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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7260878 | Ball joint A ball joint includes: a ball stud having a spherical ball part and a shank part extending from the spherical ball part; a bearing cupping the spherical ball part of the ball stud; and a housing holding the bearing therein. The housing is provided with a recess in a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7080973 | Fan seat and method for producing it A fan seat (30, 30′) includes a basis (31) with a vertical extending tubal portion (32) having a pair of flanges (33) integrally formed on opposite ends of an inner circumferential surface thereof, and a bearing set (34, 34′) l... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6974108 | Lower bearing for aircraft landing gear An improved split bearing for use with an aircraft landing gear assembly is disclosed. The split bearing includes first and second semi-cylindrical sleeve components adapted for installation in surrounding relation with the piston tube of a hydraulically actuated la... | 12/13/2005 |
| 5932049 | Method of making a partial arc bearing A bearing assembly for supporting a drive shaft includes a cylindrical housing, and a plurality of elastomeric bearing sections disposed within the housing. The bearing sections are bonded to the housing by first applying a pattern of alternating parallel... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5676484 | Connector with insert molded captive ball A connector assembly with a connector body molded directly about a captive ball formed on a separate shaft, where the shaft and connector are attached to separate bodies which move relative to each other. This assembly retains an essentially zero clearanc... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5560103 | Bearing with bearing surface of integrally bonded self-lubricating material A method of making bearing including a substratum having a configured external surface to which a self-lubricating material is integrally bonded to provide a self-lubricating bearing surface, the method including; applying a layer of self-lubricating resi... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5477614 | Method for producing a sliding type coupling device having slidable member with gap-filling portion A sliding type coupling device is disclosed which includes: an inner member having a sliding contact portion; a cylindrical outer member which receives therein the sliding contact portion; and a slidable member made of synthetic resin and attached to an i... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5407508 | Method for producing a replaceable outer race for ball and socket bearing A method of producing a replaceable one piece annular outer race having an axial bore, an uninterrupted inner annular concave raceway facing into the bore and an outer surface. The method comprises the steps of applying an overlayment of filaments onto a ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5288354 | Method of bonding self-lubricating fibers to an external surface of a substratum A method of integrally bonding self-lubricating material to an external surface of a substratum to form a self-lubricating surface thereon comprising the steps of: A. forming the substratum to provide an external surface thereon of desired configuration; ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5213000 | Motor output shaft positioning device A motor output shaft positioning device for motors with worm reduction gears for outputting the output of a motor output shaft via a worm reduction gear, comprising a gear case having a hollow part for housing a worm fitted to a motor output shaft and a w... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5190713 | Process for the production of a roller bearing cage with molded-on spring elements A process for producing a rolling bearing cage with cast-on spring elements, in particular of a pinch roll free engine clutch, with a rolling bearing cage for guiding the rolling bearings. The cage is made by casting two rims, interconnected by several we... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5062208 | Method of molding a bearing separator A bearing separator having complete, wrapping ball pockets is molded by use of a pocket shaping insert that is split along a diagonal plane, allowing each insert segment to be withdrawn from the pocket formed with reduced stress.... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4880329 | Joint A joint has a cylindrical socket which is opened at at least one end thereof, an inner joint portion having a ball-shaped portion and at least one shaft portion integral with the ball-shaped portion, a bearing portion fitted in the socket portion and havi... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4616387 | Method of manufacturing spherical and cylindrical bearings A bearing assembly having bearing surfaces pre-loaded towards each other, the bearing surfaces being originally made in slightly non-conforming geometry and dimensions over the majority of their surface areas in sliding engagement, the areas of the bearin... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4137618 | Friction bearing and method of making such a bearing Spherical friction or sliding bearings are produced by first making a laminate from a layer of a thermosetting resin and a layer of material having a low friction coefficient. The thermosetting resin is used to impregnate a first web or fabric. The low fr... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4026657 | Sintered spherical articles Sintered articles characterized by a surface of revolution, such as truncated spherical balls, e.g., plain spherical bearing balls, are provided made by the powder metal compaction and sintering of blanks followed, in the case of ball elements, by densifi... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3969803 | Method of manufacturing spherical bearing A method of manufacturing a spherical bearing having an outer cylindrical member, an intermediate yieldable plastic member enclosed and supported thereby, said intermediate member having a concave inner surface and a spherical ball in bearing relationship... | 07/20/1976 |
