Abstract: This invention includes a screw shaft 1, a screw thread 30 formed spirally on an outer periphery of the screw shaft, main rollers 4 with rolling surfaces 4c each of which comes into contact with a flank surface 1a of the thread, the main rollers each rolling along the flank surface by rotating about a rotational axis D, roller support members 6 each supporting one main roller so as to enable the main roller to rotate about the rotational axis, and a roller cage 2 supporting the roller support member so as to enable the support member to oscillate with respect to a force transmitted from the flank surface via the rolling surface to the main roller, the roller cage being constructed to turn about the screw shaft in relative form with respect to the screw shaft when the main roller rolls. Thus, the roller and the screw shaft reliably come into linear contact with each other, even if a backlash due to dimensional errors between parts exists between the parts.

Abstract: This invention includes a screw shaft 1, a screw thread 10 formed spirally on an outer periphery of the screw shaft, a plurality of rollers 2 arranged along the thread so as to be spaced from one another in a circumferential direction of the screw shaft to roll along a flank surface la of the screw thread via a rolling surface 2c, and a roller cage 3 accommodating the plurality of rollers so as to rotate each of the rollers on respective axes and constructed so that when the rollers are made to roll, the cage moves about the screw shaft in relative form with respect thereto; wherein the rollers each have a central axis 26 fixedly positioned with respect to the roller cage so that the roller takes a posture making a line imaginarily extended from the central axis intersect the screw shaft, and so that the central axis is inclined towards the flank surface with which the rolling surface comes into contact.