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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7614789 | Structure of power driven linear operators A linear operators is provided including a fixed linear body, a body guided and movable alternately on the fixed body with interposition of bearings, and at least one pneumatic or electric actuator to control the alternating movements of the moving body on the fixed... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7497625 | Systems, methods and apparatus of an extending column Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which, in some embodiments, an extending column is comprised of a plurality of stacked slides that are mounted to each other through linear bearing assemblies that allow the extending column to telescope inward and... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7308856 | Sleeve bearing for railway traction motor An improved sleeve bearing for locomotive traction motor that provides additional lubrication over and above that of the one central wick currently used. The sleeve bearing is provided with a recirculation system comprised of either at least two additional wicks loc... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7216559 | Guide actuator with high radial direction load capacity The present invention relates to a new guide actuator with high radial direction load capability, which has the purpose of providing a directional force bearing way to common loading method to make the actuator can bear load and transmit with higher accuracy. On des... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7029214 | Linear guide apparatus There is provided a linear guide apparatus which, owing to the use of a gap-free braking device in a rolling guide, has a sufficiently high damping capacity. The linear guide apparatus for guiding a linear motion of a movable body along a guide rail on a fixed struc... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029072 | Modified rumble strip cutter A rumble strip cutting machine having a drum that can be shifted from one side of the machine to the other. The machine includes a piston wheel that imparts an up and down motion to the frame so that rumble strips can be cut at desired intervals as the machine is dr... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017865 | Methods for securing a tube to an engine housing The present invention is a unitary strap clamp for securing tubing to an aircraft engine housing. The clamp includes a first portion with a first thickness and a second portion extending from the first portion and with a second thickness. The clamp is rigid and rema... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6969199 | Floating bearing The invention relates to a movable bearing for a slide (9) guided on two shafts (4), with a linear bearing (3) guided on one of the shafts (4) and a bearing housing(2) that accommodates the linear bearing (3) and is connecte... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962441 | Rotary member and production process A rotary member such as a member of a bearing, a rotating member of a transmission or a gear for a motor vehicle, includes a base region of a ferrous base material such as a steel. The rotary member is formed with a hydrogen blocking layer formed in a contact surfac... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6932511 | Damped drawer slide mechanism A slide mechanism includes first and second rails connected for relative sliding movement with respect to each other. A damper mechanism is secured to one of the rails and can be connected to and disconnected from the other of the rails to provide a damping effect f... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6901845 | Porous restrictor for gas bearing A gas restrictor particularly usrful for applicatio in gas bearing as used, for example, in free-piston Striling cycle machinery. Porous strip material together with a backing plate and orifice (bleed hole) is used to provide the restriction to the flow of gas into ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6862999 | Railroad car energy absorption apparatus A railroad car energy absorption apparatus is disclosed. The railroad car energy absorption apparatus includes a spring assembly having an elastomer spring element arranged in operable combination with structure for inhibiting localized heat deterioration of the ela... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6848326 | Linear guide apparatus The linear guide apparatus includes a guide rail 3 including a rolling body rolling groove 8 and a friction apply unit 6 assembled to the guide rail 3. The friction apply unit 6 includes a unit main body 15, a brake member | 02/01/2005 |
| 6639019 | Rubber composition and rubber sealing device A rubber composition containing a tetrafluoroethylene-propylene bipolymer and from 0.02 to 10 parts by weight of a liquid polybutadiene per 100 parts by weight of the tetrafluoroethylene-propylene bipolymer and a rubber sealing device in which the rubber ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6561049 | Linear guide apparatus The linear guide apparatus includes a guide rail 3 including a rolling body rolling groove 8 and a friction apply unit 6 assembled to the guide rail 3. The friction apply unit 6 includes a unit main body 15, a brake member 16, an oil pressure cylinder 17 ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6491435 | Linear robot A linear robot includes a slide and an end effector arm connected to the slide. The end effector arm includes an end effector. During use, vacuum is selectively supplied to the end effector, with selectively grabs and releases substrates. The slide is sup... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6467961 | Lubricating coating compound, sliding structure combining two sliding members in which lubricating coating compound is applied to one of the sliding members, and slide bearing apparatus using the same A lubricating coating compound used for forming a thermosetting synthetic resin lubricating film, wherein a resin composition composed of an epoxy resin, a curing agent, a reactive silicone oil with an epoxy group, and a triazinethiol is dissolved in an o... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6431810 | Silo reclaimer This invention related to a bearing for the drive ring of a ring drive of a silo reclaimer wherein the bearing is mounted on the drive ring for bearing relation with bearing surface of the ring drive and is made of a plastics bearing material. The plastic... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6419395 | Slide bearing assembly A bearing assembly for a sliding mechanism in which the potential for erosion of bearing surfaces is significantly reduced. The bearing assembly includes a cylindrical bearing that engages the bearing surface of a slide as it slidably moves with respect t... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6372836 | Triboligical performance of thermoplastic composites via thermally conductive material and other fillers and a process for making the composite and molded articles of the same This thermoplastic composition and process for making articles of the same includes a thermoplastic matrix that includes a resin and filler materials wherein the filler materials includes a combination of fibers, at least one lubricant, and thermally cond... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6364531 | Bearing rail system A bearing rail system for load-bearing transfer devices which includes a pair of split rail sections that are designed and configured to engage and lock together when manipulated in a rail channel. The rail channel can be provided in a support structure w... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6309106 | Motors, and bearings therefor A linear motor comprising a linearly-extensive stator (1) supporting a translator (2), the stator providing in operation a squeezing force across the translator in a direction approximately orthogonal to the line of the stator, and the translator either h... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6302585 | Two Axis stage with arcuate surface bearings A two-axis stage assembly includes a generally planar horizontally mounted base plate; a stage plate generally parallel to the base plate, the stage plate having a first axis and second orthogonal axis; a set of spaced bearings depending from a bottom sur... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6279411 | Linear drive mechanism A linear drive mechanism comprising a moveably guided output member (12). The output member (12) is guided on a supporting device (15) in a supporting area (13) of the housing (1). A position determining device (54) protrudes laterally from the output mem... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6155716 | Guide apparatus for biaxial shifting motion and uniaxial turning motion A guide apparatus for biaxial shifting motion and uniaxial turning motion comprises a biaxial shifting guide mechanism and a pivot supporting mechanism. The biaxial shifting motion guide mechanism supports a second member so as to be movable relative to a... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6132091 | X-Y stage with arcuate surface bearings A two-axis stage assembly includes a generally planar horizontally mounted base plate; a stage plate generally parallel to the base plate, the stage plate having a first axis and second orthogonal axis; a set of spaced bearings depending from a bottom sur... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6062803 | Replaceable ejector slide tubes A replaceable load bearing slide system for carrying an ejector mechanism slidably along in spaced parallel ejector rails includes an elongated substantially rectangular slide member for slidably supporting one side of an ejector mechanism in a rail havin... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5997988 | Machine part A machine part has a rolling contact surface (11a) having a lot of very small recesses which are independent of each other formed thereon. The maximum height (Ry) of a roughness profile (R) obtained by cutting the contact surface (11a) by a plane perpendi... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5658078 | Gantry robot connector and protection apparatus A gantry robot protection apparatus for protecting the bearings of a gantry robot from contamination.... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5506056 | Thermoplastic resin composition and use thereof In accordance with the present invention, there are provided thermoplastic resin compositions comprising 80-40 parts by weight of specific aromatic polyamides (A) containing 30-100 mol % of terephthalic acid component units and 20-60 parts by weight of mo... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5388913 | Linear bearing compensation system An alignment compensation system for use with parallel linear bearings which isolates the linear motion system load or carriage plate from alignment errors in the system. Spherical bearings are mounted in bearing blocks, each spherical bearing having a su... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5318365 | Rolling guide unit In this rolling guide unit, a slider is provided on a track rail so that the slider can be moved slidingly in a linear direction, and a circular bore is formed in a casing constituting the slider. A cross-sectionally V-shaped outer annular raceway surface... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5290106 | Rolling guide unit In this rolling guide unit, a slide is placed on a track rail so that the slider can be moved slidingly in a linear direction, and a shaft portion is provided on the upper surface of and integrally with the casing of the slider, and has an annular raceway... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5273363 | Roller for sliding windows and doors A roller for a window or door slidably mounted on a track is disclosed. The roller comprises a housing having first and second opposing walls and a shelf having a convex outer surface and extending between the first and second walls. A belt encircles the ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5051000 | Linear compensating bearing A bearing construction interposes the coils of one or more coil springs between bearing surfaces. In one embodiment a bearing coil spring is wrapped around a shaft several times. The bearing coil spring may be freely mounted on a more substantial race coi... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5044778 | Linear barrier for septic tanks Concrete septic tanks have inflow and outflow orifices and near the outflow orifice have screening or baffles which are stapled or bolted to the concrete inner wall so as to force the outflowing liquids to pass a predetermined flow path with the hope to a... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5013163 | Linear unit for manipulation devices and the like A linear unit for manipulation devices and comprising a housing part having a passage therethrough for receiving a spindle sleeve and a cylindrical bore longitudinally intersecting the passage and for receiving the two bearing elements that support the sp... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4968155 | Rolling-bearing-mounted linear guiding unit and damping element A rolling-bearing-mounted linear guiding unit comprising a hardened and polished guide rail on which rolling element raceways are formed and a guide carriage longitudinally displaceably mounted on the guide rail and provided with a fixing surface turned a... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4753540 | Mounting structure of a linear motion rolling contact bearing assembly A mounting structure for mounting a linear motion rolling contact bearing assembly using a bolt extending through a mounting hole provided in a guide rail and/or a slider member of the bearing assembly includes a mounting area which is defined by a slit, ... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4664036 | Conveyor having curved track section A conveyor system for driverless vehicles includes a channel-shaped track adapted to be mounted in a floor. The track has at least one curved section. Along the inner leg of the curved section, there is provided a polymeric plastic liner which is characte... | 05/12/1987 |
