Patent ID: 7393139

Claim:
A linear guide unit comprising a guide carriage that is mounted through rolling elements for sliding on a guide rail, said guide carriage comprising a carrier body and end caps arranged on front ends of the carrier body, the linear guide unit comprising at least one endless rolling element channel comprising a load-bearing channel for load-bearing elements, a return channel for returning rolling elements and two deflecting channels that connect the load-bearing channel and the return channel endlessly to each other and are defined by the end caps, a support rail arranged along the load-bearing channel and supported on the carrier body comprising a raceway for the rolling elements that defines the load-bearing channel, the support rail comprising a support member and a saddle member, the support member being received on the carrier body, and the saddle member comprising the raceway while being supported through a saddle surface for tilting motion on the support member wherein the saddle member can tilt about the longitudine axis of the support member without relative movement between the support member and the carrier body.