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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5833370 | Oil-retaining bearing structure for rotary machine The present invention relates to an oil-retaining bearing for a rotary machine. In the oil-retaining bearing for a rotary machine according to the present invention, a first lock section is provided in a bearing housing; a first thrust spacer is relativel... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5320303 | Thrust washer structure for fishing reels A thrust washer structure for dissipating axial frictional forces caused by a forward thrust of a pinion gear in a fishing reel having a deck plate with an axial bore through the deck plate and a bushing having a rearwardly facing surface and an axial cyl... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5285984 | Structure for confining thrust washers on fishing reels A fishing reel of the type having a deck plate and a center shaft extending forwardly through the deck plate. The center shaft is rotatable about a first axis. A pinion gear is mounted on the center shaft. A crank shaft is rotatable about a second axis tr... | 02/15/1994 |
| 4993848 | Thrust bearing system for counter-rotating propeller shafts, particularly ships propeller shafts Two propeller shafts are disposed coaxially one within another. A collar of the inner propeller shaft grips into the hollow outer propeller and supports the inner shaft axially over axial friction bearing elements. The axial friction bearing elements are ... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4859088 | Thrust bearing A thrust bearing assembly including a tubular mount conformed to receive an axially loaded shaft, the shaft being formed as a cylindrical shank terminating in a circular cap receivable in the interior of the mount. A selected number of rings is then stack... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4726695 | Hydrodynamic thrust bearing A hydrodynamic thrust bearing adapted for positioning between a fixed base and a moving member spaced from said fixed base, the moving member having a rigid flat face confronting the fixed base, wherein the hydrodynamic thrust bearing includes a thin meta... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4653139 | Caster with a plain thrust bearing between the wheel frame and the frame carrier A caster wherein the web of the bifurcated frame for the wheel and the carrier for the frame define a plain thrust bearing which allows the frame to swivel relative to the carrier about an axis extending at right angles to the axis of the wheel. The frame... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4214690 | Axial locating of horizontally extending tape drive shaft in cassette machine A magnetic-tape cassette machine of the type including a horizontally extending tape drive shaft and a loading platform designed to hold the cassette upright during tape transport. To prevent the horizontally extending tape drive shaft from shifting axial... | 07/29/1980 |
