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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167496 | Slide bearing A slide bearing has at least one bearing shell for accommodating a component to be supported. The at least one bearing shell has two grooves that run in the circumference direction on its slide surface, into which grooves guide elements for lubricant are laid. The g... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7785013 | High-accuracy sliding bearing The present invention provides a high-accuracy sliding bearing which eliminates the need for treating a gate mark, has a high accuracy, is excellent in its mechanical strength, and is in its productivity. A sintered metal (2) is used as a bearing peripheral p... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7775720 | Bearing device A bearing assembly comprises a bearing (200) having a central hole (250) and a shaft (280) received in the central hole. The bearing has at least one sloping inner surface (2522) facing to the shaft and around the central hole. A gap is f... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7431507 | Sliding member A sliding member has a sliding alloy layer, an intermediate layer of Ni or a Ni alloy formed on the sliding alloy layer, and a soft layer of Sn or a Sn alloy formed on the intermediate layer. A recess is formed on the sliding side surface of the sliding alloy layer.... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7399122 | Sliding member In order to improve conformability of a sliding surface of a sliding member in an early state of sliding, there is provided a sliding member in which a plurality of holes are formed on a sliding surface, and the diameters (or the opening area) of the holes on the sl... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7334337 | Method of manufacturing cylindrical bearing member A small-bored cylindrical bearing member which can enhance the maintainability for a lubricating oil therein. The member has blind grooves in a seamless cylindrical central body portion of the interior hollow cylindrical surface of the bearing member. A method of ma... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7320549 | Self-lubricating bushings, bearings and bearing assemblies Self-lubricating bushings and bearings that include lubricant inserts that have central axes that are aligned substantially parallel to the central axes of their respective bushings or bearings. The lubricant inserts present a side edge that is substantially flush w... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7290935 | Bearing assembly with bearing sleeve having end bearing members A ceramic bearing assembly includes a shaft (20), and a bearing sleeve (10) rotatably receiving the shaft. The bearing sleeve includes an inside wall. First and second bearing blocks (120, 140) are formed at the inside wall at first and second e... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7234869 | Sink roll bearing having ceramic elements for supporting the roll's shaft A bearing for supporting a shaft submerged in molten zinc, has a bearing surface comprising a steel cylindrical liner having slots retaining ceramic shaft-engaging bearing elements. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7156920 | Coating device The coating device (10) for coating a metal band or strip (12, 12′) in a melted metal mass (14 ) comprises a shaft (16, 18) rotatably supported in the melted metal mass (14) by a slide bearing (261, 26 | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6770381 | Sliding bearing for internal combustion engine A sliding bearing for an internal combustion engine including a copper-based bearing alloy including silver and tin upon which an overlay is applied. The overlay comprises resin and MoS2, and the adherence of the overlay to the alloy is enhanced by a roug... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6702502 | Ball-and-socket joint A ball-and-socket joint, preferably for motor vehicles, in which a joint ball formed on a pivot pin is mounted movably in a bearing shell consisting of a plastic, is presented. The bearing shell has recesses accommodating lubricant on its inner jacket sur... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6648513 | Plain bearing There is disclosed a plain bearing comprising: a back metal; and a bearing alloy layer bonded onto the back metal which bearing alloy layer is provided at a surface side thereof with a cylindrical bearing face extended in the direction of the axis of the ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6497513 | Plain bearing In order to provide a plain bearing excellent in the anti-seizure property, a bearing metal layer is provided with a plurality of recesses different in depth on the inner surface thereof so as to form an uneven textured portion thereon, the recesses being... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6491436 | Plain bearing In order to enhance the fatigue resistance and the anti-seizure property while maintaining the. embeddability, there is provided a plain bearing comprising a bearing alloy layer, an intermediate layer and an overlay layer which are formed on the inner sur... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6393818 | Rolled product for chain and method for producing same A rolled product for a chain and a method for producing the rolled product are disclosed. Plural dimples are formed in a zigzag pattern in at least one of inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the rolled product, the dimples absorbing plastic deformation... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6168314 | Bearing A bearing has a composite elastic member, which supports a shaft. The composite elastic member comprises an elastic cylinder, which is made of an elastic material such as rubber and is provided at a bearing body section; and a spiral member, which project... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6089756 | Plain bearing There are provided a plain bearing which is excellent in oil retaining property and wear-resistant property. The plain bearing has a number of fine grooves which are parallely formed with one another and extending in the circumferential direction on the i... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6082904 | Sliding bearing A sliding bearing of a cylindrical shape which bearing is adapted to support a rotation shaft through a lubricant film, comprising a plurality of fine grooves juxtaposed on an inner peripheral face of said sliding bearing in a circumferential direction of... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6059460 | Plain bearing There are provided a plain bearing which is excellent in oil retaining property and wear-resistant property. The plain bearing has a number of fine grooves which are formed in the circumferential direction on each of the inner surfaces of semi-cylindrical... