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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7448808 | Arrangement of bearing supports for the rotating shaft of an aircraft engine and an aircraft engine fitted with such an arrangement An arrangement of bearing supports for a rotating shaft mounted on bearings connected to an engine stator structure by bearing supports of which at least one is made up of N>1 elements effectively acting in parallel to simultaneously connect the bearing to the struc... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7427163 | Self-aligning antifriction bearing and cage for said self-aligning antifriction bearing The invention relates to a self-aligning antifriction bearing (1) comprising at least one first row (9) of rolling bodies (11) and a second row (10) of rolling bodies (11) adjacent to said first row (9) of rolling bodies ( | 09/23/2008 |
| 7404678 | Rotor recentering after decoupling A recentering device for a rotor shaft for recentering a rotor shaft relative to an axis X of a stator structure in the event of decoupling caused by excessive imbalance. The shaft, in normal operating conditions, lies on the axis X and is radially supported by a be... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7293920 | Self-aligning bearing assembly capable of reacting radial and axial loads A self-aligning bearing assembly is disclosed which is capable of reacting both radial and axial loads. An inner bearing race is connected to a rotatable shaft that is subjected to such loads. An outer bearing race is installed within a housing and is capable of mov... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7270494 | Easy assembly printer media transport arrangement A printer including: at least one elongate roller arranged, in use, to rotate so as to transport print media within the printer; a support frame for supporting the roller at the longitudinal first and second ends of the roller so as to allow the rotation of the roll... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7249893 | Rolling bearing and rod end bearing A rolling bearing and a rod end bearing are provided with a tilt mechanism and a rotary mechanism that are mutually independent. The tilt mechanism has a non-lubricated type spherical sliding bearing structure. The rotary mechanism has a rolling bearing structure wh... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7220446 | Management technique of friction coefficient based on surface roughness, substrate for information recording medium, information recording medium and manufacture method thereof There are disclosed an information recording medium substrate having a surface roughness of Rmax 15 nm or less, and an information recording medium, particularly an information recording medium substrate and information recording medium in which for surfaces of the ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7128303 | Fan mounting spacer assembly Some embodiments of the present invention provide a spacer configured to mount a fan housing to a surface of a structural support. In some embodiments, the spacer includes a body, a first aperture passing through the body and having a first length through the body, ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7073947 | Bearing structure of a motor An oil retaining bearing that supports a shaft of a motor is engaged in a pocket of a casing for the motor. A bearing holder comprises a boss and an outer brim welded on the casing which surrounds the pocket, thereby preventing the oil retaining bearing from coming ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6971800 | Rollers for a zero clearance bearing A shaft and bearing assembly comprising a soft shaft having an outer contact surface having a hardness less than 30 HRC and a bearing assembly having a plurality of rollers. The bearing assembly is configured to be positioned about the shaft with the rollers in roll... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6926446 | Radial self-aligning rolling bearing Radial self-aligning rolling bearing including an outer ring, an inner ring, and balls which are arranged to roll in the raceways of the rings, and also spherical rollers together as rolling elements, which are all guided in a cage. The balls are larger in diameter ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918302 | Apparatus and method for measuring resonance in bearing device An additional mass member 22 for measuring resonance of a bearing device comprises an elastic ring 30 having an inner periphery 30a larger in diameter than the outer periphery of the outer ring 24 of the bearing device 25 an... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6783319 | Method and apparatus for supporting rotor assemblies during unbalances A bearing assembly for a gas turbine engine rotor includes a paired race, a bearing, a mounting joint, and a plurality of mechanical fuses. The paired race includes an outer race and an inner race. The bearing is between the inner and outer races, and is configured ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6637827 | Generation of in-line skates and skate-boards wtih safety "edging friction control™" The frame of an in-line skate (FIG. 8B) supports a wheel (10), allowing a skater to effectively slow down and stop, using an athletic stance that skiers on snow and ice skaters on ice use. The wheel (10) has a hub (20A), allowing a wheel to rotate around ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6497622 | Constant velocity fixed joint with cross-groove tracks A constant velocity fixed joint comprising an outer joint part forming an annular member with a first longitudinal axis and comprising first ball tracks. The first ball tracks extend at a distance from the first longitudinal axis and each form a first ang... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6491497 | Method and apparatus for supporting rotor assemblies during unbalances A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a bearing assembly that reduces dynamic loads to a support frame and static bending to the rotor assembly during periods of rotor unbalance. The rotor assembly includes a rotor shaft coupled to a fan and ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6250813 | Bearing assembly with housing cap and seal A bearing having a spherically convex radially outer surface is pivotably mounted in a spherically concave bore of a bearing housing. An annular housing cap is mounted against an axial end of the bearing housing, the housing cap having a radially inwardly... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6238096 | Press-alignable bearing assembly A press-alignable bearing assembly comprises a generally cylindrical retainer configured to be pressed and held with an interference fit in an opening formed in a sheet of material such as metal or plastic. A bearing, such as a rolling bearing or a bushin... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6152604 | Bearing unit A bearing unit having a sealed single-row deep-groove ball bearing. The sealed single-row deep-groove ball bearing includes an outer race ring with a sphered outer envelope surface, a housing with a sphered bore for accommodating the bearing, an inner rac... