Patent ID: 6890103
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
1. A linear guide bearing apparatus, comprising: a guide member having a curved circulating path defined by inside and outside curved faces; a plurality of balls moving along the curved circulating path of the guide member; and a separator interposed between adjacent balls such that an axial line of the separator is parallel to or coincides to a straight line combining center points of adjacent balls, the separator defining concave faces at both ends thereof in the axial direction respectively at least partially contacting spherical surfaces of adjacent balls, wherein an outer diameter of the separator is such that an end of the separator closer to the inner curved face extends towards the inner curved face farther from the outer curved face than a point on the radial line of the separator, said radial line being perpendicular to the axial line and passing through a center of the separator, said point being at a distance from the outer curved face equal to a diameter of the balls, and wherein an outer circumference of the outer diameter surface of the separator have a concave part for preventing interference with the inside curve in the curved circulating path.