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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066435 | Strut sliding bearing A thrust sliding bearing (1) includes an upper casing (3) which is made of polyacetal resin and has an annular lower surface (2); a lower casing (5) which is made of a reinforced synthetic resin including, in addition to polyacetal resin,... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8016489 | Sliding bearing A sliding bearing 1 includes an upper casing 3 having an annular lower surface 2; a lower casing 5 which is superposed on the upper casing 3 so as to be rotatable about an axis O of the upper casing 3 and has an annular uppe... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7993061 | Sliding bearing A sliding bearing (1) includes an upper casing (3) which is made of polyacetal resin as a synthetic resin, has an annular surface (2), and serves as a first bearing body; a second bearing body (5) which is made of a synthetic resin, is su... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7887240 | Thrust washer with enclosed channels A thrust washer for a torque converter, including a front surface and at least one first channel. The at least one channel is at least partially enclosed by the front surface and is in fluid communication with an inner circumference and an outer circumference for th... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7407329 | Sliding bearing A sliding bearing (1) includes an upper casing (3) which is made of polyacetal resin as a synthetic resin, has an annular surface (2), and serves as a first bearing body; a second bearing body (5) which is made of a synthetic resin, is su... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401980 | Axial bearing A thrust bearing, in particular for a turbo charger, has an essentially disc shaped bearing body (10) with a central through opening (12) for a shaft, at least one bearing surface (14) surrounding the through opening (12) for a collar whi... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399253 | Washer and planetary gear set having the same A washer and a planetary gear set having the same, wherein the washer includes a first washer member and a second washer member. The first washer member is formed at a surface thereof with a plurality of first stepped portions each having a radially extending concav... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7357578 | Thrust sliding bearing A thrust sliding bearing includes an upper casing having a polyacetal resin-made flat annular surface and a lower casing superposed on the upper casing so as to be rotatable about an axis of the upper casing and having a polyacetal resin-made annular surface opposin... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354240 | Centrifugal turbo machine with axial thrust control member There is provided a centrifugal turbo machine comprising: a volute casing; a rotation axis coupled with the volute casing through a bearing; an impeller which is coupled to an end of the rotation axis and sucks fluid with a centrifugal force due to its rotation; and... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7293918 | Sliding bearing A sliding bearing (1) includes an upper casing (3) which is made of polyacetal resin as a synthetic resin, has an annular surface (2), and serves as a first bearing body; a second bearing body (5) which is made of a synthetic resin, is su... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7273317 | Thrust sliding bearing A thrust sliding bearing (1) includes an upper casing (3) having an annular surface (2); an annular lower casing (5) which is superposed on the upper casing (3) so as to be rotatable about an axis (0) of the upper casing ( | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271135 | Lubricant grease for low and high temperature application and rolling bearing A rolling bearing, for application in electric auxiliaries for a car, durable owing to high resistance to high temperatures and capable of restraining noises from being generated at low temperatures; and lubricant grease, for low and high temperature application, wh... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267021 | Starter having rear end cover A starter for cranking an internal combustion engine includes an electric motor for driving a pinion gear of the starter. The rear end of the electric motor is covered with a rear end frame having a bearing holder formed thereon. To protect the bearing holder from e... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258488 | Fluid bearing module A fluid bearing module has a bearing seat, a bearing, a deflecting member, and an impediment. The bearing seat has a capacity with an opening. The bearing in the capacity has a hollow space for the axis of a rotor to go through, and a lubricant medium is filled in b... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255933 | Multi-layer sliding part and a method for its manufacture A multi-layer sliding part is prepared by a process including mixing 1–50 parts by volume of a Cu-plated solid lubricant powder with 100 parts by volume of a Cu-based alloy powder comprising 5–20 mass % of Sn and a remainder of Cu to form a mixed powder, sinteri... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7207722 | Combined bearing A combined bearing includes a main body (10) and a mating member (30). The main body is generally cylindrical, with an axial hole (16) and a cutout (18) defined therein. The cutout is generally semi-cylindrical and spans from an outer sur... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198406 | Thrust sliding bearing A thrust sliding bearing includes an upper casing having a polyacetal resin-made flat annular surface and a lower casing superposed on the upper casing so as to be rotatable about an axis of the upper casing and having a polyacetal resin-made annular surface opposin... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195825 | Multi-layer sliding part and a method for its manufacture A multi-layer sliding part is prepared by a process including mixing 1–50 parts by volume of a Cu-plated solid lubricant powder with 100 parts by volume of a Cu-based alloy powder comprising 5–20 mass % of Sn and a remainder of Cu to form a mixed powder, sinteri... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7189004 | Thrust cap The motor has a thrust cap fitted to its end cap by snap fit fingers. The thrust cap closes a hole in the bearing retainer of the end cap and provides a thrust bearing surface against which the end of the shaft contacts to limit axial movement or end play of the sha... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176596 | Pivot joint structure for motor rotor The invention relates to a pivot joint structure of the motor rotor including a spindle and a snap ring. The spindle is centrally disposed in the rotor and the end thereof near the urging part has a scoop channel with smaller outer diameter. The urging part has at l... