Bearings inventions 05/07

20070122068 - Friction bearing: A friction bearing is described, comprising a support shell and a slide layer made of a bearing metal which is applied to the support shell. In order to obtain information about the service life of the friction bearing it is proposed that the slide layer carries a cover layer forming... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070122069 - Surface densification of powder metal bearing caps: A high performance main bearing cap has particular surfaces densified for improved fatigue crack resistance. The surfaces densified are the bolted face inside of a perimetral margin and outside of bolt head interface areas around the main bolt holes, the surfaces of the main bolt holes and the side bolt... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070122070 - Methods and apparatus for assembling a bearing assembly: A method for predicting bearing failure, wherein the bearing includes an inner race, an outer race, and a plurality of rolling elements between the inner and outer race. The method includes coupling a sensor assembly to the outer race, the sensor assembly including at least one temperature sensor and at... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070122071 - Wheel bearing and a bearing apparatus for a wheel of vehicle of semi-floating type having the wheel bearing: A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus which reduces weight, size and number of parts prevents ingress of rain water or dusts and leakage of differential gear oil is structured as a unit with a wheel hub (1,14) and a double row rolling bearing (2, 15). An inner member (3, 16) includes... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070116389 - Roller bearing device for bicycles: A bearing device for bicycles includes a first race having a first inclined surface and an annular engaging recess defmed in an inner periphery thereof. A support ring has a second inclined surface defined in an outer periphery thereof A roller set has a plurality of rollers which are located... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070116390 - Special type bearing device: The invention provides a special type bearing device that is insusceptible to damage, is light in weight, has a long service life and excellent wear resistance, is insusceptible to the effect of change in temperature, is easy to fabricate, and has little offensiveness towards mating members. Further, the same is... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070116391 - Thrust sliding bearing: A thrust sliding bearing includes an upper casing having a polyacetal resin-made flat annular surface and a lower casing superposed on the upper casing so as to be rotatable about an axis of the upper casing and having a polyacetal resin-made annular surface opposing the annular surface of the upper... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070116392 - Rotary table system: The rotary table system includes a guide apparatus and a rotary table mounted on the guide apparatus. The guide apparatus includes a ring-shaped integrated rail 11 having no discontinuity in the travel direction thereof, and a plurality of guide blocks 12 that are assembled to the rail 11 from the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070116393 - Needle roller bearing, crank shaft supporting structure, and split method of outer ring of needle roller bearing: A needle roller bearing comprises an outer ring having a plurality of outer ring members split by split lines extending in the axial direction of the bearing, and a plurality of needle rollers arranged on the track surface of the outer ring so that they can roll. The outer ring... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070116394 - Slewing ring having improved inner race construction: A slewing ring affording enhancement of dimensional stability with respect to the ring itself and any components attached thereto is provided. The ring includes an annular outer race and an annular inner race which is rotatably coupled to the outer race. The outer race and the inner race are arranged... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070116395 - Ball bearing: A retainer of a ball bearing is provided in which collisions between the retainer and the balls are reduced even though the balls rotate alternately faster and slower than the retainer at short intervals, without reducing the stiffness of bridges of the retainer or without reducing the connecting spaces for... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070116396 - Compact lightweight bearing assembly: A bearing assembly with a bearing for a rotating element, a bearing assembly housing and a bearing liner inserted between the bearing housing and the bearing liner that has an annular channel that contains an anti-rotation and dampening element and extends from an inner surface of the liner through at... Agent: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

20070116397 - Unitized bearing assembly and method of assembling the same: A wheel end or other assembly for facilitating rotation about an axis includes a tubular housing, a spindle that extends into the housing, and a double row antifriction bearing between the housing and spindle. The bearing includes at least one separate inner race that fits over the spindle, with the... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070110345 - Ball chain: A ball chain comprises a sequence of balls and an longitudinally elongated spacing chain having a sequence of holes thereon for receiving the balls. The spacing chain further includes a sequence of spacers interposed between the balls whereby the balls will be separated to each other, at least two longitudinally... Agent: Ming-che Hsu

20070110346 - Linear slide assembly method and apparatus: A linear slide apparatus including a bifurcated base member (13) having spaced apart first (16) and second (17) upright portions; a slide member (12) spaced from the base member (13) and disposed between the first and second upright portions; a first raceway (21) formed between the slide member and the... Agent: John E. Toupal

