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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431507 | Sliding member A sliding member has a sliding alloy layer, an intermediate layer of Ni or a Ni alloy formed on the sliding alloy layer, and a soft layer of Sn or a Sn alloy formed on the intermediate layer. A recess is formed on the sliding side surface of the sliding alloy layer.... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7318847 | Structured coating system Workpiece with at least one functional face and a layer system deposited on at least a portion of the functional face as well as a structure pattern, which encompasses at least a portion of the layer system and which is comprised of at least one three dimensional mi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7290932 | Stave bearing assembly and stave for a bearing assembly A bearing stave for use in a water-lubricated bearing having a discontinuous surface with a plurality of discrete, separated contact locations for contacting the shaft, the discontinuous surface being made of slippery polymer alloy. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281853 | Bearing material A journal bearing system includes a bushing and a journal pin within the bushing. At least one of the bushing and journal pin has an engagement surface with an engagement length comprising a substrate material and a solid lubricant. A concentration of the solid lubr... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279227 | Spraying piston ring A thermal spray coated piston ring having improved initial running-in propery, and having scuffing resistance and wear resistance is provided. The spray coating film (3) of the piston ring (1) contains from 2 to 40 mass % of Sn and from 5 to 50 mass % ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7168857 | Special type bearing device The invention provides a special type bearing device that is insusceptible to damage, is light in weight, has a long service life and excellent wear resistance, is insusceptible to the effect of change in temperature, is easy to fabricate, and has little offensivene... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163368 | Hydrodynamic bearing runner for use in tilting pad thrust bearing assemblies for electric submersible pumps An electrical submersible pump runner having a core layer and a wear layer affixed to the core layer. One embodiment of the invention provides an electrical submersible pump that includes a motor section and a centrifugal pump section. A seal section and rotary gas ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140778 | Synthetic resin composites and bearings formed therefrom and method A resin composite for use in the manufacture of slide bearings is formed of a resin and fine particles of RBC or CRBC dispersed in the resin. The resin composite can be molded into slide bearings. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7001077 | Bearing or drive assembly with coated elements In a bearing assembly or a gearing with a least two bearing elements or gearing elements that are adapted for movement relative to each other, at least one bearing element or gearing element comprises a polyimide coating on a carrier material. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6986606 | Ball bearing and lubricating method thereof The churning type of grease of a viscosity of 15–20 mm2/s and a worked penetration of 200˜230 is disposed at the rolling surface of the race portions and the channeling type of grease of 25˜35 mm2/s and a worked penetration of 240˜270 is d... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6921205 | Sliding material A slide member which is excellent in the initial running-in property and can provide an excellent sliding property even under a strict sliding condition and, in particular, a slide member with a solid lubrication coating film which is excellent not only in the frict... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6872002 | Bearing material for porous hydrostatic gas bearing and porous hydrostatic gas bearing using the same A bearing material includes: a backing metal made of stainless steel; and a porous sintered metal layer integrated with at least one surface of the backing metal by means of a bonding layer, particles of an inorganic substance being contained in a dispersed manner a... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6863994 | Sliding bearing and method of manufacturing the same A sliding bearing includes a bearing alloy layer having a sliding surface and a resin surface layer formed on the sliding surface of the bearing alloy layer and containing polybenzimidazole and a solid lubricant. In manufacturing the sliding bearing, a resin surface... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6802649 | Sliding bearing In sliding bearing, wherein an overlay, which consists of at least one solid lubricant and a binder resin, covers an aluminum-alloy bearing layer bonded on backing metal, the overlay consists of an upper layer, which contains the solid lubricant essentially consisti... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6803095 | Composite shims having a laminate structure A composite shim is provided having a laminate structure that includes a composite layer having at least one circumferential fiber. The composite layer may be in combination with composite layers with radially oriented fibers, uniaxially oriented fibers, and/or biax... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6799893 | Special type bearing device The invention provides a special type bearing device that is insusceptible to damage, is light in weight, has a long service life and excellent wear resistance, is insusceptible to the effect of change in temperature, is easy to fabricate, and has little offensivene... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6740428 | Slide member In a slide member comprising a base member and a slide layer including a first surface fixed to the base member and a second surface being opposite to the first surface in a thickness direction of the slide layer and capable of contacting another member in such a ma... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6702473 | Rolling bearing An improved rolling bearing, in particular one being used in aqueous environment, such as water and steam, comprising an outer race, an inner race, rolling elements, and a retainer holding said rolling elements in a spaced relation from each other, wherei... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6692155 | Rolling sliding member, process for the production thereof and rolling sliding unit A formed film is formed on the surface of a metal substrate made of an iron-based metal. Thereafter, the surface of the formed film is subjected to treatment for lessening surface roughness such as rolling. In this arrangement, a member which exhibits a s... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6663344 | Copper-based sintered alloy bearing and motor fuel pump The Cu-based sintered alloy bearing of the present invention is made of a Cu-based sintered alloy with a composition consisting of, by weight, Ni: 10 to 25%, Zn: 10 to 25%, P: 0.1 to 0.9%, C: 0 to 5%, molybdenum disulfide: 0.5 to 5%, and Cu and inevitable... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6619758 | Wheel and bearing assembly There is disclosed herein an improved and simplified wheel and bearing assembly, such as for skates and the like comprising a bearing inner race preferably formed of a plastic material such as polyurethane. A pair of bearing outer races, preferably of a r... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6575635 | Multi-layer sliding bearing In order to enhance the anti-seizure property of the sliding bearing while making the content of Pb contained in the Sn-based overlay layer smaller or while using no Pb if possible, there is provided a multi-layer sliding bearing comprising a back metal l... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6565477 | Power roller assembly for a toroidal-type continuously variable transmission A power roller assembly for a toroidal-type CVT, including a pair of races formed with bearing surfaces opposed to each other, a plurality of rolling elements rotatably disposed between the races in contact with the bearing surfaces, and an iron phosphate... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6517954 | Aluminium alloy, notably for a layer The invention relates to an aluminium alloy, in particular for a layer of a friction bearing, for example, which, apart from aluminium and smelt-related impurities, additionally contains soft-phase formers, e.g. Sn, Pb, Bi, Sb or similar. The alloy contai... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6506503 | Friction bearing having an intermediate layer, notably binding layer, made of an alloy on aluminium basis The invention relates to an intermediate layer, in particular a bonding layer, made from an alloy with an aluminium base, for multi-layered materials with layers of differing composition, in particular friction bearings. The alloy contains added quantitie... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6485184 | Rolling bearing A rolling bearing has first and second races that define an annular space therebetween. A plurality of rolling elements roll on the races. The space is filled with a solid lubricant composition containing a resin polymer. The space is preferably sealed wi... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6471410 | Coated rolling element bearing A rolling element bearing comprises an inner ring (3) and an outer ring (2) each provided with a raceway (4, 5), said rings having land regions (10, 11) on opposite sides of their raceways, and a series of rolling elements (6) which are in rolling contact... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6342306 | Bearing material for porous hydrostatic gas bearing and porous hydrostatic gas bearing using the same A bearing material includes a backing metal and a porous sintered metal layer sintered onto a surface of the backing metal, particles of an inorganic substance being contained at grain boundaries of the porous sintered metal layer. The porous sintered met... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6305847 | Sliding bearing In a sliding bearing in which a bearing metal layer is covered with a coating layer, the coating layer comprises a thermosetting resin as a base resin and soft metal particles dispersed in the base resin in an amount of 0.1 to 10% by volume based on the v... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6242831 | Reduced stiction for disc drive hydrodynamic spindle motors A reduced stiction hydrodynamic spindle motor is provided for reducing the starting torque or power of disc drive motors. The reduced stiction motor includes a low surface energy coating having a surface energy less than the surface tension of the motor l... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6193199 | Sample stage including a slider assembly A sample stage of a precision sample positioning system includes a sample plate supported above a base plate on a plurality of slider assemblies. Each slider assembly includes a base slider secured to a surface of the base plate and a stage slider secured... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6179470 | Self-lubricating bearing According to the present invention, a bearing assembly includes a rotatable hub and a porous bearing surrounding the hub, a sprocket surrounding the bearing, and means for rotating the hub relative to the bearing. The porous bearing includes "lubricant ch... | 01/30/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5989694 | Rolling bearing Disclosed is a rolling bearing comprising races and rolling elements, in which at least one of the races and the rolling elements has at least one of a carbide and a carbonitride precipitated in a surface layer thereof, inclusive of a cutting allowance, w... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5952085 | Multiple layer erosion resistant coating and a method for its production A multiple layer erosion resistant coating on a substrate comprises alternate layers of tungsten and titanium diboride. All of the layers have the same thickness and preferably have thickness's of between 0.3 and 1 micrometer to give improved erosion resi... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5879791 | Wet type sliding apparatus comprising thrust bearing A wet type sliding apparatus comprising a thrust bearing which operates in the presence of a lubricating liquid, wherein the thrust bearing has a sliding surface composed of a resin composition comprising a carbon fiber, a fluorocarbon polymer and a therm... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5853249 | Rolling contact bearing A rolling contact bearing made from intermediate or high carbon steels including a bearing ring composed of an inner ring and an outer ring, rolling elements rotatably interposed between the inner and outer rings and a peripheral snap ring groove provide ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5705262 | Surface treatment of carbonaceous material for making a subsequent deposit of diamond adherent and diamond-covered pieces obtained The surface treatment of carbonaceous material (1) is characterised in that a layer of SiC (2) is formed on the carbonaceous material (1) by thermochemical conversion of the carbonaceous material (1) by a precursor of Si (4) at a temperature which is high... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5700546 | Seal or bearing A seal or bearing comprising a combination of a movable member and a stationary member, either one of the movable and stationary members being made of a low thermal expansion coefficient material, and the other being made of a carbon containing material, ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5700093 | Bearing structure Disclosed is a bearing structure of a sliding bearing which is held in a housing and which rotatably supports a rotary shaft. At least one of the outer surface of the sliding bearing and the inner surface of the housing is covered with a coating layer whi... | 12/23/1997 |
