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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7988364 | Lubrication seal and wind turbine with lubrication seal A lubrication seal such as an oil seal is described for providing a lubrication barrier to confine lubrication in a bearing with a first bearing ring and second bearing ring, comprising a support ring that rotates with one of the bearing rings, mounted in the suppor... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7775721 | Sealed roller bearing A roller bearing which is sealed by a sealing washer that forms a rubbing seal and two gaps. As a result of positions which are spaced apart from one another in the axial direction of a pivot point and a center of mass of an elastic support part that bears the rubbi... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7674044 | Sealing device In a sealing device attached to a housing and slidably brought into close contact with a mating member, the sealing device having a mounting ring fixed to the housing in accordance with metal fitting and a rubber-like elastic body, and having a side lip slidably bro... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7591593 | Sealed rolling bearing A sealed rolling bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring defining a bearing space therebetween. Axially inner and outer contact seals are provided on each side of the bearing space to seal the bearing space. The axially outer contact seals stop any splashed... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7465100 | Sealing apparatus A sealing apparatus capable of increasing a grease resistance property, wherein the tip of a sealing lip is formed so that an inner side contact angle α is equal to an open-air side contact angle β (α=β), that is, formed in a triangular shape to prevent grease i... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7422373 | Spherical roller bearing sealing assembly According to the present disclosure, a sealing assembly may include a first member, a second member, and a circumferentially extending seal. The first member may include an angularly disposed running surface. The second member may be rotatable relative to the first ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419305 | Sealing system for bearing assembly A sealing assembly for a bearing assembly. The sealing system comprising a removable cover and a rotatable member. The bearing assembly also comprising a bearing insert and a bearing housing. The removable cover is securable to the bearing housing. The rotatable mem... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416343 | Pulley support double row ball bearing A pulley support double row ball bearing is disclosed, which improves the seal performance of the seal rings and is able to maintain sufficient durability even under severe conditions. The ball bearing includes inner sections of the seal rings which overlap the end ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7338212 | Wheel supporting rolling bearing unit In a wheel supporting rolling bearing unit, both end openings of a space in which balls 14, 14 are provided are sealed with seal rings 16c, 16d each having two to three seal lips. A rolling resistance that changes based on a preloa... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325974 | Pulley rotation support apparatus An endless belt (11) to be provided on a driven pulley (4b) and a pulley rotation support apparatus for supporting the driven pulley (4b). In the pulley rotation support apparatus, there is used a three-point-contact-type or four-p... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314219 | Shaft seal assembly A seal assembly provides a seal between a housing member and a shaft member extending through a bore formed in the housing member. The seal assembly comprises a seal member mounted to the housing member within the bore and about the shaft member and extending radial... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311308 | Seal device for water pump, rotation supporting device for water pump and assembly method for water pump The tip edge of a second seal lip of an elastic member constituting a seal ring is in sliding contact with an outside face of a slinger. The seal ring and the slinger are pre-assembled and then installed between an inner peripheral surface at an end of an outer ring... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309166 | Hub joint for transferring load from a rotating shaft to a stationary body A hub joint for supporting bearings adapted to rotatably receive a shaft. The joint includes an upper annular portion having a radially inner boundary and an upper bearing mount attached to the inner boundary of the upper annular portion. The upper bearing mount has... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7258490 | Gasket unit for a bearing bushing The invention relates to a gasket unit (1) for a journal bearing (2), sealing an annular gap (6) between the bearing bushing (3) and the journal (4). The gasket unit (1) comprises a main seal (8) provided with a front... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7255481 | Roller bearing with air passage in a bore provided with flutes A roller bearing for the rotational guidance of a motor vehicle wheel, the bearing comprising a rotating inner member, a fixed outer member and rolling bodies allowing their relative rotation about an axis. The inner member includes a bore on the periphery of which ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243647 | Universal integrated device for controlling gas-burner rings of a cooking surface including a gas tap and a catenary element A device for controlling the gas-burner rings of a cooking surface includes a gas tap equipped with a control knob and a catenary element for control of ignition of the gas-burner rings. The catenary element includes a microswitch actuated selectively by a bushing c... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7201380 | Rotary shaft dynamic seal provided with an angular encoder device, a device including such a seal, and a method of fabricating such a seal A dynamic seal for a rotary shaft, the seal comprising a sleeve for being constrained in rotation on the shaft and an annular lip of polymer having a low coefficient of friction to come into sliding rotary contact with a stationary casing surrounding said shaft so t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201685 | Pulley unit The present invention comprises a pulley, a shaft body which is rotatable relative to the pulley and is concentrically disposed radially inside of the pulley, a one-way clutch which is interposed at an annular space between the pulley and the shaft body, a rolling b... