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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123414 | Tapered roller bearing A tapered roller bearing 1 comprises an inner ring 2, an outer ring 3, a plurality of tapered rollers 4 rollably disposed between the inner and outer rings 2 and 3, and a cage 5 for holding the tapered rollers 4 | 02/28/2012 |
| 8092097 | Retained roller assembly A retained roller assembly, capable of facilitating the lubricating functionality, includes a cylindrical roller retainer having a plurality of pockets defined therein and arranged in a circumferential direction thereof, rollers accommodated within those pockets, re... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7955001 | Tapered roller bearing with improved cage A bearing assembly is provided having a roller bearing with an inner race fitted around the journal portion of an axle. An outer raceway combines with the inner raceway to receive roller elements. A backing ring is centered to the shaft fillet. Tapered roller elemen... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7670058 | Cage for antifriction bearings with rollers A cage for antifriction bearings with rollers, which has a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, webs, and pockets, which are adjacent to one another along the periphery and which serve to accommodate rollers. The webs and the lateral edges are formed together ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7252436 | Roller bearing cage and method of producing the same A roller bearing cage is disclosed, which is provided inexpensively from basic minimum quantity of row material. The roller bearing cage is made with a production method using rolling operations, which is the absence of the formation of chips, while ensuring the str... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7229215 | Double-split cage A double-split cage includes a strip-shaped metallic sheet curved into a semi-cylindrical shape and having several pockets for accommodating a single row of rollers arranged in the circumferential direction. The strip-shaped metallic sheet has two arch portions sepa... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210854 | Rolling-bearing cage A cage for cylindrical rolling-contact elements, in which two rolling-contact elements that are in contact with one another at their lateral surfaces are arranged in series in the circumferential direction in a pocket and in which each of the two rolling-contact ele... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7124868 | One-way clutch device and method for manufacturing the same A one-way clutch device comprises a plurality of torque transmission members interposed between an inner race element and an outer race element for performing torque transmission therebetween only during one-way relative rotation. A cage has a pair of flanges for ho... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7101088 | Cylindrical roller bearing A cage of a cylindrical roller bearing includes an annular section, a plurality of pillars that extend axially in an integrated, continuous manner from the inside surface of the annular section, and a plurality of pockets, which are formed between the inner circumfe... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7066655 | Thrust bearing An integral type thrust bearing is proposed which can be manufactured with fewer heat treatment steps. The retainer and the inner and outer rollers not hardened are assembled together with rollers into a bearing and thereafter the assembled bearing is carburized, ha... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6969202 | Unitized bearing assembly A bearing assembly comprising a cage, a plurality of rollers and a sleeve. The cage comprises a central portion extending between a pair of radial flanges. The central portion includes a plurality of roller retaining pockets configured to receive and prevent substan... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6955476 | Retainer for rolling bearings In machining a pocket (1) installing therein a rolling element, tools (7, 8) are prepared whose milling parts (5, 8a) have contours which coincide with the sectional configuration of the pocket resulting when the pocket has been machined ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6767135 | Roller bearing cage A roller bearing cage having load capacity large enough to bear severe conditions imposed by high-speed engines, with even lighter in weight. In the roller bearing cage, the cage bars are each made up of axially opposite thick ends and a slim mid-area lying midway t... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6648519 | Rolling bearing cage In a cage for cylindrical rolling bearings (5), which cage is rolled out of a sheet metal strip (12), the pockets (4), as seen in a top view, have, in a profiled, punched and unbent state of the sheet metal strip (12), a curved shape in a region of the in... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6461049 | Cage for a rolling bearing A rolling bearing cage comprising a first side ring (1) and a second side ring (2) that are connected to each other by crossbars (3) so that pockets (5) for receiving rolling elements (4) are formed, and lubrication grooves (6) extend in axial direction u... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6367983 | Needle bearing cage and method for producing the same The invention relates to a window cage (1) for a needle bearing. The pockets (5) of said window cage are formed by punched out sections and by a stamping process with material displacement in a cage strip (9) which is then bent round. According to the inv... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6315459 | Synthetic resin cage for roller bearing A synthetic resin cage for use in a bearing is provide to have a circular ring section and a column section with a plurality of columns, wherein only the base ends of the columns (4) are continued to the circular rig section (5) with the tip ends of the c... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6206576 | Cage for cylindrical rolling elements A profiled cage characterized in that, between crossbars (5) in peripheral direction, side rings (1, 2) comprise a slot (15) which is spaced from the ends of the pockets (6) so that a section of material (16) is formed which is retained by two adjacent cr... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6196728 | Solid cage for roller bearings A solid cage for roller bearings, where the pitch circle of the rollers is between the radial center of the cage and its bore, with guide surfaces on the webs which conform to the lateral surface of the rollers, thus forming retaining edges in the area of... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6186669 | Roller cage for roller bearing A roller cage made of metal for holding rollers of a roller bearing, includes: separation bars separately defining a plurality of window holes along a peripheral direction of the bearing with a constant interval thereamong. The window holes respectively r... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6132102 | Retaining structure for retaining rolling bodies of a rolling bearing, in particular a cylindrical roller bearing A rolling bearing, having, for example, cylindrical rollers, is provided, between an inner ring and an outer ring, with a retaining structure for retaining the rollers. The retaining structure includes an annular retainer having a number of seats for clic... | 10/17/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6068406 | Needle roller bearing The needle roller bearing B in this embodiment comprises a cage 1 having a plurality of elongated window-shaped pockets 1a formed therein at predetermined circumferential intervals, and a plurality of needle rollers 2 rollably received and held in the poc... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6068409 | Synthetic resin cage for roller bearing In a synthetic roller-bearing cage, axially separated annular bodies are connected by columnar portions arranged in the circumferential direction in order to define roller accommodating pockets. A radially outer surface of the columnar portion forms a por... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6042275 | Radial roller bearing The pockets (10) of a cage (5) of a radial rolling bearing comprise retention elements on the inner rolling element holding member or on the outer rolling element holding member which retain the rolling elements (6) in contact with an outer raceway or an ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6039475 | Retainer for roller bearing and method for manufacturing the same A retainer and method of manufacturing the same which makes it possible to form roller stopper lugs reliably on broken surfaces on the side faces of the crossbars formed by punching and also guide surfaces which can guide rollers with high accuracy. A plu... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6007254 | Needle roller bearing The needle roller bearing A comprises a cage 3 having a plurality of long window-shaped pockets 3a formed at an appointed interval on its circumference, and a plurality of needle rollers 4 rollably accommodated and retained in the pockets 3a of the cage 3... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5816713 | Bearing cage with T-shaped pitoling pads Two end rims are spaced along a common axis and are connected by crossbars such that elongated pockets are formed for rollers. Piloting pads extend axially along the crossbars and a portion of the end rims and extend circumferentially along a portion of t... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5803620 | Roller and cage assembly The present invention discloses a roller and cage assembly that inhibits generation of heat and in turn, prevents the occurrence of seizure, thereby attaining a long service life while also offering various other advantages. By cutting away the outside of... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5795080 | Needle bearing retainer and a needle bearing A retainer for a needle bearing has an improved durability owing to the improved strength of its stay portions at the roots thereof, and an improved lubricating property. The retainer 10 is made by forming a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart pocket... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5772338 | Flange or raceway guided plastic cage for bearing assembly In a raceway-guided or flange-guided cage made of plastic for roller bearings, webs (18) between side rings (14) and (16) are specially designed to prevent foreign particles present in the lubricant from damaging contact surfaces (S) of rollers (R). For t... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5647674 | Retainer for needle roller bearing A retainer for a needle roller bearing which can prevent a film of lubricating oil from being broken due to its needle roller retaining claws and thus prevent peeling of the needle rollers. Outer-diameter claws and inner-diameter claws are provided on rol... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5617937 | Rotation preventing device for a plastic cage of an overrunning clutch An overrunning clutch comprising two concentric machine components (1,2) rotatable relative to each other and having locking surfaces (13,14) formed on their mutually facing peripheral surfaces, and, arranged therebetween, a plastic cage (4) comprising en... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5584583 | Roller and cage assembly A roller and cage assembly is able to accept large loads due to the high rigidity of the cage, while having an excellent lubrication property that enables it to demonstrate favorable high-speed rotation performance even under conditions of low levels of l... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5540506 | Roller and cage assembly Firstly, a roller and cage assembly is disclosed that achieves improved lubricating property while maintaining or increasing rigidity. While concave portions are formed so as to extend the width of the central portion of pockets to allow these to act as o... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5391005 | Bearing cage with depressed slot end A flat strip of metal is formed to provide a depressed center relief portion between two edge portions. Depressions are formed in the two edge portions and center slots are pierced across the center relief portion such that roller receiving slots are form... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5328277 | Cage for roller bearings A bearing cage for a roller bearing. The bearing cage comprising first and second annular end rims axially spaced along a common axis and cross bars connecting the end rims such that pockets are formed between the end rims and the cross bars for retaining... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5295749 | Spherical roller bearing A double-row spherical roller bearing comprises an inner race, an outer race, two retainers each molded of a synthetic resin, and double-rows of spherical rollers rotatably received in pockets of the retainers and arranged one after another in the equally... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5255985 | Roller bearing sigma cage A strip of metal is pierced intermediate the edges thereof to form slots for rollers and is bent adjacent the edges to form flanges. Each bend intersects the slots such that the slots wrap around the bends into the flanges. The strip of metal is then form... | 10/26/1993 |