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5857318 | Transmitting chain A transmitting chain is provided which can lower surface pressure between a bushing and a pin, which can well maintain a lubricating state, and which is high in durability so as to be capable of withstanding high load. A groove or a depression, into which... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5836699 | Roll-formed bushing for sliding surface bearings A roll-formed sliding surface bearing bushing is circular in an installed state and has a butt joint which extends throughout the width of the bushing and is closed in an installed state. To ensure a backlash-free bearing arrangement, the bushing has on i... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5817397 | Sliding bearing The surface of a lining member 3 is formed with a multiplicity of uneven surfaces 3a. The entire surface of the lining member 3 is coated by an intermediate layer 4 which comprises Ni. The surface of the intermediate layer 4 is additionally coated by an o... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5711613 | Slide structure and continuous hot dipping apparatus having slide structure A slide structure comprises a roll shaft and a roll bearing. A whole circumference of the roll shaft is made of a sintered ceramics body. A sliding surface of the roll bearing is constructed by inserting a cermet into a carbon-carbon reinforcing graphite ... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5697206 | Rolled part for chain and manufacturing method therefor The present invention improves accuracy in the axial dimension of rolled parts for a chain such as bushings, rollers and similar. A rolled part is manufactured by cutting a strip of steel into a rectangular shape to obtain a rectangular base material havi... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5632559 | Sliding bearing A sliding bearing is disclosed with a bearing alloy layer having an annular groove formed around its inner peripheral surface. The bearing alloy layer is sequentially coated with an intermediate layer and an overlay layer, so that upon abrasion, the porti... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5620262 | Sliding bearing Sliding bearing 1 comprises a bearing alloy layer 2 having peaks of a height h, an intermediate layer 3 of a thickness y, and an overlay layer 4 having a thickness t at the top of the peak. The parameters h, y and t are chosen in a range which satisfies t... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5607239 | Bearing unit Peaks 4b which extend circumferentially are formed around the inner peripheral surface of a bearing alloy layer 4 which forms a sliding bearing 2. When a total error resulting from manufacturing tolerances and an assembly error of a rotating shaft 3 and t... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5433532 | Bearing having arch-shaped recesses An annular bearing has its bearing surface on the inner surface. The bearing surface is formed to improve bearing properties, that is, to improve adaptability to an impact load and an imbalanced load. A method of manufacturing a bearing having such a bear... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5072689 | Continuous hot-dip plating apparatus A continuous hot-dip plating apparatus has a roll assembly having superior resistance to erosion caused by the hot melt plating metal, as well as high resistance to wear of the shaft and bearings, which are immersed in the hot melt of the plating metal. A... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5000586 | Sliding bearing A sliding bearing of the type comprising a backing layer; an intermediate layer provided with internal peripheral grooved portions crosswise the bearing length and longitudinally spaced from each other; optionally, a diffusion or bonding layer on the groo... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4853180 | Method of manufacturing bushings with powdered metals A die assembly having a cavity in which powdered metal is compressed with upper and lower punches. A core extends through the lower punch to form the inner wall of a bushing, and a core extension rod having a lateral protrusion that extends into the cavit... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4606653 | High-duty sliding surface bearing In a sliding surface layer, a bearing metal layer is provided on the inside surface of a backing shell and is formed on its inside surface with elongate recesses, which extend in the peripheral direction of the bearing and are distributed over the axial e... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4571112 | Joint assembly Oppositely facing surfaces have grooves in one of the surfaces and low coefficient of friction inserts in the grooves. The inserts have a thickness greater than the depth of the grooves so as to project from the grooves when seated therein for bearing aga... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4400099 | Sliding surface bearing for heavy loads A sliding surface bearings for heavy loads comprises a backing shell and a bearing metal layer provided on said backing shell and formed with axially spaced apart grooves, which extend at an acute angle of at most 15 degrees to the peripheral direction su... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4228210 | Plate or the like with serrated opening A plate or the like for receiving a press-fitted sleeve-like member, such as a ball bearing or the like, is formed with an opening defined by a series of arcuately spaced, axially extending lands alternating with a series of axially extending relieved por... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4187053 | Centrifugal pump The innovation relates to a centrifugal pump, more especially an aquarium centrifugal pump, comprising a motor housing containing an electric motor, and comprising a shaft tube in which a drive shaft for an impeller is arranged, and comprising an impeller... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4168862 | Wear or thrust plates for hydraulic rock splitting apparatus This invention pertains to hydraulically actuated rock splitters which utilize a wedge and feather action. The forward movement of this wedge places a corresponding thrust load on the feathers and their retaining means. Conventionally, the feathers have e... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4141436 | Disc brake and a guide key for the same A disc brake of the type comprising a caliper or frame member straddling a rotary disc and slidable on two circumferentially spaced surfaces of a fixed member by at least one key. The key is associated to one of the members and defines a guide surface whi... | 02/27/1979 |
