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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354212 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a chassis, a motor, a drive transmission gear that receives rotational force from the motor, a feed roller rotatably supported by the chassis, an intermediate gear that has a circular bearing, receives rotational force from the dr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7171726 | Hinge construction and hinge actuator, in particular for a wing mirror of a motor vehicle A hinge construction comprising two hinge members provided with a guide track. The guide tracks of each of the hinge members comprise at least three substantially flat, circular segment-shaped track parts, which each extend between first and second track ends and wh... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7107648 | Hinge A hinge has a pin, a rotating positioning element and a stationary positioning element. The rotating positioning element is mounted around the pin and has a first, second, third and fourth detent and a rear surface with an inner circular area and an outer circular a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7077573 | Contact bearing A bearing adapted to support and allow controlled relative movement with an opposed bearing surface. The bearing is constructed to have a long life by incorporating a surface that addresses many causes of friction and wear. The bearing includes a plurality of suppor... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7047655 | Snap locking angle adjustable device, in particular a carpenter's square The invention is a snap locking angle adjustable device, particularly applicable to carpenter's squares. Carpenter's squares, being used in rough environment, must be simple to adjust while providing robust snap locking at high angle precision. Prior art attains thi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7011317 | Cart wheel with bearing components A wheel assembly for a material handling cart includes a wheel hub having first and second openings in first and second hub faces, each concentric with and extending along a central axis of the wheel hub. First and second ball bearings are located in the openings. I... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6979130 | Bearing device The aim of the invention is to improve a bearing device for rotatably receiving a control element (2) in lines which guide mediums and pertain to a combustion engine with bearing receptacles (10, 11), in such a way that the assembly thereof is simplifi... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6942387 | Pivot bearing insert and bearing constructed with the same The invention relates to a pivot bearing insert for a bearing body (1) consisting of two bearing parts (2, 3) which can pivot about a pivot axis (5) and between which the pivot bearing insert (6) is located. The invention is characterized... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6929402 | Journal bearing and thrust pad assembly An apparatus for rotatably mounting and axially fixing a gear on a shaft comprises a bushing fixed within a bore of the gear. A sleeve is received on and fixed relative to the shaft. The sleeve is surrounded by and journalled for rotation within the bushing. A thrus... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6880426 | Parking brake for a motor vehicle A parking brake for a motor vehicle includes an actuating lever supported rotatably about an axis, a catch element, a pawl element connected to a release device and capable of being brought into engagement with the catch element, a pull cable connected to the actuat... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6702468 | Sliding bearing for a magnetically driven centrifugal pump A sliding bearing is provided for a magnetically driven centrifugal pump with an outer stationary tubular bearing housing within which lie antirotationally mounted bearing bushings and with a rotationally mounted hollow bearing shaft, lying coaxially in t... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6619758 | Wheel and bearing assembly There is disclosed herein an improved and simplified wheel and bearing assembly, such as for skates and the like comprising a bearing inner race preferably formed of a plastic material such as polyurethane. A pair of bearing outer races, preferably of a r... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6030127 | Guider assembly for rotary component A guider assembly for a rotary component idles about a given point on a shaft, and the shaft has a race at both sides of an idling space in which the rotary component is turned. A guider of the assembly has tension ribs held in the race for allowing the r... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6024497 | Bushing with molded spring A bushing mountable in a housing for supporting a rotating member and for providing a bias force to the rotating member in a first direction is disclosed. The bushing includes a body defining an aperture therein and a mounting member for mounting the bush... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5961220 | Swing-aside bearing device for a socket A bearing device for a socket for providing an electrical connection between a towing and a towed vehicle has a base bearing element which can be mounted at the level of the rear bumper on the towing vehicle, and also a bearing element for the socket whic... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5871286 | Molded wheel and bearing assembly A molded bearing assembly for a molded wheel includes a synthetic resin outer bearing race element embedded in the hub of the molded wheel and having a cylindrical inner sliding, journal type bearing surface. An inner bearing assembly includes two molded ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5797661 | Wheel of a vacuum cleaner Disclosed is a wheel of a vacuum cleaner which can be easily assembled and disassembled. The wheel has a hollow cylindrical hub incorporated with a cleaner body, a roller supporting the cleaner body while rolling on a floor, a support member, and a cap. T... