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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341525 | Linear rolling bearing for the transmission of torques The linear rolling bearing for transmitting torques about its longitudinal axis has an inner profile element and an outer profile element a first circulatory channel having roller bodies and a second circulatory channel having roller bodies. Each circulatory channel... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7311167 | Swingable vehicle A left drive shaft and a right drive shaft each include an inside constant velocity joint and an outside constant velocity joint with a ball spline mechanism provided between the inside constant velocity joint and the outside constant velocity joint for enabling the... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290800 | Telescoping steering shaft A telescoping steering shaft, especially an intermediate steering shaft, with an inner rod (1) and an outer tube (2), placed thereon in twist-proof fashion and able to slide lengthwise by means of a roller bearing unit (3), while the roller bear... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7048306 | Steering column with tubular structure A steering column assembly has a hand wheel rotatable about an axis having at least one guide member and at least one guide bracket. A guide member is spaced adjacent the axis of the hand wheel and a guide bracket and a guide member have surfaces supporting and guid... | 05/23/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6921338 | Driveshaft plunging unit An axial plunging unit for torque transmission within a driveline which includes a profiled journal (11) with first circumferentially distributed longitudinally extending ball grooves (12), a profiled sleeve (13) with second circumferentially di... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6908394 | Highly efficient shaft coupling A shaft coupling for a drive shaft (3), with a driving and a driven coupling component in which the driving or the driven coupling component is configured to form a cylindrical hollow coupling outer member (8) and the other coupling component configure... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6805637 | Shaft assembly with recirculating ball roller joint unit A shaft assembly with recirculating ball roller joint unit for use with an automotive steering column or the like has an inner shaft extending lengthwise within an outer shaft. A recirculating ball joint is provided between the shafts. The ball joint includes a shel... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6582313 | Constant velocity stroking joint having recirculating spline balls A constant velocity stroking joint includes an inner race mounted to a shaft and accommodated for angular pivotal movement within an intermediate race to provide angulation to the joint assembly. The intermediate race is disposed within an outer race and ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6364778 | Axially adjustable steering shaft assembly with ball spline A steering shaft assembly for a vehicle uses a ball spline as a slip member. In general, the slip member includes an outer race member, an inner race member, and a pair of end return members. The outer race member includes one or more grooves or recesses,... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6217457 | Axially adjustable steering shaft assembly with rods and linear bearings A steering shaft assembly for a vehicle includes a slip joint. The slip joint includes a pair of members, each member includes first and second collar and one or more rods extending therebetween. The one or rods of one member are slidably supported by lin... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6099410 | Linear-motion rolling guide unit with a flange cover The linear-motion rolling guide unit with a flange cover can easily provide the slider with a flange portion for mounting the slider to a mount and can reduce the production cost. The linear-motion rolling guide unit with a flange cover includes an outer ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5827121 | Homokinetic universal joint having straight recirculating ball paths in flat side surfaces of track grooves A slide type homokinetic universal joint which assures low slide resistance. A guide block is supported on each trunnion so as to be axially slidable with respect to the trunnion and so as for the trunnion to be pivotable with respect to the guide block. ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5735745 | Homokinetic universal joint having ball grooves in a cylindrical plane A tripod member having three trunnions is inserted in an outer ring. A guide block is supported on each of the trunnions so as to be pivotable around the trunnion and is formed with a ball circulation groove at each side thereof. A plurality of balls are ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5584765 | Ball spline with liner member This ball spline consists of a spline shaft provided with first raceway grooves, and a cylindrical casing mounted on the spline shaft so that the cylindrical casing can be moved slidingly on and relatively to the spline shaft. The cylindrical casing has a... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5277660 | Tripod constant velocity joint with chain linked rollers A tripod joint provides unlimited rolling plunge capabilities by using a chain-linked plurality of roller bearings. The roller bearings travel in an endless path around the inner member continuously providing plunging movement of the outer member with res... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5125873 | Plunging constant velocity ratio universal joint A plunging constant velocity ratio universal joint comprising an outer joint member (1) with three circumferentially spaced pairs of tracks (19, 20) in its interior, an inner joint member (3) with outwardly extending pairs of limbs (17, 18) with opposed p... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5073144 | Drive assembly for universal joint A drive assembly for a universal joint of the tripot type comprises a drive block and bearing rollers which are retained by two cage pieces which are mounted on the respective opposite driving sides of the drive block so that the bearing rollers on each d... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5061223 | Homokinetic universal joint A homokinetic universal joint having an outer ring formed in its inner surface with three axial track grooves, a tripod member inserted in the outer ring and having three legs, and guide blocks pivotally and axially slidably mounted on the respective legs... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4932793 | Linear bearing The bearing is intended for incorporation in devices effecting linear motions along axles of round section. It comprises a monolithic prismatic cassette and ball chains, disposed inside continuous two-track grooves. These grooves are machined totally in t... