Patent ID: 7587955

Claim:
A lubricating unit for rolling element tracks of a linear system, comprising a lubricating element housing provided with a receiving space; a lubricating element provided in said receiving space of said lubricating element housing; a plurality of radially inwardly bendable latch elements mounting said lubricating element on a movable element of a linear system fixed in a position relative to said lubricating unit housing; a guide element along which said movable element is movably guided and which defines an axis of the linear system via rolling of rolling elements, said latch elements extending from one axial end of the lubricating unit in an axial direction toward said movable element, and each of said latch elements including a substantially radially extending bearing surface that faces said lubricating element housing and engages with a substantially radially extending matching bearing surface which is fixed in position relative to said movable element.