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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120045159 | BEARING ARRANGEMENT WITH A SHAFT AND A NEEDLE BEARING A bearing arrangement is provided having a shaft (1) with a bearing journal (2, 3), and a needle bearing (9) which is arranged thereon and has a cage (16) and needle rollers (11) accommodated in the latter. The bearing journal is provi... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120011953 | BALL BEARING FOR RAM AIR TURBINE GEARBOX A ram air turbine gearbox includes a pinion shaft arranged in a housing and operatively supports a pinion gear. An input shaft is arranged in the housing and operatively supports a ring gear coupled to the pinion gear. The input and output shafts are oriented at an angl... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120008892 | ANTIFRICTION BEARING FOR MOUNTING THE ROTOR OF A WIND POWER PLANT An antifriction bearing for mounting a rotor of a wind power plant, which is easy to mount and has satisfactory functional properties. The antifriction bearing has an outer ring, an inner ring and having a plurality of rolling bodies which are arranged between the inner... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110311362 | Compound Steel Bearings and Methods of Manufacturing A bearing comprising a high tensile steel layer and a mild steel base layer with said layers being fused together across a fusion zone, a raceway machined across the bearing, with said raceway having a bearing support depth which is substantially greater than a bearing ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110296936 | Machine Part Comprising a Physical Component Coated with a Polyelectrolyte Layer The invention relates to a machine part comprising a first physical component, wherein: the first physical component is configured for moving relative to a second physical component; the first physical component has a first surface with a contact area for physical conta... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110293212 | ROLLER BEARING Each separator is arranged between an outer peripheral cylindrical raceway surface of an inner ring and an inner peripheral cylindrical raceway surface of an outer ring, and interposed between two cylindrical rollers positioned next to each other in the circumferential ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110293213 | IMPACT-RESISTANT ANGULAR BALL BEARING An angular ball bearing, in particular wheel bearing, with at least two rows of load-bearing rolling bodies and a hollow-cylindrical section arranged between two rolling body inner raceways. Inner rims are arranged at transitions from the hollow-cylindrical section to t... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110285229 | ROTOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRIC GEAR MOTOR HAVING THE ROTOR A bearing is positioned relative to a rotatable shaft by inserting the bearing over the rotatable shaft until the bearing contacts a flange of the rotatable shaft, which is cold-forged on the rotatable shaft. The bearing is fixed to the rotatable shaft such that a swage... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110268381 | ROLLING BEARING DEVICE A rolling bearing 10 includes an outer ring fixed to a housing, an inner ring that is arranged so as to face the outer ring in the radial direction of the rolling bearing and that is fixed to a rotating shaft, balls that are rollably arranged at positions between... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110250998 | Pulley Support Structure for Belt-Drive Continuously Variable Transmission and Belt-Drive Continuously Variable Transmission A pulley support structure for a belt-drive continuously variable transmission and a belt-drive continuously variable transmission are provided that are able to control the occurrence of Mindlin slip itself, and in cases where Mindlin slip has occurred, are able to effe... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249928 | NEEDLE BEARING The present invention provides a needle bearing including a cage that is shrinkable or extensible in a circumferential direction, which can prevent plastic deformation and ensure both of a sufficient strength for axial torsion and a sufficient deformation amount. 10/13/2011 | |
| 20110243488 | BEARING CONSTITUENT MEMBER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ROLLING BEARING HAVING BEARING CONSTITUENT MEMBER There is provided a bearing constituent member capable of achieving a long life of a rolling bearing and securing sufficient static loading capacity and dimensional stability and a production process thereof as well as a rolling bearing having a long life and exhibiting... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110194797 | Wheel Bearing Apparatus For A Vehicle A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member, an inner member and double row rolling elements. A wheel mounting flange is integrally formed on a driving side of the inner member for mounting a wheel via a brake rotor. Through apertures are formed on the wheel m... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110135233 | APPARATUS WITH SECONDARY LOAD PATH FOR VEHICLE WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLY An apparatus is provided for a vehicle having a wheel and a wheel bearing assembly with bearing races supporting the wheel. The apparatus includes a first component mounted for rotation with the wheel and a second component spaced from the first component by a predeterm... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110110617 | BEARING COMPONENT AND ROLLING BEARING At least one of an outer ring, an inner ring and balls can be formed of ceramics capable of suppressing impact on another bearing component more than silicon nitride to provide a bearing component usable in an application where an abruptly varying load is imposed thereo... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110088952 | Drill Motor Enhancement Enhancements to a drill motor include a bearing pack assembly, a balancing piston, a recording transducer package (RTP), and a latch rod assembly for a drill motor to improve performance and reliability of a drill motor. The bearing pack assembly includes a bearing hous... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110002571 | Bearing Assembly with Elastomeric Sleeve Element A process for producing a bearing assembly includes positioning a first sleeve element in an injection mould, the injection mould having a cylindrical recess with a diameter for receiving the first sleeve element and the outside diameter of the first sleeve element bein... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100316319 | WHEEL SUPPORT BEARING ASSEMBLE A wheel support bearing assembly includes an outer member (1), which serves as a stationary member and has an inner periphery formed with a plurality of rows of raceway surfaces (3), an inner member (2), which serves as a rotatable member and has an... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100316323 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OUTER RING, OUTER RING FOR DOUBLE ROW ANGULAR CONTACT BEARING, DOUBLE ROW ANGULAR CONTACT BEARING, AND BEARING DEVICE FOR WHEEL Provided are a method of manufacturing an outer race which contributes to extension of a bearing life and allows rolling elements to stably roll, an outer race for a double-row angular bearing, and a wheel bearing device. Further, provided is a double-row angular bearin... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100296199 | LOW HYSTERESIS BEARING A low hysteresis pivot bearing suitable for a variety of applications. The relationship between torque and angular displacement is substantially linear, with negligible residual hysteresis. The pivot bearing includes a pivot shaft and an inner sleeve pivotally attached ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100284642 | BEARING WITH RESIN PULLEY The object is to improve heat dissipation ability of a rolling bearing while preventing creeping of a resin pulley. With two axially spaced apart circumferential grooves 13 formed in the radially outer surface of the outer race 12, the resi... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100254645 | ROLLING BEARING CAGE, AND INNER RING, CAGE AND ROLLING ELEMENT ASSEMBLY, OUTER RING, CAGE AND ROLLING ELEMENT ASSEMBLY AND ROLLING BEARING THAT ARE PROVIDED WITH ROLLING BEARING CAGE In a rolling bearing cage, adjacent cage bar portions on both sides of each pocket have protrusions protruding toward the pocket and a radially outer side and retaining a rolling element, accommodated in the pocket, from the radially outer side, a side surface of each c... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100247018 | ROLLER BEARING ASSEMBLIES AND ROLLER BEARING ASSEMBLY METHODS A roller bearing assembly includes an annular outer ring with first and second outer ring shoulders that define a first raceway in the outer ring. An annular inner ring may be disposed substantially concentrically within the outer ring, the inner ring including a base p... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100215296 | BEARING COMPONENT FOR A ROLLING BEARING OR FOR A SLIDING BEARING The invention concerns a bearing component (Ia, Ib, 1, 7, 9) for a rolling (13, 14, 16) or sliding bearing (19), wherein the bearing component (Ia, Ib, 1, 7, 9) is one of an inner ring (Ia, 1), an outer ring (Ib, 7), a rolling e... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100187367 | SPRING TRACK ROLLER ASSEMBLY A roller assembly comprises a first race and a second race. The second race is coaxial with the first race and is axially movable relative to the first race. The first and second races are movable between a static axial position and a dynamic axial position relative to ... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100187051 | ROCKING BEARING OUTER RING, ROCKING BEARING, AIR DISC BRAKE DEVICE, AND FITTING STRUCTURE OF ROCKING BEARING OUTER RING A rocking bearing outer ring (12) includes an arcuate track member (13) having a track surface on its inner diameter surface, and a flange portion (14) projecting radially inward from each widthwise end portion of the track member (13). In ad... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100172607 | BEARING STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF To provide a bearing structure in which the processing is easy, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. A bearing structure 1 includes a housing comprising a first housing portion 13 having a cross-sectionally generally-sem... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100158425 | Rolling bearing Both an end surface of a first rib, over which a first cylindrical rollers slide, and an end surface of a second rib, over which the first cylindrical rollers slide, slope to approach the perpendicular bisector plane of a first cylindrical raceway surface of an outer ri... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100150490 | ROLLER BEARING ASSEMBLY A bearing assembly includes an inner race having a first inner race half and a second inner race half, and an outer race having a first outer race half and a second outer race. The first inner race half and the second inner race half cooperate to define an inner annular... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100150492 | ANTI-FRICTION BEARING HAVING A BRAKE DEVICE The invention relates to an anti-friction bearing (1) having a brake device, in particular a revolving joint, consisting of a bearing outer ring (2) and a bearing inner ring (3) between which anti-friction elements roll on associated raceways, where... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100150491 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A BEARING ASSEMBLY A bearing includes a first inner race half and a second inner race half, and a first outer race half and a second outer race half. A cage defining a plurality of openings supports a plurality of rollers. The bearing is assembled by positioning the first inner race half ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100061675 | RADIAL ANTI-FRICTION BEARING, PARTICULARLY CYLINDER ROLLER BEARING FOR THE SUPPORT OF SHAFTS IN WIND POWER GEARBOXES A radial anti-friction bearing, which has an outer and inner bearing race with an inner and outer raceway and cylinder rollers that roll on the raceways between the bearing races and which are held at equal distances to each other in the peripheral direction by a bearin... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100054651 | DRAWN CUP NEEDLE ROLLER BEARING HAVING SEAL RING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A drawn cup needle roller bearing 30 having a seal ring comprises: a shell 31 having a raceway surface 31a on an inner circumferential face and also having inward flange portions 31b, 31c in both end portions; a ca... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100054648 | OUTER RING FOR ROCKING BEARING, RETAINER FOR ROCKING BEARING, AND AIR DISK BRAKE SYSTEM An outer ring for rocking bearing (11a) includes a raceway surface (12a) on the inner diameter side and has flange parts (13a) and (13b) provided by bending axial both ends to the inner diameter side. The flange pa... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100002973 | Roller Bearing, Main Shaft Support Structure of Wind-Power Generator, Intermediate Element and Retainer Segment A tapered roller bearing comprises an outer ring (32), an inner ring (33), a plurality of tapered rollers (34) arranged between the outer ring (32) and the inner ring (33), and a plurality of retainer segments (11a) havin... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090317031 | ROLLER BEARING UNIT AND GAS CONTROL VALVE ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A ROLLER BEARING UNIT A roller bearing unit, in particular, a needle bearing unit, which has an outer ring, a roller body cage, roller bodies and several sealing rings. The roller bodies are housed in the roller body cage and are supported externally in the radial direction against the inner... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090310898 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROLLING BEARING COMPONENT AND ROLLING BEARING COMPONENT A method for producing a rolling bearing component with a carbon gradient, at least in the region of its outer layer, wherein molten metal is sprayed onto a carrier in a spraying process, the carbon content of the metal to be sprayed on being varied during the spraying ... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090245710 | Multiple surface bearing high speed differential mechanism An improved speed differential bearing system, comprising an inner rotating member with two races and a channel, and outer rotating member with a single race wherein bearings with rolling surfaces of differentiated size are disposed between the rotating members in a man... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090196542 | Rolling Bearing Component, And Method For The Production Thereof Disclosed is a rolling bearing component comprising a metallic support with a spray-compacted metal layer which is applied to the metallic support in a spraying process and is provided with the running surface of the rolling bearing.... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090154861 | Pivot Bearing A pivot bearing having a first bearing surface of hollow cylindrical design, at least in sections. Guided in the first bearing surface is a second bearing surface of hollow cylindrical design, at least in sections. Rolling bodies are arranged between the bearing surface... | 06/18/2009 |