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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8342754 | Rolling bearing and bearing arrangement comprising a rolling bearing A rolling bearing, which has a shoulder loose or separately mounted shoulder ring aiding assembly capacity in defined structural forms of rolling bearings or which adjusts axial play of rolling bodies in a targeted manner by adapting the separate shoulder rings. A r... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8317405 | Rolling bearing Both an end surface of a first rib, over which a first cylindrical rollers slide, and an end surface of a second rib, over which the first cylindrical rollers slide, slope to approach the perpendicular bisector plane of a first cylindrical raceway surface of an oute... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8226299 | Roller bearing backing ring A novel two-piece backing ring assembly for a railcar axle is presented. The backing ring assembly has an annular body affixed to the fillet of the journal and a locking ring for further affixing the annular body into position on the journal. The locking ring has an... | 07/24/2012 |
| 8033737 | Rolling bearing with improved rim geometry A rolling bearing which has at least one bearing ring and a plurality of rollers. The bearing ring has a raceway for the rollers and at least one lateral rim for axially guiding the rollers. The roller has front face facing the rim and the rim has a rim hearing surf... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7934872 | Drawn cup roller bearing and method of producing drawn cup roller bearing A drawn cup roller bearing includes: a drawn cup outer ring that includes a cylindrical portion serving as an outer raceway surface, a first rib which is formed at one axial end portion of the cylindrical portion and is bent radially inwardly such that a step portio... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7871201 | Tapered roller bearing, tapered roller bearing apparatus, and automotive pinion shaft supporting apparatus utilizing same tapered roller bearing apparatus In a tapered roller bearing, LWR/DW is in the range of 1.1 to 1.7 where LWR represents a roller effective length of tapered rollers and DW represents a roller mean diameter of tapered rollers. RCO/LRO is 30 to 150, and RCI/LRI is 50 to 260 where RCO represents a cro... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7758251 | Drawn cup needle roller bearing A drawn cup needle roller bearing comprises a drawn cup having flanges formed by a bending process at both ends, rollers arranged along the inner diameter surface of the drawn cup, and a no-metal cored seal incorporated on the inner diameter side of the drawn cup. T... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7419307 | Rotary machine A rotary machine may include an inner component and a first group of cylindrical rollers disposed around the inner component. Each of the cylindrical rollers may have end-faces. The rotary machine may further include an outer component with a first cylindrical inner... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416346 | Cylindrical roller bearing A cylindrical roller bearing includes an inner ring having a flange portion provided with a roller guide-surface which guides the end faces 4a of the cylindrical rollers having diameter of Da. The end face 4a away from a center axis of th... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7361119 | Needle bearing and speed reducer using the needle bearing A radial inner end of a retainer is spaced radially outwardly from a radial outer end of a sliding-contact region, and with this construction the axial movement of each needle roller is limited not by the retainer but by an inner ring, and a restriction flange. Ther... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7255483 | Thrust rollers A thrust roller bearing system comprising an inner rotating member, an outer rotating member and multiple rollers coupling the inner rotating member with outer rotating member. The inner and outer rotating members include thrust lips to enable the rollers to act as ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7213999 | Fastener with opposite hand threads for securing two components together A threaded fastener has opposite hand threads provided thereon for securing two components together, such as a companion flange and a flange yoke assembly that is used in a vehicular drive train system. The companion flange includes a hollow cylindrical sleeve porti... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7150565 | Cylindrical roller bearing Contact surface pressure P increases rather drastically in proportion to skew angle θ within the range of 0 | 12/19/2006 |
| 7090405 | Tapered roller bearings and gear shaft support devices A tapered roller bearing and an automotive gear shaft support device can ensure a long endurance life even in the state in which debris is mixed. On the surfaces of an outer ring, inner ring, and tapered rollers formed from carburized bearing steel having an oxygen ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6997617 | Roller bearing A roller bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of cylindrical rollers each provided between rolling contact surfaces of the inner ring and the outer ring. Each of the cylindrical rollers includes an end face having a peripheral part that is crow... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6938342 | Method for reducing seizure in a cageless ball bearing which is exposed to foreign particles A method for reducing seizure when a cageless ball bearing is placed in a hostile environment where foreign particles can enter the bearing, comprises removing at least one ball from a full complement of balls. In so doing, a larger circumferential gap between balls... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6868952 | Parking lock mechanism and a roller bearing outer race for same To provide an inexpensive parking lock mechanism for a countershaft transmissions, the transmission shaft is locked relative to a bearing outer race of a tapered roller bearing. This bearing outer race is rotationally fixed relative to the transmission housing and o... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6855080 | Chain A roller chain incorporates a plurality of rolling members between a roller and a bushing. A thrust bearing plate is provided between the end surfaces of the roller and inside surfaces of inner link plates. The outer diameter of the roller is smaller than the widths... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6840863 | Needle roller retention design for tripot joint A needle roller retainer for insertion into an outer ball of a tripot style joint includes a cylindrical portion having an inner end and an outer end, a rib portion extending from the inner end of the cylindrical portion, and a flange portion extending from the oute... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6828041 | Rolling apparatus The bearing rings 1 and 2 of a rolling bearing is formed of one kind of titanium alloys of β type titanium alloys, near β type titanium alloys and α+β type titanium alloys. The titanium alloy has a surface hardness of Hv 400 or more and less than H... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6789949 | Roller bearing having streaked grinding trail on roller end face A tapered roller bearing in which tapered rollers are interposed between an inner ring member and an outer ring member and a large diameter flange having a guide surface guiding a large diameter side end face of a tapered roller is provided in an end portion in an a... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6732631 | Needle bearing and pump unit having a needle bearing A needle bearing for use in a pump has an inner race, embodied as an eccentric sleeve, needles, and an outer race with rims oriented radially inward on both of its face ends, of which one rim is intended to secure the axial position of the needles and the outer race... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6702471 | Radial roller bearing A radial roller bearing has: an outer ring; an inner ring; and, a cylindrical roller interposed between the outer ring and the inner ring, the outer and inner rings respectively including flange portions formed in the end portions thereof so as to be oppo... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6623168 | Tapered roller bearing The large-end-face roughness ς1 of the tapered roller is set to be not less than 0.04 μmRa, consequently the assembling torque becomes generally constant and smaller in fluctuation over a range that the cone-back rib face roughness ς2 | 09/23/2003 |
| 6616340 | Hub assembly with driven hub A vehicle wheel hub with a flange by which a wheel is mounted, the hub being supported by a knuckle and rotated through a universal joint, such as a CV joint, the CV joint having an outer joint member or shell with a cylindrical end having an end face. Ax... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6530693 | Cylindrical roller bearing A cylindrical roller bearing wherein the end surface of the rollers comes in contact with the guiding surface of the rib of the inner race with a contact ellipse therebetween, and at least one of the end surface and the guiding surface has a curved, conve... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6464398 | Roller bearing An amount of undulation by which the inner surface 11 of a large-diameter-side flange portion 8 formed in an inner ring 5 is undulated is defined as an axial deflection δ. And, the composite roughness of a contact portion between the inner surface 11 and... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6431986 | Constant-velocity universal joint of a tripod type A constant-velocity universal joint of a tripod type, includes a housing representing a first rotation part and having three tracks, each track having two flat running surfaces in parallel relationship, a second rotation part configured as a tripod spider... | 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 |
| 6416231 | Rolling bearing assembly A rolling bearing assembly (9) comprising an inner ring (10), an outer roller (11) surrounding the inner ring, a needle race (12) placed between the inner ring and the outer roller to allow their relative pivoting about a common longitudinal axis (Z--Z), ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6379049 | Rolling bearing In the roller bearing, between an outer ring (1) and an inner ring (2), there are interposed a plurality of tapered rollers (3) in a freely rollable manner. A flange portion (4) is formed in the side portion of the inner ring (2). The undercut allowance r... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6354744 | Bearings, end washers and securing method A bearing has an outer ring, an inner ring and rollers between the rings. The inner ring has axial outward extensions with stepped radially outward surfaces receiving the radially outward extending end washers. Inward extending grooves are formed in the a... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6328477 | Tapered roller bearings and gear shaft support devices A tapered roller bearing and an automotive gear shaft support device which can ensure a long endurance life even in the state in which debris is mixed. On the surfaces of an outer ring, inner ring, and tapered rollers formed from carburized bearing steel ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6293704 | Shaft mounting with enhanced stability A shaft rotates within a housing on a double row tapered roller bearing and remains extremely stable at all temperatures, even though the housing is formed from a light weight metal having a significantly greater coefficient of thermal expansion than the ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6273616 | Mounting arrangement for a shaft The invention concerns an arrangement for mounting a shaft (1) comprising a shaft journal (8) arranged eccentric to a central longitudinal axis (7) of the shaft (1) on an end portion (6) of the shaft (1), said end portion (6) being supported by a first ne... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6272970 | Motor-and-pump unit for a vehicle hydraulic brake system A motor-and-pump unit having an electric motor in combination with a housing of the pump. The pump has at least one displaceable pump piston. To that end, on the side toward the pump housing and originating at one end wall, the electric motor has a bearin... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6240826 | Radial piston pump The invention concerns a radial piston pump comprising a rotating pump shaft having an end portion connected to a rotationally fixed eccentric ring, said radial piston pump further comprising an eccentric bearing arranged on an outer peripheral surface of... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6217224 | Wear-resistant retainer for roller bearing A roller bearing includes radially inner and outer bearing rings and rollers disposed radially therebetween. The rollers are retained by at least one plastic guide rim that is snapped into place in one of the bearing rings. An end of the guide rim which f... | 04/17/2001 |
