Patent ID: 6158123
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B23P,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making a slide assembly, comprising:providing a C-shaped channel comprising a first arm having an inner surface, an outer surface and a free end and a second arm having an inner surface, an outer surface and a free end, and a connecting member having an inner surface and an outer surface;molding an outer shell over at least a portion of said channel, so that said shell covers substantially all of said outer surface of said first arm, substantially all of said free end of said first arm, substantially all of said outer surface of said connecting member, substantially all of said outer surface of said second arm and substantially all of aid free end of said second arm, thereby forming an inner rail from said C-shaped channel and said plastic shell;providing an outer rial having a first pair of opposing walls and a second pair of opposing walls transverse to said first pair of opposing walls; andpositioning said inner rail within said outer rail so that a portion of said outer shell covering said first free end and a portion of said outer shell covering said second free end contact one of said first pair of opposing walls, and a portion of said outer shell covering said connecting member contacts another of said first pair of opposing walls, and at least one of a portion of said outer shell covering said outer surface of said first arm and a portion of said outer shell covering said second arm contacts at least one of said second pair of opposing walls.