Bearings inventions 01/07

20070019892 - Guide rail for guide carriages of a linear guideway: A guide rail (1) of a linear guide, on which a guide carriage (2) can be mounted longitudinally displaceably, the guide rail (1) having an underside, by means of which it can be arranged on a mounting surface (3), and two opposite longitudinal sides which are provided with running tracks... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070019893 - Linear unit with tolerance compensation: A linear unit has a substantially rigid housing unit having an engagement slot, a rotor that is received in said housing unit so as to be movable back and forth in a travel direction, the rotor having at least one engagement device which engages the engagement slot in said housing... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070019894 - Hydrodynamic bearing device: A hydrodynamic bearing device includes a rotary part including a shaft and a rotor hub; a stationary part including a bearing member, which has an inner peripheral surface radially confronting with an outer peripheral surface of the shaft, a bearing bore, and an upper surface axially confronting with a bottom... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070019895 - Spherical bearing arrangement: A spherical bearing arrangement (1) having a bearing housing (3) and a ball (4) located therein, the bearing housing (3) having an outer housing (5), an inner housing (6) and an annular elastomeric portion (7) sandwiched between the housings (5,6) and a method of making the same comprising the steps... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070014494 - Vacuum pre-loaded pneumatic bearing with onboard vacuum generator: A pneumatic bearing for supporting a payload is disclosed. The pneumatic bearing comprises a bearing body having an active surface divided into a lift portion and a pre-load portion. A plurality of gas distribution channels are formed in the bearing body, wherein a first channel receives a compressed gas, a... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20070014495 - System, method, and apparatus for reducing residual stress in as-welded roller cone bit ball plug welds: A roller cone bit has a ball retention system to secure the cones to the head. A radial ball race includes a ball way with a ball plug to keep the balls in the ball race. The ball plug is secured to the head by welding. Any residual stress in... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20070014496 - Fluid dynamic bearing system: The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing system. It comprises a stationary part consisting of a cup-shaped housing and a bearing bush disposed therein, a moving part consisting of an arrangement of a shaft and a hub rotatably accommodated in the bearing bush and a thrust plate disposed at... Agent: Norman H. Zivin Cooper & Dunham LLP

20070014497 - Ball end for a link: A ball/socket link end assembly includes a link opening formed in the link end. A portion of the opening forms a spherical inner surface. A pair of ball entry slots are formed in the link end. The slots are spaced apart and positioned on opposite sides of the opening, and... Agent: Deere & Company

20070014500 - Bearing device for wheel: To provide a bearing device for a wheel, in which a preload control is easy and a uniform amount of preload can be applied with a bearing seal being mounted, the bearing device for the wheel includes an outer member, an inner member and double rows of rolling elements interposed... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070014498 - Rotary device with sensor and method for forming apparatus for measuring load on rolling bearing unit: A rotary device includes: a main body; a rolling bearing attached to the main body, the rolling bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring and a retainer rollably retaining rolling elements; an annular magnet having a multipolar magnetization; a back yoke-forming member; and a magnetism sensor disposed on the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070014499 - Sealing device for a rolling contact bearing: Sealing device (1) for rolling contact bearings provided with a shield (2) which may be installed onto an outer race (11) of the bearing (12), and presenting a lateral cylindrical wall (21) which is suitable for being arranged in a radially intermediate position between an encoder (16) and a reading... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070014501 - Tapered roller bearing: A tapered roller bearing includes a retainer formed with a plurality of trapezoidal pockets. Each pocket includes cutouts formed in the crossbars defining each pocket near the narrow end thereof. A tapered roller is received in each pocket with its small-diameter end facing the narrow end of the pocket. Lubricating... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070014502 - Wheel bearing arrangement: A bearing arrangement having a roller bearing (3; 4) having an inner race (5; 8), bearing rollers (6; 9) and an outer race (7; 10) in which the roller bearing (3; 4) is arranged to support a wheel hub (2) on a wheel axle (1). The bearing arrangement further includes... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP

