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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7753592 | Bearing cap with weight reduction features Bearing caps and methods for manufacturing bearing cap are disclosed. Bearing cap includes a body that comprises an abutment surface, a bearing surface, an exterior surface, and a recess portion. The abutment surface provides for the bearing cap to be coupled to an ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7284528 | Crank shaft support assembly A crank shaft support assembly for increasing stiffness and reducing thermal mismatch distortion in a crank shaft bore of an engine comprising different materials. A cylinder block comprises a first material and at least two crank journal inserts are insert-molded i... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7131419 | Crankshaft supporter A crankshaft supporter having a support member which is attached to a cylinder block of an engine so as to support a crankshaft and which is formed of an aluminum alloy matrix with a preform cast inside. The support member includes a mounting surface, bolt holes and... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7114481 | Stabilized bearing structure for supporting a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine, and engine including same An internal combustion engine includes a split crankcase with spaced-apart journal walls. Each journal wall has a bearing hole formed therein. The engine also includes rotary bearings for supporting rotary movement of a crankshaft. A backlash-absorbing mechanism is ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104694 | Bearing apparatus for camshaft in engine A bearing cap is bolted to the cylinder head by a cap bolt to fix relative position of the camshaft to the cylinder head. An oil escape bore that connects a cap bolt insert bore formed in the bearing cap through a chain casing to an oil pan is formed in the bearing ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7051696 | Bearing structure of crankshaft in internal combustion engine A bearing structure of a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine supports a crankshaft on a crankcase with rolling bearings includes a play absorbing device for absorbing the play in the radial direction generated between an outer race of the rolling bearing and... | 05/30/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6926444 | Main bearing cap for internal combustion engines A main bearing cap (20) for an internal combustion engine consists of an aluminum alloy with an iron alloy core (10). The cap has a supporting surface (22) for a bearing shell. The iron alloy core has a central portion (13) with two space... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6422755 | Precisely repositioning powder metal components A sintered powder metal (P/M) component has an integrally formed tapered boss surrounding its bolt hole which extends into counterbores in a component to which it is assembled and produces plastic conformance between the boss and the counterbore when the ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6263853 | Reciprocating piston engine with harmonic balancing and method of making same A reciprocating piston engine with a crankshaft received in bearings includes a second-order harmonic balancer (Lanchester balancer) with one or more shafts received in bearings located in a crankshaft housing of the bearings of crankshaft and/or the bear... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6231240 | Crankshaft bearing for an internal combustion engine In a bearing for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine having a crankcase including a bearing base portion with a bearing cover mounted thereon and both the bearing base portion and the bearing cover consisting of a light metal alloy, the bearing ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6203203 | Slide bearing having a bearing block and a bearing cap A slide bearing, which is to be used particularly as a crankshaft main bearing of an internal-combustion engine, has a bearing block and a bearing cap. The bearing cap is constructed of a different material than the bearing block. The slide bearing has a ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6132095 | Low friction sliding bearing for an axial shaft An apparatus for reliably and efficiently propelling a printing substrate across a printing platen by use of the known roller/nip roller configuration wherein an improved, unitary slider bearing preferably formed of low friction material is coupled to an ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5868110 | Crankcase for a piston machine In a crankcase for a piston machine having a bearing support structure for a crankshaft main bearing with a bearing base part integrally formed with the bearing support structure and a bearing cover mounted onto the bearing base part by bearing bolts exte... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5743230 | Balancer shaft supporting structure in engine An engine having a lower block made of an aluminum-based material and having a bearing cap mounted therein in a cast-in manner abutting against front and rear sidewalls of a cylinder block of the engine and coupled to the cylinder block by a bolt, and a p... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5718466 | Racking resistant door control mechanism and method of fabrication A racking resistant door control mechanism for securing a pivoted door employs an elongate lock rod that extends the height of the door and is journaled for pivotal movement by bearing assemblies having steel covers that enclose plastic bearing liners. Th... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5711614 | Crankshaft bearing of a multicylinder internal combustion engine The crankshaft bearing of a multicylinder internal combustion engine has an upper and a lower bearing part, as well as upper and lower bearing brackets with bearing bores connected therewith, in which brackets the main bearing pins of a crankshaft are mou... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5509387 | Bearing cap for an internal combustion engine A main bearing cap for an internal combustion engine has a longitudinally extending body defined in pan by parallel sides which terminate in first and second end portions. The bearing cap has a centrally located, semi-cylindrical bearing recess which coop... