The method for manufacturing a linear motion guide device includes a step of forming a long member (8) having a pair of side wall parts (51) and a bottom wall part (52), a step of attaching a track body (4) to the pair of side wall parts (51) of the long member (8), and a step of cutting away a base member (5) to which the track body (4) is attached by cutting the long member (8) together with the track body (4) into a desired length.

A circulator structure includes a main body, a Y-like groove and two return channels. The main body has a first side surface, a second side surface and a through hole. The Y-like groove includes a first oil-guiding groove, a second oil-guiding groove and an oil distribution groove. The first oil-guiding groove and the second oil-guiding groove are located at two opposite sides of the through hole, and the oil distribution groove is located below the through hole. A lower guiding end of the first oil-guiding groove and a lower guiding end of the second oil-guiding groove are respectively connected to the oil distribution groove. The oil distribution groove has an upper end distribution opening connected to the through hole and a lower end distribution opening. The return channels are respectively located on two opposite sides of the first side surface and are connected to the lower end distribution opening.

A return cover provided with a ball circulation path is attached to a slider, a lubricant retainer made up from a porous elastic body and in sliding contact with a guide rail of a body is supported by the return cover, and the lubricant retainer is provided therein with a lubricant storage space filled with lubricant.

A slide rail device includes a track member, and a slider unit that includes a slider being slidable along the track member and having a recess which is cooperatively defined by two inner side faces and an inner connecting face connected between the inner side faces, and two block boards fixedly fastened to the inner connecting face. The slide rail device further includes a linear motor unit that includes a rotor connected to the inner connecting face and cooperating with the inner connecting face, the inner side faces and the block boards to define a filling space, and a heat dissipating member that fills the filling space, and that is seamlessly connected between the rotor and the slider unit.

A circulator structure includes a main body, a Y-like groove and two return channels. The main body has a first side surface, a second side surface and a through hole. The Y-like groove includes a first oil-guiding groove, a second oil-guiding groove and an oil distribution groove. The first oil-guiding groove and the second oil-guiding groove are located at two opposite sides of the through hole, and the oil distribution groove is located below the through hole. A lower guiding end of the first oil-guiding groove and a lower guiding end of the second oil-guiding groove are respectively connected to the oil distribution groove. The oil distribution groove has an upper end distribution opening connected to the through hole and a lower end distribution opening. The return channels are respectively located on two opposite sides of the first side surface and are connected to the lower end distribution opening.

A ball housing band is provided which can encourage increases in precision and rigidity of a motion guide apparatus and make the motion guide apparatus compact. A ball housing band includes: a housing band including a band formed with ends, the band having at least two rows of opening portions, and a plurality of spacers placed between the opening portions of the rows; and at least two rows of balls housed in the at least two rows of the opening portions. One of adjacent rows of and the other row of the balls are placed in a staggered arrangement in a state where the spacers are disposed between the balls and between the balls. The one row of the balls overlap the other row of the balls as viewed in the length direction of the ball housing band.

A motion guide device is formed of: a track member including a base portion extending along a longitudinal direction, and a pair of wall portions erected from both edges of the base portion in a width direction, and having rolling element rolling grooves formed along a longitudinal direction; and a moving member which is assembled in a movable manner along the longitudinal direction between the wall portions, and to which a pair of guide members are assembled, load rolling element rolling grooves which correspond to the rolling element rolling grooves being formed in the guide members, wherein at least either one of the guide members is equipped with a biasing member on a surface of the guide member on a side opposite to a surface of the guide member on which the load rolling element rolling groove is formed.

The method for manufacturing a linear motion guide device includes a step of forming a long member (8) having a pair of side wall parts (51) and a bottom wall part (52), a step of attaching a track body (4) to the pair of side wall parts (51) of the long member (8), and a step of cutting away a base member (5) to which the track body (4) is attached by cutting the long member (8) together with the track body (4) into a desired length.

A slide rail assembly includes first and second rails, a ball bearing assembly, and a damping device. The first rail has front and rear ends and a middle portion therebetween. The second rail is displaceable with respect to the first rail. The ball bearing assembly is movably mounted between the front and rear ends of the first rail and includes a ball retainer with a plurality of balls and a stopping feature. The damping device is mounted on the middle portion of the first rail to provide a damping force corresponding to the stopping feature of the ball retainer. The ball retainer can be displaced by the second rail such that the stopping feature of the ball retainer contacts the damping device.

A track member or a movable member constituting a motion guide device includes a rolling part formed of a metal material contacting with a plurality of rolling bodies and forming a rolling body rolling surface a, a mounting part formed of a metal material having a mounting hole for mounting an external member, and a track body or a movable body formed of FRP jointed with the rolling part and the mounting part and forming the track member or the movable member, and the mounting part and the track body or the movable body have joint holes, opened in a direction orthogonal to a lamination direction of FRP reinforced fiber sheets S forming the track body or the movable body at a time of the joint, and can be jointed using jointing means. An external member can be securely mounted to the motion guide device formed of FRP.