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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8132965 | Hydrodynamic type oil-impregnated sintered bearing A hydrodynamic type oil-impregnated sintered bearing includes a porous bearing body of sintered metal having a bearing surface in which hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves slating against an axial direction are provided. Lubricating oil or the base oil of lubri... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8079761 | Cylindrical plain bearing pocket arrangement and wind turbine having such a cylindrical plain bearing A plain bearing assembly for a wind turbine includes a bearing housing having a passageway configured to receive a shaft and a bearing surface defining the passageway and having a cylindrical configuration. The bearing surface includes lower and upper portions defin... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7380989 | Fluid dynamic pressure bearing and recording disk drive device comprising the same In a radial minute gap between a substantially columnar shaft and an inner peripheral face of a substantially cylindrical sleeve, oil is retained and a radial dynamic pressure bearing is formed. A plurality of recessed portions are arranged in a circumferential dire... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7290933 | Hydrodynamic bearing, spindle motor and hard disk drive The invention relates to a hydrodynamic bearing, particularly for a spindle motor, comprising a shaft, a thrust plate connected to the shaft and a bearing sleeve closed at one end by a cover plate, the bearing sleeve enclosing the shaft and the thrust plate with a s... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7160622 | Oil repelling agent An oil repelling agent to coat a dynamic pressure device, such as a fluid dynamic pressure bearing device, includes a UV coloring agent, a fluorine-based polymer and a solvent. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the concentration of the UV coloring agent c... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7093979 | Aerostatic bearing A guide member and a slide are disposed such as to be opposed to each other through a bearing clearance therebetween. Air is supplied to the bearing clearance through a main pipe, a branch pipe and an orifice provided in the slide. Shape and size of each portions of... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7008111 | Fluidics-balanced fluid bearing Radial loads and vibrations and axial loads on a rotor are balanced by a fluid bearing controlled by a self-regulating system that supplies fluid flow or pressure to the gap between the rotor and stator in response to signals of imbalance generated in the machinery ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6935786 | Hydraulic bearing A hydraulic bearing that supports a rotating shaft comprises a bearing metal. On a surface of the bearing metal, a hydrostatic pocket and a land portion are formed. The land portion is defined by the hydrostatic pocket and generates hydrodynamic pressure in response... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6925854 | Method and device to check the bearing gap of a hydrodynamic bearing A method of verifying and inspecting the bearing gap between a shaft and a shaft seat of a hydrodynamic bearing includes positioning the shaft in its functional position in the shaft seat of the test bearing. A measuring fluid is then caused to flow through the bear... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920794 | Method and apparatus for rotary machine vibration control A vibration control system for a rotary machine having a rotor, includes a sensor disposed within the rotary machine for sensing vibration of the rotor, a vibration damping device disposed within the rotary machine for imparting a reaction force to the rotor, and a ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6916117 | Bearing shell for use as a crankshaft thrust bearing A bearing shell for a crankshaft thrust bearing has a circumferential oil passage (4) formed on the inside of shell (6) of bearing shell (1). An oil passage (4) is connected via a hole (2) to the outside of and to a groove (7 | 07/12/2005 |
| 6722785 | Fluid dynamic bearing A fluid dynamic bearing has a shaft (11) fitted in a sleeve (12) for rotation, with a fluid filled therebetween. The shaft (11) and/or sleeve (12) is formed with a pattern consisting of grooves (111g) and lands for generatin... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6547438 | Hydraulic bearing device A hydraulic bearing device that supports a rotating shaft comprises a bearing metal. On a surface of the bearing metal, a hydrostatic pocket and a land portion are formed. The land portion is defined by the hydrostatic pocket and generates hydrodynamic pr... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6532663 | Cellular hydrostatic fluid bearing, and a method of making it The hydrostatic fluid bearing comprises a cylindrical stator having orifices for introducing a fluid under pressure, on its inside surface the stator has a split ring constituted by an assembly comprising a plane metal plate and a layer of self-lubricatin... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6428211 | Hydrodynamic gas bearing structure A hydrodynamic gas bearing structure includes a columnar shaft body (1) and a hollow cylindrical bearing body (2) arranged opposing the shaft body (1) with a space (3) maintained in the radial direction therebetween. In a cross section perpendicular to th... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6378209 | Method of producing fluid bearing device In a dynamic pressure bearing device which has a shaft (3), a bearing (10) rotatable relative to the shaft (3), and capillary seal portions (13, 14) for holding a lubricating fluid (15) in a bearing clearance and in which the shaft (3) and the bearing (10... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6371650 | Hydraulic dynamic bearing and spindle motor and rotary assembly provided A double sleeve type dynamic bearing comprises a fixed shaft having at least one end fixedly mountable to an apparatus in which the bearing is utilized, a rotary sleeve arranged coaxially with the fixed shaft so that a first fine gap is formed therebetwee... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6318896 | Annular bearing with diffuser and inlet flow guide An annular fluid film bearing is formed of a stator ring and a rotatable element concentrically mounted within the stator ring such that an annular clearance is defined between the inner surface of the stator ring and the outer surface of the rotatable el... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6244749 | Dynamic pressure bearing device and method for manufacturing same The dynamic pressure bearing device is structured such that the pores of porous material as they are are disposed in the surfaces thereof forming the negative pressure cancel portions 15b and a lubricating fluid is supplied to the negative pressure genera... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6241392 | Hybrid bearing A bearing for supporting a rotating shaft receiving a transverse load, wherein the bearing supports the shaft along a load line and wherein the bearing is closest to the rotating shaft at a running line. The bearing includes a circumferential inner surfac... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6142672 | Fluid flow and control system for a hydrostatic bearing supporting rotating equipment: method and apparatus A fluid flow control system for a bearing supporting rotating equipment, method and apparatus is disclosed in which a rotating shaft is suspended in a fluid. Shaft precession is monitored to provide a compensatory feed back loop to maintain proper shaft r... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6068231 | Device and method for supporting a disk The invention relates to a device for movably supporting or mounting a disk, a fluid supply being provided in a holding device so that the disk can be supported movably in the holding device on a fluid film and a return force acting on the object due to t... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6056441 | Tire track roughened orifice compensated hydrostatic bearing An orifice compensated hydrostatic bearings wherein a roughened surface area retards the hydrostatic fluid flow exiting the hydrostatic bearing reducing the whirl frequency ratio while increasing the bearing stiffness and life.... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6007249 | Stationary oil film bearing for a flywheel on a mechanical press A hydrodynamic oil film system is disclosed for developing a lubricant film between a flywheel and an associated stationary bearing during press machine operation. Hydrostatic bearing pads formed in the inner bearing surface of the stationary bearing are ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5997180 | Circumferential flow type dynamic pressure bearing A circumferential flow type dynamic pressure bearing 1 is comprised of a shaft 2 having a multiple-arc-shaped pressure generating surface and a circular sleeve 3 fitted on the shaft 2. The shaft or the sleeve is formed with a plurality of proximity portio... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5927859 | Sleeve bearing structure A sleeve bearing structure for holding a shaft rotating in a first direction includes a bearing having an inward wall defining therein a through hole, a bearing stand engaged with the bearing for supporting the bearing and having a cavity which is in comm... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5871285 | Hybrid combined hydrostatic and hydrodynamic bearing with enhanced stability and reduced flow rate A rotary hybrid bearing that utilizes both hydrostatic and hydrodynamic principles to support a rotatable shaft in which lubricating fluid is fed through orifices or other flow restriction devices to a plurality of recesses, and finally across lands and o... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5863134 | Bearing without contacting fast spinning shaft To achieve an efficacy of allowing a shaft to spin in high speed without contacting the bearing in which the shaft is seated, a bearing is configured to comprise an inner ring which includes: at least two slant arc surface zones each spaced out from the s... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5769545 | Hydrostatic bearing for supporting rotating equipment, a fluid handling system associated therewith, a control system therefore, method and apparatus A bearing for supporting rotating equipment, a fluid handling system associated therewith, a control system therefore, method and apparatus is disclosed in which a rotating shaft is suspended in a fluid. Shaft precession is monitored to provide a compensa... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5731831 | Dynamic-pressure gas bearing structure and optical deflection scanning apparatus A dynamic-pressure gas bearing structure includes a columnar shaft made of a silicon-nitride-based ceramic sintered body, a hollow cylindrical sleeve opposed to the shaft as keeping a clearance in a radial direction, the sleeve being made of a silicon-nit... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5725314 | Hydrodynamic bearing A hydrodynamic radial bearing including a cylindrical body having an inner wall and an outer wall, at least one gutter along the inner wall and at least one wedge-shaped recess in fluid receiving communication with the at last one gutter. The at least one... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5664993 | Air bearing for a spin index fixture A spin index fixture has a housing which is provided with an air inlet shaft for permitting pressurized air to enter the housing and to propagate through grooves disposed along the outer surface of the sleeve. The air then enters into a clearance volume b... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5659445 | Recording disk apparatus and rotational supporting structure therefor having improved lubrication arrangement A recording disk apparatus comprises a clearance between a shaft and a thrust bearing portion tapered in a circumferential direction, a lubricant communication groove of a bearing covered by the shaft so that a lubricant on a radial bearing portion commun... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5654597 | Magnetic disk drive motor A magnetic disk drive motor includes a hub stand for driving a disk while carrying the disk thereon, a shaft fixed to the middle of the hub stand, a rotor case attached to an end of the shaft and having a drive magnet on an inner side of a circumferential... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5628567 | Dynamic pressure gas bearing structure Provided is a dynamic pressure gas bearing structure which is applicable to a high-speed rotation driving part such as a hard disk driver or the like and has high rotational accuracy in high-speed rotation. The dynamic pressure gas bearing structure compr... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5593230 | Air bearing An air bearing having a non-circular bearing having a longitudinal bearing axis, and a plain cylindrical horizontal shaft rotatably mounted in the bearing, wherein the bearing surface when developed into a flat plane, has a shallow sinusoidal wave form in... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5503478 | Lubricant distribution system for bearings and bushings A shaft bearing or bushing includes a hydrodynamic wedge film lubricant pumping surface along one edge region and an essentially continuous cylindrical land surface along the other opposed edge region. Lubricant moves circumferentially along the pumping s... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5480234 | Journal bearing An improved journal bearing includes a first groove, in the direction of journal rotation, formed in the inner surface of the journal bearing. The first groove extends axially along the length of the bearing and has opposed, open groove ends. A second gro... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5466071 | High speed hydrostatic spindle design A novel means for the design of the pockets of a hydrostatic spindle and the flow supply, collection, and pocket injection means to allow for very high speed rotation with a minimum of heat generation, mid maximum load capacity; furthermore the concept of... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5449236 | Fluid bearing device A bearing member for rotatably supporting a rotary shaft has an internal bore which forms a bearing surface. The bearing surface is formed with a plurality of rectangular fluid pockets in a circumferential direction thereof and a land portion around the f... | 09/12/1995 |
