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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7794153 | Adjusting and maintaining bearing preload in an axle assembly An axle differential mechanism includes a carrier, a bearing supporting the carrier in rotation about an axis, a bearing adjuster including a adjuster sleeve held against rotation and axial displacement, and an adjuster nut formed with first teeth, and engaged by sc... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7762725 | Adjustable antifriction bearing arrangement A shaft is supported in a housing on the front and rear antifriction bearings that are mounted in opposition. The front bearing has an outer race provided with an external thread that engages an internal thread within the housing. That outer race is fitted with a lo... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7393141 | Bearing arrangement for a vehicle differential A vehicle differential includes a housing having bearing seats and a carrier provided with stub shafts which project into the bearing seats. The carrier is supported in the housing on two single row tapered roller bearings which allow the carrier to rotate, but conf... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7346985 | Bearing assembly spacer adjustment system and method for adjusting spacer A system for adjusting at least one spacer of a bearing assembly includes a force-transmitting member and a preload regulator. The force-transmitting member is configured to operatively receive a force and to transmit the force to an adjustable spacer. The preload r... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7251892 | Bearing assembly spacer adjustable system and method for adjusting a spacer A system for adjusting at least one spacer of a bearing assembly includes a force-transmitting member and a preload regulator. The force-transmitting member is configured to operatively receive a force and to transmit the force to an adjustable spacer. The preload r... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7165471 | Thermally compensated differential A thermally compensated differential comprises a housing, a pinion gear mounted into the housing, a differential case carrying a ring gear with the case being supported by a first roller bearing and a second roller bearing with the bearings being mounted indirectly,... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7155827 | Method for verifying predetermined bearing preload of differential assembly module A rigid drive axle assembly includes a support beam member having a substantially flat central plate section, a differential assembly module secured to the central plate section through at least two threaded studs extending from the central plate section. The differ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140295 | Printing group including cylinders supported for movement A printing group of a printing machine is comprised of a pair of cylinders each having a circumference that corresponds essentially to a length of a section of a side to be printed. The effective generated surface of at least one of the cylinders comprises, at the m... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7108428 | Axle assembly with bearing adjustment mechanism The present invention provides an axle assembly for a motor vehicle including an axle housing, a differential assembly supported in the axle housing with a differential bearing, a bearing insert, an adjuster sleeve and a lock ring. The bearing insert is coupled to t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7086783 | Laying head bearing with offset preloading A bearing assembly is disclosed for rotatably supporting a quill in the housing of a rolling mill laying head. The bearing assembly includes first and second axially spaced roller bearing sets interposed between the quill and the housing. The bearing assembly also i... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6994405 | Axle assembly An axle assembly serves as a primary structural member for a motor vehicle and comprises an axle tube having a first end and a second end and with an opening located near the first end and a mounting module formed as a unitary extension of the axle tube. At least on... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6813972 | Differential housing assembly with cap-ring bearing support architecture A differential housing assembly includes a differential housing having a differential case supported therein. The differential housing includes a first support structure and a second support structure. The differential case includes a pair of extending neck portions... | 11/09/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6533697 | One piece differential bearing adjuster lock and fastener A drive axle assembly for a motor vehicle includes an axle housing a differential bearing, a differential assembly, an adjustment nut and an adjuster lock. The differential assembly is rotatably supported within the axle housing by the differential bearin... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6474873 | Adjustable preload shim for tapered bearings An assembly by which to effect incremental adjustments to the end play, or preloading, to a bearing set. Relatively rotatable first and second thrust rings have contiguously juxtaposed and interacting ramp surfaces. Interposed between the first and second... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6464435 | Machine tool A machine tool includes a tool spindle rotatably mounted in a housing. A tool member is disposed in a front spindle segment of the spindle and is releasably clamped by a clamping member. An actuating member is mounted in and is axially movable relative to... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6457864 | Omni-directional high precision friction drive positioning stage A high precision friction drive positioning stage system is described. The friction drive positioning stage system uses three special actuation systems, each having a tip in contact with the stage and being capable of generating directional elliptical mot... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6425690 | Positive lock for bearing subassembly and adjusting nut kit A bearing subassembly includes an improved arrangement for securing the bearing subassembly to a shaft. An adjusting nut is axially locked to a bearing inner ring by sliding the adjusting nut over the inner ring so that a groove in the adjusting nut and r... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6409626 | Axle assembly having a differential case adjustably secured to a housing An axle assembly employs a simple adjustable connection between the differential case and the housing to adjust the position of the ring gear relative to the pinion gear. A pair of adjustment collars facilitates positioning the differential case to select... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6398689 | One piece differential bearing adjuster lock and fastener A drive axle assembly for a motor vehicle includes an axle housing, a differential bearing, a differential assembly, an adjustment nut and an adjuster lock. The differential assembly is rotatably supported within the axle housing by the differential beari... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6394655 | Method and apparatus for influencing background noise of machines having rotating parts A method and a shaft bearing for influencing machine background noise emitted by at least by one rotating part of the machine, especially for influencing the background noise within a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. The amplitudes and/or the fre... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6327773 | Bearing assembly adjustable spacer and gage part adjustment One or more force application members (e.g., a force transmission member and/or a hydraulic force application member) may be employed to provide a desired adjustment (e.g., a preload and/or a compression) to an adjustable spacer of a bearing assembly. The... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6318201 | Motor vehicle differential bearing pre-load mechanism A motor vehicle differential bearing pre-load mechanism which provides for the simultaneous use of a collapsible spacer which plastically deforms and has a close to linear load to deflection band on one side of a motor vehicle differential assembly and a ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6244751 | Adjustable spacer having a generally axially curved bearing interface portion A bearing assembly adjustable spacer may include an end portion, a deformable portion, a transversely inward face portion, and a transversely outward face portion. The end portion may be configured for generally axial abutment (e.g., with a shoulder porti... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6227716 | Differential unit having an adjustable bearing assembly A vehicle differential unit including adjustable bearing assemblies has a differential carrier adapted to support a differential case assembly including differential case bearings associated therewith. The differential case bearing assemblies rotatably su... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6210044 | Transmission floating bearing carrier A transmission for use in a vehicle has a housing with a center support and an opening. The transmission further comprises first and second shafts that extend coaxially along an axis and have adjacent ends disposed within the opening. A bearing assembly s... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6190052 | Method for changing the clamping conditions between a shaft bearing and a rotatable part as well as a shaft bearing A method for changing the clamping conditions between a shaft bearing and a rotatable part, which is rotatably disposed in the shaft bearing, and in the case of which the axis of rotation of the rotatable part is arranged axially identically with the axis... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6042273 | Adjustable preload spindle A machine tool spindle is associated with an adjustable preload mechanism for varying the preload on a bearing set for the spindle the mechanism comprising an annular piston that is selectively pressurized for loading spring(s) carried by a spring retaine... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6004040 | Bearing assembly adjustment gaging system In one aspect, an adjustment system includes a first gage part adjustably engaged (e.g., mated and/or threaded) with a second gage part. The gage parts may be employed in a (e.g., pressing) process of direct installation of bearings (e.g., tapered roller ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5996770 | Plug screw feeder Screw feeders are disclosed including a conical feed screw rotatably disposed in a conical screw tube, and a drive shaft mounted at one end of the conical feed screw with a pair of bearings mounting the drive shaft, a fixed ring mounted on the drive shaft... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5984527 | Oblong hole guide between two structural component parts An oblong hole guide is provided between two structural component parts of which the first, guiding structural component part has an oblong hole in which a guide bushing can glide in an adjustable manner transverse to its longitudinal axis, and which is f... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5806367 | Intermittent indexing apparatus using cam mechanism An intermittent indexing apparatus has a simple structure of supporting portions for bearings without requiring complicated manufacturing processes. The intermittent indexing apparatus includes input shaft, an output shaft, and a housing. An indexing cam ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5711393 | Drive axle assembly with screw cap A drive axle assembly has a gear housing, axle tubes extending outwardly of the gear housing, and an axle shaft disposed in each axle tube with an external wheel hub at a protruding end of the axle shaft. Each axle shaft is rotatably supported in a flange... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5647673 | Plate-cylinder bearing arrangement Plate-cylinder bearing arrangement for a printing press having a plate cylinder and a rubber-blanket cylinder mounted on respective shafts, the plate cylinder and its shaft being displaceable, and a side-register adjusting device serving for position corr... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5613782 | Supporting roller bearing A supporting roller bearing for a rotary drum comprises a supporting roller, supporting on its outer surface a circumferential running surface of the rotary drum. The supporting roller is mounted with axial clearance. A measuring device determines the par... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5435651 | Backlash free rotationally adjustable mount in the nature of a transmission A mount according to this invention includes a base and a rotor rotatably mounted to the base. The mount has a central axis. The rotor has an axis of rotation which is coincident with the central axis. A base race is fixed to the base, and a rotor race is... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5429440 | Mechanism for adjusting the position of supports for large rotating apparatus This invention relates to a mechanism for adjusting the position of the roller bearings that support large rotating apparatus such as a rotary kiln. The mechanism utilizes a box like base mounted on the kiln foundation. The base has a pair of compartments... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5368399 | Adjustable bearing assembly An adjustable roller bearing assembly adapted for use in a machine tool includes an elongated support bolt that rotatably supports a radially extending roller bearing, and a bushing adapted to be positioned within a bore of a support member and to which t... | 11/29/1994 |
