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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157451 | Bearing arrangement of a shaft A bearing arrangement of a roller-mounted unbalanced mass shaft. The rollers are in punctiform contact with one of the raceways at a low shaft rotational speed, and in linear contact with both raceways at a high shaft rotational speed. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8075196 | Pillow block housing with tapered roller bearings A spherical outer diameter tapered roller bearing pillow block system (100) for supporting the rotating main shaft of a wind turbine. The bearing system is configured with a unitized construction and factory set preload bearing settings to facilitate installa... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8061903 | Bearing assembly with extended maintenance interval A bearing assembly is disclosed including an inner race and an outer race that is radially spaced from the inner race for receiving roller elements therebetween. A collar is adjacent to and fixed relative to the inner race. A sealing member is fixed relative to the ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8007184 | Self-aligning roller bearing with retainer and manufacturing method for self-aligning roller bearing retainer There is realized a self-aligning roller bearing with retainer that stabilizes the orientation of spherical rollers and prevents these spherical rollers from skewing, and which can be rotated at high speed, and furthermore which enables efficient lubricant feed into... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7922396 | Double row self-aligning roller bearing and main shaft support structure of wind power generator A double row self-aligning roller bearing in which spherical rollers are arranged in double rows between an inner ring and an outer ring, characterized in that the curvature radius of the ridge line of the spherical roller in one row is R1, the curvature radi... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7435007 | Self-aligning roller bearing A roughness of an outer ring raceway surface 14 formed on an inner peripheral surface of an outer ring 13 is made larger than a roughness of inner ring raceway surfaces 12a, 12b of an inner ring 11. Also, an average r... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427163 | Self-aligning antifriction bearing and cage for said self-aligning antifriction bearing The invention relates to a self-aligning antifriction bearing (1) comprising at least one first row (9) of rolling bodies (11) and a second row (10) of rolling bodies (11) adjacent to said first row (9) of rolling bodies ( | 09/23/2008 |
| 7338213 | Barrel-shaped bearing A barrel-shaped bearing which comprises an external ring and an internal ring, at least one row of barrel-shaped rolling bodies arranged therebetween, the cage in the form of a disk which turns together with the rolling bodies, engages inside a peripheral groove aro... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7249893 | Rolling bearing and rod end bearing A rolling bearing and a rod end bearing are provided with a tilt mechanism and a rotary mechanism that are mutually independent. The tilt mechanism has a non-lubricated type spherical sliding bearing structure. The rotary mechanism has a rolling bearing structure wh... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7165891 | Guide roller assembly for a continuous casting plant A guide roller assembly includes a guide roller and a bearing that supports the roller body of the guide roller and is formed as a ring-shaped, segmented slide bearing. ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7134667 | Arrangement comprising a slinger associated with a shaft bearing and a gasket associated with a sealing gap A sealing arrangement for turbomachines with a shaft bearing, a throw-off ring and a shaft seal which is assigned to a sealing gap and has a seal housing wherein opposing faces of the throw-off ring and the seal housing form an annular gap for centrifuging out dirt ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7111397 | Method of forming an inside wall of a bearing for supporting a cylindrical element The invention relates to a method of forming the inside wall of a support bearing of given height H and suitable for receiving a cylindrical portion of a cylindrical element for co-operating with the inside wall, said method comprising the steps of estimating a defl... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7093981 | Self-aligning bearing In a self-aligning bearing positioning and supporting one end of a rotation shaft in an axial direction and allowing the rotation shaft to bend, the bearing is structured as a double row cylindrical roller bearing with aligning ring, a first row of cylindrical rolle... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7044643 | Rotary bearing with lubricant passage arrangement, and threaded drive with rotary bearing-supported threaded nut A rotary bearing has a first lubricant passage having one end which opens in an inner peripheral surface of a radially outer bearing part and another end which is connectable with a lubricant supply, at least one second lubricant passage which leads from an outer pe... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036989 | Roller bearing oil feed device A roller bearing oil feed device includes a plurality of rolling elements arranged in a plurality of rows in the axial direction between an outer ring and an inner ring, the inner ring being divided for each row of the rolling elements and a ring-shaped spacer being... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7006953 | Method and apparatus for predicting the life of a rolling bearing, rolling bearing selection apparatus using the life prediction apparatus, and storage medium A dynamic equivalent load P is calculated from data information of a rolling bearing. Next, a reliability coefficient a1 is determined, a lubrication parameter aL corresponding to a used lubricant is calculated, and a contamination degree coeff... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004882 | Toroidal-type continuously variable transmission A toroidal-type continuously variable transmission which includes: a casing; input and output disks respectively including inner surfaces, disposed concentrically with each other inside the casing, and supported so as to rotate independently of each other; a plurali... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6948857 | Bearing system A bearing system includes a ball-and-socket joint (1) having an annular spherical body (2) and a congruently shaped, socket-type guide ring (3) for accommodating the spherical body (2), the ball-and-socket joint (1) being radially ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6926446 | Radial self-aligning rolling bearing Radial self-aligning rolling bearing including an outer ring, an inner ring, and balls which are arranged to roll in the raceways of the rings, and also spherical rollers together as rolling elements, which are all guided in a cage. The balls are larger in diameter ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6857784 | Adapter mounted bearing assembly A system and method is provided for setting the roller clearance of a multi-row tapered roller bearing assembly via a clearance adjustment assembly and an outer retaining sleeve. The bearing assembly has multiple rows of tapered rollers disposed circumferentially be... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6776552 | Ball joint with spherical rollers A ball joint which uses spherical rollers to reduce the torque friction which tends to inhibit the rotation of the ball within a ball joint assembly. Two sets of spherical rollers are captivated between the ball and two liner rings in the ball joint housing. The bal... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6668533 | Reel mower and bearing assembly A reel mower includes a bearing system having a spring that biases a plurality of ball bearings toward a cone. The cone is fixedly mounted on the reel shaft. The cone can be conically constructed, and used in combination with a washer that is fixedly atta... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6491497 | Method and apparatus for supporting rotor assemblies during unbalances A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a bearing assembly that reduces dynamic loads to a support frame and static bending to the rotor assembly during periods of rotor unbalance. The rotor assembly includes a rotor shaft coupled to a fan and ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6431755 | Drive train for use with a kneader apparatus A drive train for use a kneader apparatus of the type using a gearbox housing a drive train used to power or drive a mixing shaft or screw member in both an axial and rotary manner. The drive train includes a pivot arm pivotally supported within the gearb... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6416439 | Toroidal-type continuously variable transmission In a toroidal-type continuously variable transmission, a plurality of trunnions is respectively swingable about a pair of mutually concentric pivot shafts through a plurality of radial needle roller bearings respectively supporting the pivot shafts. Each ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6413046 | Method and apparatus for centering rotor assembly damper bearings A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine including a bearing centering sub-assembly that facilitates reduces radial forces transmitted to a bearing assembly is described. The bearing assembly supports a rotor shaft with a rolling element positioned radia... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6296395 | Self-aligning roller bearing A self-aligning roller bearing includes an external ring with one curved external track, an internal ring with two curved internal tracks, two rows of rollers disposed between the external and internal rings, and a guide ring. The guide ring is located be... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6238096 | Press-alignable bearing assembly A press-alignable bearing assembly comprises a generally cylindrical retainer configured to be pressed and held with an interference fit in an opening formed in a sheet of material such as metal or plastic. A bearing, such as a rolling bearing or a bushin... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6152606 | Self-aligning roller bearing Circumferential grooves 6c and 6d are respectively formed in the outer peripheral surface 6a and inner peripheral surface 6b of a floating ring 6, and the circumferential groove 6d is used to form a lubricant feed portion 8 in a clearance 7 between the ou... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6116785 | Self-aligning roller bearing A solid lubrication type self-aligning roller bearing is low in frictional torque and high in high-speed rotation performance. Only the space between fingers of the retainer protruding into the spaces between the outer ring and adjacent rollers arranged i... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6029365 | Machine for producing a sheet A machine for producing a sheet, e.g., paper or cardboard, in which the machine may include a plurality of rolls having a bearing pin located at each end and a bearing device retaining each bearing pin. The bearing device may be utilized to guide the bear... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6000854 | Sealed bearing Sealed bearing incorporating an inner race (13) an outer race ring (14) and a row of elongated rollers (15) disposed between, whereby races (11, 12) and rollers (15) have curved longitudinal section profiles and which rollers (15) are axially moveable bet... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5971622 | Divided type rolling bearing unit A divided type aligning rolling bearing comprises a spherical groove of a lower bearing housing for slidably receiving an outer peripheral surface in a spherical shape of an outer ring lower member. A dowel pin is provided on the outer peripheral surface ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5911515 | Self clinching rolling bearing assembly A self clinching rolling bearing assembly comprises a generally cylindrical retainer configured to be press fit and self clinching in an opening formed in a sheet of metal. A rolling bearing, such as a needle bearing, is mounted into the retainer for rota... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5906164 | Coach coupling assembly Coach coupling assembly for coupling together two coaches of a railbound multi-unit set of coaches has a first coupling arm fixed to one of the coaches and a second coupling arm fixed to a second one of the coaches. The first coupling arm has a vertical t... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5823687 | Rolling bearing with aligning ring In a rolling bearing with aligning ring (A) in which rollers (3) serving as rolling elements are interposed between an inner ring (1) and an outer ring (2) having on its outer periphery a spherical portion (21) and in which an aligning ring (4) is fitted ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5667312 | Roller bearing for use in oscillatory applications The invention provides a roller bearing apparatus including an inner ring member supported for rotation on a sleeve, an outer ring member, rollers in the raceway space defined between the inner and outer ring members, and a guide member having roller seat... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5593235 | Arrangement for roller bearings A device for mounting rolling bearing assemblies of the type incorporating an outer race ring, an inner race ring and a plurality of rolling bodies provided between the rings, and where each ring in the assembled position is arranged to be nonmovably inte... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5582482 | Pillow block bearing A split housing pillow block bearing assembly for use with a roll having a shaft. A bearing assembly including a bearing housing split along a parting line passing through the axis of the shaft into an upper housing and a lower housing, the lower housing ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5538348 | Self-aligning roller bearing with cage In a self-aligning roller bearing providing an outer race, an inner race, a plurality of barrel-shaped rollers, and a pair of cages, guide surfaces formed on outward flange portions of the cages for guiding the barrel-shaped rollers are caused to come clo... | 07/23/1996 |
