EP3134661A4 - Anti-backlash nut assembly - Google Patents

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EP3134661A4
EP3134661A4 EP15890079.5A EP15890079A EP3134661A4 EP 3134661 A4 EP3134661 A4 EP 3134661A4 EP 15890079 A EP15890079 A EP 15890079A EP 3134661 A4 EP3134661 A4 EP 3134661A4
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nut assembly
backlash nut
backlash
assembly
nut
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EP3134661A1 (en
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Christopher A. Kahnert
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HELIX LINEAR TECHNOLOGIES
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Helix Linear Technologies Inc
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Priority claimed from PCT/US2015/026952 external-priority patent/WO2016171676A1/en
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Publication of EP3134661A4 publication Critical patent/EP3134661A4/en
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H25/00—Gearings comprising primarily only cams, cam-followers and screw-and-nut mechanisms
    • F16H25/18—Gearings comprising primarily only cams, cam-followers and screw-and-nut mechanisms for conveying or interconverting oscillating or reciprocating motions
    • F16H25/20—Screw mechanisms
    • F16H25/2003—Screw mechanisms with arrangements for taking up backlash
    • F16H25/2009—Screw mechanisms with arrangements for taking up backlash with radial preloading
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H25/00—Gearings comprising primarily only cams, cam-followers and screw-and-nut mechanisms
    • F16H25/18—Gearings comprising primarily only cams, cam-followers and screw-and-nut mechanisms for conveying or interconverting oscillating or reciprocating motions
    • F16H25/20—Screw mechanisms
    • F16H25/2003—Screw mechanisms with arrangements for taking up backlash
    • F16H25/2006—Screw mechanisms with arrangements for taking up backlash with more than one nut or with nuts consisting of more than one bearing part
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H25/00—Gearings comprising primarily only cams, cam-followers and screw-and-nut mechanisms
    • F16H25/18—Gearings comprising primarily only cams, cam-followers and screw-and-nut mechanisms for conveying or interconverting oscillating or reciprocating motions
    • F16H25/20—Screw mechanisms
    • F16H25/2003—Screw mechanisms with arrangements for taking up backlash
    • F16H2025/2012—Screw mechanisms with arrangements for taking up backlash using a spring member creating rotary torque for counter rotating the two nuts, e.g. a torsion bar
EP15890079.5A 2014-04-21 2015-04-21 Anti-backlash nut assembly Withdrawn EP3134661A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US201414982000A 2014-04-21 2014-04-21
PCT/US2015/026952 WO2016171676A1 (en) 2015-04-21 2015-04-21 Anti-backlash nut assembly

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EP3134661A1 EP3134661A1 (en) 2017-03-01
EP3134661A4 true EP3134661A4 (en) 2018-02-21

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Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20040250637A1 (en) * 2003-05-26 2004-12-16 Yutaka Hosokai Anti-backlash nut

Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20040250637A1 (en) * 2003-05-26 2004-12-16 Yutaka Hosokai Anti-backlash nut

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