Ball bearing slide assembly
AssigneesHONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsKuo-Ming Huang, Mo-Ming Yu, Zong-Yuan Li, Song Wang
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Abstract
A ball bearing slide assembly includes a first slide, a second slide slidably receiving the first slide, a slide-aiding member, and a positioning member slidably attached to the second slide. The slide-aiding member is slidably sandwiched between the first slide and the second slide. The slide-aiding member includes two arms each having a plurality of ball bearings installed therein for facilitating the sliding movement of the first slide relative to the second slide. The slide-aiding member defines a latching slot therein. The positioning member includes a positioning portion engagable in the latching slot of the slide-aiding member for fixing the slide-aiding member to the second slide.
Claims17
A ball bearing slide assembly, comprising:
- a first slide;
- a second slide slidably receiving the first slide;
- a slide-aiding member slidably sandwiched between the first slide and the second slide, the slide-aiding member comprising two arms each having a plurality of ball bearings installed therein facilitating the sliding movement of the first slide relative to the second slide, the slide-aiding member defining a latching slot therein;
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- a positioning member slidably attached to the second slide, the positioning member comprising a positioning portion engagable in the latching slot of the slide-aiding member, wherein when the first slide is slid into the second slide, the positioning member is driven by the first slide to be disengaged from the latching slot of the slide-aiding member, the slide-aiding member slides together with the first slide;
- when the first slide is drawn out from the second slide, the position member is driven by the first slide to be engaged in the latching slot of the slide-aiding member, the slide-aiding member is fixed to the second slide.
A slide assembly, comprising:
- a first slide forming two offset posts;
- a second slide slidably receiving the first slide in a longitudinal direction;
- a slide-aiding member slidably sandwiched between the first slide and the second slide and facilitating the slide movement of the first slide relative to the second slide in the longitudinal direction, the slide-aiding member defining a latching slot therein;
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- a positioning member attached to the second slide, the positioning member comprising a positioning portion pushed by the posts of the first slide to slide in a cross direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to engage in the latching slot of the slide-aiding member in response to the first slide being drawn out from the second slide, or disengage from the latching slot of the slide-aiding member in response to the first slide being slid into the second slide, thereby to lock the slide-aiding member to the second slide or unlocking the slide-aiding member from the second slide.
A ball bearing slide assembly, comprising:
- a first slide forming two posts offset from each other both in the longitudinal direction and the cross direction;
- a second slide slidably receiving the first slide in the longitudinal direction;
- a slide-aiding member slidably sandwiched between the first slide and the second slide, the slide-aiding member comprising two arms each having a plurality of ball bearings installed therein and facilitating the sliding movement of the first slide relative to the second slide, a latching slot is defined in the slide-aiding member;
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- a positioning member slidably attached to the second slide, the positioning member comprising a positioning portion and an abutting portion, two slanting surfaces are formed on opposite sides of the abutting portion corresponding to the posts of the first slide, wherein when the first slide is drawn out from the second slide, one of the posts pushes a corresponding slanting surface of the positioning member and drives the positioning portion to slide in the cross direction to engage in the latching slot of the slide-aiding member and fix the slide-aiding member to the second slide;
- when the first slide is slid into the second slide, the other one of the posts pushes the other slanting surface of the positioning member and drives the positioning portion to slide in the cross direction to disengage from the latching slit of the slide-aiding member.
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