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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7226213 | Multilayer plain bearing A multi-layer plane bearing has a bearing layer and a gliding layer connected to it. The gliding layer includes at least one thread layer treated with an epoxy resin. The thread layer is made up of a multitude of threads of at least one thread type arranged in a giv... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7121727 | Inlet guide vane bushing having extended life expectancy The present invention is a bushing for use in a gas turbine engine. The bushing is suitable for use in a gas turbine engine. The thickness of the bushing is increased to about 0.050 inches and the life expectancy of the bushing is at least doubled. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6981799 | Slide bearing for a centrifugal pump A slide bearing for a centrifugal pump in which the slide bearing is lubricated by the pumped medium and is composed of a stationary part disposed in the housing of the centrifugal pump and a rotatable part which is supported by the shaft of the centrifugal pump and... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6915574 | Method of manufacturing variable vane seal and washer materials A multi-layer seal and washer that provide a seal between a vane stem and a casing in a turbine engine are disclosed. The seal and washer are fabricated from materials such as Teflon fibers and glass fibers and are impregnated with a polyimide resin. The seal and wa... | 07/12/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6675496 | Dryer drum bearing assembly A bearing for supporting the drum of a clothes dryer which includes an interior structural layer of high coherency felted fibrous material and an exterior surface covering for contact with the dryer drum formed of fibrous material including a wool constit... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6340534 | Wrapped slide bearing bushing A wrapped slide bearing bushing consists of a composite bushing material including a metal bearing layer, a porous support layer sintered thereon, and a PTFE-based sliding layer, forming the sliding surface of an associated sliding member, said sliding la... | 01/22/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6264369 | Variable vane seal and washer materials A multi-layer seal and washer that provide a seal between a vane stem and a casing in a turbine engine are disclosed. The seal and washer are fabricated from materials such as Teflon fibers and glass fibers and are impregnated with a polyimide resin. The ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6170990 | Trunnion bushing Corrosion is avoided in variable stator vanes through the use of an outer trunnion bushing that eliminates the galvanic corrosion potential of conventional bushings. The bushing has a plurality of layers arranged concentrically so as to include an innermo... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5971706 | Inter-rotor bearing assembly An inter-rotor bearing assembly includes a first annular member having a circumferential inner surface and a second annular member having a circumferential outer surface. The outer surface is concentric to and disposed radially inward of the inner surface... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5911514 | Plain bearing with polytetrafluoroethylene-based lining The bearing comprises a metal backing, a sintered layer on said metal backing, and a lining layer infiltrated into pores of the sintered layer and standing proud thereof to provide a bearing surface. The lining layer comprises polytetrafluoroethylene incl... | 06/15/1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5571327 | Continuous hot dipping apparatus and slide bearing structure therefor A continuous hot dipping apparatus which comprises a slide bearing structure of a bearing and a roll shaft which is of a combination of a ceramic material and a solid lubricant material, and which has good wear resistance and long term durability. A heat ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5470414 | Method of making flat stock having a bearing surface and the flat stock made thereby A method of making a filament wound flat stock member and the filament wound flat stock member made by that method. A low fraction bearing surface is formed on a support having a flat surface by placing a self-lubricating material on the flat surface. A m... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5416154 | Bearing material A plain bearing material, e.g. for a bearing bush or a thrust washer has a composition of 45 to 60 weight percent of semiaromatic polyamide, 15 to 20 weight percent of glass fibre, 10 to 20 weight percent of graphite, 10 to 20 weight percent of polytetraf... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5401574 | Sliding member and composition usable for the formation thereof A sliding member comprising a fluorine resin and carbon fibers treated with a fluorine-containing silane modifying agent represented by the formula R1 -SiX3 wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon a... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5306565 | High temperature ceramic composite A composite ceramic structure which does not fail catastrophically and thus is useful as a ceramic rolling contact bearing assembly is disclosed. The structure is a ceramic monolith bonded through an interlayer to a fiber-reinforced ceramic body. The stru... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5271679 | Rolling element bearing A rolling element bearing having balls and races, each having the surface of rolling contact coated with a laminar solid lubricant, such as molybdenum or tungsten disulfide, and a retainer made of a heat-resistant composite material having self-lubricatin... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5129739 | Bearing with dynamic pressure grooves and method for manufacturing the same A bearing with dynamic pressure grooves includes an outer cylinder made of a metal and a resin sheet bonded to the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder. The resin sheet is made of a thermoplastic resin, for example, a polytetra fluoroethylene, a... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5106672 | Structural element made of reinforced polymeric material A structural element made of a castable or extrudable polymeric material reinforced by fillers, said structural element having a contact surface in sliding engagement with another element, the structural element being provided on its contact surface with ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 4976550 | Expanded fiber-reinforced bearings A plastic bearing is provided, as well as a method of fabricating these bearings, in which a number of strands of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene fibers are woven about a cylindrical mandrel to form a fabric about this mold surface. The fabric is then im... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4972764 | Combination of sliding members In a combination of sliding members which are suitable for use in the compressor for an automotive air conditioner, one of the members consists of an aluminum alloy which contains silicone particles consisting solely of eutectic silicon; and the other sli... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4847135 | Composite material for sliding surface bearings In a composite material for sliding surface bearings, a rough metallic surface is provided with a polymeric matrix, which forms a friction contact or sliding layer over the rough base surface. To increase the wear resistance, the matrix contains zinc sulf... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4817853 | Composite, method of forming a composite, and article of manufacture In order to accommodate post-manufacturing, or secondary operations in precision assemblies using composite materials, where the secondary operations consist of drilling, machining, grinding, lapping, or other material-removing processing, without the nee... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4708758 | Method of making a flexible bearing An improved laminated flexible bearing wherein alternate layers of elastomer and reinforced plastic shims of the lamination are cured simultaneously with heat and pressure and the lamination is bonded to forward and aft end rings for facilitating attachme... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4674164 | Bearings with felted teflon liners and method for making same A bearing has a self-lubricating liner including sheets of felted polytetrafluoroethylene fibers impregnated with cured phenolic resin having no surface bonding to the fibers. Sheets of fibrous fabric are felted to sheets of felted fibers. Sintered partic... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4263361 | Laminated material for the production of plain bearing elements A slide bearing laminate and method for producing the same, wherein a low-friction composite facing or layer is secured to a carrier or foundation strip by a bonding procedure. The composite facing comprises textile material having a low-friction componen... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4258960 | Wound glass filament reinforced resin slip sleeve liner A slip sleeve liner such as for a telescoping drive line is of generally square cross-section. A low-friction material forms the inner face. The body of the liner is of a cured epoxy resin reinforced with circumferential glass filaments. These glass filam... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4107381 | Composite article providing seamless fabric-lined bearings in multiple A fabric sleeve having lengthwise yarns of a low friction material and circumferential threads of a bondable material is secured on a mandrel utilizing in particular the heat shrinkage of the circumferential threads but also the axial shrinkage of the low... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4079490 | Method of manufacturing bearings A method of manufacturing a bearing which advantageously includes a self-lubricating liner in which the bearing liner includes a woven fabric coated with a resin and powdered or flocked polytetrafluoroethylene particles on one side thereof, the liner and ... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4054337 | Low-friction fabric bearing The invention contemplates a fabric-lined bearing wherein the fabric is of knitted construction, from yarn consisting primarily of low-friction filaments and high-strength filaments, and wherein the exposed filaments at the bearing interface are primarily... | 10/18/1977 |
| 3950599 | Low-friction laminate liner for bearings A laminate liner adapted to be secured to a supporting surface, which liner comprises in combination: a backing sheet member characterized by a number of relatively large openings therein; a fibrous polymeric sheet material characterized by a number of sm... | 04/13/1976 |
