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Class 384/606 - Lubricating


Subclass of Class 384 - Bearings
Definition: Subject matter having means to lubricate the bearing.
No. of patents: 34
Last issue date: 11/27/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7300396Driving device for a centrifugal separator
In a centrifugal separator a centrifugal rotor is connected to a vertical spindle, which is supported by a frame and journalled in a first bearing and a second bearing. The centrifugal separator is drivable by an electric motor, the stator of the motor being fixed t...
11/27/2007
7182521Axial bearing unit
An axial roller bearing includes two bearing disks placed in plane-parallel relationship to one another. Each bearing disk has a radial section to form a raceway and an axial collar connected to the radial section, wherein the collar of one bearing disk and the coll...
02/27/2007
7156187Electric hand screwdriver with adjustable head
An electric powered handheld screwdriver having a main body and a reaching arm. The main body has a power source, a drive motor, and a drive shaft. Attached to the outer portions of the main body are a plurality of screwdriver bits. The power source is a removable r...
01/02/2007
7104766Horizontal centrifugal pumping system
The present invention provides a thrust bearing assembly and a horizontal skid utilized in a horizontal pumping system. In one embodiment, the thrust bearing assembly comprises a cylindrical open housing, at least one radial ball bearing, at least one rotating seal,...
09/12/2006
7104699Thrust bearing and method of making same
A first race component includes a flat, circular raceway portion, defined about an axis, and an axially extending lip portion. A plurality of needle rollers is arranged radially with respect to the axis for rolling contact with the flat raceway. A bearing cage retai...
09/12/2006
7090634Driving system for a separator having a centrifugal drum and a neck bearing
A driving system for a separator having a centrifugal drum with a vertical axis of rotation. The driving system includes a vertically aligned driving spindle configured to accommodate a centrifugal drum. The driving spindle is arranged by a neck bearing and a footst...
08/15/2006
7086303Lead screw for linear actuator, and method of manufacturing the same
A lead screw for a linear actuator, which has a metal pipe having a helical projection resin-molded on its outer surface, and a ball for a pivot bearing welded to a distal end of the metal pipe, is disclosed together with a method of manufacturing the same. With the...
08/08/2006
7036991High-precision spindle assembly for a davenport automatic screw machine
A spindle assembly (20) adapted to be mounted on the rotatable head (21) of a Davenport® multi-spindle automatic screw machine, broadly includes a one-piece outer spindle (38), a seal member (39), a front bearing assembly (40A,
05/02/2006
6932206One-way clutch
A one-way clutch having a plurality of sprags (3) arranged at an annular space between a driving side member and a driven side member along a circumferential direction thereof, two cages (4, 5) on an outer side and an inner side for retaining the sprag...
08/23/2005
6626795Toroidal-type continuously variable transmission
The toroidal-type continuously variable transmission comprises an input shaft, an input disk, an output disk, a plurality of trunnions, a plurality of power rollers, and power roller bearings, wherein the mutually opposed inner surfaces of the input and o...
09/30/2003
6619850Thrust bearing roller retainer assembly
A roller retainer assembly for an axial-thrust bearing comprising first and second annular retainer plates. At least one roller pocket extends through each annular plate. The first second annular retainer plates are interconnected such that the at least o...
09/16/2003
6568312Thrust bearing structure for supporting a driving shaft of a variable displacement swash plate type compressor
Disclosed is a thrust bearing structure for supporting a driving shaft for use in a variable displacement swash plate type compressor. The inventive thrust bearing structure supports a driving shaft of the compressor, and has a specific correlation betwee...
05/27/2003
6568857Thrust bearing assembly
A bearing assembly includes a first race with an axially extending section and a radially extending section, a second race with an axially extending section and a radially extending section, a cage supported between the first and second races, and a plura...
05/27/2003
6368245Toroidal-type continuously variable transmission
In a toroidal-type continuously variable transmission, there is provided a thrust rolling bearing interposed between a power roller and a trunnion for supporting a thrust-direction load applied to the power roller. The thrust rolling bearing includes a pl...
04/09/2002
5927868Thrust bearing assembly with misassembly tab
Rolling elements are positioned between two thrust washers that are retained together as an assembly. One of the thrust washers has one or more one-way assembly tabs extending radially outwardly beyond the axially extending lip of the other thrust washer ...
07/27/1999
5647675Angular thrust disc
An angular thrust disc has a Z-shaped cross sectional profile, a free end of whose radially outer angular portion comprises radially inward directed projections arranged axially spaced from a free end thereof and made by chipless stamping, which projectio...
