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US 9,416,819 B2Granted
Re-circulating ball sliding support assembly
AssigneeAccuride International, Inc.
InventorsJake Edward Taylor, Peter William Bayles
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Abstract
A re-circulating ball sliding support comprises an elongate rail and a slide cassette. The slide cassette includes structure that interacts with the rail to seal the sliding support assembly such that the ingress of dirt into the slide cassette is prevented, and any lubricant for the balls is retained within the slide cassette.
Claims33
A sliding support assembly comprising:
- an elongate rail of channel section defining a first web and first and second flanges;
- a slide cassette positioned between the first and second flanges of the elongate rail such that the slide cassette and the first and second flanges define a pair of endless tracks;
- a plurality of bearing balls positioned within the pair of endless tracks;
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- at least one sealing member for sealing upper portions of the slide cassette to prevent the ingress of dirt into the endless tracks, wherein the at least one sealing member comprises:
- a widened upper portion of the slide cassette which extends above and in contact with upper portions of the first and second flanges to seal an upper portion of the endless tracks.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.