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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7658547 | Radial roller bearing comprising hollow spacer rollers of shape memory alloy The invention relates to a radial roller bearing, having an outer bearing ring and an inner bearing ring, and rolling bodies located between the rings. Some of the rollers are formed by individual hollow rollers of a shape memory alloy. The cross-section of the shap... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7637669 | Roller bearing with rolling bodies of a shape memory alloy The anti-friction bearing has an outer bearing ring, an inner bearing ring and rolling bodies that are located between the bearing rings. The race of the outer bearing ring and the inner bearing ring are laterally delimited by two continuous rims that are formed as ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7386939 | Hydraulic fast locking and loosening device for bearing assemblies of rolling-mill cylinders, and corresponding method of use A hydraulic locking and loosening device (40) is set on the neck of a rolling-mill roll or back-up roll with a conical part (3) and a cylindrical part (4), and comprising an oil-film bearing (7, 8), a spacer ring (16), a thrust bea... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7327060 | Bearing assembly having a mechanical component and using attractive magnetic forces A magnetic bearing assembly, either radial or linear, utilizes attractive magnetic forces between inner and outer components of the assembly. The assembly includes a mechanical device for controlling relative movement between the components in first and second direc... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320550 | Tapered roller bearing A tapered roller bearing includes an outer race, an inner race, a plurality of tapered rollers, and a cage. A small-diameter end portion of the inner race is formed with a small flange portion for limiting axial movement of the tapered rollers and a cylindrical port... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7308762 | Method and apparatus for rotatably supporting movable components, including canards Methods and apparatuses for rotatably supporting movable components, including canards. An apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes an airfoil configured positioned external to an aircraft fuselage. A connecting portion can depend from t... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7282808 | Power generating wind turbine A power generating wind turbine includes parts and components installed in or on a nacelle which are made smaller and lighter, thus facilitating maintenance. A main shaft 11, a gear-box for speeding up rotation of the main shaft 11 and a generator 1... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7210935 | Expandable/contractable composition for surgical or dental use A composition, suitable for surgical or dental use, which can expand and/or contract in at least one direction without similar expansion or contraction in another direction, comprises an inner and an outer portion, the portions differing in their expansion propertie... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7195399 | Wheelend assembly with detachable outboard joint A wheel end assembly includes a bearing shaft having an inboard end and an outboard end, a wheel hub mounted onto the outboard end of the bearing shaft, and a detachable outboard joint mounted onto the inboard end of the bearing shaft. A wheel bearing is mounted ont... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7125024 | Quick-release axle assembly for in-line skate An axle assembly for an in-line skate for retaining a wheel and a pair of bearings in a chassis of the in-line skate. The axle assembly has an elongated spacer hub, for supporting a bearing at each end portion thereof; an elongated male coupler, for bearing on a fir... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121632 | Shaft and wheel hub retention assembly An assembly having a retaining element, an outer race of a constant velocity joint, and a shaft of an outboard drive axle that is axially joined to the outer race. The shaft has an external groove circumferentially formed on its external surface for receiving the re... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7077254 | Outer race member for roller type one-way clutch An outer race member for a roller type one-way clutch includes a plurality of pawls provided along an outer periphery for engaging with an opposite member, a cam surface formed on an inner periphery, and grooves formed in the inner periphery for disposing block bear... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7044418 | Strip winding and unwinding device with automatic centering The invention concerns a device for winding/unwinding metal strips, in particular for steel bands, comprising a mandrel (4) mounted mobile in rotation in a bearing (4a), and serves to provide means for pivoting, seizing, centering and suppoting ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7017381 | Fastening apparatus and method A fastening apparatus adapted for use with chock and a roll which locates within the chock such that a first end of the roll projects through and beyond a first end of the chock and a second end of the chock is located relative to the roll. The apparatus comprises a... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6979131 | Multiple-row radial bearing A multiple-row radial bearing with at least one bearing race and pertaining rolling bodies, with the bearing race having at least one central collar, is characterized in that the central collar of the bearing race is formed by a single-piece ring (11), which ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6942394 | Bearing race support without distortion A race for a bearing, which is mountable to a mount, has an annular bearing surface with a center axis defining an axis of rotation for the bearing and mutually perpendicular radial and transverse directions relative thereto. The race also has a radial wall that is ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6920804 | Staked retention for pinion ball bearing A rack-and-pinion steering gear is provided. The gear comprises a lower shaft, a pinion gear, a first bearing, and a plurality of stakes. The lower shaft has a first end, a second end, and a shoulder depending radially outward from the lower shaft. The pinion gear i... | 07/26/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6575638 | Bayonet roll end adaptor An apparatus for retaining a bearing assembly on the neck of a roll in a rolling mill. The apparatus includes an adaptor element having outwardly projecting first lugs circumferentially separated by first flutes. Fasteners detachably secure the adaptor el... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6568859 | Bearing support A bearing support for facilitating removal and replacement of a bearing and supporting the rotatable shaft while the bearing is removed from the shaft. The bearing support includes a bearing support including a bearing mounting structure for being support... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6550972 | Transport and mounting device for rolling element sets A transport and mounting device for one or more sets of adjoining full complement cylindrical rolling elements which are disposed during transportation between an inner and an outer bushing arranged concentrically in each other, one end of each of the bus... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6547442 | Rolling bearing A structure of at least a stationary-side race of a bearing is transformed into a lower bainite structure through an isothermal transformation treatment. Furthermore, the adjustment is made for hardness to HRC=54 to 64, an amount of residual austenite to ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6491441 | Tapered bearing unit A tapered roller bearing comprising an outer race, a pair of axially adjacent inner races, and two cages interposed between the inner and outer races to retain two sets of rollers. The radially outer surface of each inner race has, close to the end facing... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6439775 | Compressor bearings A compressor bearing assembly for use in a compressor includes an anti-friction rotation bearing and a compressor component. The anti-friction rotation bearing has a first and a second side. The compressor component has a bearing press fitting hole. The b... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6341897 | Roll support frame without housing A roll support frame without housing for pairs of rolls is supported on two sides in bearing chocks, wherein the roll support frame can be moved into and out of a unilaterally open housing which contains the drive transmission and adjusting devices for th... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6327773 | Bearing assembly adjustable spacer and gage part adjustment One or more force application members (e.g., a force transmission member and/or a hydraulic force application member) may be employed to provide a desired adjustment (e.g., a preload and/or a compression) to an adjustable spacer of a bearing assembly. The... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6322255 | Joint bearing between two structural elements of warp knitting machines A joint bearing 8 is provided between two structural elements of which one is connected with the connecting joint 17 and the other with a hinge pin. In the connecting joint 17, there is provided a pressed-in outer ring 28, a cage 30 located between the hi... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6176623 | Flange piloted drawn inverted roller bearing A roller bearing comprises a cylindrical inner race having axial ends folded over an outside surface thereof. A cylindrical roller cage, having a plurality of axially disposed roller pockets with roller retainer bars at radially outer edges thereof, is sl... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6132101 | Roll bearing assembly having integral components Apparatus for use on hot and cold rolling mills for retaining a roller bearing assembly and chock as an integral unit during removal or replacement of a roll. A clamping means of the assembly can be disposed to either engage an annular groove in a necked ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6004040 | Bearing assembly adjustment gaging system In one aspect, an adjustment system includes a first gage part adjustably engaged (e.g., mated and/or threaded) with a second gage part. The gage parts may be employed in a (e.g., pressing) process of direct installation of bearings (e.g., tapered roller ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5964537 | Skate bearing inserts and method of removal and insertion into a skate wheel A pair of skate bearing inserts are inserted into a hub of an in-line skate, roller skate, or skateboard. The bearing inserts have an integral cylindrical extension of a second axial end of an inner race thereby eliminating the need for a separate spacing... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5897107 | Roller bushing assembly A roller bushing assembly (21d, 21e, 21f) designed to enable a low tolerance, frictional fit within an out-of-round or otherwise distorted support member (5, 9) includes a bushing member (29a, 216) having an outer surface (102) machined to provide various... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5890813 | Stuffing pump for use in apparatus for stuffing sausages or the like A stuffing pump for use in an apparatus for stuffing sausages or the like in which a rotating shaft for rotatively driving a rotor disposed in a housing is supported by bearings at one end thereof. A shaft member coupled to another end portion of the rota... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5887986 | Support device with interchangeable wearing members for a rotary part such as a tubular furnace To facilitate the replacement of wearing parts such as rollers (36, 42) on which is received a rotary part (10), a support device (12) is designed in such a way that the wearing parts belong to an interchangeable support member (30) interposed between a f... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5882123 | Roll-formed bearing race and process for producing the same A double cup for a tapered roller being has a concave intervening surface between the small diameter ends of its tapered raceways. The cup is produced by roll forming a tubular blank at ambient temperature into a ring form having the raceways and the conc... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5848846 | Shell type needle roller bearing and method of producing the same A method of producing a shell type needle roller bearing having a shell type outer ring whose opposite ends in the axial direction thereof are bent radially inwardly to form flanges; and a plurality of needle rollers arranged along an inner circumferentia... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5667313 | Bearing assembly for a vehicle hub Bearing assembly for a vehicle hub comprising two coaxial rolling bearings having inner races and outer races, the outer races being accommodated in a common outer bush, which outer bush is provided with a flange and hub for fixing a vehicle component the... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5608971 | Apparatus and procedure for the mounting of a journal box The invention relates to an apparatus and a procedure for mounting a bearing wheel journal box (6) in a supporting structure. The supporting structure consists of a supporter side plate (4) having a seating (21) for the journal box (6). The seating has an... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5600905 | Dragline with improved pinion shaft mounting A dragline comprising a main housing, and a moving mechanism for moving the main housing over the ground, the moving mechanism including a drive mechanism mounted on the main housing, an output shaft which extends along an axis and which is driven by the ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5571225 | Drive arrangement and method for installing such arrangement in a machine The new drive arrangement involves a machine having upper and lower decks with respective upper and lower openings through them. The drive arrangement includes a flanged bearing housing attached to the lower deck. The upper opening and the bearing housing... | 11/05/1996 |
