Claims
- 1. A screw thread arrangement for angularly positioning, in a circumferential direction, a first component laving a multiple-thread screw thread pattern relative to a second component having a complementary multiple-thread screw thread pattern, wherein positions of runouts of thread turns of the multiple threads of each component are substantially positioned in a single radial plane and are angularly spaced from each other in the circumferential direction, with one angular spacing between positions of adjacent runouts, when viewed in a circumferential direction, differing from another spacing between positions of adjacent runouts.
- 2. The screw thread arrangement of claim 1, wherein, for a number “n” of threads for each multiple-thread screw thread pattern of each component, the angular spacing between positions of at least two adjacent runouts is not equal to 360°/n.
- 3. The screw thread arrangement of claim 1, wherein for each component a first angular spacing between positions of adjacent runouts is 180° and a second angular spacing between positions of adjacent runouts is significantly less than 180°.
- 4. A screw thread arrangement for angularly positioning, in the circumferential direction, a first component having a multiple-thread screw thread pattern relative to a second component having a complementary multiple-thread screw thread pattern, wherein positions of runouts of thread turns of the multiple threads of each component are substantially positioned in a single plane and are angularly spaced from each other in the circumferential direction, and wherein a dimension of at least one thread turn at the runout of each multiple-thread screw thread pattern of each component is different from a same dimension of another thread turn of the same multiple-thread screw thread pattern.
- 5. The screw thread arrangement of claim 4 wherein said one thread turn of each component has a smaller width than does the other thread turn.
- 6. The screw thread arrangement of claim 4 wherein angular spacings between positions of adjacent runouts of the tread turns of each multiple-thread screw thread pattern is equal.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. PCT/EP99/02678, filed Apr. 21, 1999.
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Continuations (1)
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