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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8043006 | Axial piston machine with an elongated guide element for a cage segment An axial piston machine of swashplate construction is provided. The axial piston machine has two pivot bearing parts. In order to improve the guiding of a cage segment mounted within a gap between the two pivot bearing parts, a guide element, in the region of its ro... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7335130 | Toroidal-type continuously variable transmission A toroidal-type continuously variable transmission has a casing; an input disk and an output disk rotatably supported concentrically with each other; a plurality of power rollers each held between the input and output disks; a plurality of trunnions disposed at posi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7273289 | Vacuum compatible, high-speed, 2-D mirror tilt stage A compact and vacuum compatible magnetic-coil driven tiltable stage that is equipped with a high efficiency reflective coating can be employed as a scanner in EUV applications. The drive electronics for the scanner is fully in situ programmable and rapidly switchabl... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7216516 | Wobble joint A wobble joint particularly useful for supporting a wash plate in a wash basket of an automatic washing appliance includes inner and outer races formed with mating part-spherical surfaces having common centers of curvature about a longitudinal axis of the joint. Ant... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7097381 | Joint A joint for the movable connection of two components of a motor vehicle, which are movable in relation to one another, with a housing (1) and with a bearing shell (2) accommodated in the housing (1) for the slidingly movable mounting of a mount ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6920801 | Measurement device for measuring radial and/or axial forces Measurement device (1) for measuring the axial and/or radial load on a bearing (10) comprising an inner ring (11), an outer ring (12) and a plurality of rolling elements (13) between the inner and outer ring. The measurement device... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6911950 | Gimballed reflector mounting platform The invention relates to a steerable antenna platform including two independently controllable motors for rotating a flat plate or a parabolic dish antenna about two perpendicular axes. The antenna platform includes a semicircular yoke rotatable about a fixed axes w... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6719460 | Swash-plate drag bearing An arc-shaped rolling bearing segment (14) comprising a cage (16) and rolling elements (15) for a swash plate pivoting bearing of a hydraulic axial piston machine is characterized in that the cage (16) and the support peg (17) are ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6676294 | Rocking bearing A rocking bearing is proposed which is low in cost. A raceway is formed on the inner periphery of an arcuate bearing ring. Rolling elements are received in pockets of a retainer provided opposite to the raceway. The bearing ring is formed by pressing a st... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6467958 | Free spherical ball bearing Balls are supported between the spherical inner race (5) and the outer race (6) which surrounds one potion of the inner race (6)through the resiliently transformable shell-like retainer (7). By making the inner race (5) and outer race (7), which influence... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6308615 | Compressor A compressor includes a piston and a shoe, which contact and slide on one another. The piston includes a sliding surface, on which a solid lubricant film is formed. The shoe includes a sliding surface that slides on the first sliding surface. A soft film ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6302585 | Two Axis stage with arcuate surface bearings A two-axis stage assembly includes a generally planar horizontally mounted base plate; a stage plate generally parallel to the base plate, the stage plate having a first axis and second orthogonal axis; a set of spaced bearings depending from a bottom sur... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6290482 | Flexible shoe assembly The technical field of the invention broadly relates to molding systems, and more particularly to a flexible shoe assembly for use in a molding system. The clamp unit of a molding system includes a moving platen and a stationary platen supported by a fram... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6132091 | X-Y stage with arcuate surface bearings A two-axis stage assembly includes a generally planar horizontally mounted base plate; a stage plate generally parallel to the base plate, the stage plate having a first axis and second orthogonal axis; a set of spaced bearings depending from a bottom sur... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6126136 | Passive vibration isolating system A passive vibration isolating system includes a sliding piece having its lower portion mounted on a base member and a first contact surface defined between the lower portion of the sliding piece and the top portion of the base member, and a supporting mem... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6027250 | Roller bearing segment for swashplates and other limited-oscillation applications An oscillating bearing is disclosed for a variable-displacement axial piston hydraulic machine having a swashplate with a convex semi-cylindrical bearing face with provisions for attaching the oscillating bearing, and a housing with a concave semi-cylindr... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5885003 | Rotary and angular movement balanceable assembly A rotary and angular movement balanceable assembly includes a first balancer member having concave inner race surface and defining a receiving cavity, a second balancer member disposed in the receiving cavity having a convex outer race surface, a ball bra... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5803609 | Process for providing a bearing of a tilting device and tilting device The invention relates to a process for providing a bearing of a tilting device, which makes possible a tilt around at least one axis, with a tilting member, a base member, and a bearing situated between these two members. The center of gravity of the tilt... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5795078 | Rotary and angular movement balanceable assembly A rotary and angular movement balanceable assembly includes a first balancer member having concave inner race surface and defining a receiving cavity, a second balancer member disposed in the receiving cavity having a convex outer race surface, a ball bra... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5630352 | Variable displacement hydrualic piston machine saddle bearing A variable displacement hydraulic piston machine that includes a shaft mounted for rotation within a housing, a plurality of pistons in a cylinder block coupled to the shaft, a yoke engaged by the pistons for controlling displacement of the pistons in the... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5504641 | Flexural pivot mechanism for rotary actuators in disk drives A flexural bearing for an actuator assembly of a magnetic-disk drive includes a first and a second resilient member (10 and 12) and a third resilient member (14). The resilient members are attached to a base plate (40) of the disk drive and pivotally supp... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5494135 | Lubrication system for a conjugate drive mechanism A conjugate drive mechanism of a motion converter includes a conjugate driver, which is rotatably mounted on a crankpin, and a bearing conjugate, which is mounted on a linearly movable shuttle. The conjugate drive mechanism is lubricated by supplying lubr... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5494353 | Radial bearing assembly A bearing body is provided with first roller bodies such that a shaft may be rollably bearing-mounted on the surface of the first roller bodies, for centering the shaft such that the shaft is shiftable along the shaft axis, rotatable about the shaft axis,... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5456159 | Motion converter with pinion sector/rack interface A device for translating rotary to linear motion and vice versa includes a reciprocating linearly moving shuttle with a central aperture. The aperture has a pair of opposing conjugate bearings protruding towards the center and which capture therebetween a... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5445250 | Brake shoe mounting with ball bearings for swivelling A brake shoe mounting for a vehicle drum brake hinges brake shoes to a brake anchor member to swivel around axes that are substantially parallel to the brake drum axis. To simplify the assembly and disassembly of the brake shoes and to improve the adaptat... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5190000 | Rocker arm assembly The present invention provides a rocker arm assembly for an internal combustion engine comprising an elongate rocker arm having a pushrod engaging portion proximate one end, a valve stem engaging portion proximate its other end, and a socket-forming reces... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5083461 | Low friction trunnion bearing and high pressure seal A high pressure, fluid level sensor and seal includes a body supporting a removable end cap and housing a trunnion bearing comprising a pivot disk that is pivotable about a pivot axis formed by a pair of pivot pins that are secured to the base of the end ... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4934840 | Spherical bearing assembly A spherical bearing comprising a generally spherical shaped inner ball, a fixed outer race having a seamless generally concave bearing surface, and a plurality of individual ball bearings disposed between the spherical inner ball and concave bearing surfa... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4929857 | Electric starter with biased fulcrum An electric starter comprising a dc motor; an output rotary shaft which is rotated by an armature shaft; an overrunning clutch fitted on the output rotary shaft so that the clutch is slidable in the axial direction thereof; a splined tube coupled to outer... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4884902 | Roller bearing executing swivel motions with device for the synchronous guidance of the bearing cage The invention concerns a roller bearing for performing swivel motions including a mechanism for synchronously guiding the roller bearing cage, including a roller bearing cage having a journal with a rotatable pinion gear flexibly and elastically mounted t... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4858575 | Rocker arm bearing assembly The rocker arm bearing assembly has a rocker arm which oscillates on a bearing support member and an associated pair of bearings. The bearings are self-contained units with an outer race, an inner race, and multiple rollers positioned between the two race... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4856917 | Device for the synchronous guidance of a roller bearing cage for a roller bearing executing swivel motion The invention concerns a device for synchronous guiding a roller bearing cage for a roller bearing performing swivel motions, the device comprising a roller cage and bearing parts which swivel relative to one another, the roller cage provided with a pinio... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4718379 | Rocker arm pivot assembly A retrofit roller bearing pivot assembly for a rocker arm of an internal combustion engine valve gear. A mounting stud or post threaded on one end for attachment to the engine has a fulcrum member received thereover and registered against a head formed th... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4627330 | Unitary bearing retainer for a swashplate bearing The invention is directed to a unitary cage assembly annularly positioning a plurality of rollers in a pair of roller bearings supporting a cradle swashplate. By utilizing the unitary cage assembly, a parallel relationship between the rollers is assured a... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4625967 | Movable surface global puzzle A movable surface global puzzle includes a magnetic core and a concentric shell spaced from and surrounding the core, the shell is divided into component sections as defined by planes passing through a center of the core, and is magnetically held to the c... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4577912 | Self-aligning load transmission post A self-aligning post is presented to direct and/or balance a load being transmitted. The post has a semispherical end section split from the remaining main cylindrical portion of the post whereby misalignment of the main cylindrical portion is compensated... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4577911 | Oscillating bearing The oscillating bearing has an arcuate inner raceway, an arcuate outer raceway, and an arcuate retainer between the raceways. The raceways and retainer have aligned openings for receiving a stud. On each side of the retainer opening the retainer has a pai... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4575162 | Sealed ball and socket joints capable of disassembly Sealed ball and socket joints having a spherical member capable of swiveling relative to a socket member. A bearing ring disposed with or without clearance in a housing has a concave spherical surface portion in swiveling engagement with the ball member, ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4536042 | Pivot bearing A pivot bearing comprises an outer ring-like structure and an inner concentric central structure. Each structure holds cams usually having one type of contour, an involute contour on the outer structure and a cylindrical contour on the inner structure e.g... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4516491 | Roll cross-axis mechanism A cross axis roll adjusting mechanism including anti-friction bearing units arranged between a roll journal box and operating devices in a support frame to permit easy cross axis adjustment of a roll as well as a friction floating movement of the adjusted... | 05/14/1985 |
