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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4741630 | Device for the leakage-free removal of bearing oil from sliding bearings for rotation shafts of high-speed machines An assembly for the leakage-free removal of bearing oil from sliding bearings for rotating shafts of high-speed machines, includes a sliding bearing axially divided into bearing cups, contactless shaft seals near bearing end surface preventing escape to t... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4733976 | Propeller shaft bearing arrangement The invention relates to a method for preventing leaks in a propeller shaft bearing arrangement including a plain bearing (2), which is lubricated with oil or water and which supports the propeller shaft (1) extending through an opening in the body (4) of... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4693617 | Plain journal bearing A slider bearing assembly has a bearing housing having a bore centered on an axis and having an inside bore surface and a uniform composition plain bearing liner in and coaxial with the bore and having an outer surface delimited by two axially oppositely ... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4655615 | Wrapped cylindrical bush A wrapped bush adapted to be force fitted into an axial opening of a bearing housing is formed at its outer peripheral surface with one or more oil grooves. The oil groove or grooves are formed by press work such as embossing to extend obliquely relative ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4602873 | Vibration-controlling bearing A vibration-controlling bearing for controlling vibration developing in a rotary shaft supported in a housing of a rotary machine including a bearing member of a cylindrical shape interposed between an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft and an i... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4526484 | Ferrofluid thrust and radial bearing assembly A ferrofluid thrust and radial bearing assembly for a rotatable shaft element, which assembly comprises: a housing characterized by a shaft-receiving space, to define a radial bearing inner surface and a thrust bearing surface at the one end of the shaft-... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4409714 | Methods of assembling a wick and bearing In a method of assembling a wick and bearing, the wick is passed into a bore of the bearing through one end thereof, and bridge means on the bearing spanning the bore thereof is captured between bifurcated sections of the wick. In another method of assemb... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4397571 | Reversible lubrication system for dynamoelectric machine A unit bearing motor includes a frame member having opposite sides and a bearing post thereon, the bearing post having first and second opposite ends with first and second spaced bearing portions respectively extending axially inwardly from the ends. The ... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4388004 | Shaft bearing arrangement There is disclosed a combined thrust and support bearing arrangement wherein the shaft line can be constructed to be relatively short and wherein there does not arise any lifting of the turbine housing. The support or journal bearing and the thrust bearin... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4383719 | Convex back sleeve bearing A journaled bearing assembly including a pair of semicircular half shells defining a sleeve bearing with an outer surface and an inner bearing surface with the surfaces extending axially between laterally spaced opposite ends and circumferentially between... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4365849 | Hydrodynamic shaft bearing with concentric outer hydrostatic squeeze film bearing A bearing structure which incorporates the advantages of a hydrodynamic film and of a hydrostatic squeeze film. The structure uses an inner elongated cylindrical bearing member with a hydrodynamic bearing therein, and an outer bearing member axially encom... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4362343 | Axial bearing The invention relates to an axial bearing comprising a shaft 1 with a disc 2, said disc having grooves 7 and cooperates with a stationary disc 5,6 made from elastomeric material the bearing being based upon the principle that the flank 8 or flanks 8,9 of ... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4345797 | Lubrication system for an engine An engine (10) has a journal (18), a connecting rod (14) and a bearing (16) positioned between the journal (18) and rod (14). A lubrication system (36) for the engine (10) has a first passage (38) in the journal (18) and second and third passages (40,42) ... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4293169 | Water bearing An improved structure for supporting a rotating shaft (22) in a liquid environment is disclosed. The bearing structure (28) has an inner support surface or smooth face (38) inwardly disposed and circumferentially engaging the rotating shaft (22). The smoo... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4265496 | Apparatus for long-term bearing lubrication In order to improve the lubrication of relatively moving parts of machinery, in particular of bearings carrying rotating shafts, there is provided a lubricant reservoir adjacent to the bearing in which a movable transport member is located. The transport ... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4229054 | Multi-pad compliant hydrodynamic journal bearing A multi-pad compliant hydrodynamic fluid journal bearing includes three bearing modules spaced uniformly around a bearing sleeve. Each module includes a resilient supporting element formed in a corrugated pattern to provide spaced resilient support projec... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4199329 | Process and apparatus for the removal of vaporized contaminants from closed gas system An eliminator of vaporized contaminants from gas in a closed system in which high pressure gas is subjected to a substantially adiabatic expansion with accompanying temperature drop at a point where the contaminants cannot cause problems. In the specific ... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4196945 | Compliant hydrodynamic fluid bearing with circumferential pre-loading A compliant hydrodynamic fluid journal bearing includes a bearing sleeve having a cylindrical bore which receives a bearing sheet having a radially inwardly facing bearing surface. The bearing sheet is supported by a compliant support element having space... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4153315 | Foil bearing stiffener An improved stiffener element for use in foil journal bearings provides damping of eccentric shaft rotation in both bending and compression modes of operation and also provide greater load capacity and higher speeds for the bearing.... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4118079 | Fluid bearings with conforming shells A fluid bearing assembly includes a shaft mounted for rotation in a housing on a fluid film in a gap formed between the shaft surface and confronting surfaces on a plurality of shells mounted in the housing. The shells are relatively thick so that they be... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4027928 | Cooling and lubrication arrangement for water cooled bearings having self contained lubrication systems A cooling and lubrication arrangement for a bearing supporting a rotatable shaft wherein the bearing housing includes, a self contained lubrication system for the bearing, and an operatively associated improved cooling fluid flow chamber therein. The bear... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3957317 | Shaped foil bearing Disclosed is a shaped foil for use in a hydrodynamic or hydrostatic foil bearing system.... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3951474 | Intershaft foil bearing Providing a compliant foil bearing midspan between two concentrically mounted, independently rotatable, elongated shafts to reduce the amplitude and raise the frequency of the shaft bending criticals.... | 04/20/1976 |