07/15/1997
5630670Axial rolling bearing
An axial rolling bearing includes a cage having pockets for retaining rolling elements between two plane-parallel bearing disks for forming a structural unit through interlocking engagement. At least one bearing disk exhibits a peripheral edge which is tu...
05/20/1997
5413413Bearing device
A bearing device includes a rotating shaft; a first bearing including a bearing ring rotating with the rotating shaft and a plurality of rolling bodies which are contacted by the bearing ring; and second bearing in which the rotating shaft is rotatably mo...
05/09/1995
5338167Dry-running vacuum pump
The invention relates to a dry-running vacuum pump (1) with at least one vertically disposed shaft (2, 3) which is mounted in an upper bearing plate (14) by means of a lubricated rolling bearing (27) situated in an open-topped pot-like component (51); in ...
08/16/1994
5263779Thrust ball-bearing
A thrust ball-bearing in which a good lubrication is maintained for a long period of time and having a long service life. The bearing comprises a plurality of balls having a uniform diameter, a retainer which retains the balls, and two plates situated at ...
11/23/1993
5211033Plate mechanism of the pattern wheel knitting machine
A plate mechanism of a pattern wheel knitting machine is provided with an improved lubricating system. The lubricating system has a groove formed on the contact surface between the plate and the gear of the machine for receiving balls therein. A flat line...
05/18/1993
5108715Sealing arrangement for a rotating shaft
In an apparatus for treating aggressive, explosive, radioactive or toxic material or solid suspensions within a container and having a rotatable shaft supported in a housing and having one end projecting into the container and another end acted upon by a ...
04/28/1992
5051007Lubrication of a centrifugal pump bearing
Lubrication system for a centrifugal pump having a bearing mounted around a rotatable vertical shaft. The lubrication system includes a reservoir for holding a quantity of lubricant, structure for withdrawing lubricant from the reservoir, a stator, and a ...
09/24/1991
4934842Axial needle bearing
An axial needle bearing assembly includes needles guided in a needle cage and located between thrust washers. The needles are distributed about the axis of the assembly and spaced angularly apart by the cage. The cross section of the thrust washers are L-...
06/19/1990
4799810Very high speed marginally lubricated ball thrust bearing
A ball thrust antifriction bearing for operation at very high speed in the DN number range from 5×105 to 2×106 and higher while only marginally lubricated by a mist of liquid having comparatively poor lubricating qualities which is...
01/24/1989
4618273Step bearing for a spinning rotor shaft
In the case of a step bearing for an essentially horizontally arranged shaft of an open-end spinning rotor that supports itself against a freely rotatable ball, a housing is provided that contains a lubricant supply means by means of which the ball is sup...
10/21/1986
4412707Bearing device for centrifuge
The invention relates to a bearing device for centrifuge, wherein the shaft of the centrifuge is supported by two elementary bearing support bodies mounted elastically on the frame independently of each other by elastic blocks and sleeves. Each body is fi...
11/01/1983
4322117Thrust bearing
Thrust bearings need to be under axial load to prevent skidding of the balls in the races. In a gas turbine engine, the thrust bearings between relatively rotatable shafts can experience zero load as engine conditions vary. A permanent load is therefore a...
03/30/1982
4265498Thrust bearing
A thrust bearing adapted for high and low pressure loading for supporting an end of a shaft for rotation about its longitudinal axis comprising a ball bearing confined in concentric relation at the end of the shaft to be supported and a part recessed into...
05/05/1981
4248488Quick disconnect bearing mount for construction machinery
A material handling apparatus includes a base, an upper structure and a bearing for supporting the upper structure on the base for rotation about an axis. The bearing transmits radial, axial and moment forces from the upper structure to the base and has a...
02/03/1981
4220380Bearing assembly
A fluid lubricated bearing assembly for use with an in-hole fluid motor has a housing and a shaft supported in the housing by a plurality of stacked adjustable bearings, through which thrust is transmitted to the shaft from a single thrust transfer point ...
09/02/1980
4219246Staked flange clutch release bearing assembly
A composite clutch release bearing assembly including a tubular bearing carrier having an annular collar disposed in frictional engagement on one end thereof and interlocked to prevent relative rotation and outward axial movement of the collar relative to...
08/26/1980
4027932Clutch release bearing
A clutch release bearing including cooperative inner and outer race rings with included rolling elements, and a holding ring having a first flange closely adjacent and facing a second flange of one of said rings, one of said two flanges having spiral groo...
06/07/1977
3999897Pump supported by a fluid-isolated, liquid-lubricated thrust bearing
The weight of the rotor of the machine is carried by a liquid lubricated thrust bearing while being guided by one or more gas lubricated centering elements. The thrust bearing is isolated from the rotor casing so that the lubricating liquid cannot contami...
12/28/1976
 
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