Ball Bearing For Drawer Patents (Class 384/18)
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Patent number: 11547211Abstract: An arrangement for guiding at least one movable furniture part includes a guide rail to be mounted on the fixed furniture part, a guide device to be coupled to the movable furniture part, and a preferably substantially cylindrical, load-transmitting rolling body. The guide rail has a guide track, on which the load-transmitting rolling body is mounted in a movable manner. The guide track has a parking position for the load-transmitting rolling body, and the parking position corresponds to an end position of the movable furniture part relative to the fixed furniture part. The load-transmitting rolling body and the guide track are designed such that the guide track can be deformed in this region, a depression being formed in the process, and the load-transmitting rolling body is substantially dimensionally stable.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventors: Benjamin Hoffmann, Marc Meusburger
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Patent number: 11428034Abstract: An arrangement includes a first guide system to be fixed to a furniture wall and a second guide system to be fixed to the furniture wall a vertical distance from the first guide system. Each of the two guide systems has a guide and a guide body displaceably arranged on the guide, a carrier to which the sliding door or folding-sliding door can be fixed, and a cable pulling device for compensating for a tilting moment of the carrier. The cable pulling device includes a first pulling cable arranged between the guide body of the first guide system and an end of the guide of the first guide system and without connection to the second guide system. A second pulling cable is between the guide body of the second guide system and an end of the guide of the second guide system and without connection to the first guide system.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Julius Blum GmbHInventors: Matthias Rupp, Christian Hauer, Hermann Haemmerle, Ingo Gasser
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Patent number: 11337520Abstract: A sliding device is provided for a drawer which may provide a detent function by an elastic displacement to a rail member enabling a storage body to be moved from a main body in a sliding manner, thereby implementing a fixed maintenance force having a more robust state at a drawn-into location of the storage body to the main body. The sliding device includes: a first rail member which has a locking projection, an intermediate rail member coupled to be movable with respect to the first rail member, a second rail member coupled to be movable with respect to the intermediate rail member at a location opposite to the first rail member, and a detent member which is provided on the second rail member, and has an opening which accommodates the locking projection and a constraining protrusion which suppresses the locking projection from being separated from the opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: SEGOSInventor: Sang Eun Park
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Patent number: 11272785Abstract: The present invention relates to a slide device in which retainers provided between an outer rail, an intermediate rail, and an inner rail are guided to be placed at right positions when a drawer is opened or closed, thereby inducing a smooth movements of the rails. According to the slide device of the present invention, openings (312a and 130a) are formed at least in a second retainer locking step (312) and a second retainer deviation prevention step (130), respectively.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: TOPSCO CO., LTD.Inventor: Jengon Choi
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Patent number: 11266239Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a working member and a contact feature. The second rail and the first rail are movable relative to each other. The working member is mounted to a connecting part arranged on one of the first rail and the second rail. The contact feature is arranged on the other one of the first rail and the second rail. At least one space is defined between the working member and the connecting part. When the slide rail assembly is in a retracted state, the working member is configured to block the contact feature, in order to prevent the second rail from being moved from a predetermined position along one direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shih-Lung Huang, Yi-Syuan Jhao, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 11266237Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a contact structure and a locking device. The second rail is movable relative to the first rail. The contact structure is arranged on the second rail. The locking device is arranged on the first rail and includes a working member configured to be in a blocking state or an unblocking state relative to the first rail. When the second rail is located at a retracted position and when the working member is in the blocking state, the working member is configured to block the contact structure, in order to prevent the second rail from being moved relative to the first rail from the retracted position along an opening direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chi-Chih Chou, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 11241091Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers or the like comprising a fixed guide part fastenable to the body of a piece of furniture, a movable guide part fixable to a drawer or the like, an intermediate guide part between the fixed guide part and the movable guide part, wherein at least one first sliding carriage is interposed between the fixed guide part and the intermediate guide part and at least one second carriage is interposed between the movable guide part and the intermediate guide part; means of synchronizing the pull-out guide is further provided which comprise at least one synchronization element arranged on the intermediate guide part and contoured to functionally connect the fixed guide part and the movable guide part to each other during the pull-out or retraction movement of the pull-out guide.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: ARTURO SALICE S.P.A.Inventor: Sergio Salice