20070009188 - Linear guide apparatus: A linear guide apparatus is provided with two (upper and lower) tracks of rolling element race tracks formed on a guide rail and of rolling element race tracks formed on a slider main body so as to oppose the rolling element race tracks on the respective sides, i.e., four tracks... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070009189 - Self-lubricating bearings: A self-lubricating bearing for use in low pressure, high frequency, small amplitude applications and methods of operating and constructing the same, the bearing having a self-lubricating liner and a counterface surface in close sliding contact therewith, the counterface surface having a surface finish of less than 20 nm and a... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070009190 - Thrust bearing and suspension for vehicle: A thrust ball bearing includes an upper case and a lower case. In the upper case and the lower case, annular rings which are formed in the upper case and the lower case, respectively support balls which are rolling elements, and inter-case gaps are formed between the upper case and... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070009191 - Radial/axial bearing: The combined radial/axial bearing (1, 18, 20, 22) according to the invention is distinguished in that an outer running track (13) of the axial bearing is formed by a radially inward-pointing rim (5) of the cylindrical sleeve (2), said rim adjoining an axially outward-projecting cylindrical portion (4) of the sleeve... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070009192 - Printing bead spacers on lcd substates: An apparatus for printing spacers on a substrate of an LCD includes a spacer supply roller having a plurality of recesses formed in its exterior surface. A plurality of uniform volumes of an ink containing the spacers is loaded into the recesses and then transferred from the supply roller onto... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070009193 - Bearing damper having coiled wire: A bearing damper includes a coiled wire wrapped around projections formed on an outer race of the bearing, and supported by a casing having projections extending toward the coiled wire. Projections on the outer race are aligned with recesses on the casing, while projections on the casing are aligned with... Agent: Paul Matheny Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc.

20070009194 - Bearing unit for a revolving radial load: The invention relates to a bearing assembly of a drive shaft, comprising: an anti-friction bearing, which supports the drive shaft in a housing; an inner ring that is fixed to the shaft; and an outer ring that is mounted so that it can slide in relation to the housing. The... Agent: Striker Striker Stenby

20070003172 - Linear guiding device: A linear guiding device where noise characteristics are improved by reducing traveling noise and operability of a slider body is smoothed, and where movement braking can be improved by reducing rolling body passage vibration. Crowning 24 with a curved surface having a predetermined curvature radius R is provided on an... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070003173 - Multi-functional bearing for rotating shafts: A protective cover (30) for a PTO shaft and a universal joint (now shown). The protective cover includes: (a) a sheath (40) moulded from plastic material, wherein the sheath includes a housing (31) disposed between a sleeve (32) and a skirt (34); (b) a locking ring (33) moulded from plastic... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20070003174 - Mounting piece for admitting a roll pin: The invention relates to a mounting piece (1) for receiving a roll neck of a roll used in steel and non-ferrous metal processing having at least one lubricant- receiving chamber (7) on a roll body side (3) and at least one lubricant- receiving chamber (8) on a discharge side (4)... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070003175 - Turbocharger bearing and associated components: An exemplary bearing and locating pin system for a turbocharger includes a locating pin including a shaft, a head and an aperture and a bearing having a central axis and including an internal bore to receive a shaft extending between a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel, the internal bore... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20070003176 - Support bearing for a roll: Support bearing for a roll (33) for immersion in liquid metal, comprising an internal rotating bush (31) fitted coaxially on a pin (32) at the end of the roll (33), and rotating inside an external bush (34) fixed to a supporting arm (37) of the roll (33). The first bush... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070003177 - Bearing device with a sensor: To provide a bearing device with the sensor, in which the sensor can be assuredly fitted and which can be employed in bearing parts of varying sized and be economically manufactured, the bearing device with the sensor including a bearing part having an inner member and an outer member includes... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070003178 - Cylindrical roller bearing and retainer for cylindrical roller bearing: To supply a lubricating oil to axial centers of cylindrical rollers where lubrication is the most difficult. A retainer for a cylindrical roller bearing comprises a pair of annular portions and a plurality of column portions for connecting the annular portions to each other, and pockets for accommodating the cylindrical... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.