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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104967 | Device for encapsulating the main bearing of a crankshaft A device encapsulates a main bearing of a crankshaft. The main bearing is supplied with oil via an oil supply groove. The device has a bearing seat for the main bearing and on its sides which face toward the crank webs of the crankshaft, has oil channels which are o... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7963699 | Thermal sprayed bearing shells for connecting rod Bearing shell of a connecting rod which is located in the larger connecting rod eye in which the bearing shell is constituted by several thermally sprayed layers and the topmost material layer of the bearing shell is essentially constituted by an aluminum/bismuth al... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7771120 | Plain bearing for internal combustion engines Disclosed is a plain bearing for internal combustion engines, in which a back metal layer is lined with a bearing alloy layer made of an aluminum-base bearing alloy which has a Vickers hardness (Hv) of from not less than 40 to not more than 160. The bearing alloy la... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7418939 | Crankshaft assembly with coated crank pin The invention provides a motorcycle having a frame, an engine coupled to the frame, and a crankshaft assembly. The crankshaft assembly includes a first flywheel half having an aperture, a crank pin including a first end portion, a second end portion opposite the fir... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7355641 | Solid state imaging device reading non-adjacent pixels of the same color A solid-state imaging device includes: an imaging portion in which a plurality of pixels for photoelectrically converting incident light are arranged so as to form a plural kinds of pixel lines having different color arrangements; a memory in which pixel signals obt... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354199 | Thrust bearing A thrust bearing assembly includes an upper thrust bearing and a lower thrust bearing for use in an engine assembly of a vehicle and which, are preferably, identically configured. The upper and lower thrust bearings each include an arcuate bearing shell with a conca... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7344312 | Bearing shell made of hybrid material and process for production thereof Internal combustion engine with bearing shells, which are formed essentially by thermal sprayed bearing layers, wherein the thermal sprayed bearing layers are formed by at least two slide bearing materials with different hardness, which are spatially separated from ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339216 | Vertical color filter sensor group array with full-resolution top layer and lower-resolution lower layer An array of vertical color filter (VCF) sensor groups, optionally including or coupled to circuitry for converting photogenerated carriers produced in the sensors to electrical signals, and methods for reading out any embodiment of the array. The array has a top lay... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328681 | V-roller bearing and engine A bearing has an inner race that has separable inner sections. The inner race has an inner male protrusion and an inner female receptacle, and each inner male protrusion is mated with one of the inner female receptacles to form a unitary inner race. The bearing furt... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322750 | Locking engine bearing splay cap A locking engine splay cap apparatus and method of use and manufacture comprising a splay cap and an engine block base having uniquely positioned and formed slots and protrusions which integrally mate. The mating provides optimum register of the internal combustion ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7287907 | Surface densification of powder metal bearing caps A high performance main bearing cap has particular surfaces densified for improved fatigue crack resistance. The surfaces densified are the bolted face inside of a perimetral margin and outside of bolt head interface areas around the main bolt holes, the surfaces of... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7267344 | Piston ring with a PVD coating A piston ring for an internal combustion engine is made of steel and has an outer contact surface that is nitrated and coated to no more than 70 μm with a protective coating comprising nitrides of aluminum and/or silicium and/or zirconium in a matrix of chromium-ni... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263774 | Plain bearing shell and method for producing a holding projection on a plain bearing shell The invention relates to a plain bearing shell for supporting an engine crankshaft or camshaft, or as a connecting rod bearing shell of an engine, the plain bearing shell comprises a radially outward protruding holding projection in the region of the separating surf... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258489 | Thrust washer and method of manufacture A thrust bearing assembly includes upper and lower bearing halves for journaling a shaft therebetween. At least one thrust washer is arranged on the outer surface of at least one of the bearing halves and has ends which extend beyond and confront the ends of the bea... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250070 | Fractured powder metal connecting rod and a method of manufacturing the same A method of forming a powder metal fractured bearing component, such as a connecting rod, includes the step of forming a component blank having a bearing aperture for separation of the component blank into a main body and a bearing cap, wherein the component has a h... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7229699 | Bearing having embedded hard particle layer and overlay and method of manufacture A multilayer sliding bearing includes a rigid metal backing having a metal bearing liner attached thereto. The metal bearing liner includes a metal bearing liner layer which is attached to the bearing surface of the metal backing layer and at least one metal overpla... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222425 | Method of forming engine bearing A journal bearing has a lining of bearing metal applied to a steel backing. The surface of the lining is laser peen hardened to locally increase the hardness and the seizure resistance of the lining. The underlying core of the lining is unaffected and maintains good... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7174765 | Flange sleeve, method for the production thereof and bending tool for producing flanges on a sleeve A flange sleeve comprising at lest one flange formed thereon, having no gap at the joint or having a controllably adjusted width of the gap at the joint. The flange has two crowding recesses at least in the metal coating thereof in at least two points distributed ov... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168858 | Surface densification of powder metal bearing caps A high performance main bearing cap has particular surfaces densified for improved fatigue crack resistance. The surfaces densified are the bolted face (F) inside of a perimetral margin and outside of bold head interface areas around the main bolt holes (B), the sur... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159559 | Split connecting rod, engine and vehicle A split connecting rod includes a fracture start groove that extends in an axial direction X and is located at the approximate center of each of opposing positions on an inner surface of a crank pin opening. A bearing securing groove is provided on either or both of... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7134793 | Thrust bearing assembly The subject invention provides a thrust bearing assembly having only three thrust flanges in total. One portion of the thrust bearing assembly comprises a main bearing having an arcuate bearing shell with a concave inner surface and a convex outer surface. A thrust ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7101086 | Collar bearing split shell and collar bearing with a centering device, and corresponding thrust washer The invention relates to a collar bearing split shell, comprising a bearing shell and two thrust washers which are located on said bearing shell. The invention also relates to a collar bearing comprising two collar bearing split shells, each of which has a bearing s... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096756 | Sintered connecting rod for an internal combustion engine A sintered connecting rod for an internal combustion engine comprises a connecting rod eye (1) for receiving a piston pin, a connecting rod big end (3) for holding the crank pin and a shaft (2) made of two diverging longitudinal bridges (4 | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093980 | Bearing structure for camshaft The present invention is directed to a bearing structure for a camshaft to prevent obliquely wiping off the oil from the surface of the camshaft caused by a knife edge. A lower journal (3) for supporting the camshaft (2) is formed with a counterbore ( | 08/22/2006 |
| 6984070 | Crankshaft bearing In a bearing metal fitted to a journal bearing portion where a center of a bearing metal fitting hole is deviated from a reference straight line in a direction orthogonal to the reference straight line at a time of mounting a cylinder head, a thickness, in a directi... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6981798 | Sliding bearing In a cylindrical sliding bearing, a radial rigidity of an inner circumferential surface of a sliding layer against a radial compression force applied to the inner circumferential surface by a shaft varies in a circumferential direction so that the inner circumferent... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6976559 | Piston compressor, particularly hermetically enclosed refrigerant compressor The invention relates to a piston compressor, particularly a hermetically enclosed refrigerant compressor, with a crank drive, having a crank shaft with an eccentric crank pin and an oil channel arrangement, and a connecting rod with a first piston-side connecting r... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6957594 | Starter having helical ventilation groove in tube In a starter, a cylindrical tube is slidablly engaged with an outer peripheral surface of an output shaft through a bearing in an axial direction. A front end of the tube, which supports a pinion, is closed to define an enclosed space between the front end of the tu... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6942389 | Engine bearing A journal bearing has a lining of bearing metal applied to a steel backing. The surface of the lining is laser peen hardened to locally increase the hardness and the seizure resistance of the lining. The underlying core of the lining is unaffected and maintains good... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942391 | Crankshaft supporter A crankshaft supporter having a bearing holder molded in aluminum alloy and having a bearing for supporting a crankshaft. A preform member is cast inside of the aluminum alloy. A screw hole having one opened end is formed in an outer surface of the bearing holder. A... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939049 | Connecting rod bearing shell or bushing or main bearing shell The invention relates to a connecting rod bearing shell or bushing for internal combustion engines or to a main bearing shell for crankshaft mounting in internal combustion engines, made of a sliding bearing composite material having a metal, preferably steel suppor... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932512 | Agricultural rockshaft bearing block structure and wear inserts therefor A bearing block structure for an implement rockshaft includes a two-piece ultra high molecular weight (UHMW) polyethylene wear insert located between a cast iron or welded steel bearing block and a rockshaft. In one embodiment, identical insert halves are supported ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6921210 | Flange bearing An engine bearing for an internal combustion engine has a pair of separately constructed bearing halves comprising a pair of arcuate shells having a pair of laterally spaced flanges extending generally radially outwardly from each shell. Each pair of laterally space... | 07/26/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6902324 | Crankshaft bearing shell A crankshaft bearing shell in an internal combustion engine of a vehicle is made from a steel/aluminum composite material and is composed of a steel supporting layer and an aluminum plated sliding layer containing parts of tin and copper in the aluminum sliding laye... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902452 | Marine split bearings with right angle removeable grooved retainer covers A sternpost or strut bearing assemblage is disclosed having a flat mounting plate integrally formed with a pair of separated collars, which collars have their centers longitudinally aligned with each other to receive a vessel's drive shaft. A pair of opposed split b... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6886984 | Bearing device for internal combustion engines A bearing device for internal combustion engines, comprising a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine and bearings supporting the crankshaft, and wherein the crankshaft is made of steel having not been subjected to surface hardening and having a structure, whic... | 05/03/2005 |
