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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367551 | Elastomeric bush bearing with improved torsion characteristic The invention is directed to an elastomeric bush bearing. A bearing of this type is substantially unaffected by torsional loads and has a simple design. The proposed bush bearing includes, in a conventional manner, an inner sleeve formed as a hollow cylinder, a slee... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354200 | Bearing device and pin for bearing device To provide a bearing device, which can be easily processed, and whereby, its durability is capable of being improved and a load (tractional force) can be remarkably increased till the burn-in occurs and a pin for the bearing device. The bearing device is provided wi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354212 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a chassis, a motor, a drive transmission gear that receives rotational force from the motor, a feed roller rotatably supported by the chassis, an intermediate gear that has a circular bearing, receives rotational force from the dr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7314314 | Oil retaining structure of a spindle This invention relates to an oil retaining structure of a spindle, wherein the outer peripheral surface of the spindle is provided with a first oil groove extending spirally along a clockwise direction and a second oil groove extending spirally along a counterclockw... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308944 | Expander tool for use in a wellbore The present invention generally relates to apparatus and methods for expanding a tubular. In one embodiment, an expander tool includes a body having at least one recess therein. An expansion assembly disposable in the at least one recess includes a piston that outwa... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7290932 | Stave bearing assembly and stave for a bearing assembly A bearing stave for use in a water-lubricated bearing having a discontinuous surface with a plurality of discrete, separated contact locations for contacting the shaft, the discontinuous surface being made of slippery polymer alloy. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7273026 | Roller follower body The present invention relates to a roller follower, comprising an outer surface, enclosing a first cavity, a second cavity, and a transition opening, wherein the first cavity includes a first inner surface configured to house a cylindrical insert the second cavity i... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270482 | Sliding device A sliding device is comprised of a first sliding member which is rotatable on an axis of the first sliding member, a second sliding member which slidably supports the first member through viscous fluid and at least a pit which is formed on a surface of at least one ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264398 | Truck pivot joint bearing and method of lubricating A bearing assembly is disclosed having a pair of bearing members movable relative to one another. A space is defined between the bearing members, and a relatively thin coating of a greaseless, self-lubricating material is applied to the surface of at least one of th... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7234870 | Plain bearing A plain bearing comprising a housing and two plain bearing halves forming a cylindrical shape in combination and fixed in the housing. Each of the plain bearing halves has crush reliefs formed at both ends of an inner circumferential surface thereof in a circumferen... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7220056 | Sliding bearing and bearing mechanism having the same A sliding bearing for a steering column includes: a cylindrical bearing body; flat surfaces formed integrally on an inner peripheral surface of the bearing body; first slits extending from one end face of the bearing body to this side of the other end face of the be... | 05/22/2007 |
| RE39613 | Half bearing with grooves preventing leakage of lubricating oil A half bearing constituting a cylindrical plain bearing for supporting a shaft for rotation when two of the half bearings are combined together. The half bearing has two circumferential ends each of which has a plurality of circumferential grooves without formation ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 6997614 | Elastic rubber bearing An elastic rubber bearing is provided with an intermediate tube, namely, a bush bearing with a reinforcing insert arranged in the elastomeric bearing body. The design of the bearing includes a pretension, which is distributed as uniformly as possible both in relatio... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6991377 | Bearing device A bush is provided at its sliding surface with oil-supply groove portions. An area ratio of the oil-supply groove portions to the sliding surface of the journal shaft is set to 30 to 90%. A length L1 between the oil-supply groove portions in a circumferen... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6966700 | Hydrodynamic plain bearing and method of lubricating and cooling the bearing A method of lubricating and cooling a hydrodynamic plain bearing for a rotating element comprises the steps of supplying fresh, cold lubricant under pressure from a pressure chamber arranged upstream of a fixed gliding plane to a lubricating gap between the fixed gl... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6935787 | Oil-circulating structure for fan An oil-circulating structure for fan has an oily bearing with a central axis hole for pivoting a fan shaft. An oil-collecting recess trench is formed on the inside wall of the axis hole. The oil-collecting recess trench has a double inner screw shape oil-guiding dit... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6916117 | Bearing shell for use as a crankshaft thrust bearing A bearing shell for a crankshaft thrust bearing has a circumferential oil passage (4) formed on the inside of shell (6) of bearing shell (1). An oil passage (4) is connected via a hole (2) to the outside of and to a groove (7 | 07/12/2005 |
