US 12,465,143 B2
Carriage for a linear guide system and linear guide system comprising such a carriage
Christoph Neuhaus, Niederelbert (DE); Patrick Neidhöfer, Seelbach (DE); and Thomas Quirein, Diez (DE)
Assigned to Accuride International GmbH, Diez (DE)
Filed by Accuride International GmbH, Diez (DE)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/229,822.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 120 080.9 (DE), filed on Aug. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0052884 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. F16C 29/04 (2006.01); A47B 88/473 (2017.01); A47B 88/483 (2017.01); A47B 88/487 (2017.01); F16C 29/02 (2006.01); F16C 29/00 (2006.01); F16C 29/12 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 88/473 (2017.01) [A47B 88/487 (2017.01); F16C 29/02 (2013.01); F16C 29/04 (2013.01); A47B 2210/0032 (2013.01); A47B 2210/0035 (2013.01); F16C 29/002 (2013.01); F16C 29/007 (2013.01); F16C 29/123 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carriage for a linear guide system comprising a rail element with two running surfaces facing each other and the carriage movable relative to the rail element in and against a pull-out direction, wherein the carriage comprises
a base body,
a first pair of support elements in the form of sliders, and
at least one first support spring element,
wherein each of the sliders of the first pair of support elements due to is geometric design or its fixing to the base body, can only slide on the running surfaces but cannot roll,
wherein each of the sliders of the first pair of support elements is movably mounted on the base body in an upward direction perpendicular to the pull-out direction, so that each of the sliders is frictionally engageable with a respective one of the running surfaces, and
wherein the at least one first support spring element is mounted on the base body such that the at least one first support spring element biases the sliders of the first pair of support elements away from each other in the upward direction,
wherein the carriage additionally comprises
a second pair of support elements and
at least one second support spring element,
wherein the second pair of support elements is spaced apart from the first pair of support elements in the pull-out direction,
wherein each of the support elements of the second pair of support elements is movably supported on the base body in the upward direction so that each of the support elements is engageable with a respective one of the running surfaces, and
wherein the at least one second support spring element is mounted on the base body such that the at least one second support spring element biases the support elements of the second pair of support elements away from each other in the upward direction.