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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4643595 | Ball bearing rings An outer metallic ball-bearing ring has a ball-locating raceway on its inner bore. At least one sharply defined part pyramidal notch in a land of the bore of the ring projects inwardly from one side face of the ring terminating adjacent the raceway. A ful... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4641977 | Bearing system A bearing system for a high-speed, rotating shaft (20) includes an outer race (12) adapted to be rotatable in its machine support and ( 32) to carry a rolling bearing (16), such as a ball bearing, at one end and further includes a floating sleeve bearing ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4571099 | Bearing assembly for wheel hub driven by a universal joint A bearing assembly for a wheel hub driven from a universal joint including an outer race attached to the wheel carrier of a motor vehicle having first and second outer bearing tracks thereon and an inner race having first and second inner bearing tracks t... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4561788 | Clutch release bearing device A clutch release bearing device including a clutch release bearing and bearing retainer comprising a cylindrical portion made of synthetic resin fitted to the fixed guide of a clutch, and a radially extending portion made of a metal extending radially out... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4548518 | Isostatic device to provide rolling and support with revolvable bodies, such as a rotatable ring This invention concerns an isostatic device (10) to provide rolling and support with revolvable bodies which comprises an inner ring (12), an outer ring (11), a cage (13) and three revolvable bodies (14) fitted substantially at angles of one hundred and t... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4537519 | Shaft locking device for bearing assemblies A shaft locking device for bearing assemblies wherein inner ring finger extensions of the bearing assembly include recessed grooved areas therein at a position remote from the extremities, the grooves being of sufficient breadth and depth to convert shear... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4527916 | Means for mounting a hub bearing unit to a vehicle The invention relates to a means for mounting a hub bearing unit to the spring strut (13) of a vehicle. The means is characterized thereby that it (11) incorporated an open, box-like end, which is intended to be thread over the hub bearing unit and to be ... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4523864 | Tandem bearing construction The thrust loads imposed on tandem ball bearings are equalized by incorporating teeter-totters on either side of the outer races that engage the ends of the outer races and a slidably mounted concentric carrier.... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4509871 | Play-free anti-friction bearing construction The invention contemplates an anti-friction bearing wherein the inner raceway for a complement of rolling elements is ground directly in the shaft which is to have anti-friction support. The outer raceway is provided in the bore of a relatively thin-wall ... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4509869 | Self-greasing bearing A bearing including inner and outer concentric races, a cage member disposed between the races and having pockets for receiving rolling elements maintained in rolling engagement with the races, seals for preventing the loss of lubricant, and means between... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4382639 | Bi-directional thrust and radial ball bearing The ball bearing comprises a pressed metal cup in which are loosely-mounted axially-spaced, pressed metal thrust washers which contact a plurality of balls. The thicknesses of the thrust washers and the diameter of the balls are chosen so that an axial cl... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4324441 | Rolling contact element The invention discloses a means of increasing the maximum allowable load on mechanical elements that roll on each other, such as the members of constant or variable speed friction drives, ball or roller bearings, rollers, etc. The increased allowable load... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4247246 | Vortex blower A vortex blower comprises a motor and an impeller directly connected to one end of a motor shaft and housed in an impeller housing. A part of the impeller housing is made of aluminium or aluminium-based alloy and includes an integral portion which serves ... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4059879 | Method for the controlled mechanical working of sintered porous powder metal shapes to effect surface and subsurface densification A method is provided for partially densifying a selected surface portion of a sintered porous powder metal element while applying restraining pressure to other selected portions of said element in order to inhibit growth and cracking of said element durin... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4047770 | Hub bearing unit assembly A hub bearing unit assembly having an inner and outer race ring, which being unified with a fastening flange, with rows of rolling elements located between the races, said rolling elements being separated from one another by means of a cage, as well as co... | 09/13/1977 |
| 3971604 | Box bearing Rolling bearing, comprising rings with fastening flanges with two rows of rolling elements in between, each provided with a bearing cage separating the rolling elements from one another, and sealing components protecting the rolling elements against penet... | 07/27/1976 |