| 6872004 | Bearings A plain bearing is described, the bearing being fitted, in use, in an associated bearing housing, the bearing back in contact with said housing is substantially coextensive with the housing in the axial direction wherein the running surface of the bearing is relieve... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6835056 | Roller vane pump incorporating a bearing bush Roller vane pump, in particular suited for pumping fluid in a continuously variable automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, provided with a pump housing accommodating a substantially cylindrical carrier, which is rotatable about a central axis, and a cam ring enc... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6746155 | Bearing device The present invention relates to a bearing device including a body formed with an inner groove that does not communicate with the shaft hole of the body. Thus, when the rotation shaft is rotated, the lubricating oil may lubricate the rotation shaft, and may flow bac... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6729763 | Hybrid bearing system A hybrid bearing system that has a self-lubricating portion and a grease lubricated portion each being disposed on the same surface, the system is adapted to accommodate at least two distinct wearing forces generated by different types of motions. The bearing system... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6695482 | Half bearing with grooves preventing leakage of lubricating oil A half bearing constituting a cylindrical plain bearing for supporting a shaft for rotation when two of the half bearings are combined together. The half bearing has two circumferential ends each of which has a plurality of circumferential grooves without... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6688768 | Bearing assembly and manufacturing method A dry bearing (102, FIG. 2(f)) for a hinge pin or the like comprises a bush 402 mounted in a radially supportive housing (16), the bush being formed by a circumferentially discontinuous tubular form made by rolling a strip of steel-b... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6634791 | Shaft bearing member A shaft bearing member includes an inner circumferential face serving as a sliding surface, an oil groove formed in the inner circumferential face so as to circumferentially extend, and a recess formed in the inner circumferential face so as to extend fro... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6585419 | Shaft bearing member A shaft bearing member for supporting a shaft so that the shaft is rotatable has an inner circumferential face serving as a sliding surface. The shaft bearing member includes an oil groove formed in the inner circumferential face so as to circumferentiall... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6540404 | Sintered plain bearing for engines and gears A sintered plain bearing for motors and gear drives, having a running surface formed by a bearing bore and capable of having lubricant applied to it from lubricant reservoirs in the bearing, in which the bearing bore has, alternatingly distributed over th... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6494621 | Bushing and bearing assembly A Bearing and Bushing assembly where the operational mating surfaces of the bearing and bushing components are each formed with grooves, longitudinally extending the length of each component. The grooves formed in the bushing to be attached to a shaft are... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6491436 | Plain bearing In order to enhance the fatigue resistance and the anti-seizure property while maintaining the. embeddability, there is provided a plain bearing comprising a bearing alloy layer, an intermediate layer and an overlay layer which are formed on the inner sur... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6491438 | Main bearing for engine It is an object of the invention to improve wear resistance and an anti-seizure property of a portion , on which a radial load operates owing to tension of a cogged belt or a V-belt, of a plain bearing for an engine. A main shaft portion of a crankshaft i... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6457867 | Method and apparatus for replenishing oil in a fluid dynamic bearing using a sleeve groove A method and apparatus for replenishing oil in a fluid dynamic bearing using a sleeve groove. The replenishing groove is formed in the sleeve surrounding the shaft so that centrifugal force drives the oil to move toward the radial bearings.... | 10/01/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6393818 | Rolled product for chain and method for producing same A rolled product for a chain and a method for producing the rolled product are disclosed. Plural dimples are formed in a zigzag pattern in at least one of inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the rolled product, the dimples absorbing plastic deformation... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6382838 | Plain bearing Disclosed is a plain bearing having a back metal, a bearing alloy layer and an overlay layer, in which the bearing alloy layer and the overlay layer are formed on the inner surface of the metal in this order. The inner surface of the bearing alloy is prov... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6354614 | Link assembly for motor vehicle suspension A link assembly for a suspension system of a motor vehicle. The link assembly includes a link having a barrel portion at each end. The barrel portion is narrower than that of previously developed links and is fitted with tapered cone bushings. The narrowe... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6241394 | Lubricating groove pattern for a journal bearing A journal bearing including a generally cylindrical outer surface, and a generally cylindrical inner surface including an inner edge, an outer edge, a midline defined as a circumferential line midway between the inner edge and the outer edge, a least-load... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6225720 | Self-lubricating bearing A self-lubricating bearing for use in submersible oil-filled motors is disclosed. The bearing comprises a bearing housing and is fixed against rotation. A bearing sleeve is disposed in the bearing housing. The bearing sleeve is fixed in the bearing housin... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6213745 | High-pressure, self-lubricating journal bearings A journal bearing comprises a body having a central longitudinal axis, a cylindrical inner surface coaxially disposed around the longitudinal axis and defining an axial bore, and an outer surface including a peripheral planar section. A lateral face is di... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6178843 | Rack guide in rack and pinion type steering system In a rack guide disposed in a casing of a rack and pinion type steering system for slidably supporting a rack bar having rack teeth which engage with a pinion rotatably supported in the casing, the area for bearing the load of the rack bar can be fixed. A... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6176621 | Rotary slide bearing and producing method therefor A rotary slide bearing part of a rotary slide slit bearing for supporting a rotary shaft thereon in a rotatable manner, has a first bearing surface portion adapted to be arranged adjacent to a second bearing surface portion of another rotary slide bearing... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6133660 | Bearing structure for brushless DC motor A brushless DC motor including a rotor, a field magnet, and fixed poles having salient poles opposed to the field magnet. A bearing structure includes a rotating portion adapted to rotate with the rotor, a part of which rotating portion contacts the shaft... | 10/17/2000 |
