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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7299716 | Split type connecting rod A split type connecting rod has a simple structure that is capable of suppressing rotation of a metal bearing, and avoiding problems such as burning. The split type connecting rod 200 holds a crank-pin through a metal bearing 213 which has locking lugs... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7101135 | Self-aligning nut plate A nut assembly includes a base plate and a nut. The base plate includes a bearing surface with bore for the passage of a bolt or the like therethrough. The nut includes a bearing surface engaged with the bearing surface of the base plate. The said nut includes a bor... | 09/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6257767 | Reduced cost bearing retainer A bearing retainer that holds a bearing in a bearing seat of an electromagnetic device has a unique construction that reduces its cost of manufacture. The bearing retainer has a peripheral edge with a plurality of radially extending tabs centered in gaps ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 5547288 | Camshaft bushing assembly An external metal housing (10) is formed of two abutting metal plates (11, 12), each having a perimeter support wall (13) and an outwardly extending annular protruding wall (14) defining a bushing receiving area. An internal annular bushing (22) is accomm... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5348272 | Damper with improved drive shaft bearing assembly A damper assembly particularly adapted for use in a hot furnace application that includes a damper blade, a housing having a passageway therein dimensioned and configured for receiving the damper blade, and a shaft carrying the damper for rotational movem... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5333516 | Apparatus for driving transverse shafts of a baler A drive system for a baler of large cylindrical bales that permits a plurality of transverse driven shafts to be slidably engaged and disengaged for quick and easy assembly and repair of the baler. The transverse driven shafts extend between a pair of spa... | 08/02/1994 |
| 4910788 | Slide bearing unit There is provided according to the invention a slide bearing unit in which a cylindrical outer cylinder which is made of thin steel plate is disposed on outer periphery of an oil-impregnated bearing metal with a certain distance; an oil-impregnated bearin... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4716327 | Electric motor bearing An electric motor comprising a shell supporting a stator and end members rotatably supporting a rotor. The end members are fastened to the shell in a manner such that the end members are accurately positioned longitudinally of the shell and the center of ... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4678350 | Bearing assembly A bearing assembly comprising a first half including a first head portion partially defining a socket, a first shank portion connected to the first head portion, and a first periphery having extending therefrom a plurality of spaced first projections, and... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4514015 | Ball and socket linkage and bearing assembly In both the socket linkage and the ball bearing assembly the formed metal engages the curvature of the ball more than 90° which retains the parts in assembled relationship. The forming is accomplished by cupping metal into a die with clearance between th... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4465394 | Ball-jointed bearing arrangement of the piston heads in an axial piston machine A ball-jointed bearing arrangement of the piston heads in an axial piston machine within a drive flange wherein a bearing member formed of a material with good antifriction properties for receiving a piston head is seated in a recess of the drive flange w... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4460285 | Flanged bearing mount A bearing mounting member having a first portion adapted to engage and hold a bearing housing, and a second portion in the form of a flange for engaging and being secured to a cooperating support surface, and including an annular groove formed in such sec... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4456845 | Dynamoelectric machine, bearing devices, wick and bearing assemblies A dynamoelectric machine has a structural component including a partial spherical seating surface having a preselected center of curvature, and a bearing device is adapted for seating association in a plurality of aligned attitudes with the structural com... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4428688 | Retainer and bearing assembly The present invention provides a retainer comprising a substantially planar support member having an opening therein designed to receive an annular member such as a bearing. Around the opening a plurality of slits are formed extending generally radially o... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4047768 | Protected bearing mount assembly A protected bearing mount assembly in which the bearing mount comprises a bearing mounting flange extending from one face of a plate and in which the outer portions of the plate are bent in the same direction as the bearing mounting flange to surround, su... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4043617 | Self-aligning bearing and rod end assembly including formed ball mount Self-aligning bearing and rod end assembly including a formed race serving to accommodate the internal alignable load bearing.... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4042283 | Pillow block A pillow block for mounting bearings formed from one piece of metal.... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4033641 | Flange mount A one-piece formed metal flange mount for bearings.... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4014596 | Self-centerable bearing A self-centerable bearing retaining a spherical, porous bearing between a metal receiving and metal pressing plate in which the plates are integrally connected by a binder; one side of the spherical surface of the bearing being received in a corresponding... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4008928 | Lubricating self-aligning bearing A self-aligning pod bearing assembly includes a cylindrical casing forming a socket for a bead-shaped porous bearing which is urged against the socket by means of a resilient bearing retainer which fits between a shoulder portion of the casing and the sph... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3959872 | Method for producing a core form to be employed in the molding of a ball joint bearing A method for producing a core form to be employed in the injection molding of a ball joint bearing which has a spherical bearing surface adapted to encircle the ball of a ball joint resiliently and a plurality of isolated oil retention recesses formed in ... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3941436 | Bearing for light rotary shafts In this bearing for light rotary shafts, a metal receiving plate provided with a hemispherical recess of a diameter slightly larger than the outside diameter of a spherical bearing metal is formed, an annular felt impregnated with a lubricating oil is fit... | 03/02/1976 |
