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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8360658 | Bearing The invention relates to a bearing assembly, which includes at least one upper segment with an upper running surface and at least one lower segment with a lower running surface. The bearing assembly also includes at least one roll element movably arranged between th... | 01/29/2013 |
| 7360748 | Rotary table for enclosed hose reel A rotatable base apparatus for use with a hose reel enclosure. The base comprises an upper and a lower portion. A bearing is located in between the upper and lower portions and allows the portions to rotate with respect to each other. The bearing can comprise balls ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347437 | Damper assembly A damper assembly for a suspension system of a vehicle includes a housing adapted to be mounted to one end of a strut in the suspension system. The housing has a chamber with fluid therein. The damper assembly also includes at least one diaphragm extending across th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7252017 | Axial adjusting device with multiple ball means An axial adjusting device comprising two discs which are rotatable relative to one another, which are supported coaxially relative to one another and between which there are guided balls in pairs of ball grooves whose depth varies across the circumference. Of the di... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246801 | Self-tightening keyless chuck The present invention relates to a self-tightening keyless chuck to enable electric percussive drills to grip a tool shank. The chuck includes a rear sleeve, a body, a bearing ring, a bearing assembly, a nut, a jaw, a front sleeve and a stopper and so on. The bearin... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7182521 | Axial 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 |
| 7182152 | Sampling isolator A soil sampling system that in one embodiment includes a drill rod, a sampler or core barrel and an adapter coupling, for connecting the sampler barrel to the drill rod. In one embodiment the drill rod provides vibratory drilling movement, and the sampler barrel col... | 02/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7004861 | Pulley unit A pulley unit improved in axial positioning of a cage of a one-way clutch is provided. An outer radius of an orbital portion of inner rings of two rolling bearings disposed at both axial sides of the cage are designed to be larger than an inner radius of the cage, s... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997512 | 360 degree swivel cushion for bathroom use A 360 degree swivel cushion for bathroom encompassing a rotating device having a base plate, a ball bearing plate and a rotating plate disposedly configured between a lower fixed pad and an upper rotating pad. A plurality of stainless steel ball bearings atop the ba... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997619 | Clutch release mechanism with a device for compensating for lack of precision in a friction clutch of a motor vehicle A clutch-release mechanism for actuating the friction clutch of a motor vehicle, installed concentrically around a guide sleeve, includes a release bearing with an inner ring and an outer ring as well as a sliding sleeve. The inner ring is in working contact with a ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6732435 | Method of manufacturing a lightweight bearing A method of manufacturing a lightweight bearing in which raceway surface parts are formed of iron-based material and body members are formed of a lightweight material that is lighter than the iron-based material. Bearing rings are manufactured by producing first and... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6733415 | Power roller for a toroidal continuously variable transmission In a power roller for a toroidal continuously variable transmission, temperature rise of a power transmission part can be prevented by suppressing the heat in a rolling contact part between a ball and an inner race groove. By setting a radius of curvature of an inne... | 05/11/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6558043 | Suspension thrust bearing with retaining means Suspension thrust rolling bearing device of the type comprising a first ring 12, a second ring 13 made of thin sheet, a row of rolling bodies 14 arranged between the two rings, a cap 16 secured to the first ring and a plate 11 capable of forming a seat fo... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6550755 | Arrangement with a helical spring and a support bearing for spring struts A coil spring (1) and support bearing (2) arrangement for suspension struts (3) with a shock absorber, supporting a steering knuckle of an automobile has a rolling-contact bearing (7), with an axis (x); a receiving body (6), arranged below the rolling-con... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6536781 | Chuck A chuck for use with a manual or powered driver including a generally cylindrical body having a nose section and a tail section. The tail section defines an axial bore formed therein to mate with the drive shaft of the driver and the nose section defines ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6425645 | Thrust ball bearing A thrust ball bearing includes a pair of races that make an eccentric revolving motion relative to each other. The races are formed with a plurality of opposed annular raceway grooves defined by an outer edge and an inner edge. Balls are received in the r... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6315460 | Orbital motion bearing A scroll compressor (10) includes a housing (11) with a stationary scroll member (13) mounted therein and a swivel scroll member (12) positioned in the housing and cooperating with the stationary scroll member to form a compression chamber (16). A thrust ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6312235 | Thrust ball bearing and open-type scroll compressor A thrust ball bearing provided in an open scroll-type compressor can withstand a large compressive load on the bearing and prevents wear of the mating surfaces. The thrust ball bearing has a first thrust plate 9a for performing spiral revolution; a second... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6295338 | Oil cooled bearing assembly An x-ray tube (20) comprising a cathode (23) and an anode (24) in operative relationship with the cathode (23). The anode (24) is mounted on a stem (32). The x-ray tube includes at least one bearing (58) rotatably receiving the stem (32). The at least one... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6246137 | Spindle motor The object of the present invention is to provide a spindle motor of high accuracy of rotation irrespective of the temperature differential for driving the hard disk or disks of the hard disk drive device. A spindle motor including a shaft secured on a base to... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6206665 | Rotation inhibiting mechanism for movable scroll of scroll type fluid machine A movable race 25 fixed to a movable scroll 20 which revolves with respect to a fixed scroll and a fixed race 24 opposing the movable race are respectively provided with pluralities of annular ball rolling grooves 24c and 25c extending along the revolutio... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6176805 | Angular bearing of dual cavity toroidal type continuously variable transmission An angular bearing of a dual cavity toroidal type continuously variable transmission, includes: a torque input shaft having a shaft-side raceway groove formed in an outer peripheral surface of a flange portion provided in an end thereof; a loading cam uni... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6010135 | Chuck A chuck for use with a manual or powered driver having a rotatable drive shaft is provided. A generally cylindrical body member has a nose section and a tail section. A plurality of jaws are disposed within the body longitudinally with respect to a nose s... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5969449 | Rotary machine of inner rotor type A miniature inner rotor type of rotary machine having a high durability and anti-vibration property, includes a double row bearing apparatus (2) and comprises a stepped shaft (10). The shaft has a larger diameter shaft portion (10a) around which an inner ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5938349 | Thrust bearing A thrust bearing includes a flange formed on the outside of only a first bearing washer, a second bearing washer formed into a simple flat plate, a notch having a rectangular cross-section formed on the outside of the second bearing washer, and a leading ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5896707 | Roller assembly for rotatable building An improved rotational mechanism, or roller assembly, including a central roof support, for use with a rotational building that is characterized by a movable vertical wall. The improved rotational mechanism was designed to prevent binding during rotation ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5861687 | Motor and recording and/or reproducing apparatus using the motor A motor and a recording and/or reproducing apparatus using the motor. The motor includes a rotational member, a fixed member, a stopper member and a set of balls. The rotational member is formed by bending a first plate, and includes a first V-shaped bear... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5836432 | Friction clutch with a captive pre-load spring and a captive pre-load spring for a friction clutch A friction clutch which has a release bearing and a release element with a snap connection, whereby a bias spring device is provided which is pre-installed in a separate groove in the encircling bearing ring.... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5820273 | Hard disc drive with a compound bearing assembly A hard disc drive is disclosed, which comprises a compound bearing assembly including stepped shaft 1 having a large-diameter portion 1a and a small-diameter portion 1b, a plurality of balls 4 provided between an outer raceway groove 2b formed in the inne... | 10/13/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5655844 | Rolling bearing unit In order to prevent a reduction in fatigue life and to improve the endurance of a rolling bearing unit which is made up by assembling a pair of angular type ball bearings 4, 5 so as to rotatably support an axial load applied in a substantially constant di... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5609061 | Turntable with stepping drive Bearing system for a turntable (10) with a stepping drive, in which a table plate (12) is rotatably mounted on ball bearings on top of a housing (14), having drive pins (36) disposed on the same diameter offset at uniform angular distances and protruding ... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5603670 | Movable disk guiding arrangement An arrangement is proposed for guiding a movable disk (3) in a continuously variable belt-drive transmission. The movable disk (3) is supported on balls (4) embedded in a mounting (5). The mountings (5) are interconnected in a narrow area. The axial trave... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5588754 | Backup bearings for extreme speed touch down applications A backup bearing for supplying backup to magnetic bearings is provided, the backup bearing comprising: an outer race disposed about the axis of a stationary shaft, the outer race mounted to a flywheel assembly for rotational movement about the axis; an in... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5584585 | Axial bearing having an adjoining seal In an axial bearing with an adjoining seal between two members, which form contact surfaces for the rolling elements (2) of the bearing, which are held by a cage (1, 15), one of the two members is formed by a thrust washer (4, 14, 18) for the rolling elem... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5536091 | Thrust ball bearing for use with power rollers The contact angle of each of the balls of a thrust ball bearing for use with power rollers is deviated from 90 degrees. Thus the power roller is not easily displaced in the radial direction when radial loads are exerted. Also, the distance in the radial d... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5518820 | Case-hardened titanium aluminide bearing A bearing includes a bearing component, such as a bearing race, having a bearing contact surface. A region at the bearing contact surface is made of titanium aluminide, preferably an alpha-2 or gamma titanium aluminide. A case-hardened layer present at th... | 05/21/1996 |
