F16C 29/0652
Whereby the return paths are at least partly defined by separate parts
Official title: {whereby the return paths are at least partly defined by separate parts, e.g. covers attached to the legs of the main body of the U-shaped carriage}
F16C29/0652 (Whereby the return paths are at least partly defined by separate parts) appears on 146 US grants and 89 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
- 146
- Published applications
- 89
- Assignees
- 39
- Inventors
- 225
- Latest grant
- 13 Jan 2026
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| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Linear motion guide unit13 Jan 2026US 12,523,253 B2Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
- Linear motion guide unit18 Nov 2025US 12,473,947 B2Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
- Motion guide apparatus9 Jul 2024US 12,031,576 B2Thk Co., Ltd.
- Clamper mechanism for motion guide device16 Jan 2024US 11,873,859 B2Thk Co., Ltd.
- Linear guideway, sliding module thereof, and circulation seat thereof2 Jan 2024US 11,859,663 B2Ome Technology Co., Ltd.
- Facility module, conveyance module, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243301 A1Thk Co., Ltd.
- Linear motion guide unit29 May 2025US 2025/0172172 A1Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
- Linear motion guide unit15 Aug 2024US 2024/0271660 A1Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
- Linear guideway, sliding module thereof, and circulation seat thereof19 Oct 2023US 2023/0332642 A1Ome Technology Co., Ltd.
- Linear guideway with lubricating structure15 Jun 2023US 2023/0184290 A1Hiwin Technologies Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Linear slide bearing54US 4,475,776 A1984
- Recirculating-ball linear bearing40US 4,428,627 A1984
- Slide way bearing34US 4,040,679 A1977
- Rolling guide apparatus and method of manufacturing movable block of rolling guide apparatus29US 5,755,516 AThk Co., Ltd. · 1998
- Linear motion bearing26US 5,102,235 AThomson Industries, Inc. · 1992