Patent ID: 6619772
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: A47B,B25H,F16C

Abstract:
A ball bearing slide assembly, the slide assembly comprising:a first slide member; a second slide member; a carriage disposed between the first and second slide members; and a ball bearing roller, the ball bearing roller further comprising: an outer bearing race; a bearing stud to mount the ball bearing roller to the carriage, the bearing stud including a bearing hub lip and a side distal from the bearing hub lip; an inner being race adjacent the bearing stud, the inner bearing race including a chamber; and a bearing ball disposed in an area between the inner and outer races; wherein the distal from the bearing hub lip is swaged such that a swaged portion of the bearing stud is in compressive contact with the chamfer and the portion abuts the carriage; wherein the carriage couples, in combination with the ball bearing roller, the first slide member to the second slide member such that the second member moves relative to both the first slide member and the carriage;wherein the inner bearing race is a split inner bearing race; andwherein the split inner bearing race comprises an extended inner bearing race adjacent the bearing stud, the extended inner bearing race including a chamfer and a side adjacent the chamfer that extends beyond a first side of the outer bearing race and a flush inner bearing race adjacent to and flush with the bearing stud.