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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7950855 | Bearing assembly A bearing assembly for radial and axial support of a shaft part relative to a housing includes two radial antifriction bearings located at an axial distance to one another on the shaft part and two axial antifriction bearings located at an axial distance to one anot... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7614793 | Needle/roller bearing A needle bearing is designed for a high speed drill or MDA surgical instruments that include alternate rollers made from metallic and plastic or synthetic material mounted in the bore of the housing of the drill or MDA and the shaft being supported by the needle bea... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7588371 | Bearing assembly The invention relates to a bearing assembly (1) comprising at least one first bearing (6) that acts as an axially free radial support (5) and at least one second bearing (8) that acts as a radially free axial support (7). According... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7364364 | Cartridge bearing A bearing assembly including an inner ring, an outer ring, a ball bearing assembly, a needle bearing assembly, and seals. The inner ring defines a ball raceway and a needle bearing raceway. The outer ring defines a ball raceway and a needle bearing raceway. A plural... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7313998 | Motor/pump unit, particularly for anti-skid vehicle brake systems The present invention relates to a motor-pump unit for slip-controlled vehicle brake systems, including an accommodating member for hydraulically active elements comprising at least one working piston, which is arranged and guided in the accommodating member so as t... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7077254 | Outer race member for roller type one-way clutch An outer race member for a roller type one-way clutch includes a plurality of pawls provided along an outer periphery for engaging with an opposite member, a cam surface formed on an inner periphery, and grooves formed in the inner periphery for disposing block bear... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063342 | Suspension arm kit, vehicle with protective spacer on suspension arm, and method of installing suspension arm An improved apparatus is provided for use in a vehicular suspension arm. A through-hole is formed in one end of the suspension arm, and a bearing fits centrally in the through-hole. A pair of cylindrical spacer members are inserted into the opposed ends of the throu... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7004861 | Pulley unit A pulley unit improved in axial positioning of a cage of a one-way clutch is provided. An outer radius of an orbital portion of inner rings of two rolling bearings disposed at both axial sides of the cage are designed to be larger than an inner radius of the cage, s... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6227071 | Axle and bearing arrangement for a bicycle pedal A bicycle pedal adapted to be attached to a crankarm having a pedal axle including an attachment portion formed at one end thereof for attachment to the crankarm, the pedal axle having a small diameter portion formed adjacent the attachment end. A first a... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5988890 | Rotor shaft A rotor shaft that is supported by a deep groove ball bearing a radial load and a unidirectional thrust load, and by a cylindrical roller bearing for bearing a radial load. Also, a pretension applying means is provided for applying a pretension to the rot... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5813770 | Hub of a bicycle A hub of a bicycle includes a hub shell which has two dust caps threadedly engaged to both ends of the hub shell, a sleeve inserted in the hub shell and located between the two dust caps, an axle rotatably inserted in the sleeve and has a first and a seco... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5709127 | Mechanical oscillator A mechanical oscillator including a shaft having an endless groove in its periphery, a nut body carried by and slidable along the shaft at the location of the endless groove, and a roller pin carried by the nut body, having a nose portion extending into a... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5639166 | Three-race bearing A three-race bearing for rolls or pressure rollers having inner and outer races and a common center race forming an outer roller bearing which is exclusively a radial bearing and the inner roller bearing which is exclusively an axial guiding rolling beari... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5592852 | Mechanical oscillator A mechanical oscillator including a shaft having an endless groove in its periphery, a nut body carried by and slidable along the shaft at the location of the endless groove, and a roller pin carried by the nut body, having a nose portion extending into a... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5489254 | Thrust bearing feature for side plate of bearing block A bearing block has a sheave rotatably mounted between a pair of side plates. A plurality of exposed ball bearings are mounted in the side plates for bearing engagement with the sides of the sheave. The ball bearings can circulate and are either provided ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5382099 | Bearing assembly comprising a radial and axial bearing A bearing unit consists of a radial bearing 1 and an axial bearing 2, the outer ring 3 of the radial bearing 1 being extended at one end in the axial direction to hold the axial bearing 2. So that the bearing unit is able to absorb large radial and axial force... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5322735 | Roller body, method of its manufacture, and of roller or plain bearings A roller body or plain bearing component exhibits a core body (1) of ceramic material which is coated with a lapped hard layer (3) (e.g. titanium carbide, Diamond . . . ).... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5302032 | Radial/thrust composite-bearing having rolling elements A bearing comprises a metallic outer tube having a flange, a inner tube of resin having a flange, radial rollers, thrust balls and a collar. A plurality of roller receiving grooves are formed on the outer periphery of the inner tube, while a plurality of ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5234270 | Axially-aligning eccentrically-adjustable three-ring anti-friction roller bearing The elements of an axially-aligning, eccentrically-adjustable, three-ring anti-friction roller bearing are arranged to compensate for inevitable small deformation and bore alignment errors for the journals of blanket cylinders of printing presses. Rows of... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5232289 | Stud type track roller bearing A stud type track roller bearing includes a shaft provided with a flange, an annular side plate located in an opposed relationship and fixedly attached to the shaft, a ring fitted onto the flange, a plurality of rollers interposed between the ring and the... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5212995 | Profiler device A profiler particularly adapted for finishing the surfaces and contours of dies and molds. The profiler employs a cam assembly which converts rotary input motion to reciprocating output motion for operating a reciprocating member having a suitable tool at... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5156378 | Bearing block having high strength to weight ratio A bearing block having an inner and outer race is provided with an enlarged axial opening through the unloaded portion of the inner race and is selectively reinforced in the region carrying the load, in order to provide an improved strength to weight rati... | 10/20/1992 |
| 4963041 | Bearing mounting with self-compensation for thermal expansion A bearing mounting with self-compensation for thermal expansion. A rotor is mounted in a housing by way of a first bearing having an outer race mounted in the housing and an inner race mounted on the rotor. The inner and outer races are relatively axially... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4915514 | Rotary machine equipped with a thrust balancing arrangement A housing (1) of a rotary machine comprises a low-pressure side (2) and a high-pressure side (3), working-fluid inlet and outlet channels, and at least one rotor (7), which when the machine is working is urged by a working fluid towards the low-pressure s... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4895461 | Combined radial and thrust bearing The combined radial and thrust bearing has an annular series of rollers in the annular space between an inner race and an outer race for taking radial forces. The thrust bearing part includes a pair of axially spaced apart washers at each longitudinal end... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4895458 | Bearings for wind generator rotors A bearing system for mounting a wind generator rotor on a stub shaft comprises two axially spaced bearing units each made up of a skew joint bearing, a needle or cylindrical roller bearing placed around it and a thrust bearing arranged to the side of thes... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4848936 | Bearing device for poker vibrator The present invention relates to a bearing device particularly intended to be used in the type of poker vibrator whose rotor shaft (2) exhibits an eccentric arranged between two needle roller bearings (3,4). Besides being carried in these bearings, the ro... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4833934 | Roller worm drives and roller wheels for use therein In a worm wheel for a roller worm drive, each roller is movable along its axis relative to the body of the wheel, and biased towards an extended position by a spring. The springs are mounted in the space between inboard and outboard bearings associated wi... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4805432 | Device for axially supporting a roller A device for axially supporting a rotating roller (1) resting axially on a fixed frame, at each end, by a contact ball bearing (3). According to the invention, the contact ball bearing (3) is mounted on the end of a support piece (5) consisting of a cylin... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4533263 | Radial bearing and bi-directional thrust bearing arrangement A radial roller bearing and a bi-directional ball bearing are mounted in the annular space separating a rotatable outer member and a stationary inner member. The bi-directional ball bearing has a pressed metal cup with a radially extending end flange. Bal... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4518049 | Bottom hole motor for driving rock-breaking tool A bottom hole motor for driving a rock-breaking tool comprises a motor unit kinematically coupled with a spindle unit. The spindle unit has a housing inside which extends a shaft connected with the rock-breaking tool and mounted in the housing with the ai... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4438988 | Vertical bearing assembly A low friction, vertical bearing assembly is provided having an upper vertical load-bearing shaft extending into a bearing housing containing two ball bearings, one ball bearing being oriented above and in contact with the other in the housing, the upper ... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4109977 | Resiliently mounted radial and axial bearings A bearing assembly is formed of an elastic sleeve in a bore, a radial roller bearing in the bore supporting a shaft in the bore, and a thrust bearing in the sleeve and axially abutting the radial bearing.... | 08/29/1978 |