Bearings inventions 07/06

20060165321 - Profiled guiding element: The invention relates to a profiled guiding element consisting of sheet metal for longitudinal guiding operations or pivoting guiding operations, comprising at least one guiding surface embodied thereon. The invention is characterised in that the profiled guiding element (1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1g, 1h, 1i) comprises two...

20060165322 - Sealing device for linear guide apparatus: In a linear guide apparatus including an axially extending guide rail, a slider engaged with the guide rail, and a plurality of rolling elements loaded into the slider, the linear guide apparatus further includes a sealing device fixed to the slider in slidable contact with the guide rail for sealing...

20060165323 - Spindle motor structure and hard disk drive employing the same: A spindle motor structure including a spindle motor installed on a base and having a hydrodynamic bearing supporting a shaft to be capable of rotating using hydrodynamic pressure and a driving source rotating the shaft using an electromagnetic force. A circuit board is installed to face the base and supplies...

20060165324 - Hybrid dynamic pressure bearing of spindle motor: The present invention relates to a bearing of a spindle motor for a hard disk drive which includes an aero dynamic pressure bearing which is fixedly installed in a space formed by a base and hub, a fluid dynamic pressure bearing which rotatably pivots the center of a in a...

20060165325 - Axial friction bearing: An axial thrust bearing for axially supporting a rotating shaft of an exhaust gas turbocharger connected to a lubricating oil circuit includes a profiled annular bearing surface which contacts an essentially flat sliding surface, the bearing surface having a plurality of radially extending grooves which are open on the outside...

20060165326 - Bearing oil lift pocket: An oil lift pocket for a bearing surface having a plurality of channels in communication with a supply port. The plurality of channels may be formed in a substantially bow shaped configuration. Each channel may extend from a supply port and terminate at an end and away from the supply...

20060165327 - Oil carrying bearing: An oil carrying bearing includes a single bearing having oil storage ports and an interior of the bearing is defined a shaft hole. Width of a cross-sectional area of each of the ports is smaller than diameter of the shaft hole, thereby enabling a shaft to be supported by a...

20060165328 - Bearing device: A bearing device mountable on a smaller bearing and allowing to be automatically lubricated for a long period, comprising an inner ring and an outer ring rotated relative to each other, cages and rolling elements held by the cages which are disposed in an annular space between the inner and...

20060165329 - Rolling bearing in aircraft: A single-row or multi-row rolling bearing comprising thin-walled bearing races which are made of a martensitic, through hardened steel and have the following characteristics: a surface hardness of ≧613 HV (56 HRC) in the area of the bearing face; a core hardness of ≧285 HV (28 HRC); a difference of...

20060165330 - Rolling bearing unit for supporting wheel: In a wheel supporting rolling bearing unit, an inner end opening out of both end openings of a space in which balls 14, 14 are provided is sealed with a cap 17a. An outer end opening is sealed with a seal ring 16c having three seal lips. A rolling resistance...

20060165331 - Rolling bearing unit for supporting wheel: In a wheel supporting rolling bearing unit, both end openings of a space in which balls 14, 14 are provided are sealed with seal rings 16c, 16d each having two to three seal lips. A rolling resistance that changes based on a preload is regulated in a range of 0.15...

20060165332 - Wheel bearing device: A wheel bearing device, in which a swaged portion of a wheel hub abuts against a shoulder portion of a joint outer ring, is provided to positively prevent a stick slip noise from being generated at the time of the vehicle being pulled away from a parked position. The wheel...

20060165333 - Barrel-shaped bearing: A barrel-shaped bearing which comprises an external ring and an internal ring, at least one row of barrel-shaped rolling bodies arranged therebetween, the cage in the form of a disk which turns together with the rolling bodies, engages inside a peripheral groove around each rolling body and is provided with...

20060165334 - Bearing washer for thrust bearing and thrust bearing: Manufactured by quench hardening, a bearing washer for a thrust bearing inexpensive and excellent in durability is used without being subjected to grinding after quenching. In a bearing washer group including a plurality of bearing washers for the thrust bearing, when camber/waviness of each bearing washer constituting the bearing washer...

20060165335 - Bearing and screw compressor: In a bearing constituted by a plural-layer slide member, the plural-layer slide member comprises a resin layer of polytetrafluoroethylene as a slide member and a backing strip to which the resin layer is bonded. A fitting hole having a depth exceeding the thickness of the resin layer is formed from...

20060159373 - Linear guide device and rolling element accommodating belt for the same: In a rolling element accommodating belt having a rolling element accommodating section for individually accommodating a plurality of balls at predetermined intervals while the plurality of balls are rolling and circulating in an infinite circulating passage of linear guide, the rolling element accommodating belt accommodates the balls in the rolling...

