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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7648283 | Bearing apparatus for a wheel of vehicle A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member formed with double row outer raceway surfaces on its inner circumferential surface. Inner members are each formed with inner raceway surfaces on their outer circumferential surface. The inner raceway surfaces fac... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7537391 | Roller bearing A roller bearing (10) includes a plurality of bearing rollers (12) located between confronting bearing surfaces (16, 19), the bearing surfaces being rotatable one relative to the other about the rotational axis of the bearing, and the bearing in... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7513691 | Piston engine, shaft and rolling bearing for a piston engine Piston engine with a housing in which a shaft (19) is rotatably mounted in two pivot bearings of which at least one pivot bearing has an inner ring (26a) which is seated without radial clearance of motion on a supporting region (28) of a ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7435006 | Pulley bearing for engine auxiliares A bearing in which the thickness of the bottom of at least one of the inner ring and the outer ring is 50% or more of the diameter of the balls. Further, the bearing includes an outer ring having an outer diameter of 65 mm or less and balls having a diameter of 4 mm... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7401982 | Bearing with pass or fail wear gauge A bearing includes an inner race having a rotational axis and an outer race sharing the rotational axis of the inner race. Rolling bearing members are constrained between the inner race and the outer race. A retention lip is provided which is adapted to maintain a p... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401981 | Bearing damper having coiled wire A bearing damper includes a coiled wire wrapped around projections formed on an outer race of the bearing, and supported by a casing having projections extending toward the coiled wire. Projections on the outer race are aligned with recesses on the casing, while pro... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7249892 | Rolling bearing When a minimum thickness of a part where an outer ring raceway is provided on a middle portion in the axial direction of an outer ring is h, and a diameter of each rolling element is Da, the relationship 0.4 Da≦h 0.8 Da is satisfied. As a result, even when the out... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243749 | Motor-driven wheel small in size and improved in ride comfort and ease of assembly A motor-driven wheel includes a wheel disc, a wheel hub, a knuckle, a hub bearing, a constant-velocity joint, an in-wheel motor, and a spring. The center of swing of the constant-velocity joint is placed closer to the outside of the vehicle relative to the hub beari... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234334 | Saddle for backing assemblies in a rolling mill A saddle for a backing assembly in a rolling mill has non-cylindrical bearing surfaces that accommodate wear by allowing the saddles to self-align. The non-cylindrical bearing surfaces help prevent the needle bearings from being pinched and driven into the gear ring... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7211219 | Oil-impregnant sintered bearing and manufacturing method thereof, and motor The present invention is for providing an oil-impregnant sintered bearing, which can reliably preserve an oil film on a sliding face, and a method for manufacturing the oil-impregnant sintered bearing. An oil-impregnant sintered bearing is made by providing an inter... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7203634 | Computational geometry system, interrupt interface, and method A computational geometry server is provided that includes a server, a communication link, at least one client, and an interrupt interface. The server has processing circuitry and an operation manager. The operation manager is configured to compare source geometric d... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7186029 | Rolling element bearing and motor A rolling bearing for supporting a shaft on which a fan is provided, has an inner ring having an inner ring race on an outer surface thereof, an outer ring having an outer ring race on an inner surface thereof, balls provided between the inner ring race and the oute... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175350 | Thermally compensated bearing system A shaft rotates in a housing on two single row tapered roller bearings mounted in opposition such that the raceways of the one bearing taper downwardly toward the raceways of the other bearing. The metal from which the housing is formed has a higher coefficient of t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7125173 | Bearing device In a bearing device in which a free end of a shaft body to which a rolling bearing is mounted is bent outward in its radial direction into a shape to be pushed against an end face of an inner ring of the rolling bearing so as to prevent the rolling bearing from fall... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118321 | Air cooled bearing An air cooled bearing comprising means for imparting a swirl component to the cooling air flowing toward the bearing. By imparting a swirl component to the cooling air the amount of work imparted on the cooling air by the rotating cage and rolling elements of the be... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7107850 | Bearing vibration measuring apparatus, bearing vibration measuring method, and radial type bearing A bearing vibration measuring apparatus is an apparatus of measuring vibration of a bearing. The bearing vibration measuring apparatus detects a vibration component generated from the bearing in a state of pressing one of an inner ring and an outer ring of the beari... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097362 | Electrocorrosion preventive rolling bearing To provide an electrocorrosion preventive rolling bearing assembly wherein a final machining of an electrically insulating layer and a thickness control of the insulating layer can easily and accurately be accomplished, the electrocorrosion preventive rolling bearin... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082761 | Hydraulic continuously variable transmission A hydraulic continuously variable transmission includes a swash plate plunger pump, a swash plate plunger motor, and a closed hydraulic circuit for connecting them to each other, wherein a motor pivoting member is supported by a motor casing so as to be pivotally mo... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077575 | Ball bearing An outer ring 3a is formed so as to have a large thickness and the pitch circle diameters Dp of balls 6 are shifted to the inside diameter side of the present ball bearing. The radiuses of curvature Ro, Ri of the section shapes of an outer ring ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7025928 | Method of flow forming a metal part A method of flow forming sintered metal parts. The first step is forming a round disk by conventional powder metal process. The disk can be a donut shape part with or without a flange on one side of its outer diameter. The disk can then be copper impregnated or used... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6988831 | Bearing structure Either an inner ring or an outer ring is formed to protrude in the direction of the rotation axis more than the other of outer ring or inner ring. For example, the bearing 12 is supported by the bearing housing 11a on the outer peripheral face | 01/24/2006 |
