Bearings inventions 03/07

20070071371 - Linear guide device: A linear guide device has a retaining piece (15) between two adjacent rollers (9). The retaining piece (15) has a retaining piece body (16) having left side-face section and a right side-face section that are parallel to the end face sections of the rollers (9), a first arm section (19)... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070071372 - Linear motion guide unit: A linear motion guide unit is disclosed in which a tubular composition to provide a return passage is high in mechanical stiffness and also makes certain of sustainable application of lubricant to rolling elements rolling through the return passage, thereby ensuring proper lubrication under maintenance-free operation. The tubular composition to... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070071373 - Method of adjusting backlash in a down hole bearing assembly: A method of adjusting backlash in a down hole bearing assembly involves providing in side by side relation on an outer surface of an inner mandrel a circumferential first threaded seat adapted to accommodate a first nut which engages the first threaded seat by rotation in a first rotational direction... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070071375 - Fluid bearing device: A fluid bearing device (50B, 50AB) is composed of a shaft (1, 51); a sleeve (9, 59) into which the shaft (1, 51) is inserted; and lubrication fluid (20) intervening in a gap between the shaft (1, 51) and the sleeve (9, 59), the fluid bearing device (50B, 50AB) supporting... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070071374 - Motor oil leakage protection structure: The invention relates to a motor oil leakage protection structure, which includes a shaft tube. The inner wall of the shaft tube is formed at least two cascaded holes with different inner diameters. The hole with smaller inner diameter is disposed a bearing, and the hole with larger inner diameter... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070071377 - Bearing unit and rotary drive using the same: A bearing unit for rotatably supporting a shaft comprises a seamless holding member with a gap allowing a shaft to run through and extend to the outside, a bearing arranged in the inside of the holding member to rotatably support the shaft so as to make it radially revolvable, an... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070071376 - Fluid circulation type hydrodynamic pressure bearings: The bearing of the present invention comprises a hub 110 for driving recording media; a sleeve 120 for rotatably support the hub 110 to define a hydrodynamic pressure generating space 110a between the hub 110 and the sleeve 120, the sleeve 120 being formed with a fluid outlet 125b through... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070071378 - Hydrodynamic bearing device: A hydrodynamic bearing device which can improve reliability by stabilizing a balance of dynamic pressures generated at a thrust bearing portion. The spindle motor 1 includes a hydrodynamic bearing device 4 including a shaft 41, a sleeve 42, first and second thrust flanges 41b and 41c, first and second thrust... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070071379 - Bushing structure for motor: The invention relates to a bushing structure for a motor, which has a shaft tube, a fastener and a bushing disposed on a hub. A bushing is disposed a bearing therein so that the shaft of the rotor penetrates through the bearing and rotates therein. The bushing has an engaging... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070071380 - Roller apparatus: A roller apparatus includes a rotating roller, a bushing frictionally supporting the rotating roller, a frame having a bushing hole into which a bushing is inserted and supporting the bushing, and a grounding member interposed between the bushing and the frame and grounding the bushing by press contacting with the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070071381 - Method and device for lubricating bearing positions, especially in machine tools or their parts: In a device on machines, especially machine tools and their parts, such as toolholders comprising at least one rotating element, which is rotatably mounted at least in one bearing position arranged in a housing, a lubricating device is provided for this bearing position. For this, the bearing position is located... Agent: Emch, Schaffer, Schaub & Porcello Co

20070071382 - Rolling bearing apparatus: An oil supply unit provided in a rolling bearing apparatus has a lubricating oil discharge nozzle in which an opening is faced to a cage portion of the rolling bearing. An opening direction of the nozzle is inclined to a rotating direction with respect to a direction of a center... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070071383 - Retainer structure: A plate-shaped main body has a first main face and a second main face opposing to each other, and is formed with a through hole connecting the first main face and the second main face thereby forming a first opening at the first main face and a second opening at... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20070071384 - Bearing arrangement for absorbing axial loads: The invention is distinguished in that the housing plates (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) and the shaft plates (2.1, 2.2) have a constant axial thickness over their entire radial extent in the region of the rolling body sets (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4), and at least one of the shaft plates (2.1, 2.2)... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070065054 - Apparatus to manufacture a post ball bearing with helical arrangement of pocket holes and its product: A post bearing and an apparatus for its manufacture in which bearing balls are loaded into a series of pocket holes arranged along a helical pattern in a cage sleeve.... Agent: Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLP