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5911515 | Self clinching rolling bearing assembly A self clinching rolling bearing assembly comprises a generally cylindrical retainer configured to be press fit and self clinching in an opening formed in a sheet of metal. A rolling bearing, such as a needle bearing, is mounted into the retainer for rota... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5829891 | Mounting for steering column A large chamfer on the outer race mates with a matching angled step in the housing bore and eliminates the need for the press fit while still meeting the application requirements. Alternative designs reduce the rotational effort and torque variation of th... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5811902 | Support structure for electric motor used for operating pump A motor support apparatus is provided which supports an output shaft of a motor used to operate a pump. The motor support apparatus includes a support housing, a bearing chamber formed in said support housing, a bearing member for bearing an output shaft ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5782564 | Clutch release bearing A clutch release bearing with a control member made of synthetic material and having a thin bearing plate (30) secured to the thrust surface (7) thereof opposite a fixed raceway (11) of a ball bearing (3), by means of tabs (32) which are provided at the o... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5711618 | Bearing assembly with end cap A rolling element bearing is mounted in the bore of a housing, and a hollow end cap is mounted over the bearing. Circumferentially spaced grooves in the bore extend axially partially through the housing from one axial end to facilitate insertion of the be... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5601166 | Aligning type roller clutch A bearing housing (6) for receiving a rolling contact bearing (3) is formed to be integral with the main frame (4), the outer flange portion (5b) of a clutch housing (5) for receiving the roller clutch (2) and the inner flange portion (6b) of the bearing ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5560561 | Bail mechanism in an open-face fishing reel of the fixed-spool type A bail mechanism in an open-face fishing reel of the fixed-spool type having a rotor and a line spool which is coaxial with the rotor and oscillates in the axial direction, has a bail for winding a line onto the line spool. By means of two mounting elemen... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5468074 | Bearing assembly A bearing assembly has a stationary housing with a bore with a constant inside diameter. The non-metallic or powdered metal outer assembly is fixedly retained in the housing. A non-metallic or powdered metal inner assembly ring is slidably retained in the... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5455471 | Electric motor with shaft bearing having alignment feature An electric motor that includes a case having an axially oriented stamped steel endhead, a motor output shaft projecting from the endhead for coupling to a motor load, and a self-aligning spherical bearing mounted on the endhead for rotatably supporting t... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5433305 | Overrunning clutch and a rolling bearing united in a casing An assembly includes an overrunning clutch, a rolling bearing and a casing supporting them. An overrunning clutch-supporting portion of the casing has inwardly protruding portions that inter-engage with raised portions on an outer ring of the overrunning ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5328276 | Bearing mounting for shafts A bearing mounting for a shaft having a pillow block support with a through opening for the shaft and a bearing within the opening. A bearing sealing member is mounted on the support on each side of the bearing. Each bearing support sealing member is late... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5217374 | Roller drive system for roller hearth kiln There is disclosed herein a drive system and a coupling system for each roller in a roller hearth kiln. The drive system is modular and encased and includes a plurality of aligned drive worms that engage driven gears that in turn rotate a drive shaft. The... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5144743 | Method of compensating for tolerances in a rotary mounting having ball bearings The outer ball bearing races (16, 26) of two ball bearings (12, 14) are supported on each other through a cardan joint (42). Axial bias forces in opposite directions are exerted on the inner ball bearing races (18, 28) by screws (44, 50) through cardan jo... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4983050 | Bearing supporting arrangement A bearing supporting arrangement is provided for a turbocharger having a turbine shaft provided with turbine and compressor wheels. The bearing supporting arrangement includes first and second cylindrical oil film damper members, each of which is supporte... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4951796 | Radially adjustable clutch release bearing assembly A self-aligning clutch release bearing and carrier sleeve assembly includes a carrier sleeve which defines a first axis and a bearing adapted to be brought into engagement with rotating clutch fingers or the like of a clutch mechanism, which clutch finger... | 08/28/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4881629 | Clutch release bearing A clutch release bearing assembly of the kind comprising an operating element and a drive element which, by a flanged edge, is axially applied against a flange of the operating element. For the corresponding axial application and retention of the assembly... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4854437 | Radially adjustable clutch release bearing assembly A self-aligning clutch release bearing and carrier sleeve assembly includes a carrier sleeve which defines a first axis and a bearing adapted to be brought into engagement with rotating clutch fingers or the like of a clutch mechanism, which clutch finger... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4808013 | Bearing assembly A self-aligning bearing assembly for use with a frame and a shaft. The assembly comprises bearings such that the shaft can move relative to the frame and a spring and a friction surface for repositionably mounting the bearings relative to the frame. The s... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4770550 | Automatically tiltable small roller structure of slide bearing type An automatically tiltable small roller structure, which comprises a shaft, a small roller including an elastic rubber cylinder and a sleeve, and a plurality of bearing balls. The sleeve is integral with the inner periphery of the elastic rubber cylinder, ... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4739867 | Self-aligning bearing A self-aligning clutch release bearing and carrier sleeve assembly includes a carrier sleeve which defines a first axis and a bearing having a generally annular thrust face adapted to be brought in engagement with rotating clutch fingers or the like of a ... | 04/26/1988 |
