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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7290937 | Slide bearing for cooling water circulation pump in fuel cell A slide bearing is proposed which rotatably supports a rotary shaft of an impeller in a cooling water circulation pump mounted to a fuel cell. The slide bearing is formed of a synthetic resin containing no metal ions such as polyetherketone resin. This prevents impu... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7192193 | Multilayer sliding member There is provided a sliding member having excellent frictional wear properties not only under non-lubrication and under oil-lubrication but also under boundary lubrication. The present invention provides a multilayer sliding member including a porous metal layer for... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7160622 | Oil repelling agent An oil repelling agent to coat a dynamic pressure device, such as a fluid dynamic pressure bearing device, includes a UV coloring agent, a fluorine-based polymer and a solvent. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the concentration of the UV coloring agent c... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7147378 | Low friction, abrasion-resistant bearing materials A friction-reducing abrasion resistant bearing material is described. The material comprises a monolithic, porous polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) having dispersed therein a wear-resistant thermosetting or thermoplastic resin material. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6802648 | Polymeric bearing with elastomer A bearing system for a rotor shaft is provided in which a bearing prepared from a high performance polymer is surrounded by an elastomer sleeve that dampens the effect of noise and vibration caused by movement of the rotor shaft against the bearing. ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6758381 | Pinch roller device A pinch roller device for running the tape includes a rotatable hollow cylindrical elastic member; a sleeve for holding the elastic member; a bearing integrated with the sleeve; a pinch roller shaft for rotatably supporting the bearing, which has an effective bearin... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6752306 | Pinch roller apparatus A pinch roller apparatus which can stably move a tape in accordance with a sufficient self-aligning function is provided. A circular sliding plate brought into contact with both of an upper end surface and a lower end surface of a plain bearing is mounted to a pinch... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6655842 | Plain bearing An object of the present invention is to provide a sliding bearing having an excellent initial conformability and seizure resistance as well as desired durability and heat resistance required particularly for high speed engine. The present invention provi... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6607820 | Composite sliding material Bush 4 is fabricated by providing porous sintered metal layer 7 of copper on the surface side of back metal layer 5 of steel plate through copper plating layer 6 and coating the inside and the surface of porous sintered metal layer 7 with sliding material... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6582127 | Sliding bearing and rotating sliding member Each of a sliding bearing and a rotating and sliding member according to the present invention includes an irregularity portion on its inner peripheral surface. The irregularity portion comprises projections adapted to come into contact with a rotary shaf... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6550972 | Transport and mounting device for rolling element sets A transport and mounting device for one or more sets of adjoining full complement cylindrical rolling elements which are disposed during transportation between an inner and an outer bushing arranged concentrically in each other, one end of each of the bus... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6474869 | Bushing A bushing comprising a main body that is adapted to be supported by the first member. The main body is comprised of a rigid layer and one or more other layers supported by the rigid layer. One of the layers defines an axial bore that is adapted to receive... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6467669 | Pinch roller device A pinch roller apparatus which can stably move a tape in accordance with a sufficient self-aligning function is provided. A circular sliding plate brought into contact with both of an upper end surface and a lower end surface of a plain bearing is mounted... | 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 |
| 6409389 | Hydrodynamic bearing structure, hydrodynamic bearing apparatus, method of producing hydrodynamic bearing apparatus, and deflection scanning apparatus using hydrodynamic bearing apparatus A shaft integral with a rotary polygon mirror is fitted in a sleeve having dynamic-pressure generating grooves to construct a hydrodynamic bearing. A bearing surface of the sleeve is subjected to an electroconductivizing treatment through formation of a c... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6367981 | Retainer and rolling bearing having the same A retainer constituting a rolling bearing is formed by melt-molding a resin composition containing a polyvinylidene fluoride resin as a main component.... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6315456 | Bearing retainer of synthetic resin, method of manufacturing the same and rolling bearing A bearing retainer of a synthetic resin, which can be injection molded out of a material obtained by mixing at least particles of a heat resisting reins with a thermoplastic resin, and which can thereby be manufactured at a low cost without compromise in ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6213647 | Damping thrust bearing for vehicle steering knuckle A damping thrust bearing for vehicle steering knuckles, comprising a damping ring made of materials of low friction factor and strong impact-resistance and a ring-thrust ring. The lateral ring-form surface of said damping ring (6) has a sliding connection... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6203207 | Rolling bearing An inner ring 2, an outer ring 1 and a cage 4 are made of a resin composition comprising a melt-moldable fluoro-resin as a main ingredient, which can provide a rolling bearing capable of maintaining lubricity for a long period of time even when it is used... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6183137 | Bearing structure A bearing structure with a low coefficient of friction and a distinguished wear resistance is obtained by coating a shaft with a resin composition comprising PAI and 5 to 50% by weight of PTFE, based on total resin composition and/or coating a bearing wit... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6126319 | Linear motion ball bearing and method for forming lubricating film of the linear motion ball bearing A direct-acting bearing comprising a rail in the form of a shaft, a movable body fitted slidably to it, and a plurality of rolling bodies disposed between the rail and the movable body so as to roll and circulate with the relative sliding motions thereof,... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6109899 | Cantilever mount orbiting scroll with shaft adjustment A scroll compressor of the type having a cantilever mounted shaft is provided with a carbon crankcase bearing. Further, the bearing mounting the eccentric pin within the orbiting scroll is also formed of a carbon material. The bearing mounting the lower e... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6072660 | Disk driving apparatus using dynamic pressure-type bearing device A disk driving apparatus using a dynamic pressure-type bearing device of an oil lubrication type, wherein the bearing device includes a housing main body, a sleeve part fixed to the housing main body, a rotor part relatively rotatable to the housing main ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6050729 | Compound ball bearing A compound ball bearing comprises a bearing assembly including a spindle 1, a sleeve 2 surrounding the spindle 1, and an inner ring 6 fitted on the spindle or an outer ring fitted in the sleeve, and balls 5, 9 provided between the spindle 1 and the sleeve... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5904426 | Non-retainer type rolling bearing Each of the inner and outer rings of a non-retainer type rolling bearing has a wear-resistant solid film of a fluorine-containing synthetic resin formed on its track surface. The solid film carries a very small amount of grease having a low vapor pressure... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5845997 | Roller bearing In a roller bearing, surface layers are formed on the inner surfaces of flanges which confront with the end faces of cylindrical rollers. The surface layers contain solid lubricant. The end faces of the cylindrical rollers are brought into slide contact w... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5845998 | Ball bearing assembly with polymer bearing ring A ball bearing assembly includes a polymer outer bearing ring molded over and partially enclosing a metal annular outer raceway. The metal annular outer raceway may be economically formed from sheet metal or wire. The polymer outer bearing ring may be mou... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5718466 | Racking resistant door control mechanism and method of fabrication A racking resistant door control mechanism for securing a pivoted door employs an elongate lock rod that extends the height of the door and is journaled for pivotal movement by bearing assemblies having steel covers that enclose plastic bearing liners. Th... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5707718 | Porous-plastic bearing and method of manufacturing porous-plastic bearing A porous-plastic bearing comprises a porous-plastic sliding bearing member which is formed by gathering a cluster of plastic particles each having a volume in the range of from about 0.004 mm3 to about 4 mm3 and sintering the cluster... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5697709 | Dynamic pressure type bearing device A dynamic pressure type bearing comprises a sleeve rotatably holding a shaft driven by a motor composed of a rotor and a stator, one or both of the sleeve and the shaft being made of a resin material. The sleeve and/or shaft of a resin material may have a... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5676035 | Cam follower retainer for a swashplate pump In a swashplate style pump a cam follower that interfaces the pump pistons and the swashplate cam is a ring of material. This ring of material will be provided with a bearing surface and a piston contacting surface having the piston contacting surface pro... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5672013 | Heat-resistant sliding bearing A sliding bearing which shows good sliding properties when it is brought into sliding contact with a soft mating member at high temperatures. The sling member is formed from a wear-resistant and heat-resistant resin composition made up of 100 parts by wei... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5671653 | Hydraulic axial piston machine A hydraulic axial piston machine is disclosed, having a cylinder drum which is mounted for rotation relative to a housing (1), with a bearing (3) having a slide face (4) being arranged between the circumference of the cylinder drum and the housing (1). It... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5660482 | Bearings A sliding contact bearing, especially an aircraft landing gear trunnion beating, comprises two bearing members (1, 3) composed of titanium or titanium alloy with cooperating sliding surfaces (2, 4), a first one of which is chromium plated and the second o... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5609422 | Crankshaft bearing A crankshaft bearing for internal-combustion engines is provided in an internal-combustion engine housing made of a light metal alloy and comprises a bearing bore for a crankshaft journal of a crankshaft. The crankshaft bearing is provided with a device t... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5605401 | Rolling contact bearing The outer ring 3 is formed of COPNA resin. The inner ring 1 and balls 4 are formed of martensitic stainless steel SUS440C or the like, and the retainer 5 is formed of SUS304 or the like.... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5590225 | Plastic holder for bearing A plastic holder for a rolling bearing is made of linear-chain polyphenylene sulfide resin, preferably with glass fiber reinforcement.... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5588751 | Rolling bearing and method of fabricating the same A rolling bearing has a pair of races, rolling elements and a cage. A region defined between the pair of races is filled with a solid lubricating composition. A film including a lubricating component is formed in a clearance between the cage and the rolli... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5577843 | Self-aligning, self-locking plastic bushing including a method for mounting the bushing to a wheel assembly A plastic bushing for use with wheel assemblies for low speed, off-highway vehicles of the type of hand trucks, wheelbarrows and the like. The plastic bushing is constructed of two substantially identical bushing members molded of a self-lubricating, pres... | 11/26/1996 |
