A button assembly includes a touchpad having an upper surface extending in a generally flat plane and movable between a first position and a second position displaced from the first position in response to the application of a pressing force perpendicular to the upper surface. Additional, smaller pushbuttons may be located adjacent the touchpad. A sub-bezel includes a housing defining a cavity for holding a linear bearing for guiding the touchpad in a linear path perpendicular to the upper surface. The linear bearing includes a plurality of first ball bearings and second ball bearings separated by a first distance perpendicular to the upper surface. The ball bearings may be sandwiched between a bearing outer member and a bearing inner member which includes an inner-top member secured to an inner-bottom member with a screw. A bearing carrier holds the ball bearings within troughs in the bearing outer member.

Linear motion mechanism sealants capable of operating at low torque when engaging in linear motion which are capable of carrying out sealing with respect to fine particulate several m in diameter, and which are side seal units for sealing gaps at a shaft provided at a front end portion and a back end portion of a slider of a linear motion mechanism equipped with said shaft and said slider which carries out reciprocating linear motion on said shaft, the linear motion mechanism side seal units 4 being characterized in that fibrous surfaces of seal members comprising fibrous material are arranged so as to be directed toward said shaft in such fashion as to abut and conform to the cross-sectional shape of said shaft at the front end portion and the back end portion of the slider.

Provided is a motion guide device, which alleviates a tensile force acting on a holding belt when the holding belt circulates in an endless circulation path together with rolling elements, thereby being capable of preventing uneven wear of the holding belt. The motion guide device, includes: a track rail; a large number of rolling elements configured to roll on the track rail; a moving block, which has an endless circulation path for the rolling elements, and is configured to freely move along the track rail; and a holding belt having pockets, which are arrayed at predetermined intervals, and are configured to receive the rolling elements, is incorporated into the endless circulation path, and is configured to move in the endless circulation path together with the rolling elements, wherein the holding belt has a pair of end portions opposed to each other through intermediation of a free rolling element in the endless circulation path, and wherein a condition of (XY)Z>(B+C)A>0 is satisfied, where: A represents a path length of the endless circulation path; B represents a total length of the holding belt; C represents a diameter of the free rolling element; X represents a diameter of each of the pockets; Y represents a diameter of each of the rolling elements; and Z represents the number of the rolling elements arrayed in the holding belt.

An actuator includes a track member provided with a base extending along a longitudinal direction and a pair of walls erected from opposite ends of the base in a width direction, with rolling-element rolling grooves formed along the longitudinal direction; and a moving member assembled movably along the longitudinal direction between the walls, with respective load rolling-element rolling grooves corresponding to the rolling-element rolling grooves being formed in the moving members; and a screw shaft passed through a through-hole formed in the moving member, with a screw rolling-element rolling groove formed in the screw shaft, the screw rolling-element rolling groove being spiral in shape, wherein the moving member has the nut member attached to the through-hole, with the screw load rolling-element rolling groove corresponding to the screw rolling-element rolling groove formed in the nut, the nut member is assembled via a flange member which includes a lubricant supply device.

An angular contact ball bearing arrangement has first and second raceway elements having raceways and a plurality of balls therebetween. When viewed in cross section through one of the balls the arrangement is divided into first, second, third and fourth quadrants by an axis of rotation of one of the balls and a perpendicular axis perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the ball. Each ball has two contact points on each raceway that are offset from the perpendicular axis by #10 degrees, and the contacts points are each located in a different quadrant. Also the centre point of the radius curvature of the first raceway on one side of the perpendicular axis and the centre point of the radius of curvature of the first raceway on the other side of the perpendicular axis are in located in different quadrants.

A guide body can be prevented from being disengaged from a track rail even where the track rail is made of a low-rigidity material, thereby securing reliable movement along the track rail. The guide body includes: a large number of rolling elements that roll on a rolling surface formed along a structure, the guide body being movable relative to the structure; an endless circulation path through which the large number of rolling elements circulate; a load opening portion for allowing the large number of rolling elements in the endless circulation path to be held in contact with the rolling surface of the structure; and a guide portion formed on at least one side of the load opening portion so as to project toward the structure side with respect to projecting ends of the large number of rolling elements projecting from the load opening portion toward the structure side.

A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle, the seat slide apparatus includes: a lower rail which is fixed to a vehicle floor; an upper rail which is slidably engaged with the lower rail; and a rolling element circulation unit having rolling elements and interposed between the lower rail and the upper rail in a state where the rolling elements are able to be circulated, in which the lower rail includes a bottom wall portion, sidewall portions, and upper wall portions, the upper rail includes a main body portion, and folded-back portions, the rolling element circulation unit includes a case having an annular accommodating path accommodating the rolling elements, between the lower rail and the upper rail, an upper rolling element circulation unit and a lower rolling element circulation unit are provided to be disposed at two positions spaced apart from each other, and the upper rail includes a pedestal portion.

A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle, the seat slide apparatus includes: a lower rail which is fixed to a vehicle floor; an upper rail which is slidably engaged with the lower rail; and a rolling element circulation unit having rolling elements and interposed between the lower rail and the upper rail in a state where the rolling elements are able to be circulated, in which the lower rail includes a bottom wall portion, sidewall portions, and upper wall portions, the upper rail includes a main body portion, and folded-back portions, the rolling element circulation unit includes a case having an annular accommodating path accommodating the rolling elements, between the lower rail and the upper rail, an upper rolling element circulation unit and a lower rolling element circulation unit are provided to be disposed at two positions spaced apart from each other, and the upper rail includes a pedestal portion.

A movement device includes: a track body; and a moving body which includes: a plurality of endless circulation passages; and a roller configured to roll in the plurality of endless circulation passages, the moving body being movable relative to the track body via the roller disposed between the track body and the moving body. The moving body further includes: a moving body main body in which inner peripheral portions of roller direction-change passages configuring the adjacent endless circulation passages are formed to be adjacent to each other on an end surface in a movement direction in which the moving body moves; and a cover body which is attached to the end surface of the moving body main body and in which outer peripheral portions of roller direction-change passages configuring the adjacent endless circulation passages are formed to be adjacent to each other.

A modular bearing segment is disclosed. The modular bearing segment having a first end and a second end and can include a retainer defining at least one bearing track having an open load bearing portion; a plurality of bearings positioned within the at least one bearing track; a bearing plate in load bearing communication with less than all of the plurality of bearings and positioned opposite the retainer; and a lid positioned on the bearing plate, fixed to the retainer and defining a rocker element retaining hole positioned above the bearing plate.