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5732441 | Low friction wheel An industrial wheel for trolleys, carts, pulleys. And the like with a self lubricated bearing of fuoroplastic, or the like, that slants at an angle from the center of the wheel out to the rim, so as to have a larger surface area, with consequent lower for... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5676470 | Crossflow fan supporting device for an air conditioner An air conditioner includes a housing body in which are disposed a heat exchanger, a fan for circulating air across the heat exchanger, and a motor connected to one end of the fan for rotating the fan about an axis. Integrally formed on an opposite end of... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5634726 | Method of fixating a shaft in its bearing casing in wiper installations, as well as wiper installation, in particular for cleaning the windscreen of an automotive vehicle A system for fixating a shaft in its bearing casing as well as in a wiper installation the shaft is fixated in its bearing in that the annular gap between the shaft and the bearing is filled by the injection of a plastic material rendering optimum sealing... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5230569 | Bearing assemblies The invention relates to a bearing for a shaft comprising a first bearing member mountable on the shaft to be fixed thereto, and a second bearing member rotatably mountable about the coaxial with the first bearing member to define at least two annular bus... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5188272 | Guide roller with metal cylinder and resin portion A guide roller for guiding a tape being moved in contact therewith, which has a metal cylinder and a resin portion is able to augment a inertial moment of the roller guide without increment of the diameter of the guide roller to absorb the vibration of th... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5042882 | Mower deck wheel bearing seal mechanism A mechanism for mounting a wheel to a mower deck having a mounting arm carrying a bolt. First bushings fitted within the wheel rotate about a sleeve fixed to the bolt. Second bushings adjacent the first bushings transfer axial forces from the wheel to the... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4973407 | Filter for filtering liquids A filter for filtering liquids is proposed, in which the filter fabric along an arcuate path is mounted on a bearing element concomitantly rotating with the filter fabric. The bearing element is constituted by a rotatably mounted ring, which is mounted on... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4961652 | Radial bearing A radial-type bearing which includes an outer tube-like member rotatable about a center axis and having an inner cylindrical bearing surface. An inner shaft-like member is disposed within the outer rotatable member. The inner member is stationary or non-r... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4848933 | Rotary mounting for mounting a gear wheel relative to a frame A rotary mounting for mounting a gear wheel relative to a frame, the gear wheel being constrained to rotate with a shaft such as a drive shaft, the mounting being constituted by: the gear wheel being mounted at one end of the shaft around the outer periph... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4842425 | Odometer shaft retainer and support A support and retainer for a shaft to be supported in spaced overlying relation to a base member as found in an odometer assembly, including an upstanding projection or post which has a bearing portion for support purposes and further including an adjacen... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4674759 | Trash container wheel structure Wheel structure for a trash container comprising an enhanced thickness hub portion defined by positioning a metal member within the locus of the wheel wall during molding so as to increase wall thickness by better heat transfer and increase resin buildup ... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4603982 | Molded bearing A bearing having an outer race defining an internal channel and an inner race having integrally formed protrusions which extend into the outer race channel for load bearing support.... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4269460 | Ball bearing and applications thereof The bearing comprises two rows of balls which circulate between two pairs of raceways. The raceways associated with each row of balls comprise two toric bearing surfaces which are substantially symmetrical with each other with respect to a plane perpendic... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4178856 | Wheel assembly for overhead conveyor An overhead conveyor includes an I-beam having a web and a pair of side flanges. A pair of opposed interconnected brackets are adapted to support a load, and a trolley wheel assembly is journalled upon each of the brackets and movably mounted upon the I-b... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4174871 | Material handling vehicle A stub axle assembly for mounting a vehicle body on a supporting member such as a molded plastic ball. The assembly includes a stub axle which seats within and is locked by a dimple and slot arrangement for rotation with an inner bushing of molded plastic... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4026612 | Lubrication of seals in rotary mechanisms A rotary mechanism comprising a housing defining an operating chamber, a shaft journalled in the housing and having an eccentric within the chamber, the shaft including an oil passage adapted to receive oil under pressure from a pump or the like and termi... | 05/31/1977 |