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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6942415 | Shaft assembly safety mechanism A shaft coupling assembly comprising a coupling element including a shaft-receiving slot configured to receive a shaft. A retaining bolt is extendable through the coupling element adjacent the shaft receiving slot and to be received and retained in a bolt receiving ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6837116 | Device for the measurement of the torsion torque applied to a rotating shaft A device for the analog measurement of a torsion torque, a steering column incorporating the device and a module comprising the device. The device comprising a test body which can be deformed by torsion, first and second magnetic pulse generators connected in the vi... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6830516 | Ball hub apparatus and method for use in a universal joint A universal joint hub comprising a generally spherical body having two flat areas on opposing exterior sides and at least one opening into an open body interior. The hub has two flat areas on opposing interior surfaces of the body orthogonal to the exterior flat are... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6830380 | Thrust bearing assembly with preload spring Two thrust races are separated by a plurality of rolling elements for relative rotation of the thrust races about a common axis. A spring washer is positioned axially outward of the two thrust races for engaging a support surface and for applying an axial load to on... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6739790 | Shaft assembly safety mechanism A shaft coupling assembly comprising a coupling element including a shaft receiving slot and retainer receiving aperture adjacent the shaft receiving slot; a retainer extendable through the retainer receiving aperture; and an axial shaft body configured to be insert... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6729768 | Unit consisting of a bearing with instrument and housing joined by a coupling piece A unit consisting of a bearing equipped with a data sensor device and a housing in which the bearing is coupled. The bearing consists of an inner turning collar designed to be attached to a turning body, an outer fixed collar coupled to the housing, and rolling bodi... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6716104 | Tube clamp isolator A clamp isolator for an intermediate shaft assembly comprising an intermediate shaft having a free end and a secondary shaft having a free end. The clamp isolator includes a clamping portion and an isolation portion and interconnects the two shafts. The clamping por... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6702470 | Roller bearing provided with a sensor assembly casing Roller bearing (1) equipped with an information sensor device, containing a rotating internal ring (3), a fixed external ring (2) and roller bodies (4) arranged between them, in which said information sensor device contains an encoder (10) and a sensor (1... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6700367 | Bearing equipped with magnetic encoder and sensor including aligned sensing elements A bearing provided with an annular means generating magnetic pulses and with a device for detecting these pulses, wherein the detection device comprises a plurality of aligned sensitive elements. The sensitive elements are placed equidistantly from one an... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6694828 | Torque sensor for a turning shaft A device includes at least one magnetic field generator placed on a first plane of a right section of a shaft and at least one magnetic field detector placed in a second plane of a right section of the shaft. The detector produces a signal proportional to... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6692177 | Steering shaft retaining clip A slap yoke clip has a side portion formed configured to fit over a side portion of a slap yoke and engage a nut of a transverse retaining bolt to retain the slap yoke clip on the slap yoke. An abutment portion of the slap yoke clip extends from the slap ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6685360 | Double wall bearing cup A needle bearing cup includes an inner bearing cup having an inner surface which forms a rolling element raceway and an outer bearing cup disposed about the periphery of the inner bearing cup having a length greater than a length of the inner bearing cup ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6679633 | Assembly forming a roller bearing equipped with an information sensor device Assembly forming a roller bearing equipped with an information sensor device containing an encoder that generates magnetic pulses and a sensor equipped with at least two sensitive elements capable of detecting these pulses. The assembly comprises a fixed ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6641324 | Joint assembly and joint socket sleeve A joint assembly and a joint socket sleeve. The joint assembly includes a first yoke including a ball portion, a second yoke including a socket portion and a socket sleeve. The socket sleeve has a continuous side wall defining an opening for receiving the... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6623363 | Universal joint yoke and method of making same A metal sheet is cut to provide an elongated blank having five regions defined along the length of the elongated blank, the defined regions being a central region, two end regions, and an intermediate region between the central region and each of the two ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6619850 | Thrust bearing roller retainer assembly A roller retainer assembly for an axial-thrust bearing comprising first and second annular retainer plates. At least one roller pocket extends through each annular plate. The first second annular retainer plates are interconnected such that the at least o... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6593733 | Protective device for magnetic coder A device for a magnetic encoder, the magnetic encoder being designed to work with a sensor to measure the rotation of a rotating element, wherein a protective element, whose shape is designed to cover the active face of the magnetic encoder, is placed on ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6573710 | Position and/or displacement sensor including a plurality of aligned sensor elements A sensor of position and/or of displacement of a moving member generating magnetic pulses. The sensor comprises a plurality of aligned sensitive elements that are divided into at least two subassemblies. The signals emanating from the subassemblies are pr... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6571632 | Method and apparatus to provide dynamic ultrasonic measurement of rolling element bearing parameters An acoustic signal unit comprises a signal generation unit to generate a first electrical signal, a first transducer to generate an acoustic signal in response to the first electrical signal, and a second transducer to generate a second electrical signal ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6568857 | Thrust bearing assembly A bearing assembly includes a first race with an axially extending section and a radially extending section, a second race with an axially extending section and a radially extending section, a cage supported between the first and second races, and a plura... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6564653 | Device for measuring torque applied to a turning shaft A test body deformable upon application of torque to a turning shaft. First and second bearings with the turning collar of the first bearing being connected near a first end of the test body and the turning collar of the second bearing being connected nea... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6561945 | Laminated carrier assembly A laminated carrier comprises a first end plate, a second end plate, and a connection joining the first and second end plates together such that windows are formed therebetween for locating planetary gears. At least one of the first and second end plates ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6550727 | Disengageable quick-lock connection for telescopic shaft A telescopic shaft for rapid length adjustment consists of a tube having a plurality of alternating circumferential ridges and grooves on at least a portion of an inner surface and having an oval cross-section with a major diameter DA and a min... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6552534 | Device for determining the absolute angular position of a turning component A fixed magnetic sensor (16) is used to determine absolute angular position of a turning component (3, 4). A detection device (27) detects an angular position of a multipole magnetic ring (11) near a reference angular position. A resetting device (28) res... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6540618 | Steering column slider assembly A steering column slider shaft assembly includes a shaft and yoke assembly having yoke at a first end and an attached non-cylindrical shaft extending therefrom to a second end. The second end is engaged with a non-cylindrical tube which forms a second end... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6533461 | Anti-reversal and anti-rotation thrust washer A thrust washer formed from metal sheet has a flat, ring-shaped thrust portion oriented radially, and at least one tab extending from an outer or inner perimeter of the thrust portion. The tab includes a radially oriented mid-portion and at least one wing... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6533459 | Adjustable, self-aligning, linear roller bearing A plurality of rollers is positioned between side members of a longitudinally-split, two-piece bearing race and a backup member that supports the two-piece bearing race along the length of side members. The backup member has angled surfaces such that ends... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6520685 | Thrust bearing with heavy-duty anti-reversal feature Rollers are aligned radially within a bearing cage, for rolling contact with a first thrust washer concentric with the bearing cage. The first thrust washer has a flat raceway portion and a curled portion that wraps around a portion of the bearing cage to... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6515471 | Absolute position hall string sensor Two lines of magnets have the same length and are aligned side by side. The lines of magnets have different numbers of magnetic pole pairs and have equal line lengths. A first sensor determines a relative position between poles of a pole pair of the first... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6505969 | Interlocking linear roller bearing A linear roller bearing includes a bearing cage retaining parallel rollers in a linear configuration. Side portions of the bearing cage extend laterally to form a mechanical interlock with an adjacent similar bearing cage such that, when two or more beari... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6485186 | Split bearing ring and method for manufacturing same A strip of metal is wrapped into a ring configuration such that ends of the strip are positioned in a predetermined relationship to each other. The ends of the strip are attached together by a temporary weld joining the two ends of the strip, thereby form... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6481897 | Bearing assembly An annular casing partially encloses the outer race of a pair of the angular contact bearings. The casing is split along a radial plane into two casing halves, each casing half being molded of a polymer. The two casing halves are retained axially such tha... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6443017 | Device for measuring torsional couple on a mechanical element A device for measuring torsional couple on a mechanical element, which includes two magnetic field generators attached in a first plane of the mechanical element and two magnetic field detectors arranged in a second parallel plane offset with respect to t... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6427542 | Torque sensor and steering column provided with such a sensor Two external rings and an internal ring form an assembly that is connected to a column so it rotates with it, to which column the torque to be measured is applied. Elastically deformable members connect the internal ring to one external ring, and the othe... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6419397 | Housed steering column A housing encloses at least a portion of a steering shaft, and a preloaded ball bearing mounted within the housing supports the steering shaft. The preloaded ball bearing has loaded balls that are preloaded and unloaded balls that are free floating, an un... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6419398 | Double wall bearing cup A needle bearing cup includes an inner bearing cup having an inner surface which forms a rolling element raceway and an outer bearing cup disposed about the periphery of the inner bearing cup having a length greater than a length of the inner bearing cup ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6414479 | Sensor system for sensing axle speed A drawn cup wheel bearing is mounted within an axle tube and supports an axle shaft mounted in the drawn cup wheel bearing with a vehicle mounting flange of the axle shaft positioned axially outwardly of the axle tube. An annular target is supported from ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6405605 | Hall strip torque sensor A torque sensor to determine the torque exerted on an assembly comprising a component generating magnetic impulses, with this sensor comprising a number of aligned sensor components divided into two subassemblies, the signals emitted by such subassemblies... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6400143 | Digital sensor of relative position The invention relates to a digital sensor of relative position, which has a circular multipolar magnetic ring which is mobile in rotation opposite a stationary magnetic sensor comprised of at least two sensitive elements, respectively positioned facing a ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6394660 | Thrust bearing assembly Inner and outer thrust washers are separated by rollers in rolling contact with the inner and outer thrust washers. Two tabs extend radially from the raceway of one of the inner and outer thrust washers. The two tabs have different configurations and are ... | 05/28/2002 |