20070065055 - Roller retainer module: A roller retainer module includes an upper and lower thin boards disposed flush with each other, with a plurality of separated space each having a hexagonal cell structure, in which a corresponding roller is fixed in position. Since such cell structure may not exert a large friction force on the... Agent: Hdsl

20070065056 - Guide rail with dovetail attachment: With a guide rail system composed of a guide rail with undercuts and a clamp bar, the ratio kh=h1.5/b is between 0.2 and 0.5, where b is the width of the base surface, and h is the minimum distance between the holding surface and the base surface of the guide... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070065057 - Sealed spherical bearing: A sealed spherical bearing having a bearing housing (1), a ball (2) located therein and a ring-like seal (4) having an inner edge (6) and an outer edge (5) located between the bearing housing (1) and the ball (2), one of the edges (5, 6) having a head (7) and... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070065058 - Inner metal link bushing for a vibration isolator and method for forming: An inner metal link bushing is formed by providing flat steel stock having a chamfered edge disposed at an angle relative to the surfaces such that, when the flat stock is reshaped to a tubular formation, the edges forming a longitudinal seam will initially contact one another at the outer... Agent: Emch, Schaffer, Schaub & Porcello Co

20070065059 - Bearing cap assembly: A bearing cap assembly 5 generally comprising at least one bearing cap 10 having a mini-cap bearing cap 20 and a mini-cap 14. The bearing cap 10 having a shaft bore for receiving a balance shaft and a crankshaft bore for receiving a crankshaft upon connection of the bearing cap... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins Co., Lpa

20070065060 - Wheel support bearing assembly with built-in load sensor: A wheel support bearing assembly with a load sensor, in which the load sensor for detecting a load on a vehicle wheel can be compactly disposed, includes an outer member (1) having plural raceways (4) in an inner peripheral surface thereof, an inner member (2) made up of a hub... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070065061 - Crankshaft supporting structure: A needle roller bearing supporting the shaft part of a crankshaft comprises an outer ring having a plurality of outer ring members divided by parting lines extending in the axial direction of the bearing, a plurality of needle rollers arranged on the track surface of the outer ring such they... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070065062 - Intermediate bearing for a drive shaft and method of manufacturing the same: In an intermediate bearing for a drive shaft and the manufacture thereof wherein the bearing includes a bearing carrier having mounting surfaces and a support opening for accommodating an elastic support part resiliently supporting the drive shaft, the support opening is manufactured at least in a vertical direction with an... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20070065064 - Bearing retainer unit and electric motor furnished therewith: A bearing retainer unit is formed by an insert-molding technique to cast a molded component of the bearing retainer unit utilizing a bearing bushing. A first mold die, having a circumferential surface shaped to correspond to at least a portion of the inner circumferential surface of a bearing-positioning portion of... Agent: Judge & MurakamiIPAssociates

20070065063 - Rotary device having laterally movable axle: A rotary device includes an axle, a rotary member, a barrel slidably engaged onto the axle and disposed in the rotary member, and one or more bearings engaged between the rotary member and the barrel, to allow the bearing and the rotary member and the barrel to slide relative to... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070065066 - Wheel bearing retention apparatuses and methods: A hub assembly is described. The hub assembly includes a roll formed hub connected to the hub assembly, at least one bearing enabling rotation of the hub assembly, and an inner ring in communication with at least one bearing and the roll formed hub. The hub assembly further includes a... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP/fgtl

