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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8025443 | Bearing device A bearing device in which an inner ring is sealed from an outer ring by seals and together with the outer ring forms a closed bearing unit with a built-in circulation circuit for a lubricating oil mist. Rolling elements and rolling tracks disposed in the circulation... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7337179 | Context subsystems for system configurations Embodiments of the present invention utilize context subsystems to logically group resources according to context. Such context subsystems can be nested (i.e. hierarchical), and thus further simplify the complex configuration relationships encountered with complex s... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7293919 | Bearing device A bearing device mountable on a smaller bearing and allowing to be automatically lubricated for a long period, comprising an inner ring and an outer ring rotated relative to each other, cages and rolling elements held by the cages which are disposed in an annular sp... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7200583 | Method and apparatus for attribute selection The invention provides a method and apparatus for selecting desired attributes for system configuration. The invention uses one or more rule sets to define rules that are met when a configuration is valid. A rule set may specify the interrelation of attribute values... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7180214 | Condenser fan motor dust shield A dust shield for a refrigeration condenser fan motor includes a shroud having an opening for a motor output shaft, and a hub extending from the shroud. The shroud forms an enclosure to prevent contaminants from interfering with operation of the motor. The hub inclu... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7076410 | Method and apparatus for efficiently viewing a number of selected components using a database editor tool A method and apparatus for efficiently viewing selected cells using a database editor tool. By using a cell selection list that identifies a number of selected components, the present invention may allow the user to sequentially view the selected components by using... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7044643 | Rotary bearing with lubricant passage arrangement, and threaded drive with rotary bearing-supported threaded nut A rotary bearing has a first lubricant passage having one end which opens in an inner peripheral surface of a radially outer bearing part and another end which is connectable with a lubricant supply, at least one second lubricant passage which leads from an outer pe... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7036989 | Roller bearing oil feed device A roller bearing oil feed device includes a plurality of rolling elements arranged in a plurality of rows in the axial direction between an outer ring and an inner ring, the inner ring being divided for each row of the rolling elements and a ring-shaped spacer being... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6682222 | Bi-directional oil scoop for bearing lubrication A fluid multiplexer for delivering lubricant to bearings in a gas turbine engine. The bearings are adjacent bearing races on a shaft. Lubricant passages within the shaft extend from the races to scoops on the surface of the shaft. A nozzle ejects a jet of... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6357922 | Lubrication system for high speed antifriction bearings A high speed antifriction bearing receives minute quantities of high performance grease or oil at selected intervals from an electrically controlled injector having a nozzle that is directed at the rolling elements of the bearing. By minimizing the lubric... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6340244 | Rolling bearing for hard disk drive A rolling bearing for an HDD being excellent in the resistance to fretting wear, capable of lowering the torque and relieving the torque change and having a long life while exerting no undesirable effect on various bearing properties. A rolling bearing fo... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6176349 | Bearing lubricating device A bearing lubricating device includes: an oiling mechanism for supplying a predetermined amount of lubricating oil to a shoulder peripheral surface of a race ring of a rolling bearing located on a side of a raceway surface of the race ring of the rolling ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 5927863 | Machine with bearing-mounted rotors and liquid-lubricated bearings A machine with bearing-mounted rotors includes a housing (1) and two cooperating rotors erected therein which are supported on bearings (8-9 and 11-12, 17-18 and 20-21, respectively) with shafts ends (5 and 5A, 14 and 14A, respectively) at their ends. The... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5921349 | Oil air lubricating apparatus An oil air distributor is inserted in the inside of a support hole provided in a housing. The oil air distributor is designed so that outer pipes and a spacer fitted onto an inner pipe are held, through seal rings, between a flange portion provided in the... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5848845 | Configuration of lubrication nozzle in high speed rolling-element bearings A configuration of lubrication nozzle including a large flow path to connect external oil supply tube with semi-circle cross section annular flow path, and three jet flow conduits with L form having interval of 120° between adjacent channels to link annu... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5735613 | Single- or multiple-row cylindrical roller bearing A roller bearing including inner and outer races defining an interior space therebetween, and a plurality of cylindrical rollers between the races, each race having opposite axial end surfaces, a seal situated at each end of the bearing, each seal includi... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5660483 | Single-or multiple-row cylindrical roller bearing A roller bearing including inner and outer races defining an interior space therebetween, and a plurality of cylindrical rollers between the races, each race having opposite axial end surfaces, a seal situated at each end of the bearing, each seal includi... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5312191 | Lubrication mechanism for anti-friction bearings A high speed anti-friction bearing includes an internal impeller mechanism to provide improved high speed lubrication for the anti-friction elements. At high bearing speeds the impeller mechanism scoops liquid lubricant from a liquid annulus centrifugally... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5288154 | Splash-proof bearing arrangement having a horizontal axis The bearing arrangement is suitable in particular for the mounting of molds for the production of plastic pipes by the centrifugal molding process. It has a ball bearing whose inner bearing ring (5) sits on the pipe (3) which is to be freely rotatably mou... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5150975 | Compact self-lubricating bearing system The bearing lubricating system comprises a casing having a bore which defines a reservoir and a well sized to receive a sufficient volume of a suitable liquid lubricant. A return passage in the casing allows fluid flow from the well to the reservoir. A sh... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5131498 | Lubricating device of automatic transmission An automatic transmission has a rotational shaft with an axial through-hole. The shaft is supported by a case through bearings at opposite ends thereof. In the hole, a cup-type plug with holes is engaged with the shaft at one end thereof. A lubricating me... | 07/21/1992 |
| 4942944 | Screw pump for lubricating generator bearing Apparatus to lubricate generator bearings with an oil-air mist is disclosed. A screw pump, preferably an assembly of components comprising a ring, a teflon seal, a pump rotor and a hub is secured onto a rotor shaft of a generator for rotation therewith. T... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4541736 | Centrifugal oil pump flow proportioning and cooling system A system for cooling and lubricating the drive motor of a centrifuge. The shaft of the motor includes an internal passage with an inlet having a size and taper sufficient to provide the desired rate of cooling oil flow through the motor. A lower bearing p... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4527661 | Adaptive control system for machine tool or the like An adaptive control system for a machine tool or the like includes a temperature sensor for measuring spindle bearing temperature and two pairs of thrust sensors for measuring radial and axial spindle deflection. Data processing apparatus, typically compr... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4324442 | Device for supplying an oil-air mixture to bearing locations A device for supplying an oil-air mixture to a bearing location from an oil reservoir which is arranged on a shaft. The oil is held by an absorbent and retentive material, the oil reservoir being in a bore of a revolving machine part and including a close... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4002379 | Oil mist lubrication of centrifugally loaded bearings The combination of a supporting member adapted to be rotated at relatively high rotational speeds and a mist lubricating means. The rotational member supports at least one bearing structure adjacent the periphery of the member such that with high rotation... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3940191 | Multiple-row roller bearing A bearing comprising rows of rollers disposed between the outer and inner races, wherein a nozzle is provided for supplying lubricating oil mist to the entire periphery of the distance piece provided between said outer races, said nozzle being provided wi... | 02/24/1976 |