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Patent number: 11197389Abstract: A server chassis includes an outer case including a plurality of outer shells and an insertion space. The outer shell has an inner wall, and an outer rail structure is disposed on the inner wall of the outer shell. The outer rail structures including an outer rail-plate, an outer-rail and a set of ball slide rail. A chassis body is slidably coupled to the insertion space. The chassis body includes inner shells and an accommodating space. An inner rail structure includes an inner rail-plate, and the chassis body is capable of sliding with respect to the outer case through the inner rail-plate inserted in the outer-rail.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC.Inventor: Ken-Sheng Lin
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Patent number: 11149790Abstract: The present invention relates to a linear motion guide unit manufactured at low cost by forming at least a slider from a single metal plate, and reduced in sliding resistance of rolling elements as well as a method of manufacturing the same. The linear motion guide unit includes a guide rail, and the slider formed from a single metal plate. The guide rail has a bottom part, and a pair of longitudinal side parts standing from opposite sides of the bottom part, extending longitudinally in a mutually facing manner, and having respective raceway grooves in which the rolling elements roll. The slider includes an upper part, a pair of mutually facing sleeve parts extending downward from opposite sides of the upper part and having respective raceway grooves and return passages, and end cap parts formed respectively at opposite ends of the upper part and having turnaround grooves.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Oishi, Kenichiro Tsuruta
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Patent number: 11096484Abstract: A lifting cabinet has left and right lifting mechanisms each comprising a steel cable; a power mechanism which is connected with a first end of the steel cable; an internal guide rail which is connected with a second end of the steel cable; and an external guide rail which is fixed on a frame of the lifting cabinet and is configured with an accommodation space therein. The internal guide rail is located within the accommodation space. The lifting cabinet solves the problem of exposure of the steel cable.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: CMECH (GUANGZHOU) LTD.Inventor: Jia Sen Qiu
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Patent number: 11083294Abstract: Slide assemblies are performance enhanced, using unique materials and may include a plastic outer slide segment, a metal intermediate slide segment, a plastic inner slide segment, and/or a plastic chassis member. The metal intermediate slide segment may be slideable relative to the outer slide segment. The plastic inner slide segment may be slideable relative to the intermediate slide segment. The plastic chassis member may be removably coupled to the inner slide segment.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Jonathan Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Oscar Sadot Borquez, Patty J. Amechi
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Patent number: 11064807Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a first support rail, a second support rail, a third rail, and a third support rail. The second rail is displaceable with respect to the first rail. The first support rail is fixedly connected to a first portion of the second rail. The second support rail is movably connected to a second portion of the second rail. The third rail is fixedly connected to the second support rail. The third support rail is displaceable with respect to the third rail.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Kai-Wen You, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 11028876Abstract: A slide unit includes a fixed rail fixed to a main body, and provided with a first accommodation space, a movable rail connected to a drawer body to allow the drawer body to be pulled out from and pushed into the main body, provided with a second accommodation space, and configured to be movable with respect to the fixed rail, an inner rail configured such that a first end thereof is inserted in the first accommodation space and a second end thereof is inserted in the second accommodation space, so as to allow the movable rail to be slidable with respect to the fixed rail, and a plurality of slide balls inserted in the first accommodation space to be disposed between the fixed rail and the inner rail, and inserted in the second accommodation space to be disposed between the movable rail and the inner rail.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: SEGOS CO., LTD.Inventors: Doo Myun Lee, Sung Joon Kang, Duc Hoi Kim, In Suk Ra, Jung Kyu Lim, Sung Woo Kim, Jae Hyuk Lim
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Patent number: 10959519Abstract: A method for installing a drawer and a construction kit for the displaceable mounting of a drawer element having a first and a second pullout guide, which are installable on opposing side walls, and a preinstalled device for synchronizing the movement of the movable rails of the two pullout guides using a cable pull. The side walls are preferably the side walls of furniture bodies or household appliances.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Thorsten Kloth, Ulrich Ratsch, Michael Lehmkuhl, Eduard Arnst, Peter Jaehrling, Sebastian Bastkowski
