Patent ID: 9174621
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B60T,B61H,F16C,F16D

Abstract:
1. A system for selectively biasing a carriage in context of linear guides, the system comprising: a linear guide that extends in an X direction; and a carriage configured to travel along the linear guide in the X direction, the carriage comprising: an alignment feature configured to form a relatively low-tolerance engagement between the carriage and the linear guide while the carriage is traveling along the linear guide in the X direction, such that the carriage is supportively engaged in adjacent contactable relation with the linear guide in a Z direction and is permitted to float relative to the linear guide in a Y direction, the X, Y, and Z directions being orthogonal to each other; and a biaser configured to magnetically shift the carriage in the Y direction relative to the guide means and to magnetically couple the carriage with the linear guide in such a way that forms a relatively high-tolerance engagement between the carriage and the linear guide to park the carriage in a substantially fixed position relative to the linear guide when the carriage is not traveling along the linear guide in the X direction.