Linear guide

A linear guide comprising a guide housing (1, 16) configured as a profiled support that is an extrusion molded profile made of aluminum, and at least one guide rail (2) fixed therein, one or more guide carriages (3) being supported for longitudinal displacement on the guide rail (2) while being connected to a running carriage (5, 17) that is situated partly outside the housing (1, 16) and extends through a longitudinal opening (7, 8, 18, 19) into the housing (1, 16), the linear guide comprising within the housing (1, 16) a drive for the longitudinal displacement of the guide carriage (3) and of the running carriage (5, 17), said drive being configured as an electromotor with one motor component arranged in the guide housing (1, 16) and one motor component arranged in the running carriage (5, 17), characterized in that the longitudinal opening (7, 8, 18, 19) is closed by a cover strip (12, 13) made of anti-corrosive magnetic steel for which permanent magnet strips (14) are inserted into grooves of the guide housing (1, 16), the electromotor is configured as a motor operating after the principle of the synchronous motor, with the primary motor component (10) corresponding to the rotor and the secondary motor component (11) corresponding to the stator, the primary motor component (10) is arranged in the running carriage (5, 17) and the secondary motor component (11) is arranged in the guide housing (1, 16).