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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182155 | Lubricating grease and lubricating grease-enclosed roller bearing A lubricating grease is provided which is excellent in durability at high temperatures, inhibits the reaction between fluorine and steel and has a long life and a rolling bearing in which the lubricating grease is enclosed. The lubricating grease contains perfluorop... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7654746 | Spindle bearing device and corresponding bearing method In a spindle rotor, the orientation of the figure axis is accepted and the anchoring of the rotor bearing (SL) is configured such that the orientation of the geometric rotational axis adapts to the physical main axis of inertia. The bearing is configured in the form... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7618193 | Rolling bearing incorporated in auxiliary device for internal combustion engine A rolling bearing is adapted for an auxiliary device driven by an internal combustion engine via a belt. The rolling bearing comprises an inner race, an outer race, and a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the inner race and the outer race for rolling ca... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7438477 | Bearing part, heat treatment method thereof, and rolling bearing A bearing part comprising steel subjected to carbonitriding at a carbonitriding temperature exceeding the A1 transformation temperature, and cooled to a temperature lower than the A1 transformation temperature. The steel is reheated to a temper... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7384198 | Rolling bearing In a rolling bearing structured such that a plurality of rolling elements are respectively held between inner and outer rings by a retainer, grease is sealed in by a seal, a rotary body with the outer ring fitted therewith and a shaft with the inner ring fitted ther... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7237959 | Breakable coupling system for a turbojet fan shaft The invention relates to a rotary shaft arrangement carrying equipment at one end and extending rearwards from the equipment, the shaft (1) being supported by a first bearing (2) behind the equipment, and by a second bearing (3) behind the first... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7163341 | Bearing to be used for pulley in auxiliary device for engine A bearing to be used for a pulley in an auxiliary device for the engine of an automobile includes an outer ring 3, an inner ring 5, double rows of balls 7 and 8, retainers 9 and 10, and seals 11 and 12 which ar... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7136262 | Pivot assembly preloaded by laser welding for hard disk drive use A pivot assembly for use in a hard disk drive, in which ball bearings are placed at both ends of a shaft, and a spacer is disposed between outer rings of the ball bearings. The spacer is fixed to the outer rings by laser welding. ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7033081 | Ball bearing A ball bearing in which an annular cage with a plurality of pockets formed through the annular cage is incorporated between inner and outer rings, a ball is housed in each pocket, the annular cage is guided by the outer ring, and a relationship between a radial clea... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025560 | Frangible coupling A frangible coupling for interconnecting parts comprising a first ring and a second ring coaxially arranged relative to each other and axially joined via an annular array of fuse ligaments equidistantly spaced apart from each other. The ligaments are configured to f... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025579 | Bearing system for high-speed rotating machinery A bearing system for a turbocharger shaft includes an elongated bearing carrier with two anti-friction ball bearings mounted in its ends and with a radially extending flange at one end that cooperates with stationary housing portions and carries thrust loads of the ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7004636 | Machine housing The concept of the invention is based on a machine housing with a bearing housing, the bearing seat of which is connected to a housing wall of the machine housing by a bearing housing wall provided with ribs (42, 43) and is subjected to radially directed forc... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6938342 | Method for reducing seizure in a cageless ball bearing which is exposed to foreign particles A method for reducing seizure when a cageless ball bearing is placed in a hostile environment where foreign particles can enter the bearing, comprises removing at least one ball from a full complement of balls. In so doing, a larger circumferential gap between balls... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6749341 | Ball bearing A ball bearing construction including a plurality of balls supported in a cage and each ball within a row is off-set relative to each other. In certain applications the rolling surface of the balls bear against the rotating shaft and the case enclosing the bearing. ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6746156 | Ceramic ball bearings and assembly A ceramic ball bearing assembly has raceway components generally held in residual compression by accompanying metal attachments. In a ceramic ball bearing assembly, an outer raceway is formed that is held in compression by a circumscribing steel ring. The components... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6634792 | Rigid anti-friction ball-bearing An anti-friction bearing device comprising an outer ring (11) provided with an outer surface and a bore on which a toroidal bearing inner race (14) is formed, an inner ring(15) which is provided with a bore and a cylindrical outer surface on which a toroi... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6615968 | Ball bearing assembly electromagnetic clutch having ball bearing assembly and gas compressor utilizing electromagnetic clutch An electromagnetic clutch having an electromagnet, a rotational member mounted to undergo rotation, an armature selectively coupled to the rotational member for rotation therewith when the electromagnet is energized, and a ball bearing rotatably supportin... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6513983 | Ball bearing A ball bearing comprises an inner ring, an outer ring and a plurality of balls disposed between inner and outer rings. The number of the balls is made to be not smaller than 10. Lubricant is also enclosed between the inner and outer rings in such a manner... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6474871 | Anti-friction bearing and a motor including such a bearing An anti-frictional bearing which is reduced in its asynchronous rotational run out so that the cumbersome analyzing operation of the raceway surface and selecting operation of inner and/or outer races are not required. The bearing will contribute for the ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6474528 | Device for swiveling a rotary frame A rotary frame pivotably supported on a rack and swiveling around a swivel axis. The frame supports at least one reversing roll for moving the material web. A pivot bearing in the form of an antifriction bearing is cut as a segment so that the material we... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6471408 | Solid lubricating rolling bearing A spacer type solid lubricating bearing disposing a spacer comprising a solid lubricating material, for example, graphite between each of rolling elements is proposed. A solid lubricating rolling bearing is provided with an inner ring, an outer ring, roll... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6371653 | Anti-friction bearing and a motor including such a bearing An anti-frictional bearing which is reduced in its asynchronous rotational run out so that the cumbersome analyzing operation of the raceway surface and selecting operation of inner and/or outer races are not required. The bearing will contribute for the ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6367978 | Seize resistant ball bearing A seize resistant cageless ball bearing (20) includes an inner race (22), an outer race (24) which define a radial space (26) therebetween. A plurality of balls (28) are circumferentially disposed in radial space (26). The number of balls (28) is selected... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6354743 | Rolling bearing A rolling bearing according to the present invention comprises an inner race 29, an outer race 31 and a plurality of balls 37 disposed therebetween. The inner race 29 has a raceway surface on its outer peripheral surface. The outer race 31 includes a race... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6231242 | Double row ball bearing In the double row ball bearing, a plurality of balls are incorporated into a space between a first inner race raceway of an inner race and a first outer race raceway of an outer race, a plurality of balls are incorporated into a space between a second inn... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6196946 | Power roller bearing of toroidal type continuously variable transmission and method of manufacturing power roller bearing of toroidal type continuously variable transmission A power roller of a power roller bearing in a half-toroidal type continuously variable transmission is manufactured as follows. In step S1, a work used as material is heated up to a temperature suitable for forging. In step S2, the work is pressed by usin... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6168316 | Bearing assembly for use with water pumps A rotary bearing assembly (10) for a motor vehicle water pump employs a spindle (11) with a central region (14) surrounded by an outer bearing ring (15). The ring (15) and spindle central region (14) have axially spaced complementary raceways (16, 17) on ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6143425 | Rolling bearing and rolling device A rolling device includes: an outer member; an inner member; and a plurality of rolling elements arranged between the outer and inner members, the outer member having a first contact surface which contacts the rolling elements, the inner member having a s... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6094846 | Single wheel caster apparatus A single wheel caster apparatus is disclosed for supporting a plow. The apparatus includes a wheel and an axle, the axle extending through the wheel such that the wheel is rotatably supported by the axle. Additionally, a first and a second fork are provid... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6048285 | Bearing structure for vertical blinds and rollers shades An improved bearing mechanism works in conjunction with the control rod of a vertical blind system or a roller shade system to provide superior bearing and load handling capability. A conical bore has a plurality of grooves into the surface of the conical... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6027251 | Bracing structure of rotary rod A rotary rod bracing structure is composed of a main body and a circular inner pad, which is received in a recess of the main body. The bottom of the recess has a round hole. The circular inner pad is provided with a circular groove and an axial hole. The... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5998042 | Rolling bearing and rolling device A rolling device includes: an outer member; an inner member; and a plurality of rolling elements arranged between the outer and inner members, the outer member having a first contact surface which contacts the rolling elements, the inner member having a s... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5921684 | Thrust ball bearing In a thrust ball bearing, the heat treating hardness and heat treatment hardening depth of a bearing ring 4a (4b) are prescribed such that, at any depth from the raceway surface 4a1 (4b1), the value which is seven times the dynamic shearing stress ͌... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5882122 | Rolling bearing and spindle apparatus A rolling bearing having a plurality of rolling elements interposed between an inner race and an outer race, wherein the number of the rolling elements is selected to be equal to a number having, as divisors, main low-frequency peak components of geometri... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5795078 | Rotary and angular movement balanceable assembly A rotary and angular movement balanceable assembly includes a first balancer member having concave inner race surface and defining a receiving cavity, a second balancer member disposed in the receiving cavity having a convex outer race surface, a ball bra... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5687016 | Light beam deflecting device In a light beam deflecting device for deflecting a laser beam by using a rotary polygon mirror, the rotary shaft of the rotary polygon mirror is rotatably supported by a plurality of ball bearings which, when turned, vibrate at different frequencies, thus... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5658666 | Rolling bearing A rolling element of a rolling bearing is made of a continuously cast bearing steel, and the center segregation rate of carbon, C/C0, of the bearing steel material satisfies a condition, 0.9ࣘC/C0 ࣘ1.1, where C is the concentratio... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5643054 | Machine part with improved surface texture for rolling contact and/or sliding contact A machine part includes a surface suitable for rolling contact and/or sliding contact on another machine pad and made by an at least two-stage honing process, with a first honing step effecting a surface texture exhibiting a plurality of peaks and a plura... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5567508 | Rolling bearing with surface hardened layer One of components of a rolling bearing which includes an inner race, an outer race and a plurality of rolling elements is carburized or a carbonitrided to form a surface hardened layer, and the depth of the hardened layer is 0.025 to 0.045 times the avera... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5536099 | Structural article including cast-in place bearing An article, such as a swing arm for a glider chair, includes an elongated structural member made of high strength aluminum, and a pair of cast-in place preassembled bearings located in opposing ends of the structural member and facing in opposite directio... | 07/16/1996 |