20060159374 - Fluid lubrication bearing apparatus: A resin housing 7 is injection-molded by using a forming mold 11. Moreover, a concave shaped adhesive reservoir 10 is formed by a sink mark of the resin during injection molding on its inner circumferential surface 7e simultaneously with the injection molding of the housing 7. Accordingly, the adhesive can...

20060159375 - Inverted ball joint: An inverted ball joint is adapted to mount between a first vehicle suspension member and a second vehicle suspension member. The inverted ball joint may include a ball stud having a shank portion extending from a ball portion, with the ball portion including a first surface that has a generally...

20060159376 - Sintered sliding member and working implement-connecting apparatus: A sintered sliding member comprises a back metal (21a) and a ferrous sintered sliding body (20) which is sintering-bonded to the back metal (21a). The ferrous sintered sliding body (20) has martensite phase having a solid soluble carbon concentration of 0.15 to 0.5 wt % and contains carbide in a...

20060159377 - Wheel support bearing assembly: To provide a wheel support bearing assembly designed to avoid an ingress of foreign matter from an area, where a sensor is fitted, into the inside of the bearing assembly. The wheel support bearing assembly includes an outer member (1) adapted to be secured to a vehicle body structure, an...

20060159378 - Bearing assembly comprising double injection of liquid lubricant, and aeronautical vehicle comprising at least one such assembly: The invention relates to a bearing assembly (4) comprising a first liquid lubricant injector (32) designed to be fed exclusively with non-recycled liquid lubricant to lubricate a bearing (10). According to the invention, a plurality of drain orifices (24) passes through a bearing ring (12) fixed to a fixed part...

20060159379 - Bearing arrangement for a medical device: A bearing arrangement for a medical device in which a rotating component is supported relative to a stationary housing includes a bearing with an inner ring and an outer ring. The inner ring is connected to the component which is to be supported and the outer ring is connected to...

20060159380 - Thrust roller bearing and rotating shaft supporting structure: A cage of a thrust roller bearing is formed of an annular plate material and has a plurality of pockets to house rollers on surface which intersect with a bearing rotation axis. A first roller contact part comprising a first roller stopper to prevent the roller from escaping upward and...

20060153479 - Fluid dynamic bearing system: The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing system particularly to rotatably support a spindle motor to drive the disk(s) of a hard disk drive. The bearing system comprises a bearing sleeve and a shaft accommodated in a bore in the bearing sleeve and rotatably supported with respect to the...

20060153478 - Spindle motor: A spindle motor (50) is composed of a base (8), a sleeve (4) in cylindrical shape that is fixed on the base (8), a shaft section (1) inserted into a through hole (4b) of the sleeve (4) that is rotatable with respect to the base (8), a hub (7) that...

20060153480 - Structurally compliant microbearing devices and methods thereof: A microbearing device includes at least one inner bearing structure, at least one outer bearing structure, and one or more fasteners. Each of the one or more fasteners is connected between the inner bearing structure and the outer bearing structure and the inner bearing structure is substantially elastic....

20060153481 - Sensor assembly body, seal device, and rolling bearing device for motor vehicle: A seal apparatus comprises an outer ring side seal ring fixed to an outer ring member, and an inner ring side seal ring fixed to an inner ring member. A pulser ring is fixed to a ring shaped core metal of the inner ring side seal ring. On an outer...

20060153482 - Wheel support bearing assembly with built-in load sensor: A sensor-incorporated wheel support bearing assembly includes a stationary outer member having a plurality of raceway grooves defined in an inner peripheral surface thereof, an inner member made up of a rotatable hub axle and an inner race segment mounted on an inboard end portion of the hub axle with...

20060153483 - Preloaded duplex ball bearing design: A bearing assembly comprising a centrifugal debris trap for removing contamination debris from lubrication fluid prior to lubrication of the bearing assembly components is provided. The centrifugal debris trap comprises an annular groove on an inner race such that with sufficient centrifugal force, contamination debris in the lubrication oil is...

20060153484 - Pulley support double row ball bearing: A pulley support double row ball bearing is disclosed, which improves the seal performance of the seal rings and is able to maintain sufficient durability even under severe conditions. The ball bearing includes inner sections of the seal rings which overlap the end surfaces in an axial direction of the...

20060153485 - Roller bearing with steel plate race: A roller bearing assembly includes an outer race (1) prepared from a steel plate and a plurality of rollers (2) wherein the outer race (1) has a raceway surface (1a) to which induction hardening and tempering are applied. The outer race (1) is a shell type. In addition to the...

