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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7051212 | Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection The present invention provides systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. Electronic appliances such as computers equipped in accordance with the present invention help to ensure that information is accessed and used only... | 05/23/2006 |
| 5887994 | Bearing mechanism and ink jet recording apparatus having same A bearing mechanism includes a shaft for guiding a reciprocable carriage; a bearing mounted on the carriage and slidable relative to the shaft; a receiving member extending from the bearing to receive lubricant oil removed by the sliding movement between ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5767425 | Surface bearing for indicating instrument A bobbin unit for a cross-coil type meter is composed of an upper bobbin and a lower bobbin. The upper and lower bobbins have an inner cylindrical portion which has a center through hole for receiving a indicator shaft therein. A bearing portion is formed... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5762423 | Bearing device, solid resin lubricating composition and porous oil-impregnated bearing A bearing device wherein a porous body is formed with a bearing surface (5a) which comes in slide contact with the slide surface of a shaft (3) to be supported, while a porous oil-impregnated bearing (5) impregnated with a lubricating oil or lubricating g... | 06/09/1998 |
| 4966471 | Trunnion bearing dust seal A seal assembly for a rotating drum in which a trunnion is secured relative to the drum for rotation therewith and is supported by a bearing assembly. At least one seal ring engages a shoulder of the trunnion in an area adjacent to the bearing surfaces of... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4599006 | Cartridge bearing assembly A self-aligning, self-contained, self-lubricating cartridge bearing assembly including a nonporous bearing member having a central bore sized to receive a rotatable shaft. The bearing member has an aperture extending radially from its central bore to its ... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4456845 | Dynamoelectric machine, bearing devices, wick and bearing assemblies A dynamoelectric machine has a structural component including a partial spherical seating surface having a preselected center of curvature, and a bearing device is adapted for seating association in a plurality of aligned attitudes with the structural com... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4173375 | Remote lubrication system for vertical motor shafts A rotatable shaft has an extended vertical length radially supported by a lubricant impervious bearing. Lubricant is transferred upward to the shaft bearing surface by capillary attraction from an absorbent washer surrounding the bottom of the bearing. A ... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4027743 | Axle end oil fill and leakage detector method of charging lubricant A pressurized lubricant charging and leak detection apparatus and method to fill the lubricant reservoir of a wheel hub with lubricant and detect lubricant leaks therefrom. The apparatus includes a tubular filling probe which may be inserted into the hub ... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3940189 | Traction motor bearing lubrication assembly A traction motor suspension bearing and assembly wherein a bearing liner having grooves cooperating with a member on an axle surface to restrict lubricant losses.... | 02/24/1976 |
