F16C 29/005
Guide rails or tracks for a linear bearing, i.e. adapted for movement
Official title: {Guide rails or tracks for a linear bearing, i.e. adapted for movement of a carriage or bearing body there along}
F16C29/005 (Guide rails or tracks for a linear bearing, i.e. adapted for movement) appears on 426 US grants and 373 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 426
- Published applications
- 373
- Assignees
- 228
- Inventors
- 858
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2003 | 5 | 11 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 20 |
| 2025 | 14 | 22 |
| 2026 | 11 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Rail connecting structure29 Sep 2026US 12,747,541 B2Thk Co., Ltd.
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- Linear guide2 Jun 2026US 12,644,487 B2Festo AG & Co.
- Slide rail assembly26 May 2026US 12,638,047 B2King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
- Straight and curved guide rail and straight and curved guide device12 May 2026US 12,623,852 B2Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
- Floating connector24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287101 A1Purple Cloud Development Pte. Ltd.
- Hybrid Screen Printng System17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273918 A1
- Guide rail, spacer, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276037 A1Thk Co., Ltd.
- Facility module, conveyance module, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243301 A1Thk Co., Ltd.
- Spacer and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243306 A1Thk Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Linear slide bearing54US 4,475,776 A1984
- Linear motion bearing44US 5,431,498 AThomson Industries, Inc. · 1995
- Streamline track system with carriers and rail40US 5,735,214 A1998
- Device for mounting a rail or the like on a surface39US 4,836,494 A1989
- Hardened guide rail for linear guide apparatus29US 5,618,114 ANsk Ltd. · 1997