20070065065 - Wheel support bearing assembly: A wheel support bearing assembly includes an outer member 4 and a hub axle 1 having a wheel mounting flange 5 and a raceway surface 10. The angle of the fiber flow F relative to the raceway surface 10 in the hub axle 1 is chosen to be equal to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070065067 - Bearing element: The invention describes a bearing element (1), comprising a protective layer (2), a bearing metal layer (3) applied over the protective layer (2) and a sliding layer (4) applied by sputtering over the bearing metal layer (3). A sliding paint layer (5) is applied onto the sliding layer (4).... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070058888 - Slide bearing carrier locater: A slide bearing carrier locator includes a bearing carrier having rollers disposed between a carrying rail and a sliding rail, a support holder provided at the front end of the carrying rail for the sliding rail to hold against the support holder to slide, and a retaining surface provided on... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070058889 - Fluid bearing device: A housing 7 is made of resin material, which comprises a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) as crystalline resin blended with carbon nanotubes in a blending ratio of 2 to 35 vol % as a conductive filler, by injection molding. A bearing sleeve 8, which is inserted into the inner peripheral... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070058890 - Novel foil bearing: The present invention relates to a new kind of foil bearing. The present invention relates to a bearing comprising a flexible foil with a self-aligning mechanism. The present invention furthermore relates to a foil bearing enabling a linear and/or rotary movement along/around an axis (i.e. a shaft). The present invention... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070058891 - Hydrodynamic bearing assembly: A hydrodynamic bearing assembly (10) which includes a bearing sleeve (11) defining a receiving chamber (112) therein; a bearing (15) received in the receiving chamber of the bearing sleeve; a shaft (17) rotatably disposed in the bearing; first and second lubricant retaining spaces (142, 164) disposed at ends of the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070058893 - Printing press bearing: A printing press bearing includes a radio frequency identification device, especially an active RFID read/write device, wherein in a first operating mode, namely, in a receiving mode, the RFID device receives and stores bearing data, and wherein in a second operating mode, namely, in a transmitting mode, the RFID device... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070058892 - Sensor-equipped rolling bearing assembly: A sensor-equipped rolling bearing assembly includes: a cylindrical fixed bearing ring fixed to a vehicle body; a rotary bearing ring rotatably inserted through the fixed bearing ring and having a wheel-mounting portion on an outboard side thereof; and plural rows of rolling elements rollably interposed between these bearing rings. The... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070058894 - Rolling bearing apparatus: A rotating side raceway member has a solid portion, and a concave portion for weight saving is provided on an end surface of the solid portion. The concave portion is formed in such a manner that a surface intersecting a direction of a contact angel of a rolling element forms... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070058895 - Anti-friction thrust bearing centering device for hermetic refrigeration compressors: A device for centering anti-friction thrust bearings, used in hermetic refrigeration compressors may comprise a cylindrical segment with an internal circular rim and an elevated step-like upper face over the circular rim and along an internal border of the circular rim. The cylindrical segment may sit in an internal housing... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070053619 - Linear motion guide unit: A linear motion guide unit is disclosed in which the lubrication points of lubricant around a rolling element are made in a turnaround passage to ensure proper and steady lubrication by the lubrication system simple in construction, with accompanying sustainable maintenance-free condition for lubrication. A hole open to the turnaround... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070053620 - Compression encoder, compression encoding method and program: A rate control unit performs data truncation on a code sequence having been sorted and bit shifted as shown in FIG. 10 so that a desired noise reduction effect is achieved. The data truncation occurs in sequence from the rightmost bit. For example, in FIG. 10, data is truncated from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070053621 - Cradle bearing: A cradle bearing comprises a circular arcuate outer race arranged in a circular arcuate recessed part provided in a housing, a plurality of rollers arranged along the inner circumferential surface of the outer race and supporting a swash plate swingably, and a retainer for retaining the interval between the rollers.... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070053622 - Bearing support with an instrumented movement and coder for an information recorder unit: The invention relates to a bearing support with an instrumented movement (1), comprising a non-rotating bush (2), a rotating bush (3), roller elements (4), arranged between the rotating (3) and non-rotating (2) bushes and an information recorder unit, with a sensor (7) and a coder (8), comprising a substrate (16)... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.c.

