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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363795 | Guided punching apparatus A male die is adapted to be opposed to a first face of a metallic plate member. The male die includes a plurality of punches which are provided on the male die and arranged side by side in a first direction with a fixed pitch. A guide member is formed with a guide f... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7329829 | Optical cable unit An optical cable unit has a metal tube with a longitudinal laser-welded seam and at least one optical waveguide in the interior of the metal tube. The metal tube has a first inner layer and a second outer layer, where the first inner layer is made from copper and th... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322091 | Vibration isolating bushing and its manufacturing method This invention relates to a vibration isolating bushing, for example, built into a suspension system, an inside diameter of one edge (4) of an inner cylinder (1) being made larger than that of the other edge (6). The outside diameter of the thin... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7159317 | Inner metal link bushing for a vibration isolator and method for forming An inner metal link bushing is formed by providing flat steel stock having a chamfered edge disposed at an angle relative to the surfaces such that, when the flat stock is reshaped to a tubular formation, the edges forming a longitudinal seam will initially contact ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7117709 | Flange sleeve and method for the production thereof The invention relates to a method for the production of a flange sleeve (10) especially for a sliding bearing. A strip of material is cut into lengths corresponding to the later periphery of the flange sleeve. The strip section (14) thus arising is rol... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7041387 | Multi-layered aluminum-base bearing Disclosed is a multi-layered Al-base bearing consisting of a steel back layer, an intermediate Al alloy layer and an Al-base bearing alloy layer which contains one or more elements selected from the group of Cu, Zn, Mg and Si, and which is bonded to the steel back l... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6942205 | Spiral rolled laminated bushing A laminated bushing is formed from a metal sheet having resilient material disposed on one side by spirally winding the metal sheet about a longitudinal axis to form a spirally shaped cavity. The resilient material is disposed within the spirally shaped cavity and t... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6904680 | Method of making a guide bushing A bushing utilizes a fabric reinforced thermoset composite sleeve incorporated within an outer shell in a construction enabling the sleeve to be press-fitted within the shell and held therein by a constriction in the shell bore which is embraced by the bearing liner... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6854183 | Lead-free bearing A lead-free bearing includes a bronze matrix powder metal bearing layer bonded to a steel backing a fully densified. The bearing material has about 8 to 12% by weight tin, about 1 to less than 5% by weight bismuth, and about 0.03 to 0.08% by weight phosphorus, with ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6842982 | Method of producing bushing By press-fitting a cylindrical blank into a die with one of a pair of punches, and at the same time press-fitting small diameter end portions and tapered portions of the pair of punches into both ends of the cylindrical blank while restraining both end surfaces of t... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6804872 | Method of forming a roll pin compression limiter A compression limiter formed by a roll forming process includes a substantially cylindrical body portion and a plurality of feet. A plurality of notches are stamped along a lower edge of a flat sheet of stock and bent to form the plurality of feet. The flat sheet of... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6688001 | Method and apparatus of working plain bearing There is provided a method of working a plain bearing and a working apparatus of the plain bearing, which make it easy to perform working by forming a plurality of inclined surfaces of different angles in portions on both sides of the inner peripheral sur... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6532663 | Cellular hydrostatic fluid bearing, and a method of making it The hydrostatic fluid bearing comprises a cylindrical stator having orifices for introducing a fluid under pressure, on its inside surface the stator has a split ring constituted by an assembly comprising a plane metal plate and a layer of self-lubricatin... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6289589 | Method and device for produced flanged bearings A method for producing flanged bearings is described in which the blank (10) is punched out, forming at least two extension and holding portions (9, 9'), by means of which the blank (10) remains connected with the strip or the neighbouring blank during sh... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6209206 | Method of producing split composite spherical bearing A method of making a spherical bearing including the steps of forming an outer bearing member with an inner concave spherical bearing surface, forming a second member with an outer convex spherical bearing surface, cutting the second member along a diamet... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6163961 | Plain bearing with overlay A method of making a multi-layer plain bearing comprises roll-bonding a relatively soft aluminum-tin alloy to a harder aluminum-based bearing substrate and then roll-bonding the composite to a steel backing. Following heat treatment conventional for retic... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5815923 | Bearing and method of manufacturing the same A bearing includes a bearing portion and an oil basin. The bearing portion is formed integrally with a side frame and projects cylindrically from a surface of the side frame. The oil basin is integrally formed with the bearing portion and annularly provid... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5752318 | Hydrodynamic bearing and method A hydrodynamic radial bearing including a cylindrical body having an inner wall and an outer wall, at least one gutter along the inner wall and at least one wedge-shaped recess in fluid receiving communication with the at last one gutter. The at least one... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5596805 | Method of manufacturing a plain bearing for a movable functional part of synthetic resin material, while retaining an unperturbed molecular structure A method of manufacturing a functional part of synthetic resin material in a bearing plate so as to have good bearing properties. The functional part is formed at a bearing plate by a synthetic-resin injection-molding technique (outsert molding technique)... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5357776 | Method of forming bushing rings A method of forming adjustable bushing rings comprising the steps of drawing wire of round cross-section and predetermined diameter through a die forming said drawn wire in a wire having a generally trapezoidally-shaped cross-section. The drawn wire is cu... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5345679 | Method of making plastic ball sleeve assembly A method of making a plastic ball sleeve assembly includes the steps of forming a flat plastic sleeve blank, cold forming a plurality of ball sockets in the sleeve blank, cold forming a plurality of integral living hinges in the sleeve blank, inserting re... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5339523 | Method of machining sleeve bearing A short cylindrical and thin sleeve bearing including a radial bearing portion of a dynamic pressure type on which grooves are formed is worked with high accuracy. Grooves are formed on an inner peripheral surface of a blank by a groove forming tool. Rais... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5216811 | Method for forming a bushing An apparatus for use in a vibration damping assembly includes a bushing that is die formed from a steel blank. The bushing is formed to have a substantially tubular shape with an interior surface defining an inner cavity into which moving rods can be inse... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5153991 | Bearings A method of manufacturing a bearing is described, the method comprising the steps of preparing a flat blank having a steel backing layer and a bearing alloy lining, the blank having an area corresponding to the projected surface area of the bearing, the f... | 10/13/1992 |
| 4946088 | Bushing forming machine A bushing forming machine including: a metal strip delivery system including a metal strip wound on a drum; a forming mill for forming the metal strip to a shape; a first conveyer carrying the metal strip to the forming mill; and a punch provided on a pas... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4932116 | Machine for producing friction bearing parts, in successive processing steps from ribbon-like composite laminate strip material Machine for producing friction bearing shells from ribbon-shaped composite laminate material, wherein the composite laminate material is fed and processed in successive stages at a multiplicity of succesive stations until the shells are finished, except f... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4907626 | Wrapped bush having identical joint portions in ends joined at joint A wrapped bush having its ends joined at a joint. First and second joint portions are formed in the corresponding end portions of the bush that are to be joined at the joint, and they each have at least one pair consisting of a recess and a projection. Th... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4751777 | Method for making a full round bushing A full round bushing is formed by laser welding opposed edges of a bimetal member deformed into a generally cylindrical configuration. The laser beam parameters are closely controlled so as to limit any adverse effect on a bearing metal layer. The weld on... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4499642 | Composite bearing A heavy-duty composite radial journal bearing and a method to produce it is described. A pattern of openings is formed through a bearing sleeve representing, for instance, axially aligned metal bars. The openings are subsequently filled wth a metal dissim... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4203184 | Bearings This invention is a method and apparatus for forming a partly-cylindrical bearing shell from blanks or a strip. An approximation of the final shape is achieved by feeding the strip through an arcuate passage defined by rollers, and the final shape is achi... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4180895 | Methods of forming angled end bearing liners Bearing bushes are made in groups or pairs by progressive press tooling so that at each stroke of the press a group or pair of bushes is produced. The bushes may have at least one end which lies in a plane inclined to the longitudinal axis of the bush, an... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4044441 | Bearings A method of making bearing bushes by joining together a plurality of segments along joints parallel to the bearing axis. In the preferred method, two semicylindrical segments are used, and are joined by electron beam welding. The welding is the last opera... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4031734 | Method for the production of concentric machine elements A method of manufacturing concentric machine elements from flat steel strips by permanently bending a flat steel strip of limited length along its longitudinal axis, and burring the concave surface of the strip, while supported, through the application of... | 06/28/1977 |
