Bearings – Linear bearing – Fluid bearing
Patent
1998-07-10
2000-07-11
Hannon, Thomas R.
Bearings
Linear bearing
Fluid bearing
384 25, 384 45, 384 44, F16C 2906
Patent
active
060862548
ABSTRACT:
A linear motion bearing assembly includes a carriage having a bearing track, a fluid inlet port and a fluid supply passage interconnecting the fluid inlet port and the bearing track. The bearing track has a load bearing portion, a return portion and a pair of turnarounds interconnecting the load bearing portion and the return portion. The carriage is supported for linear movement on a rail. A plurality of rolling elements are positioned in the bearing track and a pressurized hydrostatic fluid supply is connected to the fluid inlet port for supplying hydrostatic fluid under pressure to the bearing track.
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International Search Report PCT/US99/15520 mailed Dec. 16, 1999.
Hannon Thomas R.
Thomson Industries Inc.
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