Sliding support assembly using retaining strips
AssigneeAccuride International, Inc.
InventorMichael David Harvey
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Abstract
An elongate rail (2) for use in a sliding support assembly (1), the sliding support assembly comprising a slide member (3) slidable in a longitudinal direction relative to the elongate rail and first (4a) and second locating assemblies, the elongate rail comprising a channel section defined by a first web, a first flange, and a second flange; a first wall (7a); and a second wall; wherein the first flange and the first wall (7a) define a first channel for retaining the first locating assembly (4a) and the second flange and the second wall define a second channel for retaining the second locating assembly.
Claims13
A sliding support assembly, comprising:
- an elongate rail, a slide member slidable in a longitudinal direction relative to the elongate rail, and first and second locating assemblies, wherein
- the first locating assembly comprises a first retaining strip and a first series of balls, and the second locating assembly comprises a second retaining strip and a second series of balls, wherein the first retaining strip is separate from the second retaining strip, and
- the elongate rail comprising:
- a channel section defined by a first web, a first flange, and a second flange;
- a first wall;
- and
- a second wall;
- wherein the first flange and a first side of the first wall define a first channel for retaining the first locating assembly therein, and the second flange and a first side of the second wall define a second channel for retaining the second locating assembly therein, wherein the first retaining strip bows so that at least a portion of the first retaining strip presses against the first side of the first wall, and the second retaining strip bows so that at least a portion of the second retaining strip presses against the first side of the second wall.
A sliding support assembly, comprising:
- an elongate rail, a slide member slidable in a longitudinal direction relative to the elongate rail, and first and second locating assemblies, wherein
- the first locating assembly comprises a first retaining strip and a first series of balls, and the second locating assembly comprises a second retaining strip and a second series of balls, and
- the elongate rail comprising:
- a channel section defined by a first web, a first flange, and a second flange;
- a first wall;
- and
- a second wall;
- wherein the first flange and a first side of the first wall define a first channel for retaining the first locating assembly therein, and the second flange and a first side of the second wall define a second channel for retaining the second locating assembly therein, wherein the first retaining strip bows so that at least a portion of the first retaining strip presses against the first side of the first wall, and the second retaining strip bows so that at least a portion of the second retaining strip presses against the first side of the second wall;
- wherein the first retaining strip has an end wall located at an end of the first retaining strip, and the second retaining strip has an end wall located at an end of the second retaining strip, and wherein an end of the elongate rail, in the longitudinal direction of the elongate rail, has a limiting feature for limiting movement of the slide member, wherein each said end wall has a chamfer on an inner edge thereof that allows each said end wall to be pressed past the limiting feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.