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5501529 | Bearing support insert A bearing insert for being cast into an aluminum alloy engine block is made by a ferrous powder metal sintering process to make a skeleton structure which is permeable to the molten aluminum alloy in the block casting process. The insert is made of a mate... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5299871 | Bearing housing assembly A bearing housing assembly comprising a generally U-shaped casing (12); a cap (13) which fits into and cooperates with the casing to define a bearing housing; and bolts (15) to hold the casing and the cap together. The cap (13) is a clearance fit in the c... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5119776 | Compact bearing cap for overhead camshaft An improved bearing cap arrangement for attaching a camshaft to a cylinder head so that a cylinder head bolt or the like may be placed immediately adjacent the camshaft, the bearing cap characterized by a semi-cylindrical portion extending over the camsha... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5009205 | Crankshaft supporting structure for an internal combustion engine A crankshaft supporting device for a multi-cylinder engine including a plurality of bulkheads provided in a cylinder block of the engine to be arranged along an axis of the crankshaft, disposed in a lower part of the cylinder block. A bearing cap member h... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4958602 | Internal combustion engine The invention relates to internal combustion engines and especially to two-stroke engines for portable handheld work tools such as motor-driven chain saws or the like. Material made of light metal alloys is used in two-stroke engines for portable handheld... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4922870 | Arrangement for supporting a crankshaft In a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine, bearing shell and bearing cap of the bearings for the crankshaft are decoupled from the side walls of the cylinder block which form the crankcase. The bearing shells communicate with the cylinder block direc... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4854746 | Crankshaft bearing cap location scheme An improved bearing assembly which may only be assembled when its principle components are properly fitted together is disclosed herein. Generally, the bearing assembly includes a saddle member and a bearing cap, each of which includes a main bearing rece... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4838221 | Automotive engine construction An engine construction which comprises a cylinder block having a series of bearing seats formed therein for the support of a crankshaft, a lower block having bearing caps formed integrally therewith and adapted to be secured from below to the cylinder blo... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4651691 | Internal combustion engine having aluminum alloy cylinder block An internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder block formed of aluminum alloy and having main bearing bulkheads each of which is formed with a bearing surface. Main bearing caps are securely connected respectively with the bearing bulkheads and formed... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4559910 | Crankshaft bearing device for internal combustion engine The crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is supported in a split bearing assembly near one end of the crankshaft, with the lower half of the bearing assembly formed in a bearing holder secured to the engine block. An arcuate flange projects axially... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4534325 | Cam shaft holding system for internal combustion engine In a cam shaft holding system for an internal combustion engine, a cylinder head is secured to a cylinder block by cylinder head mounting bolts positioned between adjacent cylinders. An intake cam shaft and an exhaust cam shaft are extended at positions o... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4520770 | Automotive internal combustion engine with bearing beam structure An automotive internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder block having a plurality of bearing sections, and a bearing beam structure secured to the bottom part of the cylinder block. The bearing beam structure includes a plurality of main bearing cap ... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4520771 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder block having a plurality of main bearing bulkheads, and a skirt section. Each bearing bulkhead is formed with through-holes each of which as an upper end opening to the skirt section and a lower end openi... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4467755 | Internal combustion engine with bearing beam structure An internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder block including cylinder barrels, and main bearing bulkheads each having a bearing section; main bearing cap sections respectively secured to the bearing bulkheads so that each main bearing cap section an... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467754 | Automotive internal combustion engine An automotive internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder block having at its bottom section a plurality of main bearing supporting sections, a bearing beam structure secured to the cylinder block bottom section and including a plurality of main beari... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4209209 | Fabricated engine main bearing caps Constructions for fabricated sheet metal engine main bearing caps are disclosed having certain common features including provision of a bearing flange member formed from a single sheet and a supporting base member which is fabricated from at least one for... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4199202 | Bearing structure for a cam shaft in internal combustion engines A bearing structure for a cam shaft has a first journal-receiving cavity of a semi-circular cross section provided in an upper face of a cylinder head, and a second journal-receiving cavity of a semi-circular section provided in a lower face of a bearing ... | 04/22/1980 |
