Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7220060 | Roller bearing To provide a roller bearing assembly, which can be assembled with a minimized number of assembling steps and without any drop-off preventing sleeve being employed and which can provide a large load bearing capacity, the roller bearing assembly includes an inner race... | 05/22/2007 |
| 6988833 | Roller bearing with cage fastener A roller bearing with cage fasteners that prevent cage separation under adverse operating conditions. The roller bearing has an inner race, outer race, a plurality of rollers, a roller cage, and cage fasteners. The inner race is disposed about a rotational axis and ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6666585 | Unitized cage for cylindrical roller bearing A unitized cage for cylindrical roller bearings wherein the inner raceway of the bearing configuration may be the rotating or stationary shaft component and the outer raceway of the bearing configuration may be the rotating or stationary housing component... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6364533 | Sheet-metal cage for a rolling bearing A metal window cage for a rolling bearing and supporting cylinder rollers. The cage having at least one ladder-shaped bent segment which is bent around to define the window cage. A joint is formed at adjacent cage segment ends which are interlocked in a d... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6179474 | High capacity roller bearing Two axially spaced retailer end rings have axially inwardly extending blades forming circumferentially spaced roller pockets. No rigid connection of the end rings is provided. Circumferentially spaced rollers are aligned parallel to the bearing axis betwe... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6102579 | Cage or set of rollers for roller bearings A roller bearing has a slatted cage assembly that includes a lateral ring with axial webs to retain bearing rollers on the inside or on the outside diameter of the cage assembly. The slatted cage assembly is closed off by a cage cover mounted on the free ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5743659 | Split bearing, cage for split or non-split bearing and method of cutting a member of a split bearing A split bearing, a cage for a split or non-split bearing and a method of cutting a member of a split bearing is related in this disclosure. The split bearing has at least one component, such as the outer race, split, i.e., formed into at least two parts, ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5651438 | Roller clutch having interlocking cage segments A cage segment for use in a clutch having a cam race and a pathway race. The cage segment has at least one engaging member which engages a receiving member on an adjacent cage segment. The cage segment is secured to the adjacent cage segment in the radial... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5352047 | Snap-tab roller bearing case An anti-friction bearing assembly including coaxial inner and outer bearing race members, a plurality of cylindrical roller bearing elements between the inner and outer bearing race members, and a snap-in bearing cage for appropriately spacing the bearing... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5116146 | Cage for a large roller bearing A cage for a large roller bearing that loosely surrounds and mechanically secures the rollers. It comprises, first, a strip (2) of metal with lateral and intermediate webs (4 & 5) that leave recesses (6) and, second, plastic windows (6) that fit into the ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5082375 | Composite cage Composite cage for rolling bearings, consisting of cage segments with pockets to hold the rolling elements, the cage segments being held together by connecting elements, characterized in that the cage segments (1a, 1b, 1c and 1d) have axially outward-poin... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5009524 | Double row, self aligning roller bearing Two-row, self-aligning roller bearing comprising an outer ring with a spherical bore defining an outer raceway, an inner ring having raceways, and rollers between the rings rolling on the inner and outer raceways, these rollers having a convex lateral sur... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4776238 | Automatic transmission brake assembly including an overrunning roller brake and a friction brake An overrunning roller brake, in particular for automatic transmissions for motor vehicles having a brake race fixed to the gearbox casing, a rotating brake race connected to one element of a planetary gear unit and overrunning brake rollers arranged betwe... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4712661 | Overrunning clutch cage An overrunning clutch cage molded of a plastic material with a greater differential of expansion is provided with a circumferentially spaced plurality of cage sections connected by alternating connector members that are sufficiently axially spaced and suf... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4605322 | Double row roller bearing retainer A single retainer retains two sets of circumferentially separated rollers. The retainer is made from flat metal stock. The retainer includes a pair of axially separated end rings interconnected by circumferentially separated axially extending cross-bars, ... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4601628 | Storage structures A rotary storage structure (10) has a supporting frame (12) provided with circular tracks (29, 35) provided with rollers (31) which support independently rotatable sub-frames (15, 16). Each sub-frame (15, 16) is provided with pairs of co-axial rings (36) ... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4387939 | Multi-part rolling bearing cage with snap fit interconnection A cage for a rolling bearing is formed of a plurality of cage parts. One of the cage parts is comb shaped, having axially extending cross-pieces adapted to be engaged by another cage piece, which may be a ring. Axially extending projections with enlarged ... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4174870 | Multi-part antifriction bearing cage An antifriction bearing cage comprising a plurality of parts centered and secured radially with respect to one another and axially secured together, wherein one of the parts includes a plurality of webs, one side of each web being terminated in a common r... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4056293 | Segmented retainers This disclosure relates to a segmented retainer for rollers of a roller bearing. The retainer includes a pair of end rings having circumferentially spaced separator bars extending therebetween. The separator bars are fixedly secured to the end rings again... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4033646 | Roller bearing with rotatable guide cage A journal bearing with two rows of symmetrically inclined rollers on opposite sides of a midplane includes a split cage whose two halves, meeting at that midplane, form crenelations engaging the rollers. The cage is guided along the inner surface of the o... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3944307 | Plastic bearing cage A weldable two piece assembly and a method of fabricating a plastic bearing cage wherein one piece comprises a rail and integral axially-extending ribs for guiding and separating the rolling elements, and the other piece comprises the other rail, and wher... | 03/16/1976 |
