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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900356 | Device for assembling tapered roller bearing A device is provided for assembling a tapered roller bearing, which allows even a tapered roller having a large taper angle to be easily assembled to a pocket of a cage. The tapered roller (35) is inserted into the pocket (33) with the larger-diameter ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7886441 | Method of manufacturing a rolling bearing device having identification information A method of manufacturing a rolling bearing device for a road-wheel that includes an outer ring, an inner ring member, rolling elements arranged between the outer ring and the inner ring member, and a shaft body having the inner ring member mounted to an outer perip... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7552536 | Method of assembling a taper roller bearing A method for assembling a taper roller bearing, wherein a radially expandable and retractable clamping tool acts to retain the rollers of the roller bearing, a final assembly is formed by putting the inner and outer rings of the roller bearing together, and the clam... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7513043 | Support structure carrying thrust load of transmission, method of manufacturing thereof and thrust needle roller bearing A support structure carries a thrust load of a transmission which includes a torque converter having an impeller and a turbine opposite to each other with a stator therebetween. A thrust needle roller bearing having needle rollers arranged in two rows is provided at... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7464469 | Vehicle bearing wheel unit The rotor of a braking apparatus is fitted onto a cylindrical positioning portion 19a, and in this condition, fixed to the hub 8a using bolts which are threaded into the screw holes 11a in the rotating flange 10a | 12/16/2008 |
| 7329047 | Rolling member connection belt and motion guide device provided with same A motion guide device is provided with a rolling member connection belt for holding a series of rolling members which circulate in a circulation passage provided with a loaded rolling passage, a non-loaded return passage and a pair of rolling direction changing memb... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7175560 | Thermally compensating bearing preload arrangement in axle assembly A power transmission device includes a housing, a differential assembly having a case and a bearing assembly rotatably supporting the case within the housing. A preload is applied to the bearing assembly along a load path. A shim is positioned in the load path with ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7131518 | Motion control apparatus with backlash reduction A motion controller for use with a rod (10A, 10B, 10C) has a backlash reducer (88A, 88B, 88C) that substantially reduces or eliminates the space created after manufacturing parts with specified tolerance dimensions to substa... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7059777 | Assembly for ball bearing with double raceway and method of manufacturing ball bearing with double raceway An assembly for a ball bearing with double raceway assembled in an outer ring member provided with double row raceway surfaces apart from each other in an axial direction from one side in an axial direction, on an inner peripheral surface includes an inner ring memb... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059776 | Synthetic resin retainer and angular ball bearing An angular ball bearing is provided which can suppress runout of a retainer during high-speed rotation. A retainer of a synthetic resin is mounted between an outer ring and an inner ring, and balls are housed in pockets formed in the retainer. The pockets are cylind... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7022022 | Constant velocity fixed ball joint in the form of a counter-track joint A counter track joint including first pairs of tracks whose control angles open in a first axial direction, and second pairs of tracks whose control angles open in a second axial direction. The outer joint part forms an introducing aperture for the ball cage. The ba... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6971177 | Wheel bearing device and method of manufacturing the same A wheel bearing device is provided to prevent loosening of a hub ring and an outer joint ring that are fitted together. An irregular portion treated with hardening is formed on a fit face of the hub ring on an inside periphery of which the outer joint member is fitt... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6959478 | Shockproof spindle A shockproof spindle includes a spindle inserted into an elastomer having a compressible structure, and a sleeve having a hollow cylinder, sequentially. The sleeve caps the elastomer while the elastomer is pressed on the top of the base fixed at the bottom end the s... | 11/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6916030 | Lightweight knuckle with in-cast spindle An independent vehicle suspension includes a knuckle assembly supported by control arms or links. The knuckle assembly includes a forged, elongated steel spindle, one end of which includes a pair of axially-spaced radial flanges separated by a radially-enlarged shan... | 07/12/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6742933 | Bearing and method of assembling the bearing A bearing for use in a water pump or similar apparatus and a method of assembling the bearing. The bearing has a stepped shaft and a counterbored raceway at the fan or pulley end which allows for use of a larger number of balls in the raceway at the fan or pulley en... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6675478 | Free spherical ball bearing Balls are supported between the spherical inner race 5 and the outer race 6 which surrounds one potion of the inner race 6 through the resiliently transformable shell-like retainer 7. By making the inner race 5 and outer race 7, which influence the bearin... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6510609 | Method and apparatus for arranging balls with uniform interval in ball bearing In a ball bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring independently supported in a relative displacement manner, balls are arranged by placing the balls in an annular space between the inner ring and the outer ring, placing nozzles beside the inner rin... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6397471 | Cage assembling apparatus The apparatus incorporates a base member 11 for supporting a cage 3 and a rolling-element distributing column 13 disposed concentrically to the cage 3 supported by the base member 11 and permitted to relatively rotate with respect to the base member 11. A... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6345443 | Compound bearing assembly and method of manufacturing the same A single-piece outer race ring 3, a sleeve-like spacer 11, a plurality of first balls 4, a conventional ball bearing unit 7, a stepped-diameter shaft 1 and the like are assembled into a compound bearing assembly by a bearing maker with high accuracy to en... