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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2000
Gregory S. Lyon, Mamaroneck, NY (US);
Alison NG, New York, NY (US);
Eric Kim, Flushing, NY (US);
Thomson Industries, Inc., Port Washington, NY (US);
Abstract
A bearing assembly includes at least one and preferably two ball tracks each having a load-bearing portion, a return portion, and a turn-around portion, and a plurality of bearing balls, wherein the ball track is configured for the guided recirculation of the bearing balls. The bearing assembly includes a housing block with a channel at its distal end for receiving a movable shaft. The channel includes an elongated window aligned with each of the load-bearing portions of the tracks, the window allowing portions of the bearing balls to protrude therethrough to support the shaft. The bearing tracks define planes which can be oriented parallel to or perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing block, or which together form an angled V-shaped configuration.