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Patent number: 10920824Abstract: The application discloses sliding support assemblies which allow for relative linear motion between two bodies. The sliding support assemblies include a rolling slide mechanism and a friction slide mechanism. The rolling slide mechanism provides a low resistance to sliding motion between the two bodies. The friction slide mechanism provides support to the sliding support assembly when the loading between the two bodies is increased.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Accuride International LimitedInventors: Stefan Herchenreder, Peter Bayles
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Patent number: 10912382Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail and a slide assisting device. The first rail is arranged with an engaging part. The slide assisting device is movably mounted between the first rail and the second rail. The slide assisting device includes a main body, a plurality of slide assisting members and a fastening member. The plurality of slide assisting members are arranged on the main body and configured to contact the first rail and the second rail in a rolling manner. The fastening member is movably mounted to the main body. The second rail is movable relative to the first rail from a retracted position to an extension position along a direction. When the second rail is moved from the extension position along the direction, the slide assisting device is engaged with the engaging part of the first rail through the fastening member.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., Kino Slide Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 10888157Abstract: A drawer guide for guiding a drawer which is extendable out of a carcass in an extension direction is provided with a guidance unit configured as a vertical guidance unit and a guidance unit configured as a lateral guidance unit. The two guidance units each comprise a carcass-side guidance rail and a drawer-side guidance unit mounted on rolling bodies. The two guidance units are coupled to each other by a coupling device.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Schock Metallwerk GmbHInventors: Hubert Koenig, Rudolf Wiegold, Joachim Zimmermann
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Patent number: 10850646Abstract: A vehicle includes a carriage assembly and a track assembly. The carriage assembly includes a central roller flanked by side rollers on an axle. A carriage rail can support the axle. The track assembly includes a rack screw positioned in a lower portion of a channel. The channel receives the carriage assembly such that a drive wheel can engage with the rack screw.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Alan George Dry, Johnathan Andrew Line
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Patent number: 10842268Abstract: A drawer rail and a home appliance including the same are disclosed. The home appliance includes a drawer rail configured to withdraw an item accommodation unit provided in a storage chamber. The drawer rail includes a first rail mounted to the storage chamber, a second rail coupled to the item accommodation unit, a third rail disposed between the first rail and the second rail, a first retainer disposed between the first rail and the third rail to allow relative sliding movement, a second retainer disposed between the second rail and the third rail to allow relative sliding movement, a first stopper for limiting an allowable relative sliding distance between the first rail and the third rail, and a second stopper for limiting an allowable relative sliding distance between the second rail and the third rail.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Hyeseong Min
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Patent number: 10791833Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a mounting member, a third rail, a fourth rail and a synchronizing member. The first rail includes a disengaging feature. The third rail and the fourth rail are arranged on two side of the mounting member, and the synchronizing member is arranged on the mounting member. The third rail is movable relative to the first rail and the second rail is movable relative to the fourth rail. When the second rail is moved from a retracted position along a direction, the second rail and the mounting member are synchronously moved through the synchronizing member. When the second rail and the mounting member are moved to a predetermined position, the synchronizing member is driven by the disengaging member of the first rail to be no longer synchronously moved.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Zong-Sian Wong, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 10743658Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail and a blocking member. The second rail is movable relative to the first rail. The blocking member is movably arranged on the first rail. When the second rail is moved relative to the first rail from a retracted position to an extension position, the second rail is blocked by the blocking member.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 10729241Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail and a mounting member. The mounting member is arranged with a third rail and a fourth rail. Wherein, the third rail is movable relative to the first rail, and the second rail is movable relative to the fourth rail.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Kai-Wen Yu, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 10724281Abstract: A sliding door system includes a rail device with a mounting rail mountable in a building, with a guide rail in which at least two carriages that are connected to a sliding door are held displaceable along a guide axis, and with a plurality of coupling devices with which the guide rail and the mounting rail are releasably connected with one another and which comprise a coupling head connected to the guide rail or the mounting rail, that comprises a coupling plate and a coupling neck and that can be anchored in a coupling opening provided in the mounting rail or the guide rail and which comprises a first opening part with a diameter larger than a diameter of the coupling plate, and a second opening part adjacent thereto with a diameter larger than the diameter of the coupling neck but smaller than the diameter of the coupling plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: HAWA SLIDING SOLUTIONS AGInventors: Gregor Haab, Peter Ettmüller, Nejib Yezza
