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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152378 | Automatic-positioning linear guide An automatic-positioning linear guide has a driven body combined with guiding rails at two sides of a stationary base via a plurality of rollers. Each of the rollers is composed of two bearings combined by an axial shaft and can be assembled with the corresponding g... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8070361 | Linear rail system having preload adjustment mechanism A guide carriage assembly that permits adjustment of a relative position of a bearing device, typically a guide wheel, relative to a carriage body is provided. The guide carriage assembly includes a carriage body, at least one support shaft and a guide wheel mounted... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7261031 | Actuating device The actuating device is capable of automatically eliminating a clearance between a contact body and a rail. The actuating device comprises: a moving body guided by the rail; the contact body contacting the rail; and a pressure unit biasing the contact body toward th... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7210849 | Sliding apparatus To provide a sliding apparatus which may depress a micro slip phenomenon without fail and realize the system with a simple structure and which is less expensive to save a cost and superior in practical use. In a sliding apparatus in which a sliding member (2)... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7168725 | Displacement bearing and motorcycle fork having such a displacement bearing Displacement bearing, in particular for fork pipes of motorcycle forks, having an inside part which has raceways extending in the direction of fork displacement on its outside part, an outside part which extends around the inside part and is displaceable in relation... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7156558 | Linear motion drive system The linear motion drive system is capable of automatically remove a clearance between a moving body and a linear shaft when the moving body and/or the linear shaft is abraded. The linear motion drive system comprises: the moving body linearly and reciprocally moved ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7004007 | Die cushion apparatus for hot stretch-forming A self-contained die cushion assembly for use in a stretch-forming process involving heated tooling. A lower plate is mounted below an upper plate that undergoes different thermal expansion than the lower plate. Guidance devices are mounted between the upper and low... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6969199 | Floating bearing The invention relates to a movable bearing for a slide (9) guided on two shafts (4), with a linear bearing (3) guided on one of the shafts (4) and a bearing housing(2) that accommodates the linear bearing (3) and is connecte... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6942417 | Telescopic mechanism A telescopic mechanism, especially for steering columns of motor vehicles, with an internal element (10), which has a flattening (12) at least on one side, and an external element (14), which is complementary to the internal element (10) ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6868638 | Roller assembly for supporting a slide-out room A roller assembly for use with a slide-out room used in mobile homes, manufactured housing and recreational vehicles in which the assembly includes a roller journalled to a carrier. The carrier is mounted to a frame by an adjustable connection which allows a variati... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6799079 | Method and apparatus for correcting positional deviation of finite linear rolling guide There is provided a finite type rolling guide deviation correcting method and system capable of detecting the deviation in relative position between a rolling guide and a movable body if the deviation in relative position increases, and automatically carrying out a ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6692151 | Linear motion guide with a positively guided cage for rolling elements A linear motion guide for mounting and longitudinally guiding machine parts, in which a first guide element provided to be fixed to a machine part is guided by a plurality of rolling elements along a longitudinal movement axis with respect to a second gui... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6648508 | Linear guide A linear guide comprises a traveling carriage (1) having track rollers (11) for support and for rolling along a guide rail (5), said track rollers (11), each of which rolls on the guide rail (5), being mounted in pairs for rotation on a first support (7) ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6604886 | Adjustable telescoping system for a bicycle In a preferred embodiment, a light weight telescope assembly for bicycles that is readily adjustable by riders in the field and that provides smooth action of the suspension system. This telescope assembly contains roller bearings to reduce stiction and p... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6533459 | Adjustable, self-aligning, linear roller bearing A plurality of rollers is positioned between side members of a longitudinally-split, two-piece bearing race and a backup member that supports the two-piece bearing race along the length of side members. The backup member has angled surfaces such that ends... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6450687 | Linear rail system having preload adjustment apparatus A linear rail system having an apparatus for adjusting the preload on the individual rollers of the slider body which provides a linear rail of the type having upper and lower parallel raceways through which a slider body having a number of rollers attach... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6402381 | Relative linear motion apparatus A relative linear motion apparatus comprising: a first structure having at least a pair of inner wall surfaces opposing to each other; a second structure arranged between the pair of inner wall surfaces, the second structure being movable in linear motion... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6264180 | Axially adjustable roller assembly An improved seat suspension assembly with axially adjustable roller and guide assemblies. The suspension uses an adjustment member the actuation of which causes the axial movement of either the roller or guide so as to adjust the spatial relationship betw... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6227708 | Guiding frame A guiding frame, with a carrier (10) provided with a fastening groove (11) and carrying at least one guiding rail (12) disposed parallel to said carrier and secured in a fastening groove (11), and on which rests a guiding bearing (13) that guides a slidin... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6203201 | Linear bearing A linear bearing is provided which can allow a shaft to relatively reciprocally move with respect to an outer race in the axial direction, and also to rotate in the circumferential direction. In the linear bearing of the invention, an outer race supports ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6174084 | Linear motion bearing assembly with load compensation A linear motion bearing assembly is provided including a carriage, a rail, and a bearing assembly. The linear motion bearing assembly includes deflectable structure formed in at least one of the carriage, rail and bearing assembly. The deflectable structu... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6164828 | Support for a machine tool portal driven by linear motors on both sides A mounting assembly for a machine tool carriage is driven by linear motors (4) at each end guided on fixed parallel rails running parallel to one another. At each end the bridge of the carriage has bearing plates seated on the linear motor friction plates... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6149308 | Linear rail system having preload adjustment apparatus A linear rail system for adjusting the preload no the individual rollers of the slider body provides a linear rail of the type having upper and lower parallel raceways through which a slider body having a number of rollers attached thereto is adapted to a... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6065874 | Linear bearing Prior art linear bearings generally have a roller element which, in such a reciprocating motion application, tend to creep or slide along the surfaces upon which they roll. This is due to unequal frictional forces between the rolling surfaces. The linear ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6019514 | Linear guide system having a flexure The invention is a linear guide system having a flexure that absorbs internal stresses in the system while still maintaining sufficient rigidity required for a precise linear guide system. These internal stresses may be caused by thermal expansion of comp... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5831764 | Drive system for the motion of a moving equipment part A drive system for the conversion of a rotary motion into a linear motion contains a belt drive similar to a block and pulley system, and a system of a rack and pinion that is driven synchronously with the belt drive. The pinion and the rack are adjusted ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5792033 | Reformer apparatus This invention relates to an improved reformer apparatus comprising a pair of parallel rails supported by a supporting structure, a carriage mounted between and over the rails and biased towards the top end of the reformer apparatus, cords attached to the... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5735214 | Streamline track system with carriers and rail A track system for roller-equipped carriers to run along a straight and/or curving guide rail, which includes two pairs of opposed parallel plain lanes, a pair of oppositely directed parallel V edges intermediate the two pairs of plain lanes, and narrow l... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5687630 | Cart for cutting units A cart (10) for cutting units, especially suitable to be applied to apparatuses for shearing paper, comprises a couple of plate-shaped elements (12, 14), approachable to or removable from one another along the longitudinal axis, and connectable by screws ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5666861 | Armrest adjusting mechanism An armrest adjusting mechanism is disclosed which includes a base plate mountable to an article of construction machinery and a first working plate movable relative to the base plate. First and second shafts are mounted to the first working plate. The fir... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5642941 | High speed linear guidance device Linear guidance device, of the type comprising a rail defining a path of movement of a movable assembly and rollers secured to the movable assembly. The rollers are mounted in an elastically deformable block (20, 30, 31) so as to apply the rollers (36a-36... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5620259 | Linear Guide A linear guiding apparatus comprises a rod having at least four guiding surfaces distributed over its periphery and extending in longitudinal direction of the rod. A carriage is arranged for a linear guided movement along the rod and has at least four rol... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5607238 | Reduced friction linear slide with rolling elements A linear slide of the type having a carriage member and a base member arranged for relative axial back and forth movement within an opening defined between the carriage and base members, a plurality of rolling elements disposed between rails disposed in t... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5599107 | Self-aligning linear bearing A self-aligning linear bearing for use with the feed column of a drilling rig includes a bearing block having a pivot shaft extending therefrom. A pivot block connected to a mounting plate of a drill head rotatably connects with the pivot shaft, enabling ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5564835 | Movable fastening apparatus for a cylindrical ball bearing A flanged linear ball bearing is provided with a linearly translocatable flange which can be secured to a flange support. A gap is formed between the flange and the ball bearing proper and an intermediate member is adapted to fit in the gap so as to secur... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5555789 | Linear motion device A linear motion device having an elongated body a carriage moveable in a linear path relative to the body and a bearing positioned between the carriage and body for supporting the carriage for movement along the linear path. The bearing includes a side ra... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5540503 | Linear guide apparatus A linear guide apparatus includes a base, a movable member movable to the base, first and second guide receptacles on the movable member, first and second linear guide members, being parallel to each other and received by the first and second receptacles ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5537912 | Bearing adjusting mechanism for rodless cylinder A rodless cylinder has adjusting mechanisms, each comprising a gear shaft rotatably mounted in a hole defined in an outer wall of a slide table and having a first gear on an end thereof, an adjustment shaft having a second gear on an end thereof which is ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5484210 | Sliding block with adjustable track positioning A sliding block with adjustable track positioning comprising a prismatic body, in one face of which there is a longitudinal recess arranged to receive a rail by way of rolling elements positionable in respective tracks, the body being essentially of C-sha... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5474384 | Supporting bearing for linearly guided travelling units A supporting bearing (17) for linearly guided travelling units, having a housing and having a roller (20) which contains a rolling-contact bearing (26) and is seated on an eccentric bolt (28) which is mounted rotatably in the housing and can be fixed by c... | 12/12/1995 |