20070053623 - Hub unit for a driving wheel: A sensing part 35 of a sensor 30 for detecting speed of rotation is disposed to face a magnetic encoder 10 through a sensor holder 20, the sensor 30 for detecting the speed of rotation is disposed inward in the radial direction of a hub unit mounting hole NH of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070053624 - Self-aligning antifriction bearing and cage for said self-aligning antifriction bearing: The invention relates to a self-aligning antifriction bearing (1) comprising at least one first row (9) of rolling bodies (11) and a second row (10) of rolling bodies (11) adjacent to said first row (9) of rolling bodies (11), whereby every row (9, 10) comprises balls (5) and rollers (6)... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070047854 - Fluid bearing: A fluid bearing that dampens without requiring a special braking device, and further, without affecting the fluid bearing surfaces. A slide member that is guided by a guide member so as to move linearly is supported by fluid bearing surfaces. The guide member protrudes from the bottom of an opening... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070047855 - Dual steel ball bearing retainer: The present invention provides a dual steel ball bearing retainer. Dual rows of several round indentations are placed on the bearing retainer element, and the indentations are placed in several dual rows with steel balls inlayed therein. The bearing retainer is placed on the axle, and a housing is placed... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20070047856 - Bearing assembly with pin having composite circular outer profile: A bearing assembly includes a roller bearing having a bore, and a pin positioned within the bore. The pin has a composite outer profile defined by a first substantially circular segment with a first axis of rotation, and a second substantially circular segment with a second axis of rotation of... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070047857 - Sleeve for hydrodynamic bearing device, hydrodynamic bearing device and spindle motor using the same, and method for manufacturing sleeve: A bearing stiffness of a sintered metal sleeve is prevented from lowering. A sleeve includes an inner section formed of metal powder for sintering and a resin for impregnation, and a surface deformation section which covers a surface of the inner section and is formed by shot blast process. Since... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070047858 - Foil journal bearing with bilinear stiffness spring: A foil journal bearing with a dual stiffness spring comprises a housing, a shaft arranged for relative coaxial rotation with respect to the housing, and a single spring layer surrounding the shaft. The single spring layer may have a first linear spring rate and a second linear spring rate wherein... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070047859 - Hydrodynamic bearing type rotary device and recording and reproduction apparatus including the same: f

20070047860 - Bearing device capable of correcting misalignment automatically: A bearing device capable of correcting deviation automatically includes a bearing, a spindle, an axial barrel, a driving part and an elastic member. The bearing is composed of at least a cone shaped shell member, which defines an orifice. The spindle fits with the bearing via the orifice. The axial... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20070047861 - Flange sleeve and method for the production thereof: The invention relates to a method for the production of a flange sleeve especially for a sliding bearing. A strip of material is cut into lengths corresponding to the later periphery of the flange sleeve. The strip section thus arising is rolled to form a hollow cylindrical sleeve with an... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070047862 - Drawn cup needle roller bearing: A drawn cup needle roller bearing comprises a drawn cup having flanges formed by a bending process at both ends, rollers arranged along the inner diameter surface of the drawn cup, and a no-metal cored seal incorporated on the inner diameter side of the drawn cup. The drawn cup in... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070047863 - Bearing apparatus for driving wheel and working method thereof: Upon assembling a hub unit, an inner race element is press-fitted onto a small diameter stepped portion of the hub, and thereafter an inner periphery of an axially extended hole of the hub is subjected to broaching to form a female serration extended in the axial direction, thereby providing a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070047864 - Outer ring, drawn cup needle roller bearing, drawn cup needle roller bearing structured body, piston pin supporting structure of engine, crankshaft supporting structure of engine, and 2-cycle engine: The straightness and parallelism of a track surface on which rollers roll are measured within a range “L2” as a range for measuring the straightness and parallelism. The range “L2” is a range such that L2≧0.8×L when a roller length is “L”. When the dimension from the corner P of... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070047865 - Tapered roller bearing: A plurality of tapered rollers are retained between an outer ring and an inner ring by a retainer so as to be circumferentially spaced apart from each other. The inner ring is formed with a raceway on its outer surface and includes a small-diameter flange and a large-diameter flange at... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.