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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7967512 | Rolling bearing unit for rotation support unit A retainer plate 7a is fitted on a smaller-diameter step portion 9a of an outer ring 5a, and a retaining ring 11 fitted on the smaller-diameter step portion 9a is engaged with retaining projections 15... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7404676 | Axial lock for the wheel bearing of pole vehicles An axial securing system for the wheel bearing of a pole-guided vehicle is described, in which the wheel bearing is positioned in line with the pole pivot point (1) and centrally with respect to the wheel area, the system comprising at least two clip-rings ( | 07/29/2008 |
| 7374345 | System for securing a roller bearing in axial directions System (1, 8, 20, 25, 30) for the securing of a roller bearing (2) in axial directions relative to a cylindrical seat (3), the system (1, 8, 20, 25, 30) with at least one first circumferential groove (4) of the seat (3) and ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364395 | Snap ring design with anti-rotation structures at outer diameter This invention relates to a method of eliminating rotation of a snap ring, and more specifically, to an anti-rotation feature on the outer diameter of a gapped snap ring. The invention prevents rotation of the snap ring within the housing in which it is assembled. T... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7175349 | Wheel rotation supporting apparatus A cylindrical liner 29 made from steel is inserted into a knuckle 3b made from a light alloy, when casting the knuckle. Then, an outer ring 6b constituting a wheel bearing unit is internally secured to the inner diameter side of th... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7040482 | Bearing life extender for conveyor type rollers Rollers used on conveyors and inside the zinc-pot of a steel-sheet galvanizing line are usually driven by friction between the roller and the belt or sheet. Such rollers operating in high temperature furnaces or in a hot zinc pot of a steel galvanizing line often ha... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6969200 | Bearing supporting structure A bearing supporting structure includes a bearing sleeve provided on a motor stator unit for supporting a bearing therein and a coil therearound. The bearing sleeve is provided on an inner wall surface near an outer end thereof with radially inward projected stopper... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6957728 | Pulley apparatus with built-in roller clutch and the assembly method thereof The axial displacement of the clutch retainer 28 of the roller clutch 10 is prevented. And, part of the clutch retainer 28 is prevented from rubbing the portion which rotates together with the follower pulley 7 to suppress the heat genera... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6913391 | Bearing for fixing a steering shaft A bearing (3) for fixing a steering shaft (1) in a housing (4) is characterized in that the inner bearing ring (8) comprises, in at least one axial direction, an integrally formed cylindrical extension (11) adjoining the raceway ( | 07/05/2005 |
| 6810576 | Method for producing a shaft and a device containing a shaft of this type The invention relates to a method for producing a shaft (22), and an apparatus containing such a shaft (22), in particular an armature shaft (22) of an electric motor-driven drive (12) that is brought to a nominal dimension (44). T... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6705763 | Mounting structure for rolling bearing A rolling bearing mounting structure for mounting a rolling bearing to an insertion bore has an anti-slip piece arranged on an axial end of the insertion bore, and preventing the rolling bearing from slipping out of the insertion bore toward one side of the insertio... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6688774 | Mounting means A mounting device in the form of a substantially annular washer allows a bearing having relatively movable bearing rings to be blind mounted in a bearing seat in a housing or on a shaft. The washer is fitted to one of the bearing rings and abuts a side fa... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6527448 | Asymmetric angular contact bearing An asymmetric angular contact bearing comprises an inner ring (2) and an outer ring (3) each defining a raceway, at least one ring being provided with a high shoulder (6) and a low shoulder (7) which border the raceway of said ring, as well as a series of... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6287013 | Ball bearing A chiplessly made angular contact bearing comprising an outer ring (1) and an inner ring (5) is configured as a self-retaining unit by the fact that the inner ring (5) comprises uniformly spaced resilient retaining tabs (10) which, as viewed in longitudin... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6193419 | Wheel hub/joint unit with intermediate ring A wheel hub/constant velocity joint unit having a double-row bearing assembly 18 arranged on the wheel hub 11 and comprising at least one separate inner bearing ring 42 pointing towards the constant velocity joint. The outer joint part 25 of the constant ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6179473 | Rolling bearing of steering column for motor vehicles A rolling bearing, in particular for motor vehicle steering column comprising an external ring (4) provided with a bearing raceway, an internal ring (6) provided with a bearing raceway, a row of rolling elements (8) arranged between the bearing raceways o... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6145199 | Method of manufacturing a bearing mounting structure with reduced dimensional requirements A bearing system for mounting a rotating shaft includes a bearing assembly and a bearing mounting structure. The bearing assembly has an inner race which contacts the rotating shaft, an outer race, and bearing elements positioned therebetween. The outer r... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6135643 | Hub unit bearing assembly and a method of making the same A hub unit bearing assembly includes a tapered roller bearing including an inner race (3), an outer race (4) having a fixture (4a) defined therein so as to extend radially outwardly therefrom, and a multiplicity of rollers (5) retained in a circumferentia... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6112411 | Method of mounting a wheel hub bearing assembly to the knuckle of a vehicle suspension standard There is disclosed a method of mounting a wheel hub bearing assembly to the knuckle (10) of a vehicle suspension standard by forcefully inserting the outer race (20) of the bearing in a bore (11) in the knuckle (10). The bore has a groove (15) near its ax... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6089758 | Molded polymeric bearing housing and method for making same A molded polymeric bearing housing is formed of a moldable polymer base material in combination with a glass fiber reinforcing component. A foaming agent is added to the base material to create a fine structural foam within interior regions of the housing... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6007253 | System for mounting a wheel hub bearing unit to a motor vehicle suspension standard There is disclosed a system for mounting a wheel hub bearing unit into a cylindrical seat (11) obtained in the suspension standard (12) of a vehicle. An axially outer circumferential groove (16) is obtained in the cylindrical seat (11). Proximate to the a... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5975766 | Arrangement of a shaft in a support A shaft (12) rotatively mounted in a support (14) by rolling elements comprising at least one first rolling bearing (18) providing an oblique contact surface axially biased in one direction by an elastic return force and in a direction opposed to the prec... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5971621 | Axial shaft retention design An apparatus for axially retaining a shaft comprises a shaft having an axis of rotation and an axially-affixed member having a bore therethrough coaxial with the shaft and having an inside diameter, the shaft passing through the bore. The apparatus also i... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5957590 | Provisional retaining and sealing device for ball bearings In a sealing device for angular contact ball bearings comprises an outer race (20), a pair of inner adjacent half-races (30, 31) and two sets of balls (40, 41) interposed between the outer race (20) and the two inner half-races (30, 31), respectively. The... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5931585 | Bearing mounting structure with reduced dimensional requirements A bearing system for mounting a rotating shaft includes a bearing assembly and a bearing mounting structure. The bearing assembly has an inner race which contacts the rotating shaft, an outer race, and bearing elements positioned therebetween. The outer r... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5927867 | Antifriction bearing fastening arrangement A fastening arrangement for fastening an antifriction bearing in a housing bore. A securing sleeve is disposed at an edge at the outside and toward one axial end of the outer ring of the bearing. The sleeve has beadlike projections that are sprung radiall... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5853250 | Wheel hub/joint unit with intermediate ring A wheel hub/constant velocity joint unit having a double-row bearing assembly 18 arranged on the wheel hub 11 and comprising at least one separate inner bearing ring 42 pointing towards the constant velocity joint. The outer joint part 25 of the constant ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5785433 | Rolling bearing creep prevention device An eccentric groove 10 is formed in an outer peripheral surface of an outer ring 5 and an outer peripheral surface of an eccentric ring 1a shaped like a segmentary ring is engaged with an inner peripheral surface of a housing 3 by friction. An elastic def... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5782564 | Clutch release bearing A clutch release bearing with a control member made of synthetic material and having a thin bearing plate (30) secured to the thrust surface (7) thereof opposite a fixed raceway (11) of a ball bearing (3), by means of tabs (32) which are provided at the o... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5660484 | Shaft with bearing assembly To locate a bearing axially and concentrically on a shaft, a resiliently compressible assembly is slid along the shaft until its leading edge is restrained (e.g. by contacting a yoke at the end of the shaft), the bearing is slid along the shaft until it a... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5659848 | Heat roller device A heat roller device includes a frame, a hollow cylindrical fixing roller accommodating therein a heat source for fixing a toner image on a recording medium; a driving gear for driving the fixing roller; a first flange shaped bearing having a base attache... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5651617 | Connecting ring A connecting ring for holding together first and second inner race sections of adjacent bearings is disclosed. The ring is continuous and made of a resilient material, and includes a plurality of first and second axially opposed resilient tongues which en... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5641239 | Device for connecting bearing rings The device for connecting bearing rings with ring-shaped grooves is machined into the peripheral surfaces. An essentially sleeve-shaped connecting element engages in these grooves, where flange-shaped retaining projections on the connecting element cooper... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5566623 | Wheel and bearing system for a load transporting overhead trolley assembly An improved wheel and bearing assembly for a load transporting overhead trolley with a load support bracket having opposed stems mounting laterally offset wheels in rolling engagement with an overhead track has wheel-incorporated radially inner and outer ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5564995 | Planetary transmission with a snap security device against axial displacement of bearing rings A planetary transmission comprising a planet carrier (6) connected rotationally fast to a driving shaft (3), a planet gear (7) of which planet carrier (6) is simultaneously in mesh with an annulus (9) fixed on a housing (1,2) and with a sun gear (10) conn... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5562347 | Structure for a brushless direct current fan A bearing system for a brushless direct current fan includes a bearing pedestal having a first chamber for receiving a plurality of bearings and a plurality of tongues protruding from an inner wall of the first chamber and a second chamber communicated wi... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5511885 | Composite flanged bearing having anti-rotation feature A plain flanged bearing or bushing for supporting a rotating shaft in a thin walled frame of an electrophotographic printing machine. The composite bearing has a flanged end and is adapted to be inserted in an opening in a thin walled support member until... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5492417 | Bearing and drive assembly with combined wheel speed sensor A powered wheel bearing has a solid spindle supported within a stationary hub by two rows of bearing balls. The innermost ball row has a separable race that is fixed in place by an abutting keeper ring that sits in an adjacent groove. The keeper ring, in ... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5487613 | Adaptor for inner bearing ring bore An adaptor for use with an inner bearing ring having a cylindrical bore. The adaptor comprises a tubular portion having a cylindrical outer surface adapted to be received within the inner bearing ring cylindrical bore and a non-cylindrical inner surface a... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5470165 | Retaining bushing for joining bearing rings Retaining bushing for securing bearing rings comprising a strip of sheet metal bent to form a cylinder having radially projecting retaining projections engaging in a positively locking fashion in grooves in the bearing rings, the retaining projections bei... | 11/28/1995 |
