Bearings inventions 02/07

20070041671 - Guide apparatus: A guide apparatus has a track rail and a moving block 20 relatively movably attached to the track rail with rolling elements interposed therebetween. The rolling elements recirculate through rolling element recirculation passages. Foreign matter entry preventing plates 34 are provided so that their respective distal ends longitudinally contact the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070041672 - Oil-impregnated sintered bearing and method of producing the same: An oil-impregnated sintered which does not damage rotating shaft and itself and has a high durability even in the case that the rotating shaft is inclined in the bearing by a large shear load applied thereto, and a method of manufacturing an oil-impregnated sintered bearing which exhibits center deviation-suppressing action... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070041673 - Rolling bearing unit with encoder and its manufacturing method: A rotational speed can be reliably detected at low cost by stabilizing the density of a magnetic flux coming from a permanent magnet encoder 10b and reaching a detection portion of a sensor 29. The residual magnetic flux densities of an inner ring 1, an outer ring 14, and balls... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070041674 - Bicycle hub: A bicycle hub is provided that comprises a hub axle, a hub body rotatably mounted on the hub axle by a pair of bearings and at least one of the bearings having an inner tube. The bearings include an outer ring operatively coupled to the hub body, an inner ring... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070041675 - Tapered roller bearing and automotive pinion shaft supporting apparatus utilizing same tapered roller bearing: According to the invention, there is provided a tapered roller bearing in which, where D represents a larger end diameter of the tapered roller and L represents a roller length thereof, the roller length L is 18 mm or smaller, and a ratio of the large end diameter and the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070041678 - Tapered roller bearing and transmission bearing apparatus: A tapered roller bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring including a large rib surface formed into a concavely curved surfaced recessed in an axial direction, and a plurality of tapered rollers. R1/R2 is in the range of 0.07 to 0.8 where R1 represents radius of curvature of a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070041677 - Tapered roller bearing, tapered roller bearing apparatus, and automotive pinion shaft supporting apparatus utilizing same tapered roller bearing apparatus: A tapered roller bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of tapered rollers interposed between the outer ring and the inner ring, and a cage for the tapered rollers. Ra is smaller than Rb where Ra represents a radius of curvature of a large end face of... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070041676 - Tapered roller bearing, tapered roller bearing apparatus, and automotive pinion shaft supporting apparatus utilizing same tapered roller bearing apparatus: In a tapered roller bearing, LWR/DW is in the range of 1.1 to 1.7 where LWR represents a roller effective length of tapered rollers and DW represents a roller mean diameter of tapered rollers. RCO/LRO is 30 to 150, and RCI/LRI is 50 to 260 where RCO represents a crowning... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070036474 - Material for rail of linear guide, rail for linear guide, process of manufacturing rail of linear guide, and linear guide: The top portion of a material for a rail of a linear guide is formed in a convex shape. In this convex shape, portions protruding to the side of a top surface are removed beforehand by rolling raceway grooves in side portions of a member of rectangular section, the top... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070036475 - Bearing unit and rotary drive using the same: A bearing unit (90) for rotatably supporting a shaft (100) comprises a seamless holding member (120) with a gap allowing a shaft to run through and extend to the outside, a bearing (130) arranged in the inside of the holding member to rotatably support the shaft so as to make... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070036476 - Bearing with lubricant reservoir: A bearing for storing a lubricant and supplying the lubricant to a shaft is provided. The bearing includes an inner wall defining an axial bore adapted for receiving the shaft therethrough and an outer wall spaced apart from the inner wall. The bearing also includes a connecting portion disposed between... Agent: Clark Hill, P.C.

20070036477 - Turbocharger shaft bearing system: An improved bearing system is provided for use in high speed rotating machinery such as a turbocharger, wherein a turbocharger shaft is rotatably supported at opposite ends by a pair of angular contact bearings subjected to a predetermined and substantially constant thrust pre-load. The angular contact bearings are carried respectively... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20070031073 - Sticking tool: This invention provides a sticking tool capable of sticking a sticking matter to a sticking target position easily and accurately and executing the sticking operation smoothly. This sticking tool includes a casing body 2, a sticking tool main body 3 which is moved in the direction of being projected from... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070031074 - Wiper bearing: The invention relates to a wiper bearing for a windshield wiper system comprising a bearing housing (12) provided with an outer tube forming the bearing housing (12) and an inner tube (24) arranged in a concentric manner in relation thereto and a journal (30) arranged on a bearing area (14)... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070031075 - Thrust roller bearing and torque converter: A thrust roller bearing comprises an inner ring and an outer ring as orbit rings, a plurality of rollers arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring, and a retainer having pockets for housing the plurality of rollers. The retainer is formed by attaching two annular members and caulking... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070031076 - Bearing assembly with rotational speed detector: A bearing assembly is proposed which includes a rotational speed detector including a sensor and a sensor holder made of steel. The sensor is adapted to be snap-fitted in the sensor holder. The sensor holder is subjected to cationic electrocoating to improve its corrosion resistance, thereby preventing the sensor from... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070031077 - Sealed rolling bearing: A sealed rolling bearing has sealing devices with both the functions of high sealing ability and small sliding resistance, which are antipodal to each other. The sealed rolling bearing has an outer member (1, 30) formed with an outer raceway surface (8, 29) on its inner circumferential surface. An inner... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070031078 - Bearing assembly: A bearing assembly for a gas turbine engine, the assembly 10, 210 including a two part housing 40, 42, 212 which defines a box section. Spring means 72 are provided located radially outwards relative to a bearing 18, with the spring means 72 extending within the box section from the... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070031079 - Tapered roller bearing device for wheel: To provide a tapered roller bearing assembly for supporting a vehicle wheel, in which stress concentration in the vicinity of a collar adjacent a hub flange is lessened to improve the durability, the assembly includes an outer member (1) having a plurality of tapered rolling faces (1a), an inner member... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070025651 - Linear motion guide unit: A linear motion guide unit permitted to operate for long service life with substantial maintenance-free for lubrication. The linear motion guide unit has heavy load capacity even with shrinking in construction. The linear motion guide unit is allowed to work with high-speed sliding operation and high tact. To this end,... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070025650 - Rolling element retainer for a linear guideway: A rolling element retainer for a linear guideway, wherein the rolling groove of the connective part of the rolling elements retaining chain is composed of a loaded area and a direction changing area. At either end of the loaded-area retainer is arranged an outward extension for mating with the direction-changing-area... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070025652 - Fluid bearing device: A fluid bearing device which enables cost reductions and prevents static electricity charging. A bearing sleeve is secured inside a housing, and a shaft member is inserted inside an inner peripheral surface of the bearing sleeve. A lubricating oil dynamic pressure effect is used to generate pressure within a bearing... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070025653 - Bearing unit and rotating apparatus using the bearing unit: A bearing unit and a rotating apparatus which prevent leakage of lubricating oil to the utmost and are superior in reliability are disclosed. A radial bearing and a thrust bearing support a shaft for rotation, and a path forming member and a path forming member lid form a communicating path... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070025654 - Tapered roller bearing assembly and method of fabricating the same: A tapered roller bearing assembly includes: an outer race that includes first and second outer race side raceway surfaces; an inner shaft that is inserted into the outer race, and includes a small diameter portion at an axial end thereof, a first inner race side raceway surface which has a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070025655 - Belt roller device: Belt roller device, comprising a pulley, a rolling bearing, a protective end-plate, a screw immobilized axially relative to the rolling bearing, and a retaining element mounted on a stem of the screw and forming an axial stop for the protective end-plate, the said protective end-plate being designed to come to... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.