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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7168725 | Displacement bearing and motorcycle fork having such a displacement bearing Displacement bearing, in particular for fork pipes of motorcycle forks, having an inside part which has raceways extending in the direction of fork displacement on its outside part, an outside part which extends around the inside part and is displaceable in relation... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7036249 | Tooth adapter having an elastomeric clamp assembly and method for using same A tooth adapter having an elastomeric clamp assembly and a method for using the same are provided. The system includes a tooth adapter having a first end operable to receive a removable tooth point and a second end having an upper blade and a lower blade, the upper ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032334 | System and method for coupling excavation equipment components In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, a system for coupling excavation equipment components includes a pin assembly configured to couple a first tool body to a second tool body. The pin assembly is configured to be received at least pa... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7001072 | Linear guideway with damping means A linear guideway with damping is provided mainly comprising a guide rail and a slider module, said slider module comprising a slider body, a plurality of roller balls, caps for roller balls to circulate and a damping block. The slider module is provided with said d... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6955467 | Seismic isolation bearing assembly with a frame unit for supporting a machine body thereon A seismic isolation bearing assembly includes a frame unit including upper and lower frames and defining a plurality of upper and lower sub-frames, and a plurality of bearing units, each of which is mounted in a mounting cell defined by a respective one of the upper... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6375356 | Linear drive The invention concerns a linear drive consisting of a primary part (1) which can be arranged on a slider (90), where the slider (90) can be moved on a guide system, and a fixed secondary part (2) which interacts with the primary part (1) such that the sli... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6086254 | Linear motion bearing assembly A linear motion bearing assembly includes a carriage having a bearing track, a fluid inlet port and a fluid supply passage interconnecting the fluid inlet port and the bearing track. The bearing track has a load bearing portion, a return portion and a pai... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5492414 | Linear ball slide with rack and pinion A male slide member, which is mounted to reciprocate in a rectangular recess formed in the face of a base member, is supported at one side thereof by a plurality of ball bearings for substantially friction-free movement with respect to one side of the rec... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5380098 | Sliding unit A sliding unit includes a load-receiving device for permitting a load to be received thereon, a guiding device slidably mounting thereon the load-receiving device for permitting a direct relative sliding motion therebetween, and a load-sharing device moun... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5314254 | Stiffness enhancer for movable stage assembly A stiffener assembly which provides for improved performance of a movable stage arrangement. Often, it is desired to provide a movable stage arrangement in which a stage moves linearly with respect to a stationary base. In many applications, it is necessa... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5294201 | Linear motion rolling contact guide unit using a rod rail A linear motion rolling contact guide unit having a rod rail having a substantially circular cross section is provided. The guide unit also includes a slider slidably mounted on the rod rail and a plurality of rolling members interposed between the rod ra... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5292164 | Power seat adjuster with horizontal slot drive A power seat adjuster includes first and second spaced track assemblies, each formed of an upper track slidably mounted on a lower track anchored to a vehicle floor. A drive block disposed in each upper track rotatably engages a lead screw bi-directionall... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5273367 | Linear motion rolling guide unit and a vibration isolation apparatus used in the unit A linear motion rolling guide unit and a damper apparatus used in this unit are described. Vibrations in both the direction of movement of the slider and vibrations in planes perpendicular to this direction of movement are effectively suppressed, and more... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5268970 | Anti-vibration linear motion guide unit An anti-vibration linear motion rolling contact guide unit includes a rail, a slider assembly, a plurality of rolling members interposed between the rail and the slider assembly to thereby provide a rolling contact between the rail and the slider assembly... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267796 | Linear motion guide unit having an anti-vibration mechanism A linear motion guide unit includes a rail having a top surface, a bottom surface and a pair of side surfaces, a thin plate member fixedly attached to the top surface of the rail and a slider slidably mounted on the rail with a predetermined gap between t... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5145262 | Compact ball spline bearing assembly A ball spline bearing assembly includes a spline shaft having a peripheral surface formed with a spline groove, an outer sleeve fitted onto the spline shaft with a predetermined gap therebetween and a plurality of balls interposed between the spline shaft... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5011300 | Linear sliding bearing A linear sliding bearing which is composed of a ball-and-roller bearing mechanism and a sliding bearing mechanism. The gap between a track base and a sliding bed is adjusted by gap adjusting bolt, to adjust the pressure of contact between the two faces co... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4995275 | Device for supporting pinion shaft of electric motor for starting engine A device for supporting an overhang type slidable pinion shaft of an electric motor for starting an engine comprises a bearing for supporting the pinion shaft, the bearing including an inner ring having a groove provided in its inner peripheral surface. A... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4972282 | Head carriage mechanism of a magentic disc drive including a wear resistance, low friction slide member A head carriage mechanism of a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus including a single guide rod fixed on a frame of the apparatus, a head carriage having a first side in which the guide rod is passed through, a rack of teeth provided on the head carr... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4968155 | Rolling-bearing-mounted linear guiding unit and damping element A rolling-bearing-mounted linear guiding unit comprising a hardened and polished guide rail on which rolling element raceways are formed and a guide carriage longitudinally displaceably mounted on the guide rail and provided with a fixing surface turned a... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4940339 | Endless rectilinear motion rolling guide unit An endless rectilinear motion rolling guide unit is provided, consisting of a track rail, a slide unit straddling said track rail and a plurality of cylindrical rollers intervened between the two members, so that said slide unit can make a rectilinear mov... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4895035 | Device for supporting pinion shaft of electric motor for starting engine A device for supporting an overhang type slidable pinion shaft of an electric motor for starting an engine comprises a bearing for supporting the pinion shaft, the bearing including an inner ring having a groove provided in its inner peripheral surface. A... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4863289 | Side roller system for a vehicle seat frame A seat track assembly is disclosed that comprises a fixed channel member and a sliding channel member disposed on the fixed channel member. The channel members are interfitted with generally U-shaped engagement members. A first ball bearing assembly is di... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4861172 | Liquid seal for machine parts moving rotationally and axially in relation to one another This anti-lead seal prevents the accumulation of torsional and tangential stresses on one and the same sealing element by way of an intermediate sleeve (6) which forms an axial seal gap (7) with one of the coordinated corrugated or housing-like machine pa... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4809107 | Guide mechanism for a magnetic head positioning devices A guide mechanism of a positioning device for a magnetic head moving apparatus providing both improved guiding accuracy and reduced manufacturing cost. The mechanism includes a cylindrical bearing, a guide rod passing slidably through the bearing, a movab... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4684266 | Slide and way assembly and method of making same A slide (20) having conveniently removable and replaceable bearing components (28-38) with the bearing components engaging seats (50) made of resilient, low friction material. The slide is supported on ways (24, 26) by way bearing pads (28-32) and opposed... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4662762 | Adjustable circulating roller body straight-line guide The subject matter of the invention is an adjustable straight-line guide for, more particularly, machine tools, whose guide shoe, in order to obtain improved frictional properties while reducing the "stick-slip" effect with high vibration-damping characte... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4648725 | Guide mechanism A device for guiding movement of a stage, carrying thereon a semiconductor wafer, for printing in a reduced scale an integrated circuit pattern of a mask onto different portions of the semiconductor wafer through a reduction production lens, includes line... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4448550 | Bearing A roller bearing is provided with a plain bearing portion which rubs against a bearing support surface to provide bearing positioning thrust and location.... | 05/15/1984 |
