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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
May. 10, 1999
Glen A. Morr, Churubusco, IN (US);
Michael E. Lamle, Syracuse, IN (US);
PHD, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Abstract
Internal bearing assemblies for a rodless slide assembly. The internal bearing assemblies are positioned in bearing slots which are provided in portions of a transmission bracket and include inner bearing members and outer bearing shell members. Force applied to the internal bearing members causes them to slide up inclined surfaces of the bearing slots. The inner bearing members press against the outer bearing shell members which in turn press against the inner surface of the rodless slide bore. As a result, a radially inward force is applied to the transmission bracket. This radially inward force is transmitted to a saddle and external bearing assembly. The internal bearing assemblies thus hold the saddle against the outer surface of the rodless slide.