20070110347 - Anti-moment static-pressure gas bearing mechanism: A first and a second static-pressure gas bearings supporting a rod at two locations in the axial direction in the non-contact manner are provided, in which the first static-pressure gas bearing is fixedly supported by a bearing housing, while the second static-pressure gas bearing is supported capable of displacement through... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070110348 - Fluid dynamic bearing unit: A fluid dynamic bearing unit comprised of a plurality of modularized elements that are combined is provided with a case element 10, an end plate element 20, a first outer ring element 30, a second outer ring element 80, a flangeattached shaft element 40, and a spacer element 100. On... Agent: Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Attn: Joel E. Lutzker

20070110349 - Pressure biased lubricant valve: An exemplary center housing for a turbocharger includes a bore for supporting a turbocharger shaft, a lubricant feed port, a first lubricant outlet port, a second lubricant outlet port and a valve operably disposed to provide a first path from the lubricant feed port to the first lubricant outlet port... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20070110350 - Sensor-integrated bearing for wheel: A sensor-integrated wheel support bearing assembly includes an outer member (1) having a plurality of raceway surfaces (4), formed in an inner peripheral surface thereof, and also having a vehicle body fitting flange (1a) formed in an outer periphery thereof, and an inner member (2) having raceway surfaces (5) defined... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070110351 - Centering mechanisms for turbocharger bearings: An exemplary spring for positioning a turbocharger bearing in a housing includes a free standing inner diameter, a free standing outer diameter and a substantially sinusoidal shape to provide an inward radial bias and to provide an outward radial bias wherein the spring balances the inward radial bias with the... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20070110352 - Tapered roller bearing: A tapered roller bearing includes an outer race, an inner race, a plurality of tapered rollers, and a cage. A small-diameter end portion of the inner race is formed with a small flange portion for limiting axial movement of the tapered rollers and a cylindrical portion which has a less... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070104399 - Fabrication of diamond shells: A novel method for fabricating diamond shells is introduced. The fabrication of such shells is a multi-step process, which involves diamond chemical vapor deposition on predetermined mandrels followed by polishing, microfabrication of holes, and removal of the mandrel by an etch process. The resultant shells of the present invention can... Agent: Michael C. Staggs Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

20070104400 - Dynamic bearing device: It is an object to improve bearing rigidity in a thrust direction at high temperatures and reduce a torque at low temperatures. An axial member 2 is arranged in such a manner that an outer circumferential surface of an axial part 2a is opposed to an inner circumferential surface of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070104401 - Flange sleeve, method for the production thereof and bending tool for producing flanges on a sleeve: A flanged bush for plain bearings having at least one flange formed thereon having axially facing inner and outer surfaces and including at least one metallic layer. The flange includes material-displacing recesses impressed axially into said flange in said metallic layer at least two points distributed over said flange in... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070104402 - Seal device with sensor and rolling bearing device using the same: A seal device with a sensor includes a fixed seal member fixed to a body-side raceway member and a rotated seal member fixed to a body-side raceway member. The rotated seal member comprises a pulsar provided with a support member and a magnetized body. The support member of the pulsar... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070104403 - Bearing apparatus for supporting pinion shaft: A bearing apparatus for supporting a pinion shaft comprises a pair of rolling bearings which rotatably support a pinion shaft to a case and are arranged side by side in a shaft direction between a pinion gear arranged at one end of the pinion shaft, and a companion flange attached... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070104404 - Wheel bearing unit embodied as an angular contact ball bearing: A wheel bearing unit is embodied in a four-rowed angular contact ball bearing form.... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070104405 - Bearing device for bicycles: A bearing device for bicycles includes a first race with a support ring connected thereto and a plurality of beads connected by a ring are received in a space enclosed by the first race and the support ring. An annular engaging recess is defined in an inner periphery of the... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070098309 - Linear rolling bearing: A linear rolling bearing, having an approximately U-shaped guide carriage (2) which is arranged on a guide rail (1) and has two limbs (3) and a spine (4) which connects the two limbs (3), the two limbs (3) of the guide carriage (2) engaging around the guide rail (1), and... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070098310