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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431505 | Fluid lubrication bearing apparatus A resin housing 7 is injection-molded by using a forming mold 11. Moreover, a concave shaped adhesive reservoir 10 is formed by a sink mark of the resin during injection molding on its inner circumferential surface 7e simultaneousl... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7411762 | Fluid dynamic pressure bearing including dynamic pressure generating grooves, and spindle motor and disc drive including the bearing In a fluid dynamic pressure bearing, upper herringbone grooves and lower herringbone grooves continuous with the upper herringbone grooves are formed on the inner peripheral surface of a sleeve by plastic deformation. In addition, an annular groove recessed radially... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7220055 | Air bearing having unitary housing An air bearing including a unitary, i.e., single piece, housing, which removes the need for an insert, is disclosed. The air bearing may include a shaft opening longitudinally extending through the housing for receiving the shaft; a plurality of passages that longit... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7104101 | Roll stand The invention relates to a roll stand comprising a pair of work rolls 1, 2 for rolling a metal strip B, comprising back-up rolls 8, 9, 10, 11 which provide lateral support to their respectively allocated work rolls 1, 2, with support force direc... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7066652 | Externally pressurized gas bearing and spindle equipment using this An externally pressurized gas bearing comprising a main shaft, and journal bearing sections having a plurality of axial gas feed rows each having a plurality of circumferentially equispaced gas feed holes, the gas feed holes in the gas feed rows being adapted to spo... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7011449 | Bearing unit and motor using same A bearing unit is provided which includes a shaft (51) to support rotatably, radial bearing (55) to support the shaft (51) circumferentially, a thrust bearing (66) to support the shaft (51) in the direction of thrusting, and a hous... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6953284 | Dustproof structure for a sleeve bearing A dustproof structure for a sleeve bearing includes an axial tube, a sleeve bearing, a dustproof cushion and a motor rotor. The motor rotor has a shaft seat and a shaft mounted thereto. The axial tube accommodates the sleeve bearing which bears an axial hole through... | 10/11/2005 |
| RE38791 | Sliding bearing A helically continuous projection 1a is formed around a sliding surface 1A of a sliding bearing 1 at a given pitch p. The surface roughness h of the sliding surface 1A, including the projection 1a, is chosen to be equ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6905247 | Fluid bearing and brushless motor having the same A fluid bearing with an oil circulating hole therein has a bearing housing fixedly assembled to a stator base having a closed bottom surface; and upper and lower bearing portions; and a thrust receiving portion to rotatably support a rotating shaft. An opening oil r... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6880976 | Hydrodynamic and hydrostatic hybrid bearing and its manufacturing method A hybrid type hydrodynamic and hydrostatic bearing and its manufacturing method are disclosed by the invention. By making use of a penetrated dynamic pressure generating groove carved on the surface of the bushing inside the housing, the processing efficiency of the... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6517247 | Positioning structure of bearing and axle tube A positioning structure of a bearing and an axle tube, wherein, the positioning hole of the axle tube has a periphery formed with an oil storage space corresponding to the bearing, so that when the bearing is received and positioned in the positioning hol... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6400052 | Motor and rotary apparatus having motor A motor has a support member, a bearing member mounted in a hollow space of the support member for undergoing rotation, a rotor member having a shaft portion disposed in a hollow space of the bearing member for rotation therewith, at least one magnet conn... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6398414 | Structure of a bearing The bearing mainly includes an inner groove and at least a passage. The groove is arranged on an inner surface of the bearing and connected with a reservoir on one end of the bearing by the passage to induce the outflow lubricant backflow to the groove.... | 06/04/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6066903 | Hydrodynamic bearing for use in an electric motor and an electric motor having the hydrodynamic bearing A spindle motor includes a stationary shaft and a rotor. A thrust bearing, a first radial bearing and a second radial bearing are defined between the shaft and rotor. A first annular air gap is established between the thrust bearing and the first radial b... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5988888 | Squeeze film damper bearing A squeeze film damper bearing comprises a bearing metal 2 for supporting a rotation shaft 1, a bearing casing 3 for covering the bearing metal 2 and a concentricity spring 4 between the bearing metal 2 and the bearing casing 3. The bearing casing 3 is pro... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5947610 | Hydrodynamic thrust bearing assembly A hydrodynamic thrust bearing assembly for supporting a reduced diameter end portion of a rotating shaft includes a thrust button or plate having one end thereof abutting an end of the reduced diameter end portion to absorb axial forces exerted by the rot... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5910853 | Rotary polygon mirror optical scanning device A rotary polygon mirror optical scanning device comprises a fixed shaft and a rotor having a shaft hole, to which the fixed shaft is inserted, and is rotatably supported against an outer perimeter of the fixed shaft. The device also includes a hydrodynami... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5822846 | Method of manufacturing a disk drive spindle motor In a spindle motor for a driving a memory disk, a is closed space formed by a sleeve metal, an end portion of a shaft and a thrust plate. The closed space is connected to outside open space by a connection path, thereby effectively discharging undesirable... