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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142080 | Sealed rolling bearing A radially outer portion of the seal member is fitted in each of a pair of seal grooves formed in the radially outer surface of an outer ring at both ends thereof. A seal lip formed at the radially inner portion of each seal member is brought into elastic contact wi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7364364 | Cartridge bearing A bearing assembly including an inner ring, an outer ring, a ball bearing assembly, a needle bearing assembly, and seals. The inner ring defines a ball raceway and a needle bearing raceway. The outer ring defines a ball raceway and a needle bearing raceway. A plural... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354191 | Mortar mixer and trunnion assembly A mortar mixer includes a substantially cylindrical drum having end plates supporting trunnion assemblies, with housings, having an interior space defined by an interior surface around the paddle shaft. A first seal is located adjacent the end plate and is positione... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338212 | Wheel supporting rolling bearing unit In a wheel supporting rolling bearing unit, both end openings of a space in which balls 14, 14 are provided are sealed with seal rings 16c, 16d each having two to three seal lips. A rolling resistance that changes based on a preloa... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7296982 | Air supply device An air supply device includes a plurality of bearings for rotatably supporting a shaft, a plurality of bearings for rotatably supporting an orbital scroll, and a plurality of bearings for rotatably supporting each of a plurality of rotation constraint members that p... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7287909 | Wheel supporting rolling bearing unit In a wheel supporting rolling bearing unit, an inner end opening out of both end openings of a space in which balls 14, 14 are provided is sealed with a cap 17a. An outer end opening is sealed with a seal ring 16c having three seal... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7258491 | Bearing seal assembly for agricultural applications A contaminant-resistant bearing assembly includes a multi-lip seal with an extended shroud supported from the outer ring and projecting adjacent a stepped inner ring shoulder. A steel slinger supported from the inner ring is offset outwardly adjacent the shroud and ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246946 | Rolling bearing unit for supporting wheel Rotation torque of the hub rotating together with the road wheel is reduced to improve the driving performance of the vehicle such as acceleration performance, fuel consumption. The opening at both ends of the space where balls 14, 14 are provided is c... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7217036 | Sealed ball bearing In a seal-type rolling bearing, between an inner ring and an outer ring, contact-type seal plates are respectively interposed on the counter-water-drenchable side and on the water-drenchable side. On the counter-water-drenchable side, a seal plate including, in the ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7147379 | Wheel support bearing assembly A wheel support bearing assembly includes inner and outer members (1 and 2) and at least one row of rolling elements (3) operatively interposed between the inner and outer members (1 and 2) and an annular sealing device (5) ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7073950 | Locking device for a wheel hub bearing Locking device (1) (101) for a bearing (2) in a wheel hub (3) which is provided with a cylindrical seat (4) for the bearing (2) itself and an annular groove (5) which is obtained in the axial end of the cylindrical se... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073949 | Disk blade bearing hub assembly A maintenance free repetitive sealing system for a disk blade bearing hub utilizing an integrated system of components to seal and protect the primary bearing seal. The blade side of the spindle includes a hub overlap portion which deflects dirt, keeps large debris ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070017 | Rotating apparatus for construction machine A swing mechanism for a construction machine having a grease bath seal. A grease bath can be disposed on a vehicular base carrier of the machine, and can be coupled with a swing frame. The grease bath seal can then act to prevent intrusion of pollutants or other for... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070334 | Ball Bearing A retainer for a ball bearing formed in a generally annular shape and having a plurality of pockets arranged in a circumferential direction, respectively, to rollably hold a plurality of balls along a pitch circle, respectively, the pockets each having an inner peri... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7056028 | Combination seal ring with encoder A combination seal ring with an encoder for use to close off the opening of the space between a fixed ring and a rotational ring and to detect a rotational speed of the rotational ring, comprising a seal ring secured to the fixed ring, a metal slinger secured to the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7031106 | Sealing member, rolling bearing, thin motor, and bearing device The sealing members (14a, 14b) comprise a film member produced by forming an aluminum or alumina deposition film on at least one side surface of a film-like core material. One side surface outer circumferential rim part of the sealing mem... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6939050 | Wheel support bearing assembly A wheel support bearing assembly includes inner and outer members (1 and 2) and at least one row of rolling elements (3) operatively interposed between the inner and outer members (1 and 2) and an annular sealing device (5) ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6913264 | Sealing arrangement A sealing arrangement for sealing a housing with respect to a shaft includes a first annular supporting element connected to the housing, a second annular supporting element connected to the shaft, and a first seal connected to one of the two supporting elements and... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6869224 | Apparatus for sealing a water pump bearing The present invention discloses an apparatus for sealing a water pump bearing in which the bearing comprises a plurality of rolling elements arranged between an inner race and an outer race, a retainer for maintaining a prescribed space between each rolling element,... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6817769 | Roller bearing having high performance bearing seal and cartridge A bearing assembly having a bearing inner ring with an inner raceway and a bearing outer ring with an outer raceway and a plurality of rolling elements positioned therebetween, and a seal cartridge including a seal carrier fixed with respect to the outer ring, a fli... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6811316 | Water pump bearing A water pump bearing with a seal structure on an impeller side including a ring-shaped first seal unit having its outer circumferential portion fixed to an inner circumferential portion of an outer ring and its inner circumferential portion in sliding-contact with a... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6811013 | Clutch release bearing with improved sealing arrangement A clutch release bearing includes a housing, a first bearing ring having a skirt for fixed rotative securement of the bearing ring to the housing, a revolving second bearing ring connected to the separating clutch via a spring element, and a plurality of rolling ele... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6719459 | Ball bearing A retainer for a ball bearing formed in a generally annular shape and having a plurality of pockets arranged in a circumferential direction, respectively, to rollably hold a plurality of balls along a pitch circle, respectively, the pockets each having an inner peri... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6715922 | Rolling bearing with sealing device A rolling bearing with the sealing device which has a fitting groove and sealing device with a mounting portion. The fitting groove formed on the inner peripheral surface of an outer ring. An outside surface of the fitting groove tilts at 5 to 30 degrees with respec... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6595695 | Sealed-type rolling bearing A seal plate 8 is located between the outer ring 1 and inner ring 3, and the outer diameter 11 side of the this seal plate 8 is fastened to the stationary ring 1, and the lip 13 an the inner-diameter 12 side comes into sliding contact with or keeps a clea... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6561337 | Clutch release bearing A seal for sealing between the inner ring and outer ring of the clutch release bearing comprising a labyrinth seal section extending from one of the inner ring and outer ring and kept in a non-contact state with reference to the other ring, and a contact ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6296396 | Strut bearing A strut bearing includes two bearing races, a space formed between these two races, roll bodies arranged in the space between the two races, and a seal for sealing the space formed between the two races. At least a part of the seal is made of an elastic m... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6280093 | Wheel supporting structure In a structure to support wheels freely rotatably in relation to a vehicle body via a bearing section, the bearing section is formed from a tapered roller bearing that has an inner member 1, an outer member 2 fitted on the inner member 1 from the outside ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6142674 | Ball bearing for high rotational speeds A bearing which is wear-free and optimal in terms of loading at very high rotational speeds and even in the case of self-aligning bearings with point contact. bearing uses balls made of ceramic and raceways of X 30 Cr Mo N 15-1. A radial clearance of betw... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6109794 | Rolling contact bearing provided with a seal and an electrostatic current discharge device A rolling contact bearing is described with a sealing device suitable to discharge the electrostatic currents which accumulate in a autovehicle; the sealing device (13, 32) has at least one sealing element (17, 37, 43) made of elastic conductive material ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5927864 | Bearing assembly with self-contained auxiliary seal A roller bearing assembly having primary seals interposed between inner and outer races on opposite axial sides of the roller elements of the bearing assembly and at least one auxiliary seal on a axial side of said bearing assembly outwardly of a primary ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5908248 | Shaft bearing having improved seal arrangement A bearing assembly includes an inner ring assembly defining a bore for receiving a shaft, and an outer ring assembly disposed radially outward from the inner ring assembly. A plurality of rotatable bearing elements are disposed between the inner and outer... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5890812 | Rolling contact bearing sealing device A rolling bearing sealing device comprises a first, truncated-cone surface (21) integral with the non-rotating race (11) of the bearing and diverging axially towards the outside of the bearing, and a second truncated-cone surface (23) parallel to the firs... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5711616 | Bearing seal for providing static and dynamic barriers A bearing seal (10) has a casing 11 with a dynamic sealing element (18) such as an EHD at an inner edge. At the outer edge of the casing (11) a static sealing element (14) is provided on an axially extending flange (13). The static sealing element (14) in... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5695198 | Seal containing age resistors for rolling bearing In a seal for a rolling bearing, the seal has a molding member formed from a rubber material, the molding member including a lip portion, the molding member having 0.3 to 5.0 MPa of tensile stress at 10% strain and no less than 50% of elongation at break ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5690433 | System for preloading the bearing of a pump assembly A system for preloading the bearing of a cooling water pump for motor vehicles. The pump comprises a shaft and an impeller mounted on one end of the shaft and, an outer bearing ring surrounding the shaft. An axial face seal is mounted on one projecting en... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5687973 | Dust seal for pinion bearing housing A seal is provided on a slinger for a pinion shaft in an axle housing. The seal provides sealing contact at a location between the bearing cage and the slinger. The slinger prevents relatively large dirt, stones, and debris particles from reaching an inne... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5618116 | Sealed thrust bearing In a sealed thrust bearing providing a case which is formed of a corrosion resisting material and fixedly fitted to an outer race, an outer seal ring which is fixedly fitted to the outer peripheral edge of an inner race, and an inner seal ring which is fi... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5603575 | Rolling bearing unit with rotating speed detector A rolling bearing unit with rotating speed detector comprising an inner ring member with an inner ring raceway and a rotatable outer ring member with an outer ring raceway, a plurality of rolling bodies provided between the inner ring raceway and outer ri... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5596235 | Spindle motor with seal structure A spindle motor comprises a stationary shaft, a rotor hub rotatably mounted by ball bearings to the stationary shaft, and annular sealing members disposed between the outer surface of the stationary shaft and the inner side of the rotor hub axially outwar... | 01/21/1997 |
