ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,048, issued on May 26, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Carriage of a linear guide" was invented by Martin Menges (Homburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a carriage of a profile rail roller guide, comprising an external lubricant connection point (12) for the feeding of lubricant and comprising lubricant channels (13) for the lubricant, which are connected to rolling-element channels (4) in order to supply the rolling-element channels with lubricant, wherein a plurality of orders of lubricant channels (13) is provided, the orders being series-connected on...