20060147130 - Gas bearing system: A gas bearing system comprising to opposing substantially parallel bearing surfaces (2, 3) and at least one gas duct (6) for supplying gas through an orifice (7) to the bearing gap (5) between said bearing surfaces (2, 3). At least one of said bearing surfaces (2, 3) is provided with...

20060147131 - Low-friction moving interfaces in micromachines and nanomachines: A low-friction device having a moving interface comprising first and second members. Each of the members has a maximum dimension of about 100 μm or less between any two points. At least the first member is formed of diamond and the first and second members are in sliding contact or...

20060147132 - Bearing structure: A bearing structure comprises a sphere, a boarding structure and a plurality of adjusting elements. The boarding structure has an opening. The opening is abutted against a perimeter of the diameter of the sphere. The adjusting elements are disposed on two opposite edge of the boarding structure respectively for adjusting...

20060147133 - Fluid dynamic bearing, spindle motor, recording disk driving device, and method of manufacturing fluid dynamic bearing: A lubricant resin layer which is oil resistant is formed on an outer surface of a metallic core portion which is used as a base frame of a shaft. The lubricant resin layer is formed by radially injecting molted resin from a portion on the rotation axis within the metallic...

20060147135 - Hydrodynamic bearing motor: Provided is a hydrodynamic bearing motor. The hydrodynamic bearing motor, wherein oil journal bearings are formed between a shaft and a sleeve, includes: an upper thrust cover that is fitted over a top portion of the shaft and has an annular rib; a fixture that is secured to a bottom...

20060147134 - Spindle motor having hydronamic pressure bearing: A spindle motor having a hydrodynamic pressure bearing comprises a stator, a rotor, and a dynamic pressure generating unit including a sleeve having an upper plate disposed opposite to the rotor and at least one thrust dynamic pressure groove formed either at the upper plate of the sleeve or at...

20060147136 - Air bearing having unitary housing: An air bearing including a unitary, i.e., single piece, housing, which removes the need for an insert, is disclosed. The air bearing may include a shaft opening longitudinally extending through the housing for receiving the shaft; a plurality of passages that longitudinally extend into the housing for communicating a gas;...

20060147137 - Bearing member for supporting an elastic support element: Annular bearing member for supporting a support element that comprises elastic material and that when installed is under pressure and that is in the area of a suspension strut, whereby the bearing member comprises a material that has a greater hardness than the material of the support element and whereby...

20060147138 - Bearings: A plain bearing and method for making the plain bearing are described, the plain bearing having an overlay alloy layer at a sliding surface of the plain bearing, the plain bearing comprising a layer of a strong backing material, a layer of a first bearing alloy bonded to the strong...

20060147139 - Member for the guidance of a movable piece: Member (1) for the guidance of a movable piece, comprising at least one surface (12, 14) in friction and sliding contact with a complementary surface of the movable piece, consisting of several separate ceramic elements (2, 4) carried by a support (20) having resilience characteristics, for example made of elastomer....

20060147140 - Combined radial and axial bearing: A combined radial and axial bearing is defined by the fact that the bearing ring (1) of the radial bearing is held at an axial end by a mounting bore in the runner plate (2) of the axial bearing, and the positively locking engagement is brought about by means of...

20060147141 - Combination labyrinth and lip seal for idler rollers: An idler roller is disclosed which includes a non-rotating shaft, a roller shell positioned around the non-rotating shaft and a bearing assembly proximate each end of the roller shell. The bearing assembly includes an outer labyrinth member and an inner labyrinth member having an integrally formed shaft seal, wherein the...

20060147142 - Method for multi orbital engagement of surfaces by free rolling bodies and multi orbital devices based on this method: The present invention provides a new bearing device of free rolling parts. According to the basic embodiment the bearing device is comprised of: an inner race, an outer race, two rows of rolling parts wherein each rolling part is in not in a contact with two adjacent rolling parts in...

20060147143 - Center bearing assembly having an adjustable pneumatic support member: A center bearing assembly has an adjustable pneumatic support member for absorbing vibrations. The bearing assembly includes a bearing and a support member assembly that supports the bearing. The support member assembly includes a bladder having an interior chamber that is filled with a fluid. A bracket is provided that...

20060147144 - Center bearing assembly for rotatably supporting a shaft at varying angles relative to a support surface: A center bearing assembly for rotatably supporting a shaft at varying angles relative to a support surface includes a bearing and a bearing support member that supports the bearing. The bearing support member has a curved outer surface. A bracket is provided for supporting the bearing support member. The bracket...