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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8021055 | Mechanical lock for rolling mill oil film bearing An oil film bearing is seated on the tapered neck of a rolling mill roll by a hydraulically actuated piston/cylinder unit. The piston/cylinder unit is axially confined by externally threaded locking arms seated in a groove in the roll neck. A locknut is threaded ont... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7311447 | Roller bearing A roller bearing for rotatably supporting a rotating shaft of an internal combustion engine between a main body and a cap of the internal combustion engine. The roller bearing including: a plurality of rollers; a retainer which is cirumferentially splittable and sup... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7056259 | Epicyclic gear system An epicyclic gear system (A) has a sun gear (2), a ring gear (4) located around the sun gear, and planet gears (6) located between and engaged with sun and ring gears. In addition, it has a carrier (8) including a carrier flange (30 | 06/06/2006 |
| 6933829 | Electrical component having a protective layer An electrical component includes a base, connector elements connected to the base, an intermediate layer on a surface of the base, and a protective layer on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer and the protective layer are produced from a same material. Th... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6736544 | Vehicle differential and method An improved method and structure for setting pinion bearing preload and fastener clamp load in a vehicle differential is provided. The apparatus and method provide a preload spacer readily accessible outboard of the pinion bearings and input yoke. Pinion bearing pre... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6659651 | Driving and locking mechanism for a threaded bearing cup A differential allowing relatively easy alignment and secure positioning of bearings is provided. The differential includes a differential carrier and a differential case disposed within the carrier. A bearing assembly is located between the differential ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6312162 | Adjustable bearing spacer An adjustable bearing spacer (12) includes a cylindrical outer body (42) having a first end (44) for abutment with a bearing cone (28) disposed within one end of a hub (10) and an adjustable ring (46) for abutment with an opposite bearing cone (30). The r... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6273617 | Wheel bearing spacers for racing automobiles A wheel bearing assembly for a wheel assembly of a motor vehicle, wherein the wheel bearing assembly includes a wheel hub having inner and outer bearing race shoulders for receiving respective inner and outer roller bearing races and roller bearing housin... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6062737 | Wheel hub retention apparatus A bearing assembly for securing a wheel to a vehicle includes a spindle having a shaft portion defining a longitudinal bore. A flange, adapted for connection to the wheel, projects radially outward from the shaft portion. A threaded region is positioned a... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5971622 | Divided type rolling bearing unit A divided type aligning rolling bearing comprises a spherical groove of a lower bearing housing for slidably receiving an outer peripheral surface in a spherical shape of an outer ring lower member. A dowel pin is provided on the outer peripheral surface ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5803619 | Antifriction bearing pre-loading device and shaft bearing structure A piston is displaced in a cylinder to pre-load an antifriction bearing. This displacement of the piston is effected according to the amount of working oil confined in a working oil chamber. This oil pressure generating device is equipped with a working o... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5795037 | Controlled position axle nut system and method to preload tapered roller bearings A novel axle nut system is provided on the spindle ends of an axle which mounts a wheel assembly that includes tapered roller bearings. The axle nut system of the present invention includes an adjustment nut, a washer and a retainer member. The adjustment... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5560687 | Controlled position axle nut and method system to preload tapered roller bearings The spindle ends of an axle of conventional design are provided with either right hand or left hand threads to receive respective axle nuts in combination with special lock ring fasteners. A nut of standard configuration used for tapered roller bearing ad... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5211487 | Locking assembly for bearing A locking assembly for a bearing, such as a bearing for a rolling mill roll, the roll having a journal for the bearing, the bearing including a cylindrical sleeve member at its outermost end mounted on an axially outer portion of the journal, the end of t... | 05/18/1993 |
| 4948320 | Preventing movement of an article along a shaft or bore To prevent movement of an article along a shaft or a bore, an element engages the article and engages the shaft or bore at locations forming an angle no greater than tan-1 μ. The locations of engagement lie in a first plane extending perpendicular ... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4887919 | Preventing movement of an article along a shaft or bore To prevent movement of an article along a shaft or a bore, an element engages the article and engages the shaft or bore at locations forming an angle no greater than tan-1 μ. The locations of engagement lie in a first plane extending perpendicular ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4790210 | Bearing of an idler gear of an all-wheel transfer transmission A bearing of an idler gear of an all-wheel transfer transmission that mates with a drive gear wheel and an output gear wheel to one vehicle axle is provided with a bush that is clamped in between two housing walls. The idler gear is disposed on tapered ro... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4652168 | Method and apparatus for rotation-secure mounting of machine elements An arrangement and method for rotation-secure mounting of a machine on a journal having a threaded portion, the machine element and journal having tooth surfaces which define an annular space therebetween. A thin-walled sleeve made of plastically deformab... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4611503 | Means for removing bearing from crankshaft A reciprocating type gas compressor comprises a hollow frame or housing having spaced apart end walls, a motor-driven crankshaft disposed within the housing and rotatably mounted on bearing assemblies on the end walls and connecting rods connected to cran... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4596477 | Device for fastening a machine element A device for fastening e.g. a bearing ring on a shaft comprises a clamping sleeve and a clamping member co-operating with the sleeve. The clamping member and the sleeve contact each other over wedge-shaped surfaces. The sleeve surfaces intended for contac... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4466503 | Bearing assembly for the driven wheel of a vehicle A hub bearing assembly for the wheel of a motor vehicle comprising a wheel flange having means for mounting the wheel of the vehicle thereto and a drive joint including a sleeve member, a roller bearing assembly mounted on the outer periphery of said slee... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4457568 | Bearing support structure A bearing support structure is provided in a gas turbine engine with a support structure mounted to the outer casing of the engine, and the structure defines an annular seat concentric with a rotating shaft. A cylindrical solid sleeve is seated in the ann... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4413865 | Marine propulsion device including bearing head retention means A lower unit for a marine propulsion device includes a drive shaft housing having a lower end, a gearcase housing connected to the lower end of the drive shaft housing and having an interior wall defining an elongated cavity, the interior wall including a... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4333695 | Roller bearing A roller bearing comprising inner and outer annular ring members having confronting inner and outer spaced raceways, the inner ring member having an integral flange confronting the axial ends of the rollers of one row, at least a pair of rows of rollers s... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4166661 | Bearing retainer A drive assembly for use in a vehicle, such as a track-type vehicle, having a hub member rotatably carrying an outer member by means of axially inner and outer bearings. The bearings are arranged to be aligned with the inner bearing races being pressed on... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4089570 | Journal bearing with axially split bearing rings A ball or roller bearing with two symmetrical halves, each designed to absorb both radial and axial stresses, comprises two axially abutting inner rings on a shaft and two axially abutting outer rings in a housing wall coaxially surrounding the shaft. The... | 05/16/1978 |