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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357380 | Anti-vibration element In order to reduce the formation of inherent vibrations in the coil spring in an anti-vibration element, in particular for a manually operated tool such as a chainsaw, a parting-off grinder or similar device and having a coil spring, an additional mass is positioned... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356253 | Rotational driving apparatus and camera using the rotational driving apparatus A rotational driving apparatus with a motor, a worm pressingly fitted to an output shaft of the motor, and a worm wheel meshing with the worm, is provided to output rotation of the motor from the worm wheel via the worm. The apparatus includes support, pressing, plu... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7270320 | Antivibration element An antivibration element (1) is especially for a portable handheld work apparatus such as a motor-driven chain saw or a brushcutter. The antivibration element includes a coil spring (2) and at least one guide. An end section (7, 8) of the coil s... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7114853 | Suspension thrust bearing device A suspension thrust bearing device includes a rolling bearing provided with two races and with rolling elements arranged between the races, and two caps each in contact with one race, one of the caps including a circular flange and the other cap including an axial p... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104698 | Thrust bearing for down-hole tool There is disclosed an improved bearing and particularly an improved bearing assembly (15, 15A), eg. a thrust bearing assembly, which may be used in down-hole applications, such as down-hole drilling applications. Thrust bearing assemblies for use in down-hole... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7086303 | Lead 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 |
| 7085108 | Disk drive including pivot-bearing cartridge tolerance ring having a damping layer for actuator resonance reduction A disk drive includes a pivot-bearing cartridge configured to pivotally support the head stack assembly on the base of the drive. A tolerance ring is coupled to the pivot-bearing cartridge and includes a single sleeve defining an inner sleeve surface facing the pivo... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6948728 | Suspension strut bearing for a suspension strut A suspension strut used in a wheel suspension of an automotive vehicle, includes a shock absorber, a suspension strut bearing, and a coil spring at least partially coaxially surrounding the shock absorber and having one spring end supported by the shock absorber. Th... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6867949 | Vibration-damped push-pin assembly for disk drive servo writing The present invention is directed to a push-pin assembly for use with a positioning arm of a disk drive servo writer. The push-pin assembly promotes vibrational damping between the push-pin assembly and the actuator arm. Push-pin assemblies of the invention generall... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6814496 | Suspension thrust bearing with retaining means A suspension thrust bearing including a first race, a second race, a row of rolling bodies disposed between the two races, a first cap 13 in contact with the first race, and a first cup 4 in contact with the first cap 13. The first cap 13 | 11/09/2004 |
| 6612749 | Self-centring clutch bearing device Clutch bearing device comprising an actuating element intended to be mounted on an operating element 2. The actuating element comprises a rolling bearing 1 provided with a rotating race 15 and with a non-rotating race 9, the said bearing 1 being able to b... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6604860 | Thrust bearing device and motor A metallic receiving plate is located in a holding recess of a housing such that the plate opposes the distal end face of a worm shaft. The distal end of the receiving plate with respect to the rotating shaft defines a charging cavity in the holding reces... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6488412 | Bearing sleeve assemblies for heat dissipating fan motors A bearing sleeve assembly for motors includes a stator seat having an axial tube, a supporting member securely mounted in the axial tube, an elastic member securely mounted in the supporting member and having a contacting section supported by an end of th... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6048101 | Thrust bearing arrangement A thrust bearing arrangement for a rotary shaft includes a main bearing mounted on the rotary shaft at a first axial location and an idler bearing mounted on the shaft at a second axial location spaced from the first axial location. Each of the main beari... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5938348 | Pivot bearing A bearing design for a rotatable assembly includes two freely rotating balls mounted on the axis of rotation of the assembly and axially separated, one near each axial end of the assembly. Each ball is confined by a moving concave bearing surface of the r... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5727882 | Pivot bearing assembly providing damping for unit-to-unit consistency A pivot bearing assembly for mounting to an enclosure of a head disk assembly to support a head stack assembly of a disk drive is disclosed. The pivot bearing assembly comprises a shaft for being affixed to the enclosure and defining a longitudinal axis, ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5664892 | Spring leg mounting and spring cup receiver A spring leg mounting and a spring cup receiver for a spring at a wheel of a motor vehicle. At one end of the spring is a spring receiver that is toward the vehicle wheel. At the other end of the spring is the apparatus of the invention. An antifriction b... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5407282 | Single-trust bearing A single-thrust bearing is disclosed. The bearing includes a rolling-contact bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring, as well as a thrust ring concentrically surrounding the outer ring of the rolling-contact bearing with radial clearance. The outer... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5346317 | Horizontal bearing arrangement with controlled drag A cage with bearing balls' confined therein is interposed between a plate and a planar platform, to accommodate rotation of the plate, and an electrically-powered device, such as a searchlight, can be fastened to the plate for rotation therewith. A disk, ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5263780 | Prestressed rolling bearing The rolling bearing comprises a ring (30) made in two relatively axially movable ring parts (31,32) and another ring or shaft (40) between which rolling elements (20) travel, and an elastically yieldable device (50) cooperative with a housing and one of s... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5243866 | Starting device for internal combustion engines The starting device includes a starting pinion mounted on a thrust rod and movable between a disengaged and engaged position with an internal combustion engine; a movable switching bolt located in a solenoid; a sphere mounted at an end face of the switchi... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5209055 | Step bearing for the shaft of a spinning rotor In an open-end spinning device with a spinning rotor whose shaft bears axially upon the ball of a step bearing, said step bearing is designed for the attenuation of axial oscillations and shocks of the spinning rotor. The bearing includes an elongated hou... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5174662 | Device for applying braking torque to a shaft A shaft is supported in a housing by single row, deep-groove, radial ball bearings having diametral clearances which will permit axial displacement between their inner and outer races, abutment faces which are located with respect to the shaft and housing... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5169245 | Thrust bearing device A thrust bearing device for a motor comprises a housing of the motor, a thrust plate disposed in the housing and in contact with an end of a motor shaft, a spring for energizing the motor shaft through the thrust plate, and the housing is formed with a st... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5100304 | Solenoid-operated reciprocating pump A solenoid-operated reciprocating pump includes a casing having a cylinder with a central axis. A main shaft is disposed in and secured at one end to the casing in alignment with the central axis of the cylinder. A piston having a piston head is slidably ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5076717 | Polymeric sliding sleeve for clutch release bearings A sliding sleeve made of polymeric material for clutch release bearings comprising a hollow cylindrical hub element (1) provided with a radially outwardly directed ring collar (3) on its outer surface, a ring-shaped metal flange (4) abutting against the s... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5074681 | Downhole motor and bearing assembly A downhole motor includes a bearing assembly for allowing rotational and bidirectional axial movement of a drive shaft in a housing. The bearing assembly includes a stationary race member, a displaceable race member, ball bearings disposed between the rac... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5061088 | Device for rotatably mounting a machine element A device for mounting a machine element, such as a shaft (9). According to a first aspect of the invention, a bearing housing (5) is mounted on a machine body (1) by means of a plate-shaped supporting means (22) having a main plane perpendicular to the sh... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5031421 | Circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine has a needle cylinder, a supporting disk attached to the needle cylinder coaxially therewith, a bearing body for the supporting disk surrounding the supporting disk, four bearing tracks arranged opposite one another in pairs on... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5000589 | Bearing structures for motors A bearing structure for motors is provided, wherein a rotary shaft is supported by a pair of rolling bearings for rotation with respect to a housing, said rotary shaft being mounted on said pair of rolling bearings for slidable movement in the axial direc... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4997292 | Vertical bearing assembly A bearing assembly is designed for high-speed heavy-duty vertical shafts and has a casing (1), antifriction bearings (3) with outer (5) and inner (4) races, and a load redistribution system (A). The load redistribution system (A) has elastic members (7) p... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4995737 | Axial anti-friction bearing An axial anti-friction bearing for mounting of the spring pad in a shock absorber leg of a vehicle wheel. The bearing including two races supporting rolling bodies between them. Each race is supported by a separate annular plastic cap. The two caps are sn... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4958947 | Axial rolling bearing An axial deep groove ball bearing is disclosed. This rolling bearing has a housing ring with a fastening rim located axially beyond the outer face of the housing ring. A ring of synthetic material or rubber is located between the fastening rim and a housi... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4915514 | Rotary machine equipped with a thrust balancing arrangement A housing (1) of a rotary machine comprises a low-pressure side (2) and a high-pressure side (3), working-fluid inlet and outlet channels, and at least one rotor (7), which when the machine is working is urged by a working fluid towards the low-pressure s... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4892423 | Rotary actuator and fabrication process therefor An axial force exerting in the axial direction of a rotary actuator is uniformly applied to a plurality of axially arranged ball bearings of a bearing set to hold inner and outer rings of each ball bearing in optimum position, thereby heightening the rigi... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4833934 | Roller worm drives and roller wheels for use therein In a worm wheel for a roller worm drive, each roller is movable along its axis relative to the body of the wheel, and biased towards an extended position by a spring. The springs are mounted in the space between inboard and outboard bearings associated wi... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4789254 | Large antifriction bearing In a large antifriction bearing consisting of two bearing races and at least two track systems disposed therebetween each having a rolling element row which rolls on associated tracks of the bearing races, one rolling element row (4, 11) is of a different... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4773210 | Open-end rotor-spinning device The invention relates to an open-end rotor-spinning device with a rotor shaft which is mounted and driven in the wedge-shaped gap between supporting disks and to the free end of which is assigned an axial bearing. A simplified mounting, which also allows ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4761084 | Bearing system with redundant race A redundant-race bearing system according to this invention incorporates a pair of ring-shaped race members. The race members are coaxial and axially spaced apart from one another. Each race member has a radial cross-section that includes a plurality of t... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4732495 | Arrangement for adjustment of rolling bearing An arrangement for adjustment of a rolling bearing which is radially and axially movable inside a sleeve. A helical spring is arranged with prestress between the base of the sleeve and a side surface of the outer ring of the rolling bearing. The terminal ... | 03/22/1988 |