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7152518 | Structure of fuel injection pump for extending service life An improved wear resisting structure of a fuel injection pump is provided. The fuel injection pump has a plunger reciprocating to pressurize fuel within a compression chamber and a cam mechanism installed on a torque input shaft. The cam mechanism revolves following... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147380 | Pressure screw assembly primarily used with an axially guided locking ring to permit controlled axial clearance movement of the chock bearing A locking ring assembly retains a bearing to a shaft rotatably supported on a first axis of rotation. Guide pins or rods extend axially from an annularly shaped bearing retainer slideably disposed on the shaft towards the pressure ring, also slideably disposed on th... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140780 | Bearing assembly A bearing assembly includes a sleeve bearing (2) having a mating portion (22) and a center bore (20), a shaft (1) disposed in the center bore, and a rotary block (3) mounted on the shaft and being rotatable therewith. A gap exists ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137791 | Axial bearing arrangement for a hermetic compressor A reciprocating hermetic compressor includes a cylinder block internal to a shell and carrying a cylinder and a radial bearing hub; a crankshaft vertically mounted in the radial bearing hub and carrying, inferiorly, a rotor of an electric motor and, superiorly, a su... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7077867 | Prosthetic knee joint having at least one diamond articulation surface Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for making joints, bearing and articulation surfaces, and methods for man... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069200 | Method intended to obtain reflection travel times from an interpretation of migrated cylindrical wave seismic data A method intended to obtain reflection travel times from an interpretation of seismic data in migrated cylindrical waves, for a given value of the parameter defining the slope of these waves, or the superposition of such data associated with various substantially pa... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7000909 | Plastic bearing, particularly for use in MacPherson strut A MacPherson strut tube having an upper spring seat, a spring, a strut tube, and a ring bearing disposed for engaging the spring seat, the spring and the strut tube. The ring bearing comprises an upper casing, a lower casing, and a plastic ring engaged between the u... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6968768 | Slitting saw The disclosure describes a slitting saw used to cut an opening in a pipe. The saw generally comprises a housing mounted on an XYZ positioning system, a drive assembly and a cutting blade. A motor is used to drive a gear train which creates rotating of the cutting bl... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6938786 | Slackless drawbar assembly using an improved ball and race connection assembly An improved ball and race connection assembly for use in connecting together adjacently disposed ends of railway vehicles is provided. This ball and race connection assembly is particularly useful as a connection member in slackless type drawbar assemblies. The impr... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935618 | Valve component with multiple surface layers A sliding component, particularly a disk valve plate. The sliding component includes a multi-layer surface structure comprising a strengthening layer harder than the substrate material, and an amorphous diamond top layer. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935849 | Grooved shaft member and associated turbocharger and method There is provided a shaft member such as a bearing, washers, and shaft, having at least one surface defining a plurality of radial grooves for providing radial fluid communication without generating significant thrust loading between the shaft member and an adjacent... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929402 | Journal bearing and thrust pad assembly An apparatus for rotatably mounting and axially fixing a gear on a shaft comprises a bushing fixed within a bore of the gear. A sleeve is received on and fixed relative to the shaft. The sleeve is surrounded by and journalled for rotation within the bushing. A thrus... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918701 | Synthetic resin-made sliding bearing A synthetic resin-made sliding bearing (1) includes a synthetic resin-made lower casing (2), a synthetic resin-made upper casing (3) superposed on the lower casing (2), a synthetic resin-made disk-shaped thrust sliding bearing piece (4... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6899517 | Attachment of bearing elements by deformation A method of installing an annular bearing element within a centrifugal pump utilizes a mechanical staking operation. The bearing element locates within a receptacle of a pump stage that is surrounded by a retaining wall. Once the bearing element is located within th... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6814493 | Plain bearing and wind energy unit with said bearing In a plain bearing for the transmission of high axial forces and great flexural moments with slight relative movements the one co-operating bearing component has an annular rib which engages into an annular groove provided on the other co-operating bearing component... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6799891 | Motor device According to the present invention, a cylindrical side wall is provided in a housing so as to surround an outer periphery of a stopper member. Further, an end surface of the side wall is higher than a top surface of outermost periphery of the stopper member. Oil oth... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6789992 | Washer having oil-bearing holes A washer in accordance with the present invention comprises an axial hole and a plurality of oil-bearing portions. The oil-bearing portions are located on an inner surface opposite to an outer surface and surround the axial hole. ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6729767 | Step bearing for axial support of an open-end spinning rotor To improve the known step bearings for the support of open-end spinning rotors, it is proposed to design the bearing body with a machine-side support and a rest for the spinning rotor. According to the invention, a flat bearing surface constituting one end of the be... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6698933 | Thrust cap The motor has a thrust cap (50) fitted to its end cap by snap fit fingers (54). The thrust cap (50) closes a hole (46) in the bearing retainer (42) of the end cap and provides a thrust bearing surface (52) against which the end of the shaft contacts to li... | 03/02/2004 |
