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Title:
EXPANSION JOINT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2938795
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible for an expansion joint to expand and contract against a high tensile load, to be adequately used outdoors, and to have sufficient strength to withstand impact from outside.
SOLUTION: An expansion joint is made up of a screw shaft 5 connected to a motor 2 fixed on the joint part side in a cylindrical housing 1, on one end of which an opening is formed and on the other end of which a joint part 20 is formed, a thrust bearing 3 rotatably supporting the screw shaft 5 in relation to the housing 1, a ball nut 6 allowed to be screwed onto the screw shaft 5 to move in the housing 1 with the rotation of the screw shaft 5, an expansion arm which is formed into a hollow form so as to accommodate the screw shaft 5 and, on one end of which the ball nut 6 is fixed and on the other end of which a joint part 21 projected from the opening part of the housing 1 is formed, and a ball spline 11 fixed in the opening part of the housing 1 to guide the expansion arm.


Inventors:
SAITO HISAMICHI
KAWAGUCHI TAKAHIRO
PPONMA MITSUAKI
IIMURA AKIHIRO
Application Number:
JP33899195A
Publication Date:
August 25, 1999
Filing Date:
December 26, 1995
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
TEI ECHI KEE KK
International Classes:
E04G21/16; B66C1/12; F16H25/20; F16H25/22; (IPC1-7): F16H25/22; B66C1/12; E04G21/16; F16H25/20
Domestic Patent References:
JP5362613U
JP723845U
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Katsuo Naruse (2 outside)