Gap expanding method of ball screw and fine motion control rod drive mechanism incorporating gap expanded ball screw

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PATENT NO 9822859
APP PUB NO 20170268642A1
SERIAL NO

15615098

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A control rod drive mechanism includes an outer tube, a guide tube disposed inside the outer tube, a ball tube, a hollow piston, and an electric motor. A gap between a ball traveling side of the screw shaft and the traveling balls and a gap between the traveling balls and a ball traveling side of the ball nut, having the gap coefficient (A) is given by: A=((2×R−L)−D)÷(2×R−L). The diameter of the traveling balls is determined to satisfy the expression given by A, in which A has the value of more than 0.03 and less than 0.17.

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  • HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Akatsuka, Hirokazu Hitachi, JP 7 13
Harada, Kiyoshi Hitachi, JP 13 111
Kodama, Toshihiro Hitachi, JP 10 30
Matsushita, Yuuichi Hitachi, JP 2 0
Tsuchiya, Takahiro Hitachi, JP 46 266

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