Ball Bearing Patents (Class 312/334.38)
  • Patent number: 10779648
    Abstract: A device for connecting a movable sliding element to a guide rail of a guide system of an item of furniture having adjustment means comprising latching means, an operating element, and a height adjustment element. The latching means have latching teeth and a latching member. The latching teeth are disposed along a shell face. The latching member is connected to the operating element and the latching member latches with the latching teeth. The height adjustment element is configured in the manner of a disk and the height adjustment element is present so as to be pivotable. The operating element is connected to the height adjustment element. The device in the disposed state connects the sliding element to the guide rail in such a manner that a positional modification of the height adjustment element causes a positional modification of the sliding element relative to the guide system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Lucas, Gabriel Auer
  • Patent number: 9771975
    Abstract: In the case of a device for the detachable connection of a furniture pull-out movably guided in a furniture body via a guide unit with the guide unit having at least one adapter element detachably connectable with a running rail of the guide unit and having fastening elements for fixing the adapter element to a component of the furniture pull-out, the fastening elements comprise a catch for the detachable fastening of the adapter element to an assigned component of the furniture pull-out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Emanuel Mohr, Stephan Mittwoch, Felix Karu
  • Patent number: 9259087
    Abstract: A front connecting device of a concealed slide includes a metal base, an elastic fastener, a level adjusting member and a vertical adjusting member. The metal base is mounted to a drawer, and the elastic fastener, the level adjusting member and the vertical adjusting member are movably installed to the metal base, and the elastic fastener is connected to an end of the concealed slide for adjusting a horizontal position and/or a vertical position of the concealed slide. The elastic fastener is integrally formed by plastic injection and includes a fastening portion, a handle, and an elastic portion disposed between the elastic fastener and the fastening portion. The handle may be pressed to deform the elastic portion and separate the fastening portion from the concealed slide. The device not only provides a convenient operation, but also lowers the manufacturing cost while maintaining the original functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Sun Chain Trading Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ching-Lang Hsiao
  • Patent number: 9095213
    Abstract: A movable rail body is fastened to a movable body and has a first space. Movable rail bearings are disposed in the first space at diagonally facing corners of the movable rail body. A stationary rail body is fastened to a stationary support and has a second space. Stationary rail bearings are disposed in the second space at diagonally facing corners of the stationary rail body. A slider has an upper end in rolling contact with the movable rail bearings, and a lower end in rolling contact with the stationary rail bearings. An angle between a center line parallel to the movable body and a connection line connecting centers of the movable rail bearings ranges from 40 degrees to 50 degrees. An angle between the center line and a connection line connecting centers of the stationary rail bearings ranges from 130 degrees to 140 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: SEGOS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yoon Sik Park, Dong Hee Lee, Hyun Ho Cha
  • Patent number: 8833880
    Abstract: A track-based synchronous interlinking device having a lower track with a knurl pattern; a central track completing slides relative to the lower track; and an external track completing slides relative to the central track and having a knurl pattern. A synchronous interlinking device includes a roller bracket positioned at the central track and a roller featuring flexibility and elasticity, pivoted to the roller bracket, and allowing both sides to resist the lower track's knurl pattern and the external track's knurl pattern. The synchronous interlinking device completes smooth and accurate relative slides based on a synchronous triple-track interlinking operation among the lower track, the central track and the external track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Nan Juen International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung-Chang Chung
  • Patent number: 7690740
    Abstract: Pull-out guide system for drawers, having a basic-structure rail, a drawer rail and, if appropriate, having a center rail arranged between these two rails. The load of the drawer is transmitted by way of a first rolling-contact body and at least one second rolling-contact body, and the first rolling-contact body has a smaller diameter than the at least one second rolling-contact body. The drawer rail is designed such that, when the drawer is in the closed state, the first rolling-contact body is subjected to loading by the drawer rail and, when the drawer is opened, the first rolling-contact body is relieved of the loading of the drawer rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Lothar Blum
  • Publication number: 20070284982
    Abstract: A telescopic pull-out device for attachment to a support frame disposed in a processing chamber of a household appliance includes a holding rail, a running rail, and an attachment mechanism disposed on the holding rail and configured to detachably connect the holding rail to the support frame. The support frame includes an upper horizontal guide rod and a lower horizontal guide rod disposed at a distance below the upper guide rod. The horizontal guide rods are configured to slidably guide a rack into the processing chamber. The running rail includes a projection having a carrier section configured to support the rack. The projection is configured so that, in an installed state of the telescopic pull-out device, a surface of the carrier section is disposed at a predetermined height between a top of the lower horizontal guide rod and a bottom of the upper horizontal guide rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: Miele & Cie. KG
    Inventors: Juergen Brexler, Hans-Gerd Holtdirk
  • Patent number: 6848760
    Abstract: A slide has a pair of identical longitudinally extending and profiled rails each having at least one flange forming two longitudinally extending tracks. The rails are interfitted with the tracks of one rail transversely confronting the tracks of the other rails. Respective longitudinally extending rows of balls engaged in the tracks between the rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Westfalia Profiltechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rüdiger Thomas, Torsten Müller
  • Publication number: 20030173880
    Abstract: A slide has a pair of identical longitudinally extending and profiled rails each having at least one flange forming two longitudinally extending tracks. The rails are interfitted with the tracks of one rail transversely confronting the tracks of the other rails. Respective longitudinally extending rows of balls engaged in the tracks between the rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: WESTFALIA PROFILTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rudiger Thomas, Torsten Muller
  • Patent number: 6386659
    Abstract: A drawer slide has an outer rail forming a plurality of parallel and inwardly open tracks, an inner rail fitting in the outer rail and having a plurality of flat surfaces each confronting and extending parallel to a respective one of the tracks, and a respective row of balls in each of the tracks and riding on the respective inner-rail surface. The outer rail has a normally horizontal bight portion having outer edges, respective planar lower side portions extending upward from the outer edges and forming therewith corners in turn forming tracks, respective planar upper side portions extending upward from upper edges of the lower side portions, and respective planar upper end portions extending inward from upper edges of the upper side portions and forming therewith corners in turn forming tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Westfalia Metallformtechnik GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Torsten Müller, Rüdiger Thomas
  • Patent number: 6254210
    Abstract: An improved bearing retainer and a guide block for use with drawer slides having multiple slide members. The bearing retainer comprises a connecting member and upper and lower flanges, with apertures to house bearings, extending from the top and bottom of the connecting member. Extending from the middle portion of the connecting member is an extending member with a protrusion therein. In the alternative runners connecting the upper and lower flanges to the connecting member, have protrusions therein. The protrusion or protrusions lodges into a recess or recesses in a guide block attached to an intermediate or outer slide member as the bearing retainer approaches the guide block during the disconnect activity. The guide block comprises of stops to halt movement of the bearing retainer towards the guide block and to guide an inner slide member to engage the bearing retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Accuride International, INC
    Inventor: Jackie D. Parvin