Patent ID: 9188210
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An external circulation type ball screw device, comprising: a screw shaft, having an outer periphery provided with a first screw groove; a nut, having a through-hole and an inner periphery thereof provided with a second screw groove opposing said first screw groove of said screw shaft; a circulation member, having a first leg and a second leg provided on two ends thereof respectively and a connection portion connecting said first leg and second leg, said first leg comprising a first end surface having a first inner point, said second leg comprising a second end surface having a second inner point, a circulating passage provided at an internal of said circulation member, said circulating passage penetrating said first leg, said connection portion and said second leg, a first entrance and a second entrance formed on said first end surface and said second end surface respectively and connected to said second screw groove, said the first inner point lying on a periphery of the first entrance, the second inner point lying on a periphery of the second entrance, said first leg and said second leg penetrating said nut, said first leg having a first tongue protruding outward to said first screw groove, said second leg having a second tongue protruding outward to said first screw groove; and a plurality of rolling members, restricted to a rolling path formed between said first screw groove and said second screw groove or confined to move within said circulating passage, wherein the first inner point is a point formed on an intersection of an outer circumferential surface of the first leg and the first end surface and located between rolling members, wherein the second inner point is a point formed on intersection of an outer circumferential surface of the second leg and the second end surface and located between the rolling members, and wherein said first end surface of said first leg is formed of a third opening connecting said first entrance and an outer side of said first leg, said second end surface of said second leg is formed of a fourth opening connecting said second entrance and an outer said of said second leg.