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7156400 | Slinger and wear sleeve seal assembly A seal assembly provides a rotating portion and a rotationally fixed portion. The rotating portion includes a running sleeve, a slinger segment and an upper seal segment. The slinger segment radially extends outward of the fixed portion so as to protect the fixed po... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153029 | Sealing device for a wheel hub unit Sealing device (1) for a wheel hub unit (2) which is connected to a differential (3) of a vehicle, and which is provided with a contact rolling bearing (9), the sealing device (1) being mounted in order to protect the bearing (9... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150477 | Rotary joints Rotary joints are provided, to allow fluid to flow from a stationary member to a rotating member. The rotary joints include a housing, configured to fit over the rotating member, a rotatable coupling disposed within the housing, configured to be fixedly attached to ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147379 | Wheel support bearing assembly A wheel support bearing assembly includes inner and outer members (1 and 2) and at least one row of rolling elements (3) operatively interposed between the inner and outer members (1 and 2) and an annular sealing device (5) ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140781 | Sealing unit for a wheel bearing A sealing unit for a wheel bearing, including a cover cap of sheet metal on a rotationally fixed bearing ring. An elastic seal on the cover cap. A baffle plate which protrudes in a radial direction, displaced on a bearing ring which can rotate with respect to the ro... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7118280 | Sealing device for a rolling contact bearing Sealing device for a rolling contact bearing (2) provide with a first shield (5) and second shield (7) which a re made of metal material and which are respectively coupled to an outer race (4) and an inner race (3) of the rolling c... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7097363 | Center bearing seal assembly A seal assembly includes a shield that is mounted to an outer race on each side of a self-centering bearing and a resilient seal that is mounted between a bearing inner race and a shield on each side of the bearing. The shield and seal form a protected annulus volum... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7073949 | Disk blade bearing hub assembly A maintenance free repetitive sealing system for a disk blade bearing hub utilizing an integrated system of components to seal and protect the primary bearing seal. The blade side of the spindle includes a hub overlap portion which deflects dirt, keeps large debris ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066467 | Sealing device for water pump bearings A sealing device for a water pump bearing employs a seal member without an axial lip, and having only a radial lip. The sealing device includes an annular seal member which is fixed to a shoulder portion of one end in an axial direction of an outer race of a water p... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066471 | Lip-type shaft seal A lip-type shaft seal is made of elastic material with a Shore A hardness of ≦75, includes a radial sealing lip, which has a sealing edge to bear against a rotating component and terminates in a axial sealing lip, which has a sealing edge to rests in installed sta... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063193 | Seal structure for relatively rotational members A seal structure is disclosed as mounted in a coupling 1, exposed in the vicinity of a stationary member 14, with a dust cover 15 being mounted to a cylindrical member 19 for preventing foreign material from entering a gap between the cou... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7056028 | Combination seal ring with encoder A combination seal ring with an encoder for use to close off the opening of the space between a fixed ring and a rotational ring and to detect a rotational speed of the rotational ring, comprising a seal ring secured to the fixed ring, a metal slinger secured to the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7056087 | Traction drive shaft seal A rotating shaft seal assembly for a shaft supported for rotation within a housing includes a traction drive rotating a seal ring about the shaft at a speed different from the shaft. The seal ring supports a plurality of seal elements rotated at the speed different ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7025506 | Removable mortar mixer bearing and seal assembly A bearing and seal assembly for supporting and sealing end portions of a rotatable paddle shaft in the end walls of a mortar mixer or the like. Each bearing and seal assembly includes a bearing and seal housing removably attached to an end wall of the mixer drum by ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025357 | Shaft seal having lip supports A shaft seal includes an elastomeric annular body having an outwardly protruding annular lip. An annular outer case is embedded into the body. An annular insert is positioned adjacent the outer case. An annular inner case is embedded into the body adjacent the inser... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021612 | Roller bearing A swivel mounting is made as a double-row roller bearing and has an outer ring with a first outer track and a second outer track, a first inner ring with a first inner track, and a second inner ring with a second inner track which is located axially next to the firs... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021830 | Seal ring and rolling bearing unit with seal ring It is intended that the rotation resistance is decreased while the durability and seal performance are kept in the rolling bearing unit with seal ring. The most thin wall-thickness portion 30 is provided in the vicinity of the base end of the seal lip ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011452 | Rolling bearing unit with shield plate A rolling bearing with shield plate comprises an outer ring having an outer ring raceway and a circumferential anchor groove, the anchor groove provided at an axial end portion separated from the outer ring raceway and having an outside facing side surface, an inner... | 03/14/2006 |
| 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 |
