Abstract: An end deflector includes a main portion including a ball delivery path that delivers balls between a rolling path and a ball return path, a tongue portion that guides the balls from the rolling path to the ball delivery path, and a pair of protruding pieces, that extend in the circumferential direction of each nut body from either side of the tongue portion with respect to the axial direction and define a ball guide groove that extends between the ball delivery path and the rolling path in cooperation with an inner circumferential surface of a deflector holding recess formed in a nut body, the main portion has an outer circumferential surface which opposes an inner circumferential surface of the deflector holding recess in the radial direction, a front-side portion of the outer circumferential surface with respect to a direction of insertion into the deflector holding recess is offset inward in the radial direction, and at least a rear-side portion of the outer circumferential surface with respect to the dir

Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To provide a ball screw which improves the workability of assembling an end deflector to a nut body and avoids a decrease in the yield while ensuring the accuracy of assembling the end deflector to the nut body. [Solution] An end deflector 16 includes a main portion 30 including a ball delivery path 36 that delivers balls 28 between a rolling path 20 and a ball return path 24, a tongue portion 38 that guides the balls 28 from the rolling path 20 to the ball delivery path 36, and a pair of protruding pieces 42 and 44 that extend in the circumferential direction of each nut body 14 from either side of the tongue portion 38 with respect to the axial direction and define a ball guide groove 40 that extends between the ball delivery path 36 and the rolling path 20 in cooperation with an inner circumferential surface of a deflector holding recess 26 formed in a nut body 14.

Abstract: To prevent the positional precision of the ball return passage and the tongue of the end deflector relative to the nut main body from being impaired by an axial force applied by a screw used for securing the end deflector to the nut main body, the end deflector includes a flange (32) provided at an axial end of a main part (30) of the end deflector and provided with an axial through hole (50) for receiving a screw which is threaded into the nut main body, and a rib (52) projecting from a radially inner edge of the flange to an inner side of the deflector receiving recess (26).

Abstract: To prevent the positional precision of the ball return passage and the tongue of the end deflector relative to the nut main body from being impaired by an axial force applied by a screw used for securing the end deflector to the nut main body, the end deflector includes a flange (32) provided at an axial end of a main part (30) of the end deflector and provided with an axial through hole (50) for receiving a screw which is threaded into the nut main body, and a rib (52) projecting from a radially inner edge of the flange to an inner side of the deflector receiving recess (26).