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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7425097 | Inertial measurement unit with wireless power transfer gap control An inertial measurement unit comprises an outer case assembly including an upper gas plenum and a lower gas plenum, with upper and lower support shells surrounded by the upper and lower gas plenums. A sensor assembly includes a sensor shell, with the sensor assembly... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7344092 | Rotary atomizer, and air bearing protection system for rotary atomizer Disclosed herein are a rotary atomizer and an air bearing protection system for the rotary atomizer. The structure of the system is simplified to reduce the manufacturing cost. An air bearing is used to enable high-speed rotation along with savings in the maintenanc... | 03/18/2008 |
| 6921209 | Conical hydrodynamic pivot bearing A bearing having a conical hydrodynamic bearing section and a pivot bearing section. The bearing can be used with a spindle motor. The conical hydrodynamic bearing section is formed by the conical portion of the shaft and a correspondingly shaped cavity of the beari... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6341421 | Production method of porous static-pressure air bearing Metal powder is filled in a through-hole of a base member and a base porous body is formed by bonding the metal powder with each other and by bonding the metal powder to the base member so that an end surface on a bearing surface of the metal powder fille... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6147424 | Gas dynamic pressure bearing apparatus A gas dynamic pressure bearing apparatus comprises a fixed shaft, a bearing member which is positioned opposite from the fixed shaft and at least a radial gas dynamic pressure bearing portion and a thrust gas dynamic pressure bearing portion which are pos... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6088557 | Electrostatographic printing apparatus with endless recording belt Electrostatographic printing apparatus with a recording member in the form of an endless belt (26), and an air bearing (50) for guiding such belt along an endless path, which air bearing includes two belt-supporting end sections (53, 54) with a certain ci... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6024492 | Hemispherical bearing apparatus A hemispherical bearing apparatus includes a MoS2 layer formed to a predetermined thickness on the surface of a hemispherical recessed portion formed in a bushing or on the surface of a hemispherical member opposed to the recessed portion. The ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5957588 | Air bearing for a spindle A self-acting air bearing for a pressurized spindle air bearing includes a bearing that is located within a cavity of a housing. The bearing and cavity may be shaped as a segment of a sphere. The spindle may be connected to a pressurized air source which ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5949593 | Off-loaded strut joint mirror support system Strut joint assemblies which include built-in off-loading capability or mirror support systems allow a user to minimize the friction developed at the ball joint interface. Each strut joint assembly includes an upper ball joint and a lower ball joint. Each... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5789839 | Aerostatic and aerodynamic bearing for a motor The invention relates to a high precision axial and radial aerostatic and aerodynamic bearing for a motor. The bearing surfaces of the stator and the rotor are of a toroidal shape.... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5451147 | Turbo vacuum pump A compact, easy-to-handle turbo vacuum pump includes a housing having an inlet port and an outlet port; a cylindrical rotor disposed in the housing and having a stepped peripheral surface and a plurality of blades secured to protruding corners of the step... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5137372 | Spherical fluid bearing apparatus The apparatus comprises at least one spherically segmented bearing assembly arranged about the periphery of the device so as to maintain the center of rotation of the device within the assembly coincident with the center of mass of the device. A fluid sou... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4410220 | Gas lubricated ball bearing Lubrication gas for a steel ball is delivered to the ball by a gas distribution manifold ring that surrounds an upper portion of the ball. Such ring presents an annular seat directed towards the ball and includes gas delivery orifices directed to discharg... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4305626 | Textile rollers An aerodynamically supported roller bearing is disclosed, having means for connecting a compressed gas supply and using the compressed gas to bring the roller up to a desired speed. The design of the roller then permits the compressed gas supply to be red... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4260205 | Gas bearing A gas bearing for textile machine applications includes a rotor having a bearing surface shaped to define a truncated conical bearing surface and a foil shell having a corresponding truncated conical shape. This gas bearing supports both radial and axial ... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4227756 | High temperature low friction surface coating A high temperature, low friction, flexible coating for metal surfaces which are subject to rubbing contact includes a mixture of three parts graphite and one part cadmium oxide, ball milled in water for four hours, then mixed with thirty percent by weight... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4184720 | Air-supported bearing for turbine engines A bearing for the ceramic rotor of a turbine engine or turbomachine, which consists of an air-supported bearing providing for a lubricating air film between the inner and outer bearing rings at least at the higher operating speeds of the engine. This faci... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4111334 | Ball injector This invention relates to an apparatus for dispensing ball-like objects and more particularly to an apparatus with a grooved longitudinally disposed member and a surrounding sleeve having a helical inwardly extending rib therein rotatably mounted around t... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4095855 | Gas lubricated spindle bearing assembly A gas lubricated spindle bearing assembly comprising a stator assembly and a rotor assembly with a spindle engaged to the rotor and a twin parallel flexure engaged to one of said assemblies to establish and maintain an air spacing between the adjacent int... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4053277 | Apparatus and method for heating threads Disclosed is an apparatus for heating high speed moving yarns by using a roller with a fixed core and a rotatable jacket separated from the core by a narrow gap. In operation, the gap is filled with a gas under superatmospheric pressure. A method for usin... | 10/11/1977 |
| 3969042 | Turbomolecular vacuum pump having a gas bearing-supported rotor A turbomolecular vacuum pump has a stator, a rotor having a vertical axis of rotation and disposed in the stator; a drive motor for rotating the rotor; a downwardly open, axially extending chamber in the rotor; a vertically upwardly oriented, stationarily... | 07/13/1976 |