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5746515 | Dynamic-pressure gas bearing A dynamic-pressure gas bearing wherein a rotational shaft is disposed to surround an outer circumference of a stationary shaft or to be surrounded by an inner circumference of a stationary shaft, and a dynamic pressure is generated between the stationary ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5707154 | Hydrodynamic fluid pressure bearings A hydrodynamic bearing device includes a gap between a shaft and shaft holder. One of the shaft and shaft holder has a recess for separating by capillary action lubricant at an upper portion of the gap above the recess from lubricant at a lower portion of... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5700547 | Sliding bearing A helically continuous projection 1a is formed around a sliding surface 1A of a sliding bearing 1 at a given pitch p. The surface roughness h of the sliding surface 1A, including the projection 1a, is chosen to be equal to or less than one-half the height... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5700092 | Integrated shaft self-compensating hydrostatic bearing An integrated spindle shaft and the like and self-compensating hydrostatic bearing assembly, obviating the need for external bearing sleeve constructions, in which a cylindrical bearing bore is so provided having circumferential grooves connected to press... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5697708 | Hydrodynamic bearing with reduced temperature sensitivity A self-lubricating hydrodynamic spindle bearing comprising a stationary shaft including a conical, inwardly tapered surfaces extending axially form outer regions of the shaft toward a center connecting region of the shaft, a rotatably mounted sleeve surro... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5551226 | Disk for open end spinning A disk for use in a bearing assembly of an open end spinning machine having four disks arranged in two pairs and which operate at up to 15,000 RPM's while the rotor shaft turns at up to 125,000 RPM's. The disk pairs are arranged to form a wedge shaped gap... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5328270 | Hydrodynamic pump An integrated bearing and pump assembly is formed by positioning a hydrodynamic pump coaxially with respect to a hydrodynamic bearing. The integrated assembly provides pressurized fluid for use within the device incorporating the bearing. The hydrodynamic... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5073037 | Spindle assembly A spindle assembly having a spindle used as a rotary shaft or a machine tool or the like, at least one bearing sleeve for supporting the spindle as an externally pressurized gas bearing without touching it, a plurality of journal bearing clearances formed... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5063322 | Feed mechanism with a sliding member guided by a hydrostatic bearing A feed mechanism is constructed with a piezoelectric actuator embedded in the front end of a square sliding shaft, which is supported by hydrostatic guide surfaces formed on a guide base for sliding motion in the axial direction. A cooling jacket having a... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5044167 | Vapor cycle cooling system having a compressor rotor supported with hydrodynamic compressor bearings A refrigeration system (300) having a compressor (12) with a rotor (20) rotatably supported by a plurality of hydrodynamic bearings (22, 24) lubricated by oiless pressurized liquid refrigerant and pressurizing refrigerant which flows to a condenser (34) p... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4944609 | Oil film bearing and bushing An oil film bearing for rotatably supporting the journal surface of a rolling mill roll neck on a hydrodynamically maintained oil film. The bearing includes a bushing having outlets adapted to axially interrupt the load carrying continuity of the oil film... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4930907 | Stiff air bearing for large radial load An axially symmetric journal air bearing having areas on the internal surface of the stator, isolates pressurewise from other areas, having selected dimensions and means to apply selected pressures to said areas, wherein said selected dimensions and press... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4798480 | Bearing system with active reservoir between two axially spaced hydrodynamic bearings A bearing system comprises two hydrodynamic bearings by means of which two bodies having two cooperating bearing surfaces are supported for rotation relative to one another about an axis of rotation. At least one of the bearing surfaces of each of the bea... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4772137 | Oil film bearing and bushing An oil film bearing for rotatably supporting the journal surface of a rolling mill roll neck on a hydrodynamically maintained oil film. The bearing includes a bushing adapted to interrupt the load carrying continuity of the oil film and to subdivide the l... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4766788 | Superprecision lathe In a superprecision lathe of the present invention, a main spindle having mounted at one end thereof a vacuum chuck rotatably supported in an air bearing fixed on a headstock. There is formed within the main spindle a first vacuum passage connected to the... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4696584 | Self-cleaning air bearing comprising a flow equalizing groove at the bearing periphery An aerostatic or aerodynamic bearing comprising a stationary part and a movable part with cooperating bearing surfaces between which there is formed a bearing gap which at one area communicates with an air inlet and at another area opens into the atmosphe... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4690572 | Static pressure gas bearing apparatus for turbocharger A static pressure gas bearing apparatus equipped with a static pressure gas bearing that can support in floated state the rotating shaft of the turbocharger to be placed on an internal combustion engine comprises an air pump device for pressurizing and su... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4678348 | Radial spiral-groove bearing A radial bearing comprising a cylindrical bearing member and a shaft arranged therein, the member and the shaft being rotatable with respect to each other and one of the cooperating bearing surfaces of the member and the shaft being provided with a patter... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4538929 | Hydrodynamic sliding surface bearing The friction conditions in a hydrodynamic surface bearing having a bearing metal layer in which no softer bearing metal is embedded are substantially improved in that the bearing surface is formed with grooves, which are distributed over the width of the ... | 09/03/1985 |
