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US 7,111,987 B2Granted
Linear roller bearing
AssigneeINA-Schaeffler KG
InventorsMartin Menges, Thomas Elicker
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AssigneeINA-Schaeffler KG
InventorsMartin Menges, Thomas Elicker
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In a linear rolling bearing comprising a guide carriage (1) that can be mounted through rolling bearing rollers (7) on a guide rail (2), said guide carriage (1) comprising at least one endless roller channel (8) for the rollers (7), said roller channel (8) comprising a load-bearing channel (9) for load-bearing rollers (7), a return channel (10) for returning rollers (7) and two deflecting channels (11) that connect the load-bearing channel (9) and the return channel (10) to each other, said guide carriage (1) further comprising a carrier body (3) in which said return channel (10) and said load-bearing channel (9) are arranged, and, on two front ends of the carrier body (3), end members (4) in which said deflecting channels (11) are arranged, said return channel (10) comprising a return tube (27) whose tube ends are connected to said end members (4), and said roller channel comprising raceways for the rollers and side surfaces for laterally delimiting the roller channel, the return tube (27) comprises tongues (33) that engage into the end member (4) and form, through opposing tongue surfaces (34), side surfaces (23) for the deflecting channel (11), a parting joint (37) between each tongue (33) and the end member (4) being arranged at least substantially parallel to the return tube (27).
A linear rolling bearing comprising a guide carriage that can be mounted through rolling bearing rollers on a guide rail, said guide carriage comprising at least one endless roller channel for the rollers, said roller channel comprising a load-bearing channel for load-bearing rollers, a return channel for returning rollers and two deflecting channels that connect the load-bearing channel and the return channel to each other, said guide carriage further comprising a carrier body in which said return channel and said load-bearing channel are arranged, and, on two front ends of the carrier body, end members in which said deflecting channels are arranged, said return channel comprising a return tube whose tube ends are connected to said end members, and said roller channel comprising raceways for the rollers and side surfaces for laterally delimiting the roller channel, wherein the return tube comprises tongues that engage into the end member and form, through opposing tongue surfaces, side surfaces for the deflecting channel, a parting joint between each tongue and the end member being arranged at least substantially parallel to the return tube.
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