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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167497 | Sensor-equipped bearing for wheel A sensor-equipped bearing for a wheel rotatably supporting the wheel relative to a vehicle body includes an outer member (1) provided with a double-row raceway surface (3) on an inner periphery thereof, an inner member (2) provided with raceway ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167498 | Bearing apparatus for axle and method of manufacturing the same A body part of a rotation detecting sensor of a rotation number detector which is provided on a bearing apparatus for an axle has a large diameter part formed in its upper part and a small diameter part formed in its lower part, and at the same time, a sensor fittin... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167499 | Rolling bearing device with sensor A first spacer, a second tubular member, and a second spacer are externally fitted and fixed to an outer peripheral surface of a nut. The second tubular member is formed by stacking a plurality of silicon steel plates without any gap, and is arranged between the fir... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8152381 | Rolling bearing comprising a device for withdrawing a liquid A rolling bearing which has a sealing arrangement and a sensor component, particularly an encoder, which is fitted with a mounting flange. The rolling bearing further has an inner ring and an outer ring between which rolling members are arranged. The sealing arrange... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147146 | Wheel bearing device with rotation sensor An output cable 16c of a magnetic sensor 16a, which extends outward in the tangential direction of an arcuate sensor holding portion 15a formed on an annular core member 15 from a sensor unit mounted in the sensor hol... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8136994 | Sensor-equipped rolling bearing apparatus An annular member is mounted on an outer ring, and a sensor is fixed to the annular member. The annular member includes a fixing portion, and a cover portion. The sensor is fixed to the fixing portion by a bolt and a nut. The fixing portion is fixed to the cover por... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132967 | Wheel bearing apparatus incorporated with a wheel speed detecting apparatus A wheel bearing apparatus with an incorporated wheel speed detecting apparatus has an outer member with double row outer raceway surfaces formed on its inner circumferential surface. An inner member includes a wheel hub with an integrally formed wheel mounting flang... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128290 | Rolling bearing unit having sensor A rolling bearing unit having a sensor comprising: a first raceway member, on the outer circumferential surface of which a raceway surface is provided; a second raceway member, on the inner circumferential surface ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123411 | Sensor-equipped bearing for wheel To provide a sensor equipped wheel support bearing assembly, in which a load sensor can be installed compactly in an automotive vehicle, maintaining a high sensitivity while damage and/or malfunction caused by the external environments and/or the electromagnetic noi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123410 | Rolling bearing device In a rolling bearing provided with an outer ring connected to a mounting opening of a knuckle, an inner ring connected to a wheel through a hub, a rolling element intervening between the outer ring and the inner ring and a sealing device for sealing the space betwee... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8096710 | Rotor for use in rotary encoder and wheel rolling bearing assembly including the same The invention seeks to provide a rotor for use in rotary encoder, which is increased in magnetic intensity and mechanical strength thereby achieving exact detection of rotation speed. A corner portion formed between a cylindrical portion 21 and a mount... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8075194 | Wheel bearing with sensor Wheel bearing (1) has sensor (15) for measuring rotational or angular movements of a wheel with wheel bearing flange (2) and roller bearing (4) attached thereto. Peripheral inner ring (7) has encoder ring (9) serving as tran... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070363 | Bearing arrangement A bearing arrangement comprises at least one bearing ring and at least one machine part with which the bearing ring is connected. The bearing arrangement is equipped with a device for detecting relative movement between at least one of the bearing rings and one of t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8052329 | Wheel bearing apparatus incorporated with a wheel speed detecting apparatus A wheel bearing apparatus incorporating a wheel speed detecting apparatus has an outer member, an inner member, double row rolling elements, a sensor holder, and a pulser ring. The sensor holder cover has a cylindrical fitting portion press-fit onto the inner side e... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8043009 | Hub unit, hub unit manufacturing method and hub unit transporting method A hub unit is configured such that nitrogen gas, which functions as inert gas, is filled in a rolling element arranging space which is defined by an inner circumferential surface of an outer ring and an outer circumferential surface of a hub body for arranging rolli... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043010 | Wheel bearing apparatus incorporated with a wheel speed detecting apparatus A wheel bearing apparatus incorporating a wheel speed detecting apparatus has an outer member and an inner member with a wheel hub and at least one inner ring. Double row rolling elements are contained between the inner and outer raceway surfaces of the inner and ou... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8033734 | Vehicle-wheel rolling bearing To provide a vehicle-wheel rolling bearing capable of further improving the reliability of a sensor by preventing a temperature drift. A vehicle-wheel rolling bearing H includes a cylindrical fixed ring 1 which is fixed to a vehicle body; rotary rings ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8021052 | Sensor-equipped bearing for wheel In a wheel support bearing assembly having rows of rolling elements interposed between an outer member and an inner member, spacers are interposed between vehicle body fitting holes in the outer member, which is a stationary member, and a knuckle. A sensor unit incl... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8007180 | Sealing arrangement The invention relates to a sealing arrangement that seals at least one radial intermediate space between at least one inner bearing ring and at least one outer bearing ring. Said sealing arrangement comprises at least one first support that supports at least one ela... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8007179 | Wheel bearing arrangement comprising a radial-flange-side encoder The invention relates to a wheel bearing arrangement which enables a hub to be mounted in at least one non-rotating external ring such that it can rotate about the rotational axis of the hub. The wheel bearing arrangement comprises at least one sealing arrangement a... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7959358 | Hub unit for driving wheel A sensor for detecting a speed of rotation is an active sensor, a sensing portion 35 of the sensor directly faces the magnetic encoder 10 without interposition between it and the encoder 10, and a harness 34 (or connector) of the sensor | 06/14/2011 |
