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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136999 | Turbomachine shaft guidance A support for a bearing that guides a shaft in a turbomachine is disclosed. The support includes an annular part made of a shape memory material which retains an initial shape when the load applied to it remains below a threshold value and which deforms, absorbing e... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7431504 | High temperature damper for a roller bearing A high temperature damper for a roller bearing having a long shelf life and capable of withstanding temperatures in a gas turbine engine shaft. The damper includes a damping chamber formed between a stator housing and the outer race of the bearing, and is filled wit... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429135 | Roller bearing assembly The invention relates to a roller bearing and seeks to reduce or mitigate the high edge stresses experienced by the bearing elements due to shaft misalignment or distortion under load. The invention provides a roller bearing assembly comprising an outer ring support... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7384199 | Apparatus for centering rotor assembly bearings A bearing assembly for a gas turbine engine rotor includes, in an exemplary, an inner race, an outer race assembly, and a rolling element. The outer race assembly includes a body, a plurality of first springs attached to the body, and a plurality of second springs. ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7327059 | Integrated motor bearing springs for hybrid electro-mechanical transmission and method This invention relates to a method and structure for minimizing noise output of the electric motors of an electrically variable transmission by placing springs between the ball bearings of the motors and a housing part of the motor assembly. The springs are preferab... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7223020 | Bearing assembly A bearing assembly including a bearing having an outer bearing ring and an inner bearing ring. The outer bearing ring is axially received in a bearing-receiving recess that includes a substantially cylindrical inner wall. An element that is radially flexible is loca... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7201075 | Electric power steering apparatus An electric power steering apparatus having a displacing mechanism in which a fitting hole potion is provided to a gear housing for fitting with and holding a bearing to which a worm shaft for transmitting rotating force of a steering assisting motor to a steering s... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191665 | Support for a reflective target A support (1) for a reflective target to be mounted on a turbine casing, which is used in casing bending measurements. The support (1) comprises a tube (2), which was chosen to ensure a thermal expansion coefficient near zero at the operating te... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7109619 | Damper support assembly for a supercritical drive shaft A support system, a bracket assembly, and a damping member for use in supporting a rotating shaft. A support system including a fixed bracket; a bracket assembly; and a bearing. The bracket assembly having a first damping member having a first fixed end and a second... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7004636 | Machine housing The concept of the invention is based on a machine housing with a bearing housing, the bearing seat of which is connected to a housing wall of the machine housing by a bearing housing wall provided with ribs (42, 43) and is subjected to radially directed forc... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6942394 | Bearing race support without distortion A race for a bearing, which is mountable to a mount, has an annular bearing surface with a center axis defining an axis of rotation for the bearing and mutually perpendicular radial and transverse directions relative thereto. The race also has a radial wall that is ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939052 | Bearing with integrated mounting features A bearing with integrated mounting features is provided with a groove in at least one of the races thereof. The groove is of a shallow depth and provides a mounting location for a mounting ring of slightly different diameter than the race so as to permit the mountin... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6718072 | Image conversion method, image processing apparatus, and image display apparatus According to the present invention, an image processing apparatus includes an original image data input unit 11 for receiving the original low resolution image data; a connection detector 13 for detecting a connection of a target pixel in the original ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6712516 | Bearing spring plate pedestal Existing bearing spring plates for a certain class of steam turbines fail due to a combination of static stresses and cyclic stresses over a long period of time leaving the bearings unsupported. The failures typically occur at welds between the flexible support plat... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6682219 | Anisotropic support damper for gas turbine bearing An apparatus and method that provides a flexible anisotropic support, which may accommodate open, closed, or re-circulating squeeze film damper in parallel, has improved internal rolling element clearances, limits maneuver and blade loss responses by limi... | 01/27/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6601683 | Carbon-carbon clutch bearing engagement mechanism A bi-directional, conical carbon-carbon clutch bearing engagement mechanism for the inner race of a conventional rolling element bearing comprising a plurality of wave springs for axially urging the clutch into a non-engaged position, and a guide consisti... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6565316 | Adjustable and stable pre-loading device equipped fan An adjustable and stable pre-loading device equipped fan includes a stator, a first rigid spacer, a first bearing, an elastic device, a second bearing, a second rigid spacer, a rotor and a shaft. Among these, the stator includes a receptacle. The first be... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6558041 | Damper assembly for a rotating shaft and methods for dampening shaft vibrations The damper assembly includes a centering spring about a bearing for a rotating shaft. The centering spring is fixed to and spaced from a fixed component. One or more annular arrays of brush bristles project from the fixed component and have tips in engage... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6540483 | Methods and apparatus for bearing outer race axial retention A bearing assembly for a gas turbine engine rotor includes a damper bearing configured to support the rotor, a bearing centering sub-assembly configured to position the damper bearing relative to the rotor, and a retainer. The damper bearing includes a fr... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6461050 | Ball bearing device for a swing arm 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... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6443698 | Method and apparatus for centering rotor assembly damper bearings A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine including a bearing centering sub-assembly that facilitates reduces an effect of radial forces transmitted to a bearing assembly is described. The bearing assembly supports a rotor shaft with a rolling element pos... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6413046 | Method and apparatus for centering rotor assembly damper bearings A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine including a bearing centering sub-assembly that facilitates reduces radial forces transmitted to a bearing assembly is described. The bearing assembly supports a rotor shaft with a rolling element positioned radia... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6336629 | Idler mounting tie-bar assembly A sheet transporting device assembly, such as a idler mounting assembly, of an image forming device has a frame portion attachably detachable to a guide member. The frame portion has at least one opening able to receive at least one idler roll. Each idler... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6247676 | High resolution rotary positioning apparatus A rotary positioning device useful for positioning optical devices such as polarizing prisms, or any similar optical device through which light is transmitted and which requires precise rotation thereof. The device is particularly designed to rotate throu... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6142675 | Roller having spindle fixed to inner bearing ring A roller includes a rolling bearing having inner and outer rings, a roller shell formed of injection molding material and molded in a form-fitting manner onto the outer ring of the roller bearing, and a spindle disposed in the bore of the inner ring with ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6135639 | Fixed arc squeeze film bearing damper A squeeze film damper (SFD) assembly whose chamber configuration reduces or eliminates the tendency for a bistable condition in a turbo machine shaft, such as the rotor shaft of a gas turbine engine. The SFD assembly generally entails a housing having a c... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6109791 | Rolling bearing with noise reduction A rolling bearing (5) which is used for the clearance-free and noiseless mounting of a shaft (2) of a converter in an automatic transmission comprises at least one race ring which is composed of two ring elements (11, 12) which define a gap (14) filled wi... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6099165 | Soft bearing support An annular support for supporting radial bearings and accommodating radial expansion and lateral displacement, and damping vibration of the bearing with respect to a static support structure includes an annular casing to support a bearing therein and a ca... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6062736 | Pre-tensioned radial rolling bearing A thin-walled inner bushing (1) comprising a raceway (5) which is provided with elastically yielding raceway convexities (2) which merge at one end into radially extending sections (7) which are connected to one another by a further, outer bushing (9) whe... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6053638 | Ball bearing device for a swing arm 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... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5997184 | Bearing assemblies for shiftably supporting an upper roll of a sliver drawing frame Bearing assemblies for supporting opposite stub shafts of an upper drawing roll of a textile sliver drawing frame. Each bearing assembly includes a bearing sleeve having an inner cylindrical surface and an open end through which a respective stub shaft pr... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5801468 | Rear bearing creep prevention apparatus for vehicle AC generator An improved alternating current generator for a vehicle which is directed to forming a plurality of inserting holes of the rear bracket by concurrently forming the same during a die-casting process or by forming the same during a subsequent process, which... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5632563 | Radial bearing particularly for bridging a radial design space A radial bearing with an outer race ring or bush arranged between the bearing in a housing bore having an integrally formed portion which is bent at a certain angle to a bearing axis and merges into a portion extending coaxially with the outer race ring s... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5567060 | Differential gearing for an automotive vehicle A differential gearing comprising a differential case (2) mounted in a gearbox casing (1) and connected via a crown wheel (6) to a drive pinion (4) of a third motion shaft (5), axle shafts (9) being mounted in the differential case (2), characterized in t... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5501531 | Cardan shaft bearing A Cardan shaft bearing is disclosed in which the outer ring of an antifriction bearing and a retainer ring are connected together by a rubber ring which is vulcanized in place. The outer ring and the retainer ring rest with radial elasticity against each ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5437209 | Rocker arm assembly Two support arms of a bearing support member extend in opposite directions, each support arm having an overlying bearing cup engageable with a rocker arm. A bearing sleeve is mounted over each support arm between the respective bearing cup and the bearing... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5425584 | Fluid dampened support for rolling element bearings A fluid dampened support for a rolling element bearing such as a ball bearing, needle bearing, roller bearing and the like. The fluid dampened support includes a network of closely spaced beams which support the outer race of the roller bearing for moveme... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5421656 | Spacer for a helicopter main rotor shaft A spacer (10) for a helicopter main rotor shaft (102) is mounted in combination with the main rotor shaft (102) and is operative to support the inner race (116) of the upper bearing assembly (110) of the main rotor shaft (102) and is concomitantly operati... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5329891 | Rocker arm assembly A bearing support member has two support arms extending in opposite directions along an axis and is adapted for mounting about a stud means. A bearing cup is fixed to the rocker arm, extending over each support arm. Rolling members are provided within an ... | 07/19/1994 |
