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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6997285 | Shaft seal with lubrication device A shaft seal assembly for use with a reciprocating or rotating shaft includes a shaft seal, a lubricant-storing ring, and a retainer. The retainer and ring can be formed as a subassembly and then combined with a shaft seal. The assembly provides a lubricated shaft a... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6599066 | Rotating shaft device and machine tool The invention relates to a rotating shaft apparatus for rotationally driving a spindle or a feed screw shaft and a machine tool including the rotating shaft apparatus, and is directed to enhance durability of a rotating shaft apparatus if the rotating sha... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6513238 | Connecting rod with thermally sprayed bearing layer In the method for producing a connecting rod eye having a large eye with a cap described in the specification, a microporous aluminum bronze plasma-coating is applied to the large eye and the connecting rod eye is then opened by removing the cap, thus bre... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6164831 | Rolling bearing for high-speed rotating equipment A rolling bearing for a high-speed rotating equipment is constructed of an outer ring, an inner ring, rolling elements and a retainer to rotatably support at least a rotary shaft thereon. The rolling elements are non-metallic inorganic balls. The retainer... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6102573 | Roller chain A roller chain includes a sintered oil-impregnated bushing loosely fitted coaxially on a connection pin for outer plates, a roller fitted for rotation on and around the sintered oil-impregnated bushing, and a needle roller bearing interposed between the s... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5776600 | Slide member and method of manufacturing the same A slide member has a sliding surface made of ceramic and a has surface roughness of not more than 1.0 μm in center line average roughness Ra. The ceramics includes a silicon nitride sintered body which contains crystal grains having a linear density of a... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5439297 | Nonmagnetic raceway assembly This invention provides a structure of a nonmagnetic raceway assembly in which the raceway assembly itself is formed of a nonmagnetic material to improve the sliding performance and strength of the raceway surfaces. The nonmagnetic raceway assembly struct... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5201386 | Wick feed bearing lubrication system A wick feed oil lubrication system for a bearing has a special wick element that is self-supporting and wear compensating. A dumb bell-shaped felt piece with a narrower center section and enlarged ends is surrounded by a closely fitting, compressed coil s... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5178233 | Continuous lubrication method and apparatus A method and apparatus for applying continuous uniform pressure to lubricant within a lubricant reservoir are disclosed. Memory retentive material, when inserted within a lubricant reservoir, compresses when initially subjected to lubricant pressure and l... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5102240 | Mounting mechanism for a member adapted to rotate at high speed around a vertical axis A rotatable member (3) has on its outside surface a contoured surface portion (15) which widens conically upwards in diameter, is contiguous with a lubricant storage chamber (14) and extends axially to near a bearing (11) by which the rotatable member (3)... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5002405 | Bearing with lubricating strip A bearing is mounted in a bearing housing which contains lubricating oil. The bearing includes radially spaced outer and inner rings which confine bearing rollers therebetween. A radially outer surface of the outer ring contains a circular groove in which... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4923761 | Bearing material having multiple layer therein and a method of manufacturing the same The invention is related to a bearing material having multiple layers therein and a method for manufacturing the same. The invention features that a bearing layer consisting mainly of an integrated resin powder is formed on a porous layer covering a back ... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4609293 | Lubrication feed bushing for anti-friction bearings The disclosure concerns an anti-friction bearing between a rotating shaft and an external bushing. The bearing includes two axially spaced apart rows of bearing balls. A feed bushing is disposed in the space between the shaft and the external bushing and ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4576489 | System for the continuous lubrication of a rolling bearing The invention relates to a system for the continuous lubrication of a rolling bearing. The rolling bearing is arranged in a bearing bore provided at a bearing bracket. The lubrication system comprises a reservoir containing a supply of lubricating oil, fr... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4571097 | Tapered roller bearing with pressurized rib ring A tapered roller bearing has a rib ring against which the large ends of the tapered rollers for the bearing bear to prevent those rollers from being expelled from the annular space between the tapered raceways. The rib ring includes a porous, yet rigid, c... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4548518 | Isostatic device to provide rolling and support with revolvable bodies, such as a rotatable ring This invention concerns an isostatic device (10) to provide rolling and support with revolvable bodies which comprises an inner ring (12), an outer ring (11), a cage (13) and three revolvable bodies (14) fitted substantially at angles of one hundred and t... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4406503 | 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... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4402558 | Rolling bearing A rolling bearing assembly particularly adapted for wheel bearings in vehicles comprising an inner ring having at least one radially outwardly directed mounting flange, an outer ring and a plurality of rolling elements in the annular space between the inn... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4365851 | Lubricant recirculation system for the bearing of a rotating shaft In order to prevent the occurrence of friction and attendant wear of the device for returning the lubricant from a porous body forming a lubricant reservoir to a bearing surface, a circumferential slot is formed bounded on one side by a helically grooved ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4286829 | Bearing for high rotational speeds A system for lubricating a bearing adapted for high rotational speed comprising a stationary and a rotatable race ring and a plurality of rolling elements guided by a cage in the annular space between the rings. The lubricating system for supplying lubric... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4243276 | Rolling body retainer A unitary one-piece rolling element retainer for roller bearings consisting of inner and outer rings and rolling elements between the rings. The retainer comprises a body member made of a foamed plastic material consisting of at least one homogeneous liqu... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4181379 | Bearing structure lubricant feed system The invention provides a bearing structure with a lubricant circulation that does not depend on gravity. An absorbent lubricant reservoir contacts a conical shaft portion so as to convey lubricant from the reservoir to a ball or like bearing. Lubricant pa... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4155605 | Wick lubrication scheme for high speed shafts A wick lubrication scheme provides sufficient quantities of oil for bearing lubrication on high speed shafts even under low atmospheric pressure conditions as exist as high altitude.... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4116505 | Bearing for a shaft of an open-end spinning rotor Open-end spinning machine apparatus is provided which includes a spinning shaft with a spinning rotor at one end and a driving whorl at the other. A bearing assembly is provided including two sets of roller bearings spaced axially from one another and in ... | 09/26/1978 |
