Lubricating element and lubricating unit

US7748284B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gerald Vierheilig · Würzburg, DE
• Rudolf Schlereth · Bad Kissingen, DE
• Andre Ziegler · Stadtlauringen, DE
• Michael Klein · Grafenrheinfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 23, 2007
• Grant date: Jul 6, 2010
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/18744
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A lubricating element for rolling element tracks, particularly linear motion systems, has a body composed of a lubricant-storing material, which includes an application section capable of being brought in contact with a rolling element bearing surface to supply lubricant; the body has an elongated shape in a first storage region adjacent to the application section, and a lubricant flow through the first storage region triggered via the dispensing of lubricant at the application section is essentially oriented in the longitudinal direction of the first storage region.