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6105251 | Integrally retained bearing race with improved twisting resistance An improved method for retaining a separable bearing race to a inner bearing member and also preventing twisting of the separable race on the spindle. The end face of the separable race over which a portion of the spindle is deformed as a retaining bead i... | 08/22/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5822859 | Bearing with integrally retained separable race An improved method for retaining a separable bearing race to a inner bearing member by rolling over a deformable lip of the inner bearing member into a race abutting bead. The outer edge and inner surface of the separable race are cut away partially by a ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5822860 | Integrally retained bearing race with improved twisting resistance An improved method for retaining a separable bearing race to a inner bearing member and also preventing twisting of the separable race on the spindle. The circular corner edge where the cylindrical inner surface of the separable race would otherwise inter... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5819899 | One-way clutch, roller bearing with one-way clutch, and method of assembling roller bearing with one-way clutch A one-way clutch includes an annular retainer including sprag pockets formed in a plurality of portions of its side face in the circumferential direction, and spring mounting portions formed circumferentially adjacent to the sprag pockets; sprags to be fi... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5794341 | Method for assembling a constant velocity universal joint A tool is provided for assembling cross groove constant velocity universal joints. The assembly tool comprises a cup having an open end and a base opposite the open end. The open end has an inwardly tapered rim. The dimension between the base and the rim ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5722167 | Method of setting a desired flow rate through a bearing A bearing comprises an inner race, an outer race and rolling members interposed between the inner and outer races with a radial clearance c, greater or equal to zero, remaining. The bearing also comprises a partial sealing member attached to either the in... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5678310 | Method of evenly spacing balls in ball bearing and apparatus for it A ball bearing is assembled by evenly spacing the balls through the pressurized air which is directed axially to the balls from a plurality of nozzles and agitated by an agitating plate provided adjacent the balls on the side remote from the nozzles, such... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5507094 | Wheel bearing assembly with dual telescoping outer rings and improved load support A wheel spindle and bearing assembly for either a non-drive or driven wheel of a vehicle includes a unitary spindle of substantially constant diameter along the bearing section which includes dual raceways formed in the outer surface. Dual annular arrays ... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5491893 | Assembly method for two row ball bearing with integral, angular contact pathways A two row, integral pathway, angular contact ball bearing has a single separator to handle both ball rows, but without significant limitation on the total ball count and load capacity. The theoretical full complement ball count is determined, that is, the... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5421088 | Method of assembling a preload-type, double-row ball bearing In a method of assembling a double-row ball bearing of a preload-type, which includes a step of inserting a plurality of balls in a crescent-shaped gap formed between an outer race and an inner race which is deviated with respect to the outer race, a step... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5239752 | Apparatus and technique for assembling an anti-friction bearing A ball bearing is balanced by orbiting the balls in the gap between the race defining members, magnetically causing the orbiting balls to assume a spaced symmetrical array about the gap, and then inserting a keeper device in the spaces between pairs of ba... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5230571 | Caster bearing assembly A bearing assembly comprising a roller mechanism and a cage member. The roller mechanism includes a plurality of roller members and a plurality of frangible connector links for initially connecting each roller member to an adjacent roller member. The roll... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5175931 | Angular ball bearing and method for assembling the same An angular ball bearing having an outer ring, a cage mounted in the outer ring and formed at equal circumferential intervals with pockets and balls received in the pockets, and an inner ring mounted in the cage. The cage is formed on the surface of the po... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5125156 | Process for setting bearings The indirectly mounted tapered roller bearings which support a pinion shaft in a differential housing are set by turning a nut at the end of the shaft down to reduce the spacing between the cones of the two bearings. Initially, the bearings exist in end p... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5086560 | Method of assembling prestressed frictionless bearings A pre-stressed radial thrust frictionless bearing device comprising an annular inner race with a certain outer radius, an annular outer race with a certain inner radius, and an array of bearings rolling between the inner and outer races. Each of the beari... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5069046 | Roller cylinder assembly for press forming glass sheets and method of using A ball bearing type roller cylinder assembly is disclosed comprising a center shaft having a free end. The shaft may, for example, be held in a mounting fixture. A spindle concentric with the center shaft is fixed on its free end. A roller cylinder housin... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5046229 | Method for manufacturing and assembling a control car roller clutch with four pieces A control car roller clutch is manufactured and assembled by providing two annular end rings, a molded unit that integrates the control cars and journal blocks, and a removable carrier ring that temporarily retains the cars and blocks as the integral unit... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4998346 | Method of making a unitary, axially self-locating needle bearing A unitary, axially self-locating needle bearing which may be of the drawn shell type has an inner race having a crimped flange projecting radially outwardly from the inner race, an outer race having a flange projecting radially inwardly at either end of t... | 03/12/1991 |
