Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co .kg

Ina Schaeffler Kg

Lothar Neufang

Dietmar Rudy

Thomas Winkler

Peter Keller

Rainer Kleber

Peter Lutz

Anna Kania

Matthias Schmidt

A linear guide unit, with a guide carriage arranged on a guide rail and rolling bodies which circulate in circulating channels. Each circulating channel has a load section, a return section and two deflection sections endlessly connecting the load section to the return section. The load section is delimited by running tracks for the rolling bodies, which are formed on the guide carriage and guide rail, and with lubricant channels which are formed on the guide carriage and are connected to the circulating channels. An end is connected to a transfer point to a further lubricant channel or the circulating channel. A seal with an annularly closed sealing section is provided between the end of the lubricant channel and the transfer point, and is designed as a valve which prevents the lubricant channel from running at no-load.

Linear guide unit

A linear ball bearing for longitudinally movable mounting of a shaft-like guide rail in a part surrounding the guide rail, which has a sleeve-like cage with recesses arranged one behind the other in the circumferential direction holding ball circuits which have at least one supporting section with supporting balls which are supported such that they can roll on the guide rail. The supporting balls are also supported such that they can roll on a raceway of a supporting race element inserted indirectly or directly into the cage. The supporting race element has at least one radial outer surface, arched outward at least in one direction, for contact against an inner surface of the part which surrounds the guide rail. The outer surface is formed by at least one web-like projection extending in the longitudinal direction of the supporting race element.

Linear ball bearing and supporting race element for the same

A guide carriage of a linear roller bearing, having at least one endless raceway for rolling bodies (), and having a carrying body (), on the two longitudinal sides of which in each case one carrying section () and one return section () of the endless raceway is provided, the carrying section () being provided rolling bodies () which roll under load and the return section () being provided for rolling bodies () which return without load, and having head pieces () which are arranged on end sides of the carrying body () and in each case have one deflection section () which connects the return section () to the carrying section () a lubricant channel () being provided for the supply of lubricant, which lubricant channel () can be connected to the raceway of the rolling body () via a valve (), the valve () having a slot () which is provide for the passage of lubricant, crosses the cross section of the lubricant channel () and is delimited by slot faces (), the slot faces () bearing against one another when the valve () is shut, with the slot () being closed.

Guide carriage of a linear rolling bearing

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