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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7318759 | Preload system for bearings in a waterjet propulsion apparatus A preload system for bearings in a waterjet propulsion apparatus, the apparatus including a water intake section and a pumping unit including a bearing cartridge. The bearing cartridge is designed such that during operation a preload system provides tailoring betwee... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7281331 | Spindle assembly for machine tools and method of fabricating same A spindle assembly for a machine tool comprising a housing having at least one bearing seat, a bearing having inner and outer races mounted in the bearing seat, a sleeve disposed between a race of the bearing and the housing, adhesively bonded to the housing, and a ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7086783 | Laying head bearing with offset preloading A bearing assembly is disclosed for rotatably supporting a quill in the housing of a rolling mill laying head. The bearing assembly includes first and second axially spaced roller bearing sets interposed between the quill and the housing. The bearing assembly also i... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6866423 | Roller bearing A roller bearing includes at least one inner ring and at least one outer ring, with at least one of the inner and outer rings being comprised of at least four segments. In addition, at least one of the segments is provided with a mechanism for moving the segment in ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6715923 | Double row bearing device A bearing device comprising a shaft, a housing, a double row of bearings provided between the shaft and the housing and preloaded by a fixed-position preloading method, the double row of bearings having a pair of races with a gap therebetween for preload adjustment,... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6312162 | Adjustable bearing spacer An adjustable bearing spacer (12) includes a cylindrical outer body (42) having a first end (44) for abutment with a bearing cone (28) disposed within one end of a hub (10) and an adjustable ring (46) for abutment with an opposite bearing cone (30). The r... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6070325 | Method for measuring a pre-load applied to a double-row rolling bearing In a double-row rolling bearing, there is a uniform relationship between a pre-load applied to the bearing and a pre-load gap formed by elastic transformation of rollers and some parts related to the rollers. Therefore, to measure the pre-load is equivale... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5863136 | Method of reducing axial runout of a rolling bearing unit and a rolling bearing unit in which axial runout has been reduced The center of rotation of a shaft 2 with inner rings 11a externally secured thereto, is made concentric with the geometric center to thereby prevent the occurrence of runout during high speed rotation. To achieve this, the axial runout of the end portion ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5718049 | Axle bearing assembly and method of measuring bearing clearances The end surface 2e of the press-fit portion 2c of the axle 2 is machined with high precision to serve as a reference surface for measuring the negative bearing clearance upon completion of the assembly. The inner ring 3 is press-fitted on the press-fit po... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5706580 | Method for producing axle bearing assembly having preset negative bearing clearance The end surface 2e of the press-fit portion 2c of the axle 2 is machined with high precision to serve as a reference surface for measuring the negative bearing clearance upon completion of the assembly. The inner ring 3 is press-fitted on the press-fit po... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5620263 | Axle bearing assembly and method of measuring bearing clearances The end surface 2c of the press-fit portion 2c of the axle 2 is machined with high precision to serve as a reference surface for measuring the negative bearing clearance upon completion of the assembly. The inner ring 3 is press-fitted on the press-fit po... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5507094 | Wheel bearing assembly with dual telescoping outer rings and improved load support A wheel spindle and bearing assembly for either a non-drive or driven wheel of a vehicle includes a unitary spindle of substantially constant diameter along the bearing section which includes dual raceways formed in the outer surface. Dual annular arrays ... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5328269 | Method of and apparatus for preloading an anti-friction bearing A method of and apparatus for adjusting the preload of an anti-friction bearing is disclosed. A compressive load is applied to the opposite transverse faces of the outer races of a linear bearing by hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders. While the bearing asse... | 07/12/1994 |
| 4854750 | Zero clearance bearing system A bearing assembly supporting a shaft for rotation about its longitudinal axis comprising, a support, at least three outer races, a plurality of rolling elements, and at least three inner races. Each of the outer races comprises a circular inner surface o... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4707151 | Radial rolling bearings Radial rolling bearing with adjustable clearance comprising two concentric races whose outer facing surface areas are provided with a groove, the grooves defining the raceway for the rolling elements, a slot is provided in the area of the center plane of ... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4696586 | Wire roll bearing In order to provide a wire roll bearing with slide and guideway (2), and roll bodies arranged therebetween on running wires (3), with said running wires (3) being shiftably arranged in the wire bed (5), where any kind of shape is possible of the running w... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4555189 | Winchester disc drive A rotary actuator assembly, for use as part of a servomechanism for positioning one or more data recording or data recovering heads over selectable data storage tracks at selectable radii on one or more rotary data storage discs, comprises a head support ... | 11/26/1985 |
