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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7013824 | Keel joint centralizer A riser centralizer for transferring lateral loads from the riser to a platform hull includes a keel centralizer mounted on a keel joint. The keel centralizer is received within a keel guide sleeve secured in a support mounted at the lower end of the platform hull. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6988830 | Spherical plain bearing In a spherical plain bearing comprising an inner ring (2) configured as a spherical body comprising a through-bore, which inner ring (2) is mounted in an outer ring (1) through a slide bushing (3) that surrounds the inner ring (2),... | 01/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6648511 | Electric motor bearing system and journal A bearing system and journal which may incorporate either a sleeve or a ball bearing. The system includes a bearing journal having a sleeve bearing portion and a ball bearing portion. When a sleeve bearing is used in the system, a first end of the sleeve ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6612744 | Lock structure of spherical bearing and lock method thereof A lock structure of a spherical bearing restrains an outer race from turning relative to a housing with a simple structure. It is provided with protruding portions formed on a periphery of one side of a bearing hole of the housing. A flange is formed on o... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6520682 | High strength ball end for a hitch link A bearing assembly for a hitch link having a removable spherical bushing within a socket is arranged to be symmetrical about a plane dissecting the socket lengthwise of the link. The socket is formed with laterally extending protrusion to increase the soc... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6349470 | Retaining method for spherical bearing On the periphery surface of the outer race, the stepped portion is formed, and on one side of the race retention hole formed on the housing, a screw portion is provided coaxially with the race retention hole, in which the setscrew is screwed and tightened... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6325544 | Spherical bearing On one side of the race retention hole 2, a screw portion 3 is formed, and on one side of the periphery surface of the outer race 4 an outer conical portion 5 is formed, and with the race retention hole 2, the periphery surface of the outer race 4 support... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6276832 | Collapsible bearing retainer A bearing retainer ring having a compliant tab is mounted on a motor shaft between a C-ring mounted on the shaft and one or more washers and a bearing mounted on the shaft. After completion of the construction of the electric motor, the shaft is loaded ax... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6231264 | Torque rod bearing assembly A V-configuration torque rod has an apex pivotal joint assembly which includes either a single forging or a pair of eyelets each of which form one arm of the V. An intermediate sleeve is located within the forging or each eyelet and an elastomeric bearing... | 05/15/2001 |
| 5945756 | Ultra quiet electric motor for automotive applications A high speed electric motor for automotive applications that is designed to effectively minimize vibration of its component parts and thus suppress noise generated during its operation. The motor incorporates acoustic engineering principles including surf... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5917258 | Bearing assembly for an ultra quiet electric motor A high speed electric motor for automotive applications that is designed to effectively minimize vibration of its component parts and thus suppress noise generated during its operation. The motor incorporates acoustic engineering principles including surf... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5725315 | Shaft supporting bearing arrangement A supporting arrangement for a shaft has a bearing arrangement which facilitates self alignment at a first position of a clamping member and maintains the shaft at the self aligned position at a second position of the clamping member. An adjustment screw ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5483756 | Clothes dryer with horizontally rotatably supported drum A clothes dryer includes a housing, a back wall being joined to the housing, an at least approximately horizontally rotatably supported laundry drum having at least one bottom, and a bearing journal supporting the at least one bottom on the back wall. The... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5326178 | Angularly biassed self-aligning bearing An angularly biassed self-aligning bearing has a bearing member which is seated in a housing and held in place by a retainer which urges a first external, part-spherical, surface-of-revolution on the bearing member axially into engagement with an internal... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5249334 | Hinge for motor vehicles A hinge for a door or hatch of a motor vehicle has two hinge halves (1, 2), one (1) of which has a pivot pin (6) and the other (2) of which has a bearing portion (9) pivotally mounted on the pivot pin (6). The pivot pin (6) has a spherical end portion (11... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5186546 | Self-aligning bearing and closed-type electrically driven compressor having the same The rotary shaft of a closed-type electrically driven compressor is rotatably supported by self-aligning bearings. Each bearing has a spherical bearing member, a supporting member and a bushing. The supporting member has a concave spherical inner surface ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5113104 | Structured product dynamoelectric machine A structured product family of dynamoelectric machines for use in a plurality of applications has a frame with a closed end, and a set of permanent magnets is adhesively secured within the frame. An armature disposed in the frame for interaction with the ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5087131 | Three piece rod end A three piece spherical bearing has a race having two axial halves. One axial half has a spherical bore. The other axial half has a bore which tapers radially outward and axially inward at an angle of about 11° or more to an axial direction. The tapered ... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4920289 | Bearing holder with resilient retaining pawls A bearing holder comprises a plurality of pawls engaged with an internal surface of the bearing containing part, a plurality of slots arranged in circumferences of the pawls, and bearing-contacting part in contact with an outer periphery of the bearing. I... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4887916 | Clamping plate for the retention of self-aligning friction bearing The disclosed clamping plate exhibits a particularly great spring action and it includes a clamping rim (10) and with spring tabs (20) which point radially inward and against which the cups of the self-aligning or cup-type bearing make contact. According ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4718780 | Sealed compound bearing and method for making the same A compound bearing having a shell defining a cylindrical bore in which is installed the bearing inner member, a bearing ring of ultra high molecular weight polymer being disposed within the shell cylindrical bore between the bore surface and the periphera... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4319788 | Means and techniques useful in mounting self-aligning bearings A self-aligning bearing and a method of forming and mounting such bearing such that it may be conveniently removed and replaced from an apertured portion of a supporting wall under conditions when access is had to one side of the wall and only limited acc... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4116504 | Spherical bearing and method of making the same A bearing comprising a housing including an outer bearing member having an insert receiving surface and at least one insert sized to be received within the insert receiving surface. A ball and a bearing liner are provided within the housing. Adhesive extr... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4076343 | Spherical bearing assembly with insert member A spherical bearing assembly has a metal inner race member and an outer race member. The inner surface of the outer race member is a concave spherical surface and the outer surface of the inner member is a complementary convex spherical surface. The outer... | 02/28/1978 |
| 3947075 | Bearing system A bearing system, for joint or hinge point bearings, employing a spherical bearing wherein the ball member is provided with oppositely disposed flat side walls and the bearing race therefore is formed with a longitudinal slot whereby the ball member can b... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3934953 | Shaft bearing and method of assembling the same A shaft bearing including a bearing insert and a housing constructed of plastic and having a body and a retainer for the bearing insert, the plastic housing body and the retainer being integrally joined by an ultrasonic vibration method to fuse the interf... | 01/27/1976 |