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Patent number: 10551113Abstract: An appliance equipped with a cascading basket system is provided. In one example aspect, the cascading basket system includes a first basket connected to a door and movable together forward and backward, a second basket positioned above the first basket, and a third basket positioned above the second basket. The cascading basket system includes features that allow a user to pull out the baskets as a single unit and in a cascading manner by moving the door forward. As one example, the first and second baskets can define pocket recesses configured to receive rollers of the seconds and third baskets respectively to engage the baskets. As another example, the first and second baskets can include protruding ribs that receive bosses of the seconds and third baskets respectively to engage the baskets. In another example, the baskets can include magnets to move the baskets forward together as a single unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Louis A. Wantland, Bagawathkumar Chellappan
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Patent number: 10428872Abstract: A guide apparatus is provided which can increase a holding force that holds a table, a drawer, a cabinet, a device, or the like at a predetermined position. An engagement body (43) is placed on a second member (42b). A pair of plate spring portions (44a and 44b) is placed on a first member (41) in such a manner as to sandwich the engagement body (43). The pair of plate spring portions (44a and 44b) bend in such a manner that a minimum dimension between the pair of plate spring portions (44a and 44b) is smaller than a dimension (length) of the engagement body (43).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: THK CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroomi Kuribayashi
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Patent number: 10399465Abstract: A seat cushion adjuster in one aspect of the present disclosure comprises at least one bracket, at least one slider, at least one first interposing member, and at least one second interposing member. The slider is inserted into an inner hollow portion of the bracket. The slider comprises a base plate part of a plate shape and a pair of raised parts. The pair of raised parts is raised from a pair of ends of the base plate part so as to be raised with respect to one surface of the base plate part. The first interposing member is disposed between an inner wall of the bracket and the slider. The second interposing member is disposed between the inner wall of the bracket and the slider so as to face the first interposing member.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaharu Nakamura, Jueru Shimizu, Masayuki Kanehira
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Patent number: 10385916Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a first locking device and a second locking device. The first rail includes a blocking part. The first locking device is arranged on the second rail and configured to lock the blocking part of the first rail when the second rail is moved to a first predetermined position relative to the first rail, such that the slide rail assembly has a first extension length. The second locking device is arranged on the second rail and configured to lock the blocking part of the first rail when the second rail is moved to a second predetermined position relative to the first rail, such that the slide rail assembly has a second extension length.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chih-Hsin Yeh, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 10314196Abstract: A reinforced server sliding rail mounting structure for connection to a server rack and to a server includes an inner sliding rail, a first ball bushing, an intermediate sliding rail, a second ball bushing and an outer sliding rail. A front bracket has an upper reinforcing rib and a lower reinforcing rib respectively located on upper and lower bracket walls thereof such that when the intermediate sliding rail is moved outward into the front bracket, the upper and lower reinforcing ribs are respectively engaged into respective outer ball grooves of the intermediate sliding rail and reinforce the structural strength of the intermediate sliding rail. The structure may further include top and bottom reinforcing components respectively located on respective rear ends of the upper and lower reinforcing ribs.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: GSLIDE CORPORATIONInventor: Yung-Liang Chen
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Patent number: 10251480Abstract: Disclosed is a pullout apparatus having side access and designed for simple, adjustable, and accurate installation within a pre-existing cabinet space. The apparatus, slidably mounted within the cabinet space, comprises a top slide assembly mounted to a cabinet carcass and a drawer box. The drawer box is automatically centered on a base slide box. The base slide box is comprised of a slotted template slidingly engaged with a frame, where the frame is mounted to the cabinet carcass. Slide rail assemblies connect the slotted template to the frame. A pin block on the underside of a fixed shelf of the drawer box automatically centers the drawer box on the slotted template. A face plate adjustment mechanism provides for three dimensional alignment of the face plate with surrounding cabinets. An alternate embodiment comprises a mounting bracket providing three dimensional adjustability of the upper drawer slide.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Hardware Resources, Inc.Inventor: Alan Chen
