guide groove comprising the first groove and the second groove. A stopper for preventing the rolling bodies from moving out of the guide groove is affixed to the second groove by welding. A method for manufacturing the guide mechanism includes a welding step in which the second groove and the stopper are welded by resistance welding while the stopper is pressed against the second groove.