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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7194805 | Method of manufacturing a post ball bearing with helical arrangement of pocket holes A post bearing and method of manufacture in which bearing balls are loaded into a series of pocket holes arranged along a helical pattern in a sleeve cage. A single groove is swaged into the outside diameter of the sleeve intermediate the ball turns to capture the b... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7168859 | Thrust ball bearing The object is to reduce the contact surface pressure between the balls and the retainer of a thrust ball bearing at slide contact positions, thereby suppressing the wear of the retainer. By increasing the depth of drawing of inner and outer portions embracing the ba... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7059777 | Assembly for ball bearing with double raceway and method of manufacturing ball bearing with double raceway An assembly for a ball bearing with double raceway assembled in an outer ring member provided with double row raceway surfaces apart from each other in an axial direction from one side in an axial direction, on an inner peripheral surface includes an inner ring memb... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059776 | Synthetic resin retainer and angular ball bearing An angular ball bearing is provided which can suppress runout of a retainer during high-speed rotation. A retainer of a synthetic resin is mounted between an outer ring and an inner ring, and balls are housed in pockets formed in the retainer. The pockets are cylind... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7033082 | Angular contact ball bearing and spindle device An angular contact ball bearing includes an outer ring having an outer ring race formed on an inner surface thereof, an inner ring having an inner ring race provided on the outer surface thereof, a plurality of rolling elements provided between the outer ring and th... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6969235 | Air turbine starter with angular contact thrust bearing An air turbine starter for use in aircraft or other gas turbine engine applications. In a particular embodiment, the air turbine starter has a thrust bearing having an outer ring, an inner ring, a cage and balls. The outer ring has a first shoulder, a second shoulde... | 11/29/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6709163 | Fastening cage segment ends for sheet-metal cage for rolling-contact bearings A sheet-metal cage for rolling-contact bearings, comprising at least one cage segment which is bent into a circular shape, of a punched-out sheet-metal strip which interlocks in a dovetailed manner at the joint between segment ends, the joint being fixed with a plas... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6206575 | Cage for bearing and bearing using the same The invention has plural plate-like members, each molded by a metal die using a synthetic resin material in a shape having pockets for retaining rolling elements. A shape obtained by mutually connecting each of the plural plate-like members with connectin... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6010248 | Pressed retainer and a ball bearing comprising the pressed retainer The present invention is intended to provide a pressed retainer which can meet requirements for operation at high temperature and high speed, can sufficiently retain lubricant, does not allow ceramic balls, if used, to cut away track surfaces and is super... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5906441 | Resin made cage for an angular ball bearing The inlet diameter A of the outer side of a pocket 4a is larger than the diameter Dw of a ball 3 to be housed. The inner side section of the wall surface of the pocket 4a is drawn with a spherical surface 4a1 of the radius R of curvature {the dimension ob... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5642945 | Bearing assembly A ball bearing assembly is provided with a ball retainer having a radially extending guide portion that serves to guide the ball retainer relative to either an inner or an outer ring of the ball bearing assembly. The ball retainer is provided with a serie... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5394284 | Direct access storage device having a stable ball bearing cage design The instability of a cage in a precision ball bearing at high speeds may be eliminated by controlling the position of the cage. The control of a position of a cage is accomplished by forming three ball pockets or holes in the cage for the balls of the bal... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5230570 | High performance rolling element bearing A high performance rolling element bearing (5) which is particularly suitable for use in a cryogenically cooled environment, comprises a composite cage (45) formed from glass fibers disposed in a solid lubricant matrix of a fluorocarbon polymer. The cage ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5122001 | Split ring antifriction bearing retainer A split ring antifriction bearing retainer assembled from two mating annular split rings. Each split ring has a plurality of ball pockets. When the two split rings are assembled, the ball pockets of one split ring are aligned with the ball pockets of the ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4844628 | Cage for antifriction bearings A cage for an antifriction bearing is an elongate strip of injection molded plastic in the form of individual cage sections. Each section has lateral sides and cross webs which together define a pocket for a respective bearing rolling element. Adjacent ca... | 07/04/1989 |
