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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4637806 | Arrangement for mounting swivel pin bearing in yoke of universal joint A swivel pin bearing for rotatably seating a swivel pin in the yoke eye of a yoke arm. The bearing includes a bushing having a base portion and a sleeve portion integrally formed with the periphery of the base portion, this sleeve portion being arranged i... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4613240 | Apparatus for adjusting and retaining bearings on an axle The end of an axle spindle is provided with right hand and left hand threads to receive respective axle nuts. The inner nut thread diameter is larger than the outer nut thread diameter in order to avoid interference. The wheel, bearings and an inner nonro... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4611933 | Fastening of anti-friction bearings The disclosure concerns accurate axial and radial fastening of the bearings of, for instance, a bicycle pedal crank. An intermediate sleeve of deformable material is arranged between the outer race of the bearing on the shaft and the housing for the pedal... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4611503 | Means for removing bearing from crankshaft A reciprocating type gas compressor comprises a hollow frame or housing having spaced apart end walls, a motor-driven crankshaft disposed within the housing and rotatably mounted on bearing assemblies on the end walls and connecting rods connected to cran... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4606656 | Outer race lock pin for bearings A bearing in which a locking or locating pin is used to substantially prevent relative motion between its outer race and its housing, the locking pin preferably being formed by a cold heading technique from a slug of metal so, as to have a generally cylin... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4602876 | Mounting device for antifriction bearing A circumferential groove is provided in the inner periphery of a bearing housing so as to be opposed to a circumferential groove provided in the outer periphery off the raceway of an outer race. The elastic tie bar is fixed in the circumferential grooves oppos... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4569603 | Mounting device for antifriction bearing A circumferential groove is provided in the inner periphery of a bearing housing so as to be opposed to a circumferential groove provided in the outer periphery off the raceway of an outer race. The elastic tie bar is fixed in the circumferential grooves oppos... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4557679 | Rotary fluid machine with thrust bearing mounting unit A rotary fluid machine such as, for example, a screw compressor, a centrifugal compressor, or a pump, is provided with a thrust bearing mounting unit adapted to maintain natural frequencies of bending vibrations of rotors thereof within ranges of permissi... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4552468 | Bicycle sealed bearing kit A bicycle sealed bearing kit is used to install sealed bearing units on a bicycle having a one-piece crank. The kit includes an inner race formed of a cylindrical collar having a flange formed at one end thereof. The flange is integrally formed with the c... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4545627 | Creep preventing device of an annular member A device for preventing creep between an annular member and a partner member holding the annular member includes a resilient ring member fitted within a circumferential groove formed eccentrically in the annular member. The resilient ring member has at le... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4531847 | Shaft-mounted equipments An adjustable shim structure for use between shaft-mounted equipments and aft-support bearings, whereby axial play of the equipments is prevented. The shim structure includes two collars having meshed threads enabling the collars to be rotated relative to... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4522515 | Mounting device for antifriction bearing A circumferential groove is provided in the inner periphery of a bearing housing so as to be opposed to a circumferential groove provided in the outer periphery off the raceway of an outer race. The elastic tie bar is fixed in the circumferential grooves oppos... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4512673 | Bearing cup with external restraining flange An annular external restraining flange on the cylindrical body of a bearing cup for rollers prevents the bearing from moving into the housing supporting the bearing.... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4456314 | Device for locking the inner ring of a rolling bearing on a rotary shaft The inner ring of a rolling bearing is mounted on one end of a rotary shaft where the shaft is of reduced diameter. The inner ring of the bearing bears on the larger diameter part of the shaft but projects beyond this part to define an annular space with ... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4433877 | Support assembly for vehicle wheels A support assembly for a drive vehicle has an outer race for mounting to a suspension for the wheel and an inner race with a removable end section which carries an annular track for roller bodies supported in position therein by a spacer cage, the removab... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4433875 | Torque transmitting bearing and method of assembly Torque transmitting bearing assembly for longitudinal movements with a shaft (1) supported axially slidable by means of a roller bearing in a housing (2) whereby the roller bearing is provided with at least one bearing race plate (3) which is arranged rad... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4429927 | Casing having a mounting portion at its inner wall surface for receiving a bearing member therein A casing shaped from a light metal material by diecasting, the casing having formed at its inner wall surface a mounting portion having a circular inner surface, the mounting portion being adapted to receive a bearing member having a circular outer surfac... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4425520 | Reduced diameter devices with an electromagnetic clutch A device with an electromagnetic clutch includes a tubular member of steel which is secured to, and cantilevered by, a flange member secured to a housing of the device. A pulley having magnetic pole faces is rotatably mounted on the tubular member by one ... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4423540 | Method of manufacturing a bearing housing A simple method of manufacturing a bearing housing coaxially accommodating two bearings is proposed. A male mold with a core and a female mold are used. A fluid synthetic resin is inserted into a space left between the male mold and the female mold to for... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4373760 | Drawbolt bearing support for bicycle pedals An outboard ball bearing support for a bicycle pedal having a pedal spindle with an open, tubular outboard end. A shoulder bushing inserts into the open end of the pedal spindle. A drawbolt member having a head portion slips through the ball bearing's inn... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4213660 | Bearing assembly construction In an axle box structure of soft metal such as aluminum alloy including a bearing bore, a sleeve member of hard metal such as iron pressedly engaged within the bearing bore, and a rolling bearing assembled within the sleeve member to support an axle shaft... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4136989 | Expandable annular cam-type locking device for a shaft The expandable annular cam-type locking device is particularly applicable for use on mill roll necks, shafts and the like. The annular locking device is adapted to be disposed in an annular groove of a mill roll neck or shaft for retaining one or more sle... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4083613 | Retainer for resiliently loading a bearing A retainer for resiliently applying a preload force to a bearing assembly rotatably supporting a shaft has a bore through which the shaft extends and is assembled from a plurality of separable sections. Formed in the wall of the bore are circumferential g... | 04/11/1978 |
| 3937035 | Universal joint In a Hooke's joint comprising two yoke elements interconnected by a connecting member, the connecting member has trunnions received in respective bearing cups which are fitted in apertures formed in the arms of the yoke elements. Each arm of each yoke ele... | 02/10/1976 |