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Patent number: 10202052Abstract: A seat cushion adjuster in one aspect of the present disclosure comprises at least one bracket, at least one slider, and a plurality of interposing members. The plurality of interposing members is disposed between an inner wall of the at least one bracket and the at least one slider so as to interpose the at least one slider among the plurality of interposing members in an inner hollow portion of the at least one bracket. At least one interposing member of the plurality of interposing members comprises at least one supporting protrusion portion protruding toward the at least one bracket.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaharu Nakamura, Jueru Shimizu
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Patent number: 10154731Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, and a supporting member. The second rail can be displaced with respect to the first rail. The supporting member is connected to the second rail and includes an upper supporting portion and a lower supporting portion. The upper supporting portion is used for supporting an upper wall of the first rail, and the lower supporting portion, for supporting a lower wall of the first rail.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 9894992Abstract: A drawer pull-out guide includes a carcass rail to be fixed to a furniture carcass, an extension rail displaceable relative to the carcass rail between a closed position and an open position, and a rolling body and a supporting body movable along a running limb of the carcass rail and a running surface of the extension rail upon a movement of the extension rail. A clearance is formed on the running limb of the carcass rail and/or on the running surface of the extension rail. The rolling body is accommodated within the clearance in the closed position of the extension rail and is thereby relieved from the load of the extension rail so that, in the closed position of the extension rail, the load of the extension rail is carried by the supporting body. Furthermore, rolling body and the supporting body are arranged in a common running carriage.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Julius Blum GmbHInventors: Pascal Berchtold, David Fink, Marc Meusburger, Daniel Boch, Gernot Mohr, Albert Boesch, Philipp Nachbauer, Simon Grabherr
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Patent number: 9784311Abstract: A small-sized finite linear motion guide unit is provided in which there is provided a rack-and-pinion arrangement to prevent any discrepancy between retainer plates to make sure of relative sliding movement of guideways. A rack is composed of teeth portions and a pair of connecting bars to fasten the teeth thereon. The connecting bars are different in widthwise length to form asymmetrical shapes. The grooves for a rack made on the guideway includes a middle groove to get the rack to mate with the pinion, and sidewise grooves lying on both sides of the middle groove and having the connecting bars different in widthwise length to make an asymmetric shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.Inventor: Tsuguyoshi Nara
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Patent number: 9616777Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a slide rail. A cap provided in an upper rail integrally includes a base portion adjacent to a longitudinal rear end of the upper rail provided with the cap, and a first deformation prevention portion extending into a space from the base portion toward a longitudinal center of the upper rail provided with the cap, the first deformation prevention portion being provided between the pair of side face portions within the space so as to restrain deformation of the upper rail. When the upper rail is placed in a rearmost position within a slidable range, the first deformation prevention portion is placed in vicinity to the rear end of the lower rail.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventor: Yuji Arakawa
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Patent number: 9511686Abstract: Reinforced section piece comprising a metal section piece and a reinforcing spacer piece, said section piece having a generally U-shaped cross-section with a base portion, said section piece comprising side wings extending perpendicularly on each side from the transverse ends of the base portion, with inner surfaces facing each other at an inside distance, the reinforcing spacer piece comprising a body having a width that is slightly less than the inner distance, and being configured to prevent the lessening of the distance between the two side wings, the reinforcing spacer piece additionally comprising protuberances projecting outwards from the body in the transverse direction, facing the curved surfaces of the male section piece.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: FAURECIA SIEGES D'AUTOMOBILEInventor: Gérald Garotte
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Patent number: 9469217Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a slide rail that has a lower rail and an upper rail, and a cap that is provided on an end portion in a longitudinal direction of at least one of the lower rail and the upper rail. A base portion that is adjacent to and follows an end surface shape of the end portion in the longitudinal direction of the lower rail or the upper rail on which the cap is provided, and a filler portion that extends from the base portion toward the center in the longitudinal direction of the lower rail or the upper rail on which the cap is provided, and that fills a space in a separating direction of the lower rail and the upper rail, are provided on the cap.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventor: Naoki Hayashi
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Patent number: 9427084Abstract: Provided is a rail having a simple structure and capable of stably supporting a load caused by a drawer and accommodated matters. The rail has a structure having a resistance against a torsional load that twists the rail in a central direction of the drawer and configured to prevent interference between components of the rail even when the torsional load occurs.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignees: SEGOS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoon Sik Park, Dong hee Lee, Hyun ho Cha
