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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147145 | Journal bearing device An increase in the temperature of a sliding bearing can be suppressed, and it is possible to reduce the temperature of the bearing and prevent burning and damage. The bearing is divided in two and composed of a liner and a base metal. The liner is disposed on an inn... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7789567 | Bearing with fluid flow bypass A bearing assembly comprises an inner ring and an outer ring assembly having an upstream face and a downstream face. The outer ring assembly comprises an outer ring rotatably coupled to the inner ring, and a plurality of rolling elements that resides between the inn... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7363794 | Bearing structure and press molding apparatus having the structure While a rotational die and a predetermined position of a lower mold in which the rotational die is provided can be set in a zero contact manner, operation of setting the rotational die in the predetermined position of the lower mold can be easily performed, and occu... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7264449 | Automatic liquid collection and disposal assembly A liquid collection and disposal assembly for collecting and disposing of drainage liquid, the liquid collection and disposal assembly disposable in a pit and having a basin assembly with a collection cavity, a pump suspended in the collection cavity and a level det... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7232258 | Passive bearing clearance control using a pre-swirler A rotary bearing for high speed and high temperature use is disclosed, the bearing having an inner race and an outer race with a roller ball positioned between the races, and a cooling fluid passageway passing through the races, where one of the passages in the oute... | 06/19/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6422754 | Hydrodynamic sleeve bearing with tilting thrust buttons and oil distribution ring A bearing assembly is provided which includes an annular support member and a plurality of thrust bearing elements coupled to and distributed about the face of the support member. The thrust bearing elements are adapted to receive and support an axial loa... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6264003 | Bearing system including lubricant circulation and cooling apparatus A bearing system includes a lubricant circulation apparatus to provide a continuous supply of a cooled lubricant fluid to a bearing device. The bearing device may be a hydrodynamic sleeve bearing having a bearing housing defining a sump for maintaining lu... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6109790 | Lubricant circulation system for downhole bearing assembly An improved lubricant cooling system for a sealed bearing section used in drilling with downhole motors comprises a radial bearing or bearings which preferably contain internal and external spiral grooves such that rotation of the central hollow shaft whi... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5915843 | Fluid-cooled bearing housing A housing segment has a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and a cooling passage therebetween. The cooling passage has a uniform cross-sectional area approximately equal to the cross-sectional area of the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet and may be convenient... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5707718 | Porous-plastic bearing and method of manufacturing porous-plastic bearing A porous-plastic bearing comprises a porous-plastic sliding bearing member which is formed by gathering a cluster of plastic particles each having a volume in the range of from about 0.004 mm3 to about 4 mm3 and sintering the cluster... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5651645 | Generating head assembly with generating head and rotary power actuator A generating head assembly for cutting or machining a surface on a workpiece and including a generating head mounted for relative rotation with the workpiece and with cutting or machining members having a radially advanced cutting or machining position fo... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5518321 | Tilting pad type bearing device A tilting pad type bearing device prevents the temperature elevation of the tilting pads, and heat sticking, and generation of unstable vibration concomitant with temperature elevation, and effectively utilizes lubricant oil to ensure a stable high perfor... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5054583 | Bearing arrangement with centrifugal mist lubrication flow and isolate dead shaft conductive cooling flow A cooling and lubricating system for use with a bearing assembly comprises a bearing having inner and outer races with interposed bearing elements, a rotary element requiring lubrication journaled for rotation by the bearing, an axially extending hollow s... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5046920 | Bearing cooling system in horizontal shaft water turbine generator A bearing cooling system for a water turbine having a rotatable shaft connected at one end to a movable blade portion and supported by a journal bearing and by a thrust bearing having a collar, comprises a heat pipe including a first container surrounding... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4861252 | Vibrator type concrete pipe making machines having combined lubrication and cooling system A vibrating type concrete pipe making machine, in which very high frequencies of vibration and large inputs may be attained without excessive wear on the mold or shortened bearing life. It also includes lubricant and coolant systems which are combined int... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4699524 | Supplementary cooling system for thrust bearing Apparatus for providing supplementary cooling to the thrust bearing of a vertical shaft machine, without requiring an additional exterior pump and motor, has an oil conducting path formed by grooves in the engaging surfaces of an upper and a lower portion... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4644202 | Sealed and balanced motor and fluid pump system A pancake, d.c., brushless electric motor 10 and pump 32 in which the rotating parts of the pump 32 are integral with the rotor 18 of the motor 10. The motor and pump housing is hermetically sealed from the flow of the pumped fluid. A small portion of flu... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4580951 | Wet motor fuel pump with fuel flow through the bearing for cooling thereof A wet motor pump has an armature located in a motor chamber. A shaft bushing with an internal bore rotatably supporting a shaft end portion of an armature shaft is located in an outlet housing having a bore and a bushing support for receiving the shaft bu... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4474483 | Hydrostatic bearing apparatus with a cooling function In a hydrostatic bearing apparatus, a bearing bushing is formed at its internal surface with a plurality of circumferentially separate fluid pockets, into which pressurized fluid is conducted via respective throttle elements for rotatably supporting a spi... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4455099 | Bearing lubricating system for electric rotary machine For a vertical shaft electric rotary machine comprising a pair of upper and lower vertical shafts extending from a rotor and rotatably supported by a bearing within an upper oil tank and a bearing unit within a lower oil tank respectively, a disclosed bea... | 06/19/1984 |
