F16C 29/0692
The bearing body encircles a guide rail or track of non-circular cross-section
Official title: {the bearing body encircles a guide rail or track of non-circular cross-section, e.g. with grooves or protrusions, i.e. the linear bearing is suited to transmit torque (telescopic shafts with built-in bearings F16C3/035; yielding coupling allowing axial displacement by rolling elements F16D3/065)}
F16C29/0692 (The bearing body encircles a guide rail or track of non-circular cross-section) appears on 101 US grants and 63 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- CNC machine, workstation and components12 May 2026US 12,623,312 B2
- Ball spline device, automated guided vehicle and stereoscopic warehouse system5 May 2026US 12,618,437 B2Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co., Ltd.
- Furniture rotary system having reduced friction, and a piece of furniture comprising such system10 Feb 2026US 12,546,363 B2Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
- Linear motion guide unit13 Jan 2026US 12,523,253 B2Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
- Ball spline with lubrication passage8 Jul 2025US 12,352,313 B2Hiwin Technologies Corp.
- Cnc machine, workstation and components20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241500 A1
- Linear roller profile rail guide with a plurality of parallel circulating rows of rollers to reduce stroke pulsations12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071652 A1Schneeberger Holding AG
- Ball return end cap and linear motor thereof12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043438 A1
- Linear motor12 Feb 2026US 2026/0045850 A1
- Ball spline with lubrication passage5 Jun 2025US 2025/0180073 A1Hiwin Technologies Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Composite motion guide device38US 4,939,946 A1990
- Linear movement device and lubricant supplying device used therefor31US 6,155,717 AThk Co., Ltd. · 2000
- Lubricant supply system27US 6,401,867 B1Thk Co., Ltd. · 2002
- Ball spline linear motion rolling guide unit26US 4,799,803 ANippon Thompson Co., Ltd. · 1989
- Ball connecting body, and linear guide device and ball screw device utilizing the ball connecting body26US 5,993,064 AThk Co., Ltd. · 1999