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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104970 | Wheel bearing apparatus for a vehicle A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member, an inner member with a wheel hub and inner ring, double row rolling elements contained between the inner member and the outer member, and; seals mounted between the outer member and the inner member. A stepped p... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8061901 | Extension member for a flinger of a bearing A bearing is disclosed comprising an inner ring concentrically disposed with an outer ring with rotational elements therebetween adapted for allowing rotational movement of the inner ring relative to the outer ring. A flinger may be secured to the inner ring having ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7607836 | Seal for railway car journal bearing A bearing assembly is provided having a roller bearing with an inner raceway fitted around the journal portion of an axle. An outer raceway combines with the inner raceway to receive roller elements. A backing ring is centered to the shaft fillet. An annular wear ri... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7435005 | Seal for an antifriction bearing The invention relates to a tension roller (1) for a fraction drive, comprising a washer (2) mounted on an antifriction bearing and a spacer (4a). A sealing cap (13a) is provided between the washer (2) and the spacer (... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7380797 | Wheel support bearing assembly To provide a wheel support bearing assembly in which the frictional resistance can be effectively reduced while effects of minimizing leakage of the filled lubricant and ingress of dust and muddy water from outside of the bearing assembly are secured, the wheel supp... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7341379 | Pivot assembly for hard disk drive use To supply a pivot assembly for hard disk drive use that can reliably fix a seal member and solve the problem of out gas, thus reducing the expense and time incidental to the pre-load of a ball bearing. Ball bearings have been joined to both ends of a shaft, and on t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334942 | Dual seal assembly for bearing A dual seal assembly for a bearing, the assembly comprising a first seal frame (12) coupled to a tip end of an opening in a space formed between an inner ring and an outer ring of the bearing and press-fitted to the outer ring; a second seal frame (14)... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7311448 | Bearing arrangement for a harvesting machine A bearing arrangement for a harvesting machine, including a bearing configured to couple a rotatable shaft with a chassis of the harvesting machine, a first element coupled with the shaft so as to be rotatable therewith, and a second element coupled with the chassis... | 12/25/2007 |
| RE39948 | Seal bearing assembly for use in a solid waste comminutor A solid waste material comminuting system having a an electric motor for providing rotary motion, a pair of cutter stacks with cutter elements of one stack interleaved with cutter elements of the other, and gear means to transmit the rotary motion of the electric m... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300210 | Bearing locking collar with laminated plates A locking collar comprising an annular collar having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a first end positioned opposite a second end defining a gap therebetween, and a locking component extending from the first end of the annular collar and into engagement with... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7258491 | Bearing seal assembly for agricultural applications A contaminant-resistant bearing assembly includes a multi-lip seal with an extended shroud supported from the outer ring and projecting adjacent a stepped inner ring shoulder. A steel slinger supported from the inner ring is offset outwardly adjacent the shroud and ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257862 | Decelerating device for insertion between two relatively rotating members, in particular a drum and an oscillating door for loading the drum in a top-loaded washing machine A decelerating device includes a bushing and a pin carried coaxially by the bushing. A first end of the pin is housed inside the bushing and a second end of the pin, opposite to the first end, projects axially in cantilever fashion from the bushing. Inside the bushi... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7216824 | Shredder with oscillating side walls A shredder for shredding a by-product, such as sprue, runner and the like generated when molding a thermoplastic synthetic resin product, into recyclable shredded pieces, is structured such that front and rear oscillating side walls are openable, right and left stat... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207927 | Treadmill roller device having bearing A roller device for attaching to a shaft of a treadmill, includes a tubular housing having two carriers engaged in the end portions, and the carriers each includes a casing directly folded from the end portion of the housing, and two bearing members are engaged in t... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7165891 | Guide roller assembly for a continuous casting plant A guide roller assembly includes a guide roller and a bearing that supports the roller body of the guide roller and is formed as a ring-shaped, segmented slide bearing. ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163341 | Bearing to be used for pulley in auxiliary device for engine A bearing to be used for a pulley in an auxiliary device for the engine of an automobile includes an outer ring 3, an inner ring 5, double rows of balls 7 and 8, retainers 9 and 10, and seals 11 and 12 which ar... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7116356 | Vertically self-aligning camera mount apparatus A self-aligning apparatus comprising a ball bearing assembly mounted on a base plate and supporting an axle on which is mounted a video camera. In response to the force of gravity, the axle rotates such that the camera maintains a line-of-sight parallel to the cable... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7090634 | Driving system for a separator having a centrifugal drum and a neck bearing A driving system for a separator having a centrifugal drum with a vertical axis of rotation. The driving system includes a vertically aligned driving spindle configured to accommodate a centrifugal drum. The driving spindle is arranged by a neck bearing and a footst... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7078837 | Method and apparatus for contamination protection for bearing assembly A bearing assembly includes a bearing housing; a rotatable shaft extending through the bearing housing; a bearing having an outer race and an inner race with a bearing seal therebetween, the outer race operably coupled to the bearing housing and the inner race opera... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070334 | Ball Bearing A retainer for a ball bearing formed in a generally annular shape and having a plurality of pockets arranged in a circumferential direction, respectively, to rollably hold a plurality of balls along a pitch circle, respectively, the pockets each having an inner peri... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7056247 | Pulley unit A pulley unit includes a pulley and a rotor concentrically disposed for relative rotation, a one-way clutch interposed in an annular space therebetween, rolling bearings provided on opposite sides of the one-way clutch, and a seal ring for sealing the annular space.... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044564 | Rear hub for bicycle A bicycle rear hub is configured to improve the external appearance and the resistant to corrosion of a drive body. The rear hub also has a hub shaft, a hub shell, a pair of bearing units, a one-way clutch, a sprocket, and a cover member. The hub shell is rotatably ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7031106 | Sealing member, rolling bearing, thin motor, and bearing device The sealing members (14a, 14b) comprise a film member produced by forming an aluminum or alumina deposition film on at least one side surface of a film-like core material. One side surface outer circumferential rim part of the sealing mem... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011593 | Tensioning or deflection pulley for a belt drive A tensioning or deflection pulley for a belt drive includes a carrier and a track roller comprised of an inner ring, an outer ring, and a connecting assembly, including a wheel disk extending between the inner and outer rings, and a rib assembly disposed in both sid... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6995955 | Pivot assembly for hard disk drive use An apparatus for a pivot assembly that can strongly and reliably fix a sleeve to an outer ring, and in addition, that can also solve the problem of out gas. Ball bearing 2 are mated to both ends of a shaft 1, and to the outer circumference of these bal... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6980298 | System for monitoring sealing wear A system for determining at least one condition of a seal including an optical fiber for transmitting light from a light source. The optical fiber is embedded in the seal and operatively coupled to an interferometric system. The interferometric system is operatively... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976790 | Seal structure for inner-shaft bearing of a front-wheel drive vehicle A seal structure for an inner-shaft bearing of a front-wheel drive vehicle includes an inner-shaft interconnecting a differential gear to a drive shaft for achieving balance between a left wheel drive shaft and a right wheel drive shaft. An inner-shaft bearing is as... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6966746 | Bearing pressure balance apparatus The present invention provides a method and apparatus for balancing the pressure across a front bearing in a compressor housing. The present invention may protect the bearing from lubricant migration by eliminating pressure differentials across the bearing. When a b... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6939051 | Bearing arrangement for a shaft A bearing arrangement supporting a sealing bellows around a shaft to permit axial and angular motion includes inner and outer bearing sleeves, and a rolling bearing having an inner race ring fitted around the inner sleeve with one end face engaging a shoulder in the... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6921211 | Bearing housing and seal assembly in such a bearing housing An oil ring lubricated split bearing housing includes upper and lower bearing housing halves having mating seat surfaces for a bearing which is adapted to support a shaft, an oil reservoir space in the lower housing half, an oil pick up ring partly immersed in the o... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6845986 | Low torque seal assembly A unitized seal assembly for use with roller or ball bearing assemblies is disclosed. The unitized seal assembly includes, among other things, a radially outer ring and a radially inner deflector ring. The outer ring includes a first shield element which defines a f... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6834859 | Labyrinth grease hub seal The present invention provides a labyrinth sealing assembly for placement between a shaft and a bearing housing comprising an annular stator having a body portion, an axially inner engagement surface, an axially inner extending portion extending from a radially oute... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6814213 | Bearing housing and roller shaft seal A molded plastics bearing housing for receiving a roller bearing which is press-fitted into and end of a conveyor roller tube is disclosed. The body portion of the housing extends radially inward as neck portion terminates in two rims, one rim sealing against the sh... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6802468 | Water-sealing component assembly Nut that screws together with pinion gear, and bearing that is arranged on the inner circumferential side of the nut, are provided on the front of a spinning-reel rotor. Pressing member is mounted on the front faces of the nut and bearing, such that it abuts on oute... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6786645 | Mounting for vehicular road wheel A mounting for the road wheel of an automotive vehicle includes a spindle, a hub located around the spindle and inboard and outboard tapered roller bearings located between the hub and spindle where they are mounted in opposition. The cones (inner races) of the two ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6728989 | Labyrinth seal for bearing in brush mounting assembly for semiconductor wafer scrubber A wafer scrubbing unit includes a mounting assembly for a scrubber brush. The mounting assembly has a rotary flow through tube through which cleaning liquid is delivered to the brush. A stationary tube may be mounted in the bore of the rotary tube. Spinning shields ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6623166 | Precision spindle unit for low friction performance A precision spindle unit for low friction performance includes a tubular housing surrounding a shaft, and first and second rolling bearings mounted on the shaft within the housing. The first bearing is axially arrested between the flange of a locking wash... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6599020 | Double seal bearing A double seal bearing includes a labyrinth seal mechanism. The double seal bearing is provided with a pair of annular inner and outer sealing plates having respective central openings with a remaining slight clearance between each respective sealing plate... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6582129 | Compound bearing apparatus, and spindle motor and swing arm for hard disk drive means including such bearing apparatus The object of the present invention is to provide a compound bearing apparatus having arrangements for preventing the lubricant present around the rotating bodies from leaking out to the outside as well as the interior space between two rows of rotating b... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6485185 | Bearing seal A seal for use with a tapered roller bearing includes a seal affixed to a first seal support, and comprises an inner sealing member in contact with a second seal support, an outer sealing member extending toward and contacting the second seal support, and... | 11/26/2002 |