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Patent number: 9386852Abstract: A modular ball bearing retaining cage and a slide guide employing such a cage are disclosed. The cage includes a bridge part having opposed end parts spaced by a mid-section and module strips that are connected to the end parts. Each module strip includes one or more guide strip modules. At least some of the guide strip modules include ball bearings disposed in openings provided in respective guide strip modules. The end parts and the guide strip modules have cooperative coupling elements that permit coupling therebetween. The module strips are disposed in guide tracks defined by walls of inner and outer profiles of the slide guide and the ball bearings run within the guide tracks to allow extension of the inner profile with respect to the outer profile. Stop modules may be coupled to the module strips via coupling elements to limit relative travel of the profiles.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Thomas Regout International B.V.Inventors: Andreas Petronella Maria Stijns, Johannes Egbertus Gerardus Welten
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Patent number: 9313914Abstract: Slide assemblies that include at least an inner slide segment and an outer slide segment. Many of the slide assemblies also include an intermediate slide segment interposed between the inner slide segment and the outer slide segment. The inner and outer slide segments include a plurality of rollers separated into upper rows and lower rows. The slide assembly can also include lock arrangements to secure individual slide segments in desired positions relative to one another. The slide assemblies preferably include mounting brackets, which, in some arrangements, include mounting pin assemblies capable of use with at least three mounting hole sizes or shapes.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Jonathan Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Ronald J. Judge, Ramiro A. Perez
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Patent number: 9295330Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a novel drawer slider structure for sliding systems. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a drawer slider providing substantial material savings for its manufacturing, and providing a larger opening extension with respect to known drawer sliders. In an embodiment, the drawer slider includes a first fixed outer rail and at least one second inner rail mounted on the outer rail that can slide longitudinally along the outer rail. The outer rail includes a bumper provided on or near an edge of the outer rail taken across a longitudinal plane of the outer rail. The inner rail includes a stroke limiter along a longitudinal section of the inner rail that is configured to cooperate with the bumper.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: METALURGICA ALBRAS LTDA.Inventor: Nilson Kler Da Silva
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Patent number: 9291199Abstract: The present invention relates to sliding supports and particularly sliding supports having two elongate members of channel section and a locating assembly positioned therebetween. The locating assembly includes a plurality of bearing balls and a plurality of contact elements, and is capable of functioning without the use of grease or additional lubrication. The sliding support is particularly suitable for use in harsh environments.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2011Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Accuride International LimitedInventors: Samuel Foster, Peter William Bayles
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Patent number: 9247814Abstract: A slide rail assembly for mounting a lateral side of a chassis to a rack includes first and second rails and a ball assembly. A sidewall of the second rail has a mounting portion to be mounted to a mounting member on the lateral side of the chassis. The ball assembly, movably mounted between the rails to facilitate relative sliding thereof, includes a ball retainer whose lateral portion corresponds in position to the space between a sidewall of the first rail and the sidewall of the second rail. The sidewall of the second rail includes a projecting block for pushing the lateral portion of the ball retainer, keeping the lateral portion close to the sidewall of the first rail.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chun-Yi Ho, Chun-Chiang Wang
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Patent number: 9233798Abstract: A passenger conveyor assembly including a roller assembly having an axle member, a bearing member mounted to the axle member, and a roller member rotatably mounted to the bearing member. A seal assembly is mounted to the roller assembly. The seal assembly includes a rotating member mounted for rotation with the roller member and a stationary member fixedly mounted relative to axel member. The rotating member and stationary member cooperate to substantially prevent foreign objects from accumulating at one of the bearing member and the axle member.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2011Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventor: Walter Srb-Gaffron
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Patent number: 9212694Abstract: A linear guide (1) having at least two rail elements (2, 2?) which are movable counter to each other in the longitudinal direction, wherein each rail element (2, 2?) has running surfaces (3, 3?) which, together with running surfaces (3, 3?) of a rail element (2, 2?) moveable counter thereto, form tracks (4) for receiving rolling bodies (10) and sliding bodies (11) between the two rail elements which are moveable counter to each other, characterized in that at least one sliding body (11) and at least two rolling bodies (10) are provided in each track (4) between two rail elements (2, 2?), wherein at least one rolling body (10) is arranged in each case on both sides of a sliding body (11) in the longitudinal direction of the track (4).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Accuride International GmbHInventors: Christoph Neuhaus, Thomas Quirein