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4840600 | Linear needle roller bearing A linear needle roller bearing has a linear needle bearing block having two generally rectangular ends defining an outer peripheral bearing surface therebetween. The outer peripheral bearing surface extends perpendicular to the ends of the bearing block a... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4830516 | Roller bearing The bearing may be used in the housing of a constant velocity universal joint such as a front-wheel universal joint drive for motor vehicles. The bearing has a generally rectangular roller block provided with raceways around its entire periphery. Rollers ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4768994 | Telescopic tripot universal joint A telescopic tripot universal joint comprises an inner drive member which has three radial trunnions, an outer drive member which has three radial drive channels and three drive assemblies which comprise drive blocks, bearing rollers and cage structure to... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4768990 | Telescopic tripot universal joint with bearing rollers A telescopic tripot universal joint comprises an inner drive member which has spherical trunnions, an outer drive member which has drive channels with parallel, planar side walls and drive assemblies which are pivotally mounted on the spherical trunnions ... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4764032 | Ball spline bearing provided with a driving unit A ball spline bearing provided with a driving unit wherein for a number of balls, endless circulation passages including track grooves in sets of two are formed in an external cylinder member, in which there is removably inserted a spline shaft having L-t... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4764154 | Unlimited sliding ball spline assembly having a support bearing An unlimited sliding ball spline therefore includes a spline bearing consisting of an outer cylinder, a ball retainer provided on the inner side of the outer cylinder, and a plurality of balls held by the ball retainer in a plurality of unlimited passages... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4729670 | Roller bearing The bearing is used on a mechanical machine part or apparatus part which allows linear movement of the part along a second machine part or apparatus part and also allows angularity of one part with respect to the second part. A generally rectangular rolle... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4634296 | Ball spline bearing A cheap and small ball spline bearing comprises: identical balls; an outer hollow cylinder; a cylindrical holding apparatus fixed to the inner peripheral surface of this cylinder; and a spline axis. In the outer cylinder, three projections are formed in t... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4620351 | Unlimited sliding ball spline assembly An unlimited sliding ball spline comprising a spline bearing consisting of an outer cylinder, a ball retainer provided on the inner side of the outer cylinder, and a plurality of balls held by the ball retainer in a plurality of unlimited passages formed ... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4384861 | Universal joint shaft, particularly for a steering column of motor vehicles The universal joint shaft, particularly for a steering column of a motor vehicle, includes a tubular outer shaft, a tubular inner shaft slidably mounted in the outer shaft for axial telescoping movement relative to the outer shaft and engageable for rotat... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4363526 | Linear motion ball bearing unit A linear motion ball bearing arrangement having an outer sleeve which has load carrying ball grooves in its inner periphery and fitted in a tunnel-like axial cavity of a casing. The non-load carrying ball grooves are formed by a simple milling and shaping... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4328999 | Linear motion rolling bearing A linear motion rolling bearing including an outer sleeve and a cage with loaded and return races defined therebetween and a plurality of roller elements in these races, has opposite end rings molded onto the outer sleeve and formed as a unitary structure... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4310202 | Linear ball bearing unit and method for manufacturing same A linear ball bearing unit made of a linear ball bearing and an elongated track shaft as well as a method for manufacturing the bearing unit. The linear ball bearing consists of balls, a half-split bearing case, which in turn is formed by splitting an elo... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4205885 | Ball bearing with cage formed of axial sections A linear-motion ball bearing has an outer sleeve and a cylindrical cage within the sleeve, with endless raceways defined by the sleeve and cage, and balls substantially filling the raceways; the cage is formed of axially-extending sections, with a gap def... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4139242 | Linear motion ball bearing A ball bearing with a cylindrical ball cage intermediate a shaft and outer shell, and alternately spaced longitudinal load portions and ball-return paths in the bore of the shell, has additional longitudinal recesses in the bore for receiving with play a ... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4133190 | Cardan drive shaft with telescoping shaft parts The invention consists in that the guide rolls of a cardan shaft drive with two telescopable shaft parts are held with bias in an inset device which presents a trough-shaped depression for each guide roll, and recesses for the back-running roll bodies, sa... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4128279 | Linear motion ball bearings A linear-motion ball bearing assembly wherein a metal cylindrical shell has an inner bore surface defining load zones and outwardly spaced return passages for balls in endless raceways; the shell has outwardly extending longitudinal ribs, with plastic inj... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4127309 | Unlimited sliding ball spline assembly An unlimited sliding ball spline assembly performs rectilinear motion in the axial direction and rotational motion to transmit torque individually or jointly according to its purpose. The ball spline assembly has wide bearing surfaces with which balls con... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4123121 | Ball bearing assembly with plurality of ball guideways A ball bearing comprising an outer sleeve with raceways formed therein, and having an axial bore and a retainer including a plurality of ball guideways distributed over the periphery thereof. The ball guideways comprise axial guideway sections and semicir... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4118078 | Linear ball bearing including longitudinal slot in the sleeve with ball-retaining cage A linear motion ball bearing including an outer sleeve, a cylindrical ball-retaining cage within the sleeve with continuous raceways defined between the sleeve and cage, and a plurality of balls in these raceways, each raceway comprising a loaded axial ra... | 10/03/1978 |
