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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7874072 | Bearing support, particularly for a fan casing, and method for manufacturing thereof A method is provided for manufacturing a bearing support, particularly for a fan casing. The method includes the step of placing a bearing assembly in correspondence to a matrix die of an injection mold. The method further includes the step of abutting a punch of th... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7340834 | Method of lubricating bearings A method of lubricating a wave bearing comprising application of an oil comprising a perfluoropolyether, derivatized perfluoropolyether, fluorosilicone, polychlorotrifluoroether, or polyphenyl ether, wherein the oil is capable of sustaining temperatures greater than... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7229699 | Bearing having embedded hard particle layer and overlay and method of manufacture A multilayer sliding bearing includes a rigid metal backing having a metal bearing liner attached thereto. The metal bearing liner includes a metal bearing liner layer which is attached to the bearing surface of the metal backing layer and at least one metal overpla... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222425 | Method of forming engine bearing A journal bearing has a lining of bearing metal applied to a steel backing. The surface of the lining is laser peen hardened to locally increase the hardness and the seizure resistance of the lining. The underlying core of the lining is unaffected and maintains good... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7181842 | Method of producing a workpiece forming at least one bearing eye A method of producing a workpiece forming at least one bearing eye is described, which is divided in the region of the bearing eye along an intended fracture point through a fracture separation, the bearing eye being coated with an anti-friction coating after assemb... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178238 | Method of producing a workpiece having at least one bearing eye A method of producing a workpiece (1) having at least one bearing eye (2) is described, the bearing eye (2) being coated with an anti-friction coating (4), which forms a running surface deviating from a circular cylinder. In order to prov... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7160195 | Propeller shaft assembly with tunable energy absorption feature A propeller shaft assembly includes an inner member having an outer surface with a plurality of splines defining a splined portion, and an outer member having an inner surface with a plurality of splines defining a splined portion. The splined portion of the inner m... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7040019 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing hydro dynamic bearing device A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a hydro dynamic bearing device is provided for the finishing treatment of lubricating oil after lubricating the hydro dynamic bearing device, specifically for properly and effectively wiping off the lubricating oil adherin... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025167 | Shaft to transfer torque in a vehicle One preferred embodiment of the invention is a shaft to transfer torque in a vehicle including a first member having internal splines and a second member having external splines engagable with the internal splines to allow telescopic movement between the first membe... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6962441 | Rotary member and production process A rotary member such as a member of a bearing, a rotating member of a transmission or a gear for a motor vehicle, includes a base region of a ferrous base material such as a steel. The rotary member is formed with a hydrogen blocking layer formed in a contact surfac... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6957489 | Method for producing a light-alloy bearing bush with a rough external surface The aim of the invention is to produce a light-alloy bearing bush with a rough external surface. To achieve this, particles, which are subsequently surrounded in part by the molten metal, are applied to the surface of the casting mould. When the bearing bush is rele... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6951423 | Sintered bearing and production method therefor A sintered bearing is produced by a production method comprising: compacting a metallic raw material powder into a bearing green compact; sintering the green compact into a sintered compact; forming a resin coating 20 over the entire surface of the sintered c... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6948247 | Method for forming a bearing race for a cylindrical bearing A cylindrical roller bearing or needle roller bearing for use with a rolling raceway surface is subjected to a carbonitriding treatment to produce a layer containing 30 to 80% retained austenite in the vicinity of its surface that contacts a carburized layer of a ro... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942389 | Engine bearing A journal bearing has a lining of bearing metal applied to a steel backing. The surface of the lining is laser peen hardened to locally increase the hardness and the seizure resistance of the lining. The underlying core of the lining is unaffected and maintains good... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6926444 | Main bearing cap for internal combustion engines A main bearing cap (20) for an internal combustion engine consists of an aluminum alloy with an iron alloy core (10). The cap has a supporting surface (22) for a bearing shell. The iron alloy core has a central portion (13) with two space... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6886986 | Nitinol ball bearing element and process for making A bearing having bearing elements made of Type 60 Nitinol made by an investment casting process for producing near net shape parts of Nitinol includes making a ceramic mold having a series of spherical cavities, pouring molten Nitinol into the mold cavities, cooling... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6848832 | Surface-treated rolling bearing and manufacturing method thereof In a rolling bearing put under a working circumstance in which water tends to intrude into lubricants, it has been known such a phenomenon that hydrogen ions formed by decomposition of the lubricants are adsorbed to raceway surfaces and accumulated as hydrogen atoms... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6833339 | Non-plated aluminum based bearing alloy with performance-enhanced interlayer A bi-metal aluminum bearing includes an aluminum-based bearing layer, a steel backing, and an intermediate aluminum-based layer that has a thickness of from 60 to 120 micrometers positioned between the aluminum-based bearing layer and the steel backing. The intermed... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6770235 | Method for adjusting the shape of a low friction coating on a splined slip joint member A method for re-shaping portions of a coating applied to the surface of a component using a tool including a collet having a plurality of flexible arms with a wheel rotatably supported on each of the flexable arms, a nut and a sleeve. The tool is initially installed... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6715207 | Method of manufacturing sliding bearings A method of manufacturing sliding bearings of the type in which a sliding guide surface is formed by using a resin liner, including fixing a thermosetting resin, which constitutes the resin liner, on the whole or a part of a sliding guide surface of a first member b... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6678956 | Method of producing spray deposit on bearing boss Prior to forming a thermal spray coating layer (28) on an end face (23B') of a structural base material (23') to be shaped into a boss, firstly an inner masking member (32) is fitted in an original hole (23A') of the structural base material (23') and the... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6615900 | Connecting rod with ball joint and manufacturing method thereof An object of this invention is to provide a connecting rod in which a pair of ball-shanks are connected to a rod main body such that they are axially perpendicular to each other, having a sufficient strength and which can be produced easily and at low cos... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6596671 | Non-plated aluminum based bearing alloy with performance-enhanced interlayer A bi-metal aluminum includes bearing an aluminum-based bearing layer, a steel backing, and an intermediate aluminum-based layer that has a thickness of from 60 to 120 micrometers positioned between the aluminum-based bearing layer and the steel backing. T... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6532664 | Method of manufacturing shoe A method of manufacturing a shoe according to the present invention comprises a step of cutting a columnar raw material 1 to a given length to provide a disc-shaped raw material 2, a step of forming on one end face of the disc-shaped raw material a spheri... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6531000 | Surface treated rolling bearing and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a rolling bearing in which an oxide layer of an iron/chromium oxide series is formed at a thickness of from 1 to 1000 nm to at least one of raceway surfaces of bearing rings or rolling contact surfaces of rolling elements an... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6513238 | Connecting rod with thermally sprayed bearing layer In the method for producing a connecting rod eye having a large eye with a cap described in the specification, a microporous aluminum bronze plasma-coating is applied to the large eye and the connecting rod eye is then opened by removing the cap, thus bre... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6427330 | Method for forming a lubricant coating on a hydrodynamic bearing apparatus by electrode positioning A hydrodynamic bearing apparatus comprises at least a pair of hydrodynamic bearing surfaces that face each other in the radial direction which are formed with an outer circumferential surface of a shaft unit and an inner circumferential surface of a shaft... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6301784 | Method of fabricating plain bearings A lead-free multilayer material for plain bearings and a process for the production of corresponding bearing shells for improved emergency running and mechanical load-carrying capacity characteristics. The multilayer bearing material comprises a lead-free... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6289589 | Method and device for produced flanged bearings A method for producing flanged bearings is described in which the blank (10) is punched out, forming at least two extension and holding portions (9, 9'), by means of which the blank (10) remains connected with the strip or the neighbouring blank during sh... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6263575 | Plain bearing and method for the production thereof A plain bearing overlay (3) of which exhibits properties which are markedly improved with regard to wear resistance in comparison with overlays applied by electroplating and conventional electron beam vapor deposition methods. The surface of the overlay (... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6240641 | Method of forming a lubricating film on a linear motion ball bearing A process for forming a lubricating film on a direct acting bearing includes the steps of forming a liquid film on at least the rolling and sliding portions of the direct acting bearing by using a solution prepared by diluting a fluorine-containing polyme... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6221515 | Bimetallic strip for a sliding bearing and process for producing said bimetallic strip A bimetallic strip for a sliding bearing having a sliding strip of an aluminum alloy which is adhered to a steel supporting strip and method of manufacture. The composition of the sliding strip is from 3 to 30% of tin; from 1 to 6% of silicon and the rema... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6180183 | Copper-based alloy casting process A cost-effective process for providing a copper-based alloy casting, which has superior wear characteristics, to a cylinder block is described. The process includes heating the copper-based alloy to a molten state for immersing the cylinder block within s... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6080351 | Method of forming a moving block of a rolling motion guiding device A method of molding a movable block for a rolling motion guide device can effectively prevent the formation of burrs in the rolling member rolling groove and accurately positioning the movable block body in a molding die. The positioning of the movable block b... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5994664 | Track bushing having laser cladding end treatment for improved abrasion and corrosion resistance, and a process A track bushing for an endless track of a track-type vehicle includes a cylindrical tubular shape, a first end and a second end, and first end and second bearing surfaces adjacent respective ends. A circumferential groove having a depth in an axial direct... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5768784 | Coating system and method for filling of a hydrodynamic bearing and a secondary seal structure made thereby A coating system and method for facilitating the cleaning of hydrodynamic bearings and their associated structure is effectuated by applying a surface energy lowering coating to selected portions of the bearing other than the surface tension seal producin... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5720102 | Method for making a drive line slip joint assembly A method for making a drive line slip joint assembly of the type having a slip yoke and a yoke shaft, the yoke shaft telescopically engaging an internal bore through one end of the slip yoke, the yoke shaft having an externally splined portion with spline... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5716145 | Process for fracture separating the bearing cover of a multi-part bearing arrangement, particularly, in crankcases of internal-combustion engines For a process for fracture separating the bearing cover of a multi-part bearing arrangement, particularly in crankcases of internal-combustion engines, by means of a half-mandrel in a bearing bore partially bounded by the bearing cover, for separating int... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5700104 | System of fixating a shaft A system for axially fixing a shaft, in its bearing casing in that the shaft portion surmounting the bearing casing is provided with an annular groove and in that a plastic material is injected around the annular groove.... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5564188 | Rolling guide unit production process The present invention relates to a rolling guide unit wherein spatter scattered as a result of arc welding, gas welding and so forth does not adhere to the track rail. The effect is obtained by forming a fluororesin coating layer on the surface of the tra... | 10/15/1996 |
