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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6352370 | Bearing with built-in encoder Bearing (1) with a built-in encoder (22) that comprises a fixed ring (2), a rotating ring (3) designed to be mounted on a rotating body (5), and rolling components (4) between them. A frame (13) forms, on the one hand, support for an annular encoder (22) ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6307365 | Method of determining position and/or direction of a magnetic target A method for determining position and/or direction of a target, where the target has a series of magnetic poles with a magnetic pole spacing d. The method includes the steps of: (A) providing an array of an even number N of magnetic sensors with a sensor ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6297629 | Device for measuring rotation having magnetic relative positioning of encoder and sensor A device for measuring the rotation of a rotating element which contains a magnetic encoder which turns with the rotating element and a sensor integrated with a support which is immobilized in terms of rotation. The magnetic encoder is maintained in close... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6294910 | Digital position sensor for sensing position of a moving target A moving target opposite a stationary analog sensor has two sensitive elements delivering two sinusoidal output signals, of equal maximum amplitudes, centered on the same average value, in quadrature and with a period equal to one revolution of the target... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6283635 | Bearing housing and cover assembly A bearing housing includes a mounting for securing a bearing housing to a support surface and a bore adapted for receiving a bearing. An intermediate ring having a mechanical interlock and configured to mount over the bearing housing is positioned adjacen... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6250813 | Bearing assembly with housing cap and seal A bearing having a spherically convex radially outer surface is pivotably mounted in a spherically concave bore of a bearing housing. An annular housing cap is mounted against an axial end of the bearing housing, the housing cap having a radially inwardly... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6238098 | Roller bearing cage A roller bearing cage has cage rims (1,3) on both of its axial ends. One cage rim (1) has a circumferential inside groove (5). The other cage rim (3) carries at least one holding lug (7) that protrudes radially. The holding lug (7) interlocks into the cor... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6232772 | Device for measuring the rotation of a rotating element A device for measuring the rotation of a rotating element comprising an encoder element rotating with the rotating element and a sensor unit connected to a stationary element. A scraping element cooperates with a surface of the encoder element in order to... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6227060 | Device for measuring torque in a rotating shaft A device for measuring torque in a rotating shaft of a vehicle steering column including a magnetic-field generator situated in a plane of cross section of the rotating shaft and a detector which delivers a signal proportional to the torque in the rotatin... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6224063 | Seal pack Two axially spaced seal rings are located within annular grooves of a retainer to provide a seal for use between a cylindrical shaft and a housing bore. The resulting seal pack can be positioned at a lubricant passage such that lubricant may pass between ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6224267 | Translating rotating thrust bearing First and second raceways are positioned against a needle roller and cage subassembly, having needle rollers arranged in a plane along a pitch circle and retained within a cage, such that the rollers facilitate free rotation of the second raceway relative... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6186668 | Bearing assembly A plurality of rolling elements is in rolling contact with a metal outer race and is retained within a bearing cage. An annular bushing partially encloses the outer race, the annular bushing being split along a radial plane into two bushing halves molded ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6179474 | High capacity roller bearing Two axially spaced retailer end rings have axially inwardly extending blades forming circumferentially spaced roller pockets. No rigid connection of the end rings is provided. Circumferentially spaced rollers are aligned parallel to the bearing axis betwe... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6176622 | Attachment device for a data sensor for a bearing Attachment device for a data sensor for a bearing on which an encoding element is connected to a turning race that is separated by rolling elements from a fixed race, the sensor being mounted on a support that is immobile relative to the fixed race. The s... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6165099 | Planetary gear In a planetary gear, at least one planet wheel (9) is coupled by a freewheel (19) to the planet carrier (7), and the sun wheel (3) is coupled by a freewheel (13) to a center spindle (1) fixed to a casing. By the freewheels (13, 19), it is achieved that th... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6163147 | Position and speed sensors for a rotating shaft A fixed sensor has two sensing elements delivering sinusoidal signals .GAMMA., and is mounted in front of the magnetized face of an annular multipolar encoder. The axis (δC) of the sensor (5) having the centers of the two sensing elements (51 ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6161961 | Bush for needle bearings A cup for needle bearings, having depressions or ramps arranged on the cup bottom for receiving lubricant, the ramps starting in a star shape from the middle of the cup bottom and being configured with a depth which decreases radially outwardly. At the mi... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6135910 | Planet washer A substantially flat steel ring with a round perimeter and a central aperture has at least two arcuate slots concentric with the round perimeter. The arcuate slots are defined by arcs about the axis of the flat steel ring such that at least a portion of t... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6131472 | Device that measures torque of a rotating shaft Two members for generating a magnetic field are fixed symmetrically with respect to a shaft in a first plane perpendicular to the shaft, and two members for detecting the magnetic field are fixed, symmetrically with respect to the shaft, in a second plane... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6102579 | Cage or set of rollers for roller bearings A roller bearing has a slatted cage assembly that includes a lateral ring with axial webs to retain bearing rollers on the inside or on the outside diameter of the cage assembly. The slatted cage assembly is closed off by a cage cover mounted on the free ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6036373 | Thrust bearing assembly with extended lip Two thrust washers, and rollers positioned between them, are held together as an assembly. One of the thrust washers has an elongated lip extending an axial length outwardly, in a direction away from the rollers and the other thrust washer, for engagement... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6007250 | Housed bearing with integral sensor An outer ring has a spherically convex outer surface mounted within a bore of a housing such that the outer ring may be misaligned with respect to the axis of the bore. A sensor target is mounted on an inner ring that is rotatable with respect to the oute... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6003483 | Yoke mount rocker arm A shaft is mounted on side walls of a rocker arm, extending through a central cavity of the rocker arm. A bearing is located within the cavity of the rocker arm, positioned over the shaft. A yoke member adapted for mounting on the internal combustion engi... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5996753 | Drive device for current-generating units for motor vehicles A drive device for a current-generating unit suitable for use in motor vehicles has a freewheel, between a driving part and a driven part, for the purpose of damping out rotational oscillations, as a result of which load peaks are reduced and service life... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5967673 | Axially oriented anti-rotation feature for lipped thrust races A thrust washer formed from metal sheet has a flat, ring-shaped thrust portion oriented radially, an axially oriented circumferential lip extending along one of the inner and the outer diameters of the thrust portion, and a tab extending from the circumfe... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5967674 | Selective washer and thrust bearing assembly A thrust bearing assembly has inner and outer races having radially directed portions with a free outer edge. A selective washer is positioned over the free edge of one of the outer and inner races, the selective washer being engageable with that race to ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5955878 | Circuit for multiplying resolution and for determining the direction of displacement A multipole magnetic encoder is movable past two fixed analog sensors delivering sinusoidal signals (S1, S2) phase-shifted by π/2. A generator produces 2n sinusoidal signals (Si) of the same amplitude (A) as the signals (... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5952587 | Imbedded bearing life and load monitor A system senses real-time rolling element loads in a rolling element bearing having a plurality of rolling elements disposed between an inner race and an outer race. A plurality of sensors are disposed about one of the inner race and the outer race of the... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5927868 | Thrust bearing assembly with misassembly tab Rolling elements are positioned between two thrust washers that are retained together as an assembly. One of the thrust washers has one or more one-way assembly tabs extending radially outwardly beyond the axially extending lip of the other thrust washer ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5918987 | Thrust bearing assembly with washer Rollers are positioned between first and second thrust washers and in contact with first and second raceways. The rollers being held within a cage that is mechanically retained by axially directed lips of the thrust washers. A third thrust washer is posit... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5920248 | Multipolar magnetic ring A multipolar magnetic ring that generates a sinusoidal magnetic field has a cylindrical shape and two magnetic poles, north (N) and south (S), which are imbricated one in the other in such a manner that their widths (Lp) are equal and constant.... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5915843 | Fluid-cooled bearing housing A housing segment has a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and a cooling passage therebetween. The cooling passage has a uniform cross-sectional area approximately equal to the cross-sectional area of the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet and may be convenient... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5913251 | Rotating shaft incorporating a device for measuring torque A rotating shaft is fitted with two members for detecting magnetic field that are arranged symmetrically with respect to the shaft and are mounted on a first support fixed in line with a first point on the axis of the shaft. Two magnetic-field generators ... | 06/15/1999 |
