Patent ID: 6168313
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
A bearing unit comprising a housing provided with a cylindrical bore and a linear bearing positioned within the cylindrical bore, the linear bearing including a cage in which are arranged a plurality of endless ball rows each comprised of a longitudinally extending ball track for load-bearing balls, a longitudinally extending return track for non-load-bearing balls, and deflection tracks connecting ends of the longitudinally extending ball track and the longitudinally extending return track, each longitudinally extending ball track being open radially outwardly with a track plate being arranged to cover the longitudinally extending ball track for the load-bearing balls, the cylindrical bore of the housing being provided with at least annular groove located in an area of the cylindrical bore facing one axial end of one of the track plates to permit radial deflection of the one axial end of the track plate.