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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441978 | Ball socket with film backing A bearing shell for a ball and socket joint has a core made of plastic, which is jacketed by a film at least in some areas. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7357590 | Ball-and-socket joint A ball-and-socket joint, for example for use with an articulated support in an automobile, includes an essentially ring-shaped or cup-shaped joint housing and a bearing shell disposed in an interior space of the joint housing. The ball of a ball pin is slidingly rec... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351899 | Quick action drum lug assembly and method Lug assemblies and associated methods of attaching a drum head to a drum body. The lug assembly may comprise a lug body having a seating surface; an elongate link having a proximate end disposed proximate the drum head and a distal end disposed distal from the drum ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7247266 | Lubricating coating and application process for elastomeric electrical cable accessories This invention relates to a method for coating an elastomeric component with a coating that has a low coefficient of friction and the articles formed by the method. The method includes preparing an elastomeric coating; applying the coating to a substrate; contacting... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7178985 | Bearing holding structure and motor having same In a bearing holding structure in which a bearing whose outer circumferential surface is formed in a spherical shape is sandwiched between an end frame and a holding plate, the holding surfaces of the end frame and the holding plate extend axially in opposite direct... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168577 | Cap storage and display assembly A cap storage and display assembly (10) that is comprised of three elements: a cap support (12), a swivel arm (32), and a mounting plate (70). The cap support (12) is dimensioned to accept a cap (90) preferably consisting of... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7109621 | Electric motor having a printed circuit board attached to a stator and at least partially supporting a bearing An electric motor that includes a stator, a rotor including a rotor shaft and a support member coupled to the stator. A first bearing is at least partially disposed within the support member and a printed circuit board is coupled to the stator. A second bearing is a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108331 | Generation of in-line skates and skate-boards with safety “EDGING FRICTION CONTROL™” The invention discloses a technology to safely control speed and brake on in-line skates using a ski-like technique, wherein in-line skate wheels can rotate both vertically and at an angle. When angled (or “canted”) the wheels contact a friction strip within the... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7090403 | Articulated seal A combination of a bearing isolator shaft and housing with a stator member affixed to said housing, a plurality of spherical faces or interfaces between said rotor and said stator, said spherical interfaces having identical center points between said shaft and radia... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073970 | Ball and socket joint A ball-and-socket joint for a motor vehicle, especially for a rocker pendulum of a motor vehicle, is provided with a housing (1), which is open on at least one side and into the interior space (2) of which a bearing shell (3) is inserted, which ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073952 | Stable mechanical devices for precision optical alignment and packaging An optical alignment device holds fiber collimators in place with extremely good mechanical and environmental stability. The device includes a ball with a hole traversing the ball, an upper clamping block with a first inner concave spherical surface and a lower clam... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6974258 | Limited swivel self-aligning bearing assembly A motor shaft bearing assembly restricts the pivoting or swiveling movement of a self-aligning bearing supporting a motor shaft in a bearing seat. The bearing assembly provides projections adjacent the bearing seat that engage with an exterior surface of the bearing... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6955473 | Bushing joint A sleeve joint with a mount assembly unit (1) and with an inner part (2) is presented, in which the mount assembly unit (1) has a housing (3) as well as a bearing shell (4) inserted into the housing (3) for the slidingly mov... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6938786 | Slackless drawbar assembly using an improved ball and race connection assembly An improved ball and race connection assembly for use in connecting together adjacently disposed ends of railway vehicles is provided. This ball and race connection assembly is particularly useful as a connection member in slackless type drawbar assemblies. The impr... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6692179 | Spherical sleeve joint A ball sleeve joint with a joint housing has a ball sleeve provided with a preferably spherically designed bearing surface. A bearing shell surrounds the bearing surface and is accommadated in a recess of the joint housing. The joint housing is formed fro... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6648200 | Magnetic-tape apparatus with a pressure-roller device and pressure-roller unit In the case of a magnetic-tape apparatus (1) and/or in the case of a pressure-roller unit (65), a pressure-roller spindle (55) and a bearing part (60), which surrounds the pressure-roller spindle (55) and can be rotated relative to the pressure-roller spi... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6461047 | Rotary stage bearing arrangement A rotary stage having a rotary table mounted by a bearing on a shaft defining a table axis of rotation and supported on a base plate by an optically polished surface, the bearing comprising a ball bearing pre-loaded axially by an axially adjustable split ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6352368 | Rod end bearing A rod end bearing comprises an outer shell part having a generally spherical inner surface and having a pair of diametrically opposed openings and an inner ball part seated within the outer shell part. The outer diameter of the ball part is greater than t... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6164829 | Bearing shell To provide a simple and quality improving manufacturing process for a bearing shell, particularly for rotatable and, to a limited extent, tiltable support of a ball pivot in a joint housing of a ball-and-socket joint comprising a one-piece ball socket (1)... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6164830 | Pendulum sliding bearing A pendulum sliding bearing has a sliding bearing bushing provided for receiving a rotatable elements, such as shafts, axles and the like, the sliding bearing bushing having calotte portions at end sides, a bearing body formed of a metal plate and having a... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5915842 | Elastomeric bearing and assembly method therefor An elastomer bearing (20) and assembly method therefor. The bearing (20) includes an inner member (22) having an outer profiled surface with a maximum radial dimension, an outer member (24) having a minimum radial dimension which is smaller than said maxi... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5902050 | Spherical elastomeric bearing assembly A spherical bearing used in a rod end housing is modified with an elastomeric member equally precompressed in an amount of about 30% of an unstressed thickness of the elastomeric member to isolate the transmission of vibrations and sound. Such spherical e... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5549393 | Self-aligning bearing for high temperature applications A steel mill roll has its ends supported in self-aligning bearings that do not require a liquid or grease lubricant, and which are capable or operating at roll shaft temperatures up to 1500° F.... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5509748 | Ball joint A ball joint compensates for manufacturing tolerances of the components and functions smoothly under large compressive loads. A rigid and resilient bearing seat has an elastic restoring force that compensates for component tolerances under varying load co... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5484211 | Self-aligning flanged bearing A one-piece, self-aligning bearing is disclosed which includes a cylindrical bearing sleeve of uniform thickness having an outwardly convex hemispherical flange projecting from a first end of the sleeve and arching longitudinally toward an opposite second... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5447376 | Package bearing system A self contained, "package", bearing system, has relatively rotating and sliding, precisely formed, truncated spherical, journal and bearing surfaces with a high hardness and with a low surface roughness, that operate on a thin hydrodynamic film of pressu... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5439203 | Vibration-damping bushing with sliding surface on insert located between inner and outer cylinders The vibration-damping bushing is provided having an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder which are coaxially arranged with each other. A ring-shaped insert which is made of a resin material having good slidability is inserted between the outer cylinder an... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5364191 | Pivot bearing A guiding ring (4) having a spherical inside surface is supported inside an annular rubber cushion (3) which in turn is supported inside a metal case (1). A body (2) having a spherical outer surface cooperates with the inner surface of the ring to permit ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5342128 | Pivot bearing An annular body (2) having a spherical outside surface is fixed coaxially on an annular rubber cushion (3) which in turn is fixed coaxially on a mounting rod (10). A guiding ring (4) is supported inside a case (1) and has a spherical inside surface which ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5293784 | Drive device for a vehicle rear-view mirror The invention relates to a drive device for a vehicle rearview mirror, the positioning of which is achieved by means of a worm gear mounted by means of a coupling part in a single bearing, which is provided with an annular collar that engages in an upper ... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5110221 | Self-aligning track roller A track-roller bearing assembly is disclosed which includes a fixed inner ball race member having an outwardly facing arcuate peripheral bearing surface; an annular body of self-lubricating bearing material affixed to the outwardly bearing surface of said... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5085520 | Nose cone bearing arrangement A nose cone bearing arrangement for securing an axle box to a frame cross-tube of an off-road machine is provided. The axle box has an internal cylindrical bearing cavity therein. A metal double truncated spherical bearing surface is formed on and encompa... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5073038 | Swivel bearing A ball and socket bearing having a spherical ball member positioned within a non-metallic, molded bearing material which is in turn molded within a socket formed in a socket member. The socket provides openings on either side of the equator of the ball me... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5058867 | Cylindrical vibration damping bushing A cylindrical vibration damping bushing is provided which has an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder coaxially disposed within the outer cylinder, and having a radially outwardly expanded portion in its axially central portion, a pair of vibration damping r... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5052824 | Compliant spherical bearing A self-aligning bearing including a first member having a convex bearing surface and a second member having a concave seat that receives the convex bearing surface of the first member, the second member also having a compliant relief region aligned with a... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5024540 | Shaft bearing with a ball socket in a frame-mounted housing The shaft bearing with a ball socket is mounted in a substantially cylindrical cavity in a frame-mounted housing. The shaft is guided through the ball socket. The ball socket rests in a bearing seat in the housing formed at a bottom of the cavity and is p... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4842424 | Self-aligning track roller A track-roller bearing assembly is disclosed which includes a fixed inner ball race member having an outwardly facing arcuate peripheral bearing surface; an annular body of self-lubricating bearing material affixed to the outwardly bearing surface of said... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4780000 | Adjustable rod end A rod end has a split clamp housing which supports a bearing for transferring motion or loading forces from an actuator to another part to be loaded. An adjustable stop for the clamp is used to adjust the backlash of the bearing used with the rod end to a... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4779855 | Suspension support structure being free from torsion and pinch A structure for supporting with a car body a suspension having a shock absorber and a coil spring disposed to surround the shock absorber includes a first support having an elastic body and a spherical bearing and fixed to the car body, a spring seat fixe... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4615638 | Ball joint The subject of the invention is a ball joint for motor vehicles with a bearing shell arranged between a joint housing and a ball head. The shell is provided at one end with elastically deformable ribs projecting from a stop surface. So that the ribs, afte... | 10/07/1986 |
