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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7931407 | Systems for supplying oil from an oil source to a bearing assembly Systems are provided for supplying oil from an oil source to a bearing assembly, the bearing assembly including a cage having a forward rail and an aft rail, and at least one bearing disposed therebetween. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7824105 | Bearing and bearing apparatus In an outer ring, a plurality of lubrication oil flow paths which penetrates from an outer circumference surface of the outer ring to an inner circumference surface (in particular, raceway groove) are provided. Opening positions of the each lubrication oil flow path... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7367551 | Elastomeric bush bearing with improved torsion characteristic The invention is directed to an elastomeric bush bearing. A bearing of this type is substantially unaffected by torsional loads and has a simple design. The proposed bush bearing includes, in a conventional manner, an inner sleeve formed as a hollow cylinder, a slee... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356926 | Removal tool and method of removing a bearing assembly A compact removal feature comprises a plurality of recesses, such as radius slots, on an inner diameter (ID) of a bearing inner ring. The removal tool can engage the removal feature and remove the entire bearing assembly without damage to the parts. The placement of... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7232258 | Passive bearing clearance control using a pre-swirler A rotary bearing for high speed and high temperature use is disclosed, the bearing having an inner race and an outer race with a roller ball positioned between the races, and a cooling fluid passageway passing through the races, where one of the passages in the oute... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7220059 | Double-row angular-contact antifriction bearing A double-row angular-contact antifriction bearing including an outer bearing ring, and an inner bearing ring and rolling elements between the bearing rings in two rows next to one another on raceways of the bearing rings. A bearing cage for the rolling elements. The... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214037 | Retention of ball bearing cartridge for turbomachinery An exemplary housing for a turbocharger includes a substantially cylindrical bore having a longitudinal axis, an inner diameter, a proximate end and a distal end; a counterbore positioned at the distal end, substantially centered on the longitudinal axis and having ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210852 | Full complement taper roller bearing A full complement taper roller bearing consists of an inner ring or cone having an inner track on its radially outer conical surface, and an outer ring or cup having an outer track on its radially inward conical surface and one or more rows of taper rollers having a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198405 | Linear guide way with parabolic profiled grooves An innovative parabolic profiled rolling grooves for linear guide way is disclosed. Cross sectional profile of at least one of the ray-way and the slider grooves is configurated into a parabolic curve so as to avoid the balls to comprehensively contact the grooves a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7178987 | Preloaded duplex ball bearing design A bearing assembly comprising a centrifugal debris trap for removing contamination debris from lubrication fluid prior to lubrication of the bearing assembly components is provided. The centrifugal debris trap comprises an annular groove on an inner race such that w... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7152848 | Telescoping leg assembly for semitrailers A thrust bearing for receiving thrust loads along the axis of a rotating shaft. The thrust bearing comprising a first bearing member having a race, a second bearing member having a race and ball bearings received in the races of the first and second bearing members ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7134667 | Arrangement comprising a slinger associated with a shaft bearing and a gasket associated with a sealing gap A sealing arrangement for turbomachines with a shaft bearing, a throw-off ring and a shaft seal which is assigned to a sealing gap and has a seal housing wherein opposing faces of the throw-off ring and the seal housing form an annular gap for centrifuging out dirt ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7124857 | Rotating shaft scavenging scoop A bearing scavenge system comprises a scavenging passage extending axially through a rotating shaft supported by the bearing assembly. Oil and air are drawn from an oil cavity of the bearing assembly and evacuated through the rotating shaft as the shaft rotates.... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104697 | Bearing part and fabrication method therefor In a heat treatment wherein a blank (intermediate material) formed with a lubrication hole is heated and quenched, the quenching of the blank is terminated at the point of time that a temperature at a portion corresponding to a depth from a raceway surface (surface ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7086784 | Bearing unit for the hub of a vehicle wheel equipped with a tire inflating system A bearing unit comprises a radially outer stationary race (1) and a pair of radially inner rotatable half-races (2a, 2b). Au intermediate annular chamber (8) is defined between the outer race (1) and the inner half-ra... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7070333 | Lubrication structure for rolling bearing A fin member is installed in an oil accumulating room. The fin member causes lubrication oil to follow rotation of the oil accumulating room so that the lubrication oil can be forcibly rotated. In this manner, a rotational speed difference between the oil accumulati... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063342 | Suspension arm kit, vehicle with protective spacer on suspension arm, and method of installing suspension arm An improved apparatus is provided for use in a vehicular suspension arm. A through-hole is formed in one end of the suspension arm, and a bearing fits centrally in the through-hole. A pair of cylindrical spacer members are inserted into the opposed ends of the throu... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7047908 | Cooling flange An apparatus has a body with first and second faces, an inboard surface bounding a central aperture, an outboard perimeter, and an array of bolt holes between the first and second faces. A channel is inboard of the bolt holes and first and second ports communicate w... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044643 | Rotary bearing with lubricant passage arrangement, and threaded drive with rotary bearing-supported threaded nut A rotary bearing has a first lubricant passage having one end which opens in an inner peripheral surface of a radially outer bearing part and another end which is connectable with a lubricant supply, at least one second lubricant passage which leads from an outer pe... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040811 | Oil-damped sealed rolling bearing A rolling bearing defines a separation between an oil enclosure and an air enclosure. The bearing includes rolling elements defining a first side opening and a second side opening, and includes an annular junction piece having an annular contact surface with the str... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036989 | Roller bearing oil feed device A roller bearing oil feed device includes a plurality of rolling elements arranged in a plurality of rows in the axial direction between an outer ring and an inner ring, the inner ring being divided for each row of the rolling elements and a ring-shaped spacer being... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7018105 | Bearing assembly with temperature sensor To provide a bearing assembly having a temperature sensor built therein, in which the accuracy of detection of the abnormal temperature is increased, the number of component parts is reduced and the productivity can be increased, a rolling bearing assembly (1... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6994473 | Grease replenishing device A grease replenishing device replenishes a grease-lubricated rolling bearing with a grease. The grease replenishing device has a storage chamber portion and a pressing member. The storage chamber portion stores the grease. The pressing member pushes the grease out o... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6991378 | Device for improving the lubrication of bearings, particularly in wind turbines For a bearing mounted between two concentric races rotating relative to each other, and forming an annular gap that accommodates the bearing and is closed by seals, at least one grease tube is provided between the periphery of one of the two races and the annular ga... | 01/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6869223 | Rolling bearing and spindle device for machine tools A grease-lubricated rolling bearing has an outer ring having an outer ring race in an inner peripheral surface thereof, an inner ring having an inner ring race on an outer peripheral surface thereof, rolling elements rollably provided between the outer ring race and... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6851863 | Double row tapered rolier bearing apparatus According to this double row tapered roller bearing apparatus, an integral outer ring (2) is provided with oil vents (20) which extend from an inner peripheral face (17) in an area outward in an axial direction than a rolling face (2B) on... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6659649 | Rotation support apparatus for compressor pulley A radial ball bearing 14 of the three point contact type or four point contact type is used for the rolling bearing for a compressor pulley. The offset amount δ, that is the axial distance between the center of the radial load applied to the foll... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6619851 | Rolling element bearing having separate lubricant feeds for rolling elements and antechamber The invention pertains to a rolling element bearing for a product conveyor and/or product processing element of a harvesting machine, with the bearing including a rolling element chamber and an antechamber, that protects the rolling elements from the pene... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6513982 | Package bearing with lubrication ports A multi-row rolling element bearing assembly is provided for use in applications, such as differentials. The rolling element bearing assembly includes an inner race defining at least two inner raceways, an outer race defining at least two outer raceways, ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6511228 | Oil annulus to circumferentially equalize oil feed to inner race of a bearing A ball bearing assembly has an outer ring and an inner ring defining the respective outer and inner races, and a plurality of balls separated on the circumference by a cage ring. The inner ring is split into a loaded half and a non-loaded half. The cage l... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6431760 | Angular type ball bearing and shaft support structure with the same An angular type ball bearing according to the present invention secures good property of lubricating a shaft to be supported by the ball bearing while reducing the manufacturing cost thereof, thereby being able not only to reduce the temperature rise of t... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6428212 | Lubricating structure of bearing A lubricating structure of a bearing for lubricating a bearing by supplying oil air which is transmitted with pressure through respective distribution passages of an oil air distributor from an oil air supply apparatus to the bearing, comprising a first l... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6409464 | Methods and apparatus for supplying oil to bearing assemblies A gas turbine engine includes a lubrication system that supplies oil through a plurality of circumferential grooves and radial grooves to a bearing assembly. The grooves extend within an inner surface of a first rotor shaft sized to fit in an interference... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6328478 | Roller bearing for bearing unit A rolling bearing for a bearing unit is applicable to so-called under-race lubrication employing an oil air method or an oil mist method. A lubrication oil is supplied toward rolling elements (10) through oil supply channels (21) from a bottom (18) of an ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6261003 | Apparatus for controlling the radial play of a roller bearing A lubricant drainage circuit outside a roller bearing is fitted such that an output draining through a drained ring is controlled by providing drainage channels crossing the ring and having different inclinations in a circumferential direction of the drai... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6227713 | Tapered roller bearing for working rolls of roll strands A four-row tapered roller bearing for working rolls of roll stands includes a plurality of axially arranged inner ring parts forming an inner ring, a plurality of axially arranged outer ring parts forming an outer ring, and four annular rows of tapered ro... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6176805 | Angular bearing of dual cavity toroidal type continuously variable transmission An angular bearing of a dual cavity toroidal type continuously variable transmission, includes: a torque input shaft having a shaft-side raceway groove formed in an outer peripheral surface of a flange portion provided in an end thereof; a loading cam uni... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6152606 | Self-aligning roller bearing Circumferential grooves 6c and 6d are respectively formed in the outer peripheral surface 6a and inner peripheral surface 6b of a floating ring 6, and the circumferential groove 6d is used to form a lubricant feed portion 8 in a clearance 7 between the ou... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6105724 | Method for a controlled supply of lubricant to an antifriction bearing A lubrication system for supplying lubricant to a plurality of antifriction bearings composed of inner and outer bearing rings and a plurality of rolling elements mounted between the rings. The lubricant is intermittently supplied to the region of the rol... | 08/22/2000 |
