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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4349184 | Laminated bearings having elastomer layers of varying dimensions A bearing for carrying compressive radial loads comprising alternating bonded layers of a resilient material of a uniform modulus of elasticity and layers of a non-extensible material, all generally concentrically formed about a common center axis. The fa... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4345798 | Reduction in wear of contacting surfaces To reduce the wear of surfaces of anti-friction devices or bearings, the surfaces are diamonded, e.g. by being provided with diamonds or by being the surfaces of diamond-containing concretions, and are lapped before use, substantially no further wear occu... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4335925 | Thrust bearing This invention is a tilting thrust pad bearing in which bearing pads 11 are supported on individual pillars 19 which themselves bear on supporting bars 23, carried by rockers 24. The supporting bars and rockers are identical components and can be used in ... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4325566 | Combined thrust and radial bearing and the assembly of such a bearing with a support structure The combined thrust and radial bearing is combined with a structure which defines two axially extending support surfaces. The bearing comprises two coaxial radially extending bearing plates and a set of rolling elements engaged between the plates. A first... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4319768 | Vehicle suspension strut A vehicle suspension strut is provided with an improved bearing assembly consisting of a metallic bearing member which directly supports a portion of the rod member of the strut and a plastic seal member which sealingly engages the bearing member and prov... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4316643 | Vehicle suspension bushing A vehicle suspension bushing that is constructed of an inner metal member, an outer metal member, and an elastomeric member inserted between the metal members has an improved construction that increases the bushing's axial rate, or resistance to axial def... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4247156 | Shaft bearing A shaft bearing for locating a shaft within a tubular member, the bearing comprising a tubular central portion with an axial bore to receive the shaft. A plurality of arms extend outwardly from the tubular central portion in pairs, the arms all extending ... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4241958 | Axial thrust bearing An axial thrust bearing includes a plurality of circumferentially arranged segments. The segments are constrained in the circumferential direction by means of support plates disposed therebetween. The segments are elastically supported by means of individ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4239301 | Flexible spring bearing A flexible spring bearing comprising a substantially cylindrical configuration with an arcuate portion being disposed circumferentially about the cylindrical configuration. The arcuate portions may be convexly curved outward or concavely curved inward. Al... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4235482 | High capacity rubber bushing A bushing is provided which is arranged to be press fit into a bushing bore. The bushing is adapted to support a high level load which is unidirectional or which changes in direction through only a small angle. A rigid core in the bushing has a long rubbe... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4234237 | Bearing for heavy steel drums, in particular decorticating drums This invention relates to an improvement in a shock-proof bearing for a heavy drum which is rotatably supported on roller and is adapted to be driven by a gear drive, the axial spacing between the drum and the roller or the gear drive remaining constant f... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4172510 | Torsional vibration damper A torsional vibration damper comprises an internal flange body and an external inertial body each having a plurality of intermeshing damper disks fastened thereto along a margin and defining there between interstitial spaces filled with a highly viscous l... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4135773 | Snap-fitting A fitting which can be snap-fit into a housing and used as a journal bearing, bushing fastener, or other machine element, comprising a unitary annular body of a resilient polymeric material, with molecular weight greater than 1,000,000. The body has two i... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4128282 | Counterbalance bearing assembly A counterbalance bearing assembly for supporting and positively positioning an end of a cylinder which has a shaft extending axially therefrom. The shaft of the cylinder extends through a first bearing. Movable apparatus is provided for supporting the fir... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4090746 | Press fit bearing retaining bearing size when inserted into support A press fit sleeve bearing member supported in a bearing support in which the support portion of the bearing member is of limited length along the longitudinal dimension of the bearing member. The bearing zone is isolated from the support zone by a transi... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4057304 | Heavy duty resilient coupling assembly A resilient coupling assembly having a housing with a generally cylindrical bore therein, a shank with a generally cylindrical portion received in the bore, and a bushing of an elastomeric material interposed between the housing and the cylindrical portio... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4000932 | Turbine meter rotor bearing The rotor of a turbine meter has a ceramic bushing and is mounted on a ceramic shaft. A ceramic body is mounted to engage the bushing in one direction. Thin layers of elastomeric material are placed between the mounted end of the shaft and the ceramic bod... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3986751 | Housing and bearing assembly for a windshield wiper system A housing and bearing assembly in which an ocillating shaft is rotatably supported. Two bearings are positioned in the housing to provide said support. One of the bearings is located in a small diameter portion of the housing and may be retained therein b... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3965699 | Spring compensated radially flexible power takeoff shaft A single shaft gas turbine engine of the type having a shaft assembly including, in axial alignment, a radial turbine element, a central slinger ring element, a radial compressor element, and a geared power takeoff element. The elements of the shaft assem... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3960417 | Hydrostatic axial thrust bearing A hydrostatic axial thrust bearing has a load member supported on a support member by pressurized fluid supplied to a cavity providing a hydrostatic bearing area between the two members in a plane normal to the axis of the thrust bearing and including mea... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3942848 | Shock absorbing pivot bearing for rotary watch parts The pivot 28 is journalled in a bearing member 38 molded in one piece with a resilient web 39 fixed at its periphery to a body member 41 by a hard metal ring 42. Due to the resilience of web 39, member 38 may be shifted into member 41 and tilt about a dia... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3941439 | Shock absorber bearing assembly A shock absorber bearing assembly is disclosed which includes a shaft having a pivot end portion with a pivot end, a bearing housing having an opening therein through which the pivot end portion of the shaft extends; and a bearing mounted on the housing a... | 03/02/1976 |
