Patent ID: 8303183

Claim:
A slide assembly, comprising: an outer rail; an inner rail slidably connected to the outer rail, the inner rail comprising an upper wall, a lower wall, and a side wall extending between the upper and the lower walls, each of the upper and the lower walls defining a ball receiving groove, the upper and the lower walls and the side wall cooperating to define a passage; a ball bearing carrier fixed on the side wall of the inner rail, the ball bearing carrier comprising an upper ball receiving channel and a lower ball receiving channel, each of the upper and the lower ball receiving channels defining a circulating channel having outlets, each of the upper and the lower ball receiving channels including an open section located in use facing the outer rail; and a plurality of ball bearings being contained in both the upper and the lower ball receiving channels, and the ball bearings rolling along the open sections of the upper and the lower ball receiving channels to support the outer rail; wherein each of the open sections of the upper and the lower ball receiving channels receives a section of the ball receiving groove of the inner rail near an end of the inner rail, and both ends of each of the open sections of the inner rail are provided with a gap defined by a bent section of said inner rail for guiding ball bearings located in said gap, said bent section being angled from said inner rail side wall toward said ball bearing carrier, each gap facing a respective one of the outlets of the upper and the lower ball receiving channels.