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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2013
Bishop-wisecarver Corporation, Pittsburg, CA (US);
Nigel S. Watson, Martinez, CA (US);
Bishop-Wisecarver Corporation, Pittsburg, CA (US);
Abstract
A track clamp for coupling linear motion guide tracks with standard linear motion support bases without the use of fasteners comprises a clamp body having a plug portion and an outwardly-opening guide track-receiving channel, the plug portion having outwardly-extending deformable protrusions on its outer surfaces that, upon insertion of the plug portion into a selected slot of a support base, deform upon engagement with the slot thereby securing the plug portion in the slot, the track-receiving channel holding a linear motion guide track. In one embodiment upwardly-extending clamp arms formed in the plug portion by the guide track receiving channel deflect inwardly upon insertion of the plug portion into the selected slot thereby clamping the guide track in the channel.