| 6981325 | Double row ball bearing In a state where the axes of an inner race (20) and an outer race (30) are inclined with respect to each other, the maximum value of a clearance between the ball-fitting-direction rearward side edge portion of the second inner race raceway (22) ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6969235 | Air turbine starter with angular contact thrust bearing An air turbine starter for use in aircraft or other gas turbine engine applications. In a particular embodiment, the air turbine starter has a thrust bearing having an outer ring, an inner ring, a cage and balls. The outer ring has a first shoulder, a second shoulde... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6945901 | Planetary gear stage A gear unit comprises a planetary stage having at least one bearing which locates a planet carrier rotatably relative to a ring gear, wherein a bearing ring A is subject to local deformation as the planet carrier rotates relative to the ring gear, and wherein a bear... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6860639 | Rotator with bearing, and method for manufacturing the same A pulley includes a radial rolling bearing and a pulley main body which are integrated to each other by an insert molding method. Therefore, a metal insert member is not required between the resin pulley main body and the radial rolling bearing, thereby reducing pro... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6769809 | Asymmetric double row angular contact ball bearing, and cantilever mounting of gears on such a bearing The bearing is an angular contact ball bearing with two asymmetric rows of balls, with a one-piece outer race and an inner race having two matched inner half-races side by side and able to be axially preloaded against each other when the bearing is mounted on the sh... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6742933 | Bearing and method of assembling the bearing A bearing for use in a water pump or similar apparatus and a method of assembling the bearing. The bearing has a stepped shaft and a counterbored raceway at the fan or pulley end which allows for use of a larger number of balls in the raceway at the fan or pulley en... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6719458 | Ball bearing An outer ring 3a is formed so as to have a large thickness and the pitch circle diameters Dp of balls 6 are shifted to the inside diameter side of the present ball bearing. The radiuses of curvature Ro, Ri of the section shapes of an outer ring ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6709236 | High-speed turbo pump A ball bearing (18) that carries a rotor side portion of a rotor shaft (16) includes an inner race (23), an outer race (24), and a plurality of balls (25). The inner race has an enlarged end face (S1) which supports a suppor... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6709161 | Angular contact ball bearing and spindle device An angular contact ball bearing includes an outer ring having an outer ring race formed on an inner surface thereof, an inner ring having an inner ring race provided on the outer surface thereof, a plurality of rolling elements provided between the outer ring and th... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6684732 | Top head set securing device for bicycles A top head set securing device includes a C-shaped pressing member connected to a lower end of a ring portion of a handlebar stem which clamps on a steerer tube extending through a head tube. Two lugs extend from two ends of the C-shaped pressing member f... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6676297 | Rolling bearing The frequencies generated based on the undulations existing on the inner and outer ring raceways 8, 10 and on the rolling surface of the balls 11, 11 are out of coincidence with the rotational frequency itself of the rotation member supported by the rolli... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6655846 | Ball bearing and bearing assembly A ball bearing (6) and a bearing assembly are proposed which are intended especially for high-speed devices such as dental turbines, dental angle handpieces, turbomolecular pumps, etc., with balls (4) which are arranged between an inner ring (7) and an ou... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6634103 | Method of stabilizing high-speed control of ball bearing device The locus of the displacement of the centers of the balls of a ball bearing is made elliptical and the radial bearing rigidity of the ball bearing in one radial direction is made greater than the radial bearing rigidity in another radial direction orthogo... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6634792 | Rigid anti-friction ball-bearing An anti-friction bearing device comprising an outer ring (11) provided with an outer surface and a bore on which a toroidal bearing inner race (14) is formed, an inner ring(15) which is provided with a bore and a cylindrical outer surface on which a toroi... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6630758 | Motor with a stationary shaft with formed knurled grooves on shaft and/or housing A motor comprises a rotor, a stator, and a shaft wherein one of the stator and the rotor is provided with a housing, a rolling bearing is provided between the housing and the shaft and having an inner race and outer race, the inner race is fixed to the sh... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6616338 | Extended load zone bearing A bearing for providing the ability to more optimally and evenly share the load among a set of rolling elements to reduce maximum roller load in a cost effective and efficient manner, is provided. The bearing may include an outer race and an inner race, w... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6599021 | Compound bearing apparatus A compound bearing apparatus including a shaft, a cylindrical outer ring member surrounding the shaft, and a plurality of balls of the first and the second rows interposed between the shaft and the outer ring member is provided. The bearing apparatus of t... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6561698 | Design of rolling bearings An improved rolling bearing. The improved rolling bearing utilizes a novel design in the construction and location of the raceways or rings in which the rolling elements are secured. This novel design provides for reducing of slide of the parts rolling el... | 05/13/2003 |