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Patent number: 9187043Abstract: A pullout mechanism for a drawer device includes a first and second guide surfaces, each extending from a first end to a second end, and first and second wheels which run on the respective first and second guide surfaces. The wheels are connected together in a rotationally fixed manner by a shaft mounted to the drawer device. The guide surfaces are provided for attachment to or formation on a frame, such as a frame of an interior trim part of a vehicle. Alternatively, the wheels can be connected to the frame and the guide surfaces to the drawer device. The pullout mechanism further includes first and second pulling devices such as cables, each of which at least partially encircles the first and second wheels, respectively, and is fastened in a pre-stressed manner to the two ends of the respective first and second guide surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbHInventors: Volker Doll, Karl-Friedrich Wingert
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Patent number: 9107500Abstract: A drawer guide is provided for displaceable arrangement of a drawer configured to be pulled out from a carcass. The drawer guide has at least two guide rails, which are displaceable relative to one another by means of rolling elements, and at least one functional device for influencing a relative movement of at least one of the at least two guide rails relative to at least one further one of the at least two guide rails. At least two substantially C-shaped guide rails are provided, which each have a rail back which connects at least two legs to one another, on which, in each case, at least one rolling element track is configured. The at least two C-shaped guide rails are arranged with the rail backs facing away from one another. At least one receiving element is provided to at least partially receive the at least one functional device.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Schock Metallwerk GmbHInventor: Joachim Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20150093054Abstract: A slide for an industrial computer rack includes a telescopic frame, a pair of fastener sets, a slide set, an automatic locking module and a release module. The industrial computer rack is a rectangular box composed of frameworks and side panels, and each vertically erected framework has equidistant latch holes. The length of the slide can be adjusted by changing the length of the telescopic frame according to the distance between any two frameworks, and the fastener sets are installed at two end portions of the telescopic frame respectively for a quick installation. The slide set is integrated with the automatic locking module, and the release module includes a U-shaped rail, a release rod and a fixed block. The U-shaped rail is locked onto the exterior of the industrial computer and movably disposed across the telescopic frame, so that the industrial computer can be locked automatically and released quickly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: MARTAS PRECISION SLIDE CO., LTD.Inventor: WAN-LAI CHEN
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Publication number: 20150043842Abstract: The invention relates to a guide, comprising a first (1) and a second (2) guide profile, each guide profile having a longitudinal direction, where the first guide profile extends at least partly within the second guide profile, the longitudinal direction of the guide profiles being parallel to each other, wherein on two opposite sides, parallel to the longitudinal directions guide tracks (9) are formed between wall parts of the first and second guide profiles, a ball guide strip (13) being included in each of the guide tracks, each guide strip comprising a strip having a longitudinal direction and a series of openings (22) spaced apart in said longitudinal direction of the strip, balls (8) being provided in the openings which run on said wall parts forming the tracks, wherein at least one bridge part (14) is provided between the two guide strips, connecting the guide strips such that they are prevented from movement relative to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Andreas Petronella Maria Stijns, Johannes Egbertus Gerardus Welten
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Patent number: 8882351Abstract: A pull-out guide for domestic appliances. The pull-out guide includes a guide rail, at least one additional rail displaceably mounted relative to the guide rail via a rolling body in a rolling-body cage, and at least one stop configured to limit a displacement path of the at least one additional rail. The at least one stop is configured as a first crosspiece and shaped onto one of the guide rail and the at least one additional rail. The at least one stop projects into the displacement path of one of the rolling-body cage and the rolling body. The rolling body is an outer rolling body. The at least one stop projects up to at least half of the radius of the outer rolling body or up to substantially a rotational axis of the outer rolling body, as seen in a direction of displacement.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Peter Jährling, Sven Budde
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Publication number: 20140265796Abstract: The invention relates to a pull-out guide comprising a fixable guide rail and a movably supported running rail, between which a middle rail is optionally arranged, wherein at least one latching device is provided for fixing the running rail on the guide rail in a releasable manner and the latching device comprises a spring element and an engaging element, wherein the spring element and the engaging element of the at least one latching device are arranged in a defined position on an outside of the pull-out guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2012Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Daniel Rehage, Daniel Reidt, Edgar Frobieter