| 7942582 | Hub unit for a driving wheel A sensing part 35 of a sensor 30 for detecting speed of rotation is disposed to face a magnetic encoder 10 through a sensor holder 20, the sensor 30 for detecting the speed of rotation is disposed inward in the radial direction of ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7931406 | Sensor-equipped cover for vehicular-wheel bearing assembly A sensor-equipped structure of a vehicular-wheel bearing assembly mounted to an outer ring member of a vehicular-wheel bearing assembly, is provided with a sensor portion for detecting the rotation of an inner ring member rotatably disposed on a radially inner side ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927018 | Wheel bearing arrangement comprising an encoder The invention relates to a wheel bearing arrangement comprising an encoder arranged in a radial annular region between an inner part and an outer part. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7901141 | Hub unit bearing A sealing device 12b of a hub unit bearing O has a first slinger 16 fixed to an inner ring 5, a second slinger 17 fixed to an outer ring 1, and a sealing portion 18 which is fixed to the first slinger 16 and is... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896552 | Rotary encoder A rotary encoder includes a rotary shaft that may be manufactured easily and efficiently includes a rotating magnet with a mounting precision in which variance may not occur readily. A rotary shaft includes a rotary shaft main unit with a rotating magnet mounting pa... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896553 | Bearing device for wheel An IC tag (9) capable of contactless communication is affixed on any one or more of element parts constructing the bearing device (1) for the wheel. For example, the IC tag is affixed on a forging forming an outer member (31) or an inner member ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7878713 | Sensor-equipped bearing for wheel A sensor-incorporated wheel support bearing assembly, enabling a load sensor to be compactly installed on the vehicle and capable of detecting a load on a wheel with good sensitivity includes a ring member, affixed to a stationary member, which has at an intermediat... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7874732 | Bearing device for drive wheel A drive wheel support bearing assembly includes a hub axle, a constant velocity joint and a bearing unit which are unitized together, and an inner member made up of an outer coupling member of the CVT with the hub axle mounted on an outer periphery of a hollow stem ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7798723 | Rolling bearing assembly for wheel A rolling bearing assembly for a wheel includes a cylindrical fixed bearing ring fixed to a vehicle body side, a rotary bearing ring rotatably inserted to inside of the fixed bearing ring, and plural rows of rolling elements rollably arranged between the bearing rin... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7780357 | Bearing with cage-mounted sensors An antifriction bearing (A) for accommodating rotation about an axis (X) comprises an inner race (2) having a raceway (12), an outer race (4) having a raceway (22), rolling elements (6) positioned between the inner and outer races ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7780358 | Sensor-incorporated wheel support bearing assembly A sensor-incorporated wheel support bearing assembly (18) includes an outer member (1) having an inner peripheral surface formed with double rows of raceway surfaces (4), an inner member (2) having an outer peripheral surface formed with ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7771121 | Bearing assembly with built-in absolute encoder The bearing assembly includes a rolling bearing including a rotatable raceway member and a stationary raceway member. This bearing assembly also includes a to-be-detected member carried by the raceway member and having a magnetic characteristic which cyclically vari... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7753594 | Retaining plug for retaining needle roller bearings in the centers of gears The retaining plus is used for assembling or retaining an array of needle roller bearings in the center of a gear. The plug applies a spring force through a push ball and a wire retainer clip which separates a pair of the needle roller bearings and force the array o... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7753593 | Tapered roller bearing A tapered roller bearing (1) comprises an inner ring (2), an outer ring (3), a plurality of tapered rollers (4) rollably disposed between the inner and outer rings (2, 3) and a cage (5) for holding the tapered rollers (4 | 07/13/2010 |
| 7686517 | Wheel bearing apparatus for a driving wheel A wheel bearing apparatus for a driving wheel is formed as a unit of a wheel hub, a double row rolling bearing and a constant velocity universal joint. The double row rolling bearing has an outer member with a body mounting flange mounted on a knuckle and double row... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7686516 | Rolling bearing unit with load measuring unit An encoder 12 a characteristic of which is changed alternately at an equal interval in a circumferential direction is supported/fixed onto a hub 4 concentrically with the hub 4. A sensing portion of a sensor 13 supported on the outer ring... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7632020 | Sealing arrangement The invention relates to a sealing arrangement (2) that seals at least one radial intermediate space (21) between at least one inner bearing ring (3) and at least one outer bearing ring (5). Said sealing arrangement (2) comprises a... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7628540 | Bearing device for wheel A bearing device for a wheel, where preload control is easy and a uniform amount of preload can be applied even if a bearing seal is installed in the bearing device. The bearing device rotatably supports a wheel and has an outer member 1, an inner member 2... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7618191 | Wheel bearing arrangement comprising an encoder and a sensor The invention relates to a wheel bearing arrangement, comprising at least one encoder, at least one sensor, a seal arranged concentrically to the rotational axis and a hub mounted to rotate in the wheel bearing arrangement, whereby a radial flange on the hub, faces ... | 11/17/2009 |
