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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176631 | Method for making positioning structures of a bicycle hub A method for making positioning structures of a bicycle hub comprises the steps of: A. bicycle hub clamping step; B. bicycle hub press forming step; and C. bicycle hub loading step. By such arrangements, the positioning structures of the bicycle hub can be obtained ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8028412 | Method for making an axle rotating portion and corresponding device A method for making an axle rotating portion including a hub, at least one rolling bearing, and a stub axle, the rotating portion configured to receive a brake disc. The method includes at least one machining of the support surface of the hub, against which the disc... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7963036 | Method of manufacturing bearing device for vehicle An outer ring of a bearing device for a vehicle has a cylindrical main body extending from an inner vehicle side to an axially opposite side. The main body has a raceway at an inner peripheral surface. A flange is provided at an outer peripheral surface of the outer... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7650696 | Manufacturing method for bearing unit for support wheel After a hub supporting member is mounted on an end portion of a spindle, correction work is applied to a ring-shaped supporting surface which is an end face of the hub supporting member, whereby perpendicularity of the supporting surface relative to a rotational cen... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7380334 | Device for pre-stressing a wheel bearing A clamping device (1) for receiving and for the clearance-free prestressing of a wheel bearing comprises a clamping mechanism (3) which radially prestresses the wheel bearing (8) from the outside. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7322091 | Vibration isolating bushing and its manufacturing method This invention relates to a vibration isolating bushing, for example, built into a suspension system, an inside diameter of one edge (4) of an inner cylinder (1) being made larger than that of the other edge (6). The outside diameter of the thin... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7305765 | Bearing unit for wheel and method of manufacturing the bearing unit Respective constituent members of a wheel bearing unit 5 are assembled and also a cover 74 is fixed to an inner end portion of an outer ring 6. The wheel bearing unit 5 is fitted to a turning machine 38 in a state that a space in w... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7290337 | Manufacturing method for frame body and frame body In this manufacturing method for a frame body, after ring rolling a metal material to form a ring-shaped member, a rectangular member is formed by pressing and deforming this ring-shaped member in the radial direction. At this time, an angle of corner portions that ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7237849 | Wheel for two-wheeled motor vehicle A wheel for a two-wheeled motor vehicle and including a hub, a rim, a spokes coupling the hub and the rim. The hub has a lightening portion formed inside a sprocket flange such that there remains sufficient flange strength and sufficient weight reduction is realized... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7213434 | Method for manufacturing universal joint yoke, forging die and preform A method for manufacturing a universal joint yoke that exhibits good yield in terms of material utilization through obtainment of a universal joint yoke perform whose excess metal to be trimmed is diminished and whose cup portion is of uniform height, includes a for... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7197823 | Method for manufacturing cylindrical members and method for manufacturing motors having the cylindrical member A magnet (10) that is an annular member is fixed or secured on an outer circumference surface or an inner circumference surface of a yoke (4) that is a cylindrical member. An lower end surface in the axial direction of the magnet is fixed or secured to... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7174633 | Method of connecting terminal and electric wire The invention comprises filling a conductive adhesive on a hole end of a wire connection part in tubular shape of the terminal which has an electric contact part at one side and the wire connection part at the other side, inserting an electric wire from a hole openi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7159316 | Method of manufacturing a modular corner assembly A module corner assembly wherein a wheel hub is permanently attached to a knuckle and various surfaces on the wheel hub and knuckle are machined in a same fixture utilized in holding the knuckle to deform an end on the wheel hub against a cone of a bearing. When a r... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7125012 | Rotatable feed wheel for sheet converting machine A feed wheel includes a hub and a discontinuous tread removably fitted about the hub. At leading and trailing ends of the discontinuous tread are mateable non-planar female and male surfaces which interfit with one another and tend to interlock the tread ends togeth... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121003 | Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus for wheel-support rolling bearing unit In a manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus for a wheel-support rolling bearing unit, when forming a crimped portion 14 on an end (inside end) of a hub main body 8a, by rocking die forging using a die 26, while preventing enla... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117599 | Method of manufacturing a corner assembly A knuckle (16) for a corner assembly (10, 210, 310) wherein a cylindrical body (18) has an outboard race (39) and an inboard race (45) located therein for correspondingly receiving a first roller assembly (52) and a second r... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100416 | Carrier and method of manufacturing carrier A carrier C is integrally formed of a pair of flanges opposed to each other and designed to rotatably support rotating bodies therebetween and a plurality of joints for connecting the flanges. A groove is formed on the border between the flanges and the joints, and ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7047645 | Bearing unit for wheel and method of manufacturing the same At a surface opposite to a mounting surface 28 at a part of the mounting flange 13, a projecting part 27 is provided so as to surround the opening part of the mounting holes 23 for press-fitting each stud thereinto. A finishing process of... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7041186 | Method and apparatus for fabricating a bicycle wheel hub The wheel hub of a bicycle is made of a single part of structural fiber based material, typically carbon fiber material, after reticulation in a mould which exploits the expansion of a core to obtain the application of a radial pressure to the tubular body consistin... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6996907 | Axial force controlling method and bearing apparatus The present invention relates to an axial force controlling method for controlling an axial force applied to a rolling bearing in a bearing apparatus having a shaft body, the rolling bearing being mounted to the shaft body such that the rolling bearing fits an outsi... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993844 | Bearing apparatus and producing method thereof A bearing apparatus includes a hollow shaft provided around an outer peripheral surface with a bearing fitting region, and a rolling bearing having an inner ring fitted around the bearing fitting region of the hollow shaft. A shaft end of the hollow shaft is bent ou... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994000 | Fixture and locator device for supporting a rotatable member There is provided a locator device and an associated fixture and method for supporting a rotatable member. The locator device has a base and a plurality of flanges extending from the base in an axial direction and arranged circumferentially to define an aperture for... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6959493 | Brake rotor and wheel bearing assembly having maximum acceptable runout variation A reliable brake rotor and wheel bearing assembly are proposed which make unnecessary adjustment of runout of brake rotor at the customer's factory. For runout of each of the mounting surface and back of the brake rotor itself, and runout of the side of the wheel mo... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6948246 | Method of fitting tire-and-wheel assembled body to axle Provided is a method of fitting a tire-and-wheel assembled body to an axle, which is capable of resolving imbalance in a state of fitting an assembled body including a tire and a wheel to an axle. In this fitting method, a tire is fitted to a wheel, and then core po... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6928737 | Wheel-support rolling bearing unit and a method manufacturing the same A cylindrical portion 10 is not quenched, and its hardness of a cylindrical portion 10 is set at Hv200 to 300. An average cross sectional area of the crystal particle in this portion is set to be within 0.03 mm2. Accordingly, when a caulking... | 08/16/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6880247 | Method for forming a bearing apparatus A bearing is mounted on a hollow shaft of a hub wheel. A shaft end of the hollow shaft is deformed radially outward and caulked to an outer end face of an inner ring of the bearing. Between a first area in which a spline portion is formed and a second area in which ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6862808 | Wheel-support rolling bearing unit and method of manufacturing the same An inner ring 3 is fit to a stepped part 8 formed on the inner end of a hub 2b. A desired pre-load is applied to rolling elements 5 in a state that an outer end face 28 of the inner ring 3 is butted against a step sur... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6857190 | Method of forming a retaining collar, in particular, a collar retaining a bearing on a hub of a wheel A method is disclosed for forming an annular collar (11) that is essentially radial on the hollow annular end portion (12) of a port (7). This method has the following steps: A. radially deforming the end portion (12) by means of a first ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6829825 | Process of manufacturing a corner assembly A process for manufacturing a corner assembly for a vehicle. A wheel hub is partially machined to define a journal section and a radial mounting flange on an out-board surface of the hub. Bolts are pressed into axial openings in the mounting flange and the hub furth... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6785965 | Method for assembling a hub unit for supporting a wheel shaft A caulked portion is formed by plastic deformation of a cylindrical portion which is formed at the inner end of a shaft member and is reduced in thickness toward the leading end in a diametrical outward direction. The force required to form the caulked portion is re... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6782622 | Method for manufacturing wheel-supporting hub unit and pressing mold for manufacturing same hub unit A cylindrical portion formed in the inside end portion of the hub is caulked and spread using a pressing mold assembled to an oscillating/caulking apparatus to thereby form the caulking portion. In working or forming the caulking portion, a cylindrical projecting po... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6772615 | Method of manufacturing hub unit for supporting wheel and die for manufacturing the same When a shape of the cylindrical portion (8b) to be formed into the calking portion (9b) is devised and when a sectional shape of the annular recess portion (23) of the die (15a) for plastically deforming the cylindric... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6702398 | Hub assembly having minimum runout and process for producing the same An automotive hub assembly, which carries a brake disk, has a hub provided with a spindle which rotates in a housing on a double row antifriction bearing having its raceways oriented obliquely to the axis of rotation so that the bearing accommodates both ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6688149 | Component with a hub, and a non-cutting production method therefor A method for the non-cutting production of a hub with a stepped hole, the method steps comprising: providing a metal round blank having a throughhole; providing a patch block in the throughhole and having a portion of the patch block spaced at a distance ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6669374 | Wheel-support rolling bearing unit and method of manufacturing the same An inner ring 3 is fit to a stepped part 8 formed on the inner end of a hub 2b. A desired pre-load is applied to rolling elements 5 in a state that an outer end face 28 of the inner ring 3 is butted against a step surface 12 formed on the hub 2b. The inne... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6640438 | Process and machine for uniting rotatable machine components A hub (2) includes a spindle (14) which projects through a housing (4) and rotates relative to the housing (4) on a bearing (6) that is located between the spindle (14) and the housing (4). The bearing (6) has two sets of raceways (28,40) that are oblique... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6622377 | Wheel bearing with separable inner race processing feature A wheel bearing assembly for supporting a wheel and apportioned vehicle mass is provided. The assembly includes a spindle member defining a rotational axis with a flange for attaching a wheel and a hub assembly. A bearing assembly has inner and outer bear... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6598443 | Blind bore hub and method of forming A method for forming a hub having blind bore with an elevated blind bore face is provided. The blind bore face is elevated relative to the upper surface of an annular disc from which the hub is integrally formed, by first displacing metal radially inward ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6581287 | Method for assembling a hub unit for supporting a wheel shaft A caulked portion is formed by plastic deformation of a cylindrical portion which is formed at the inner end of a shaft member and is reduced in thickness toward the leading end in a diametrical outward direction. The force required to form the caulked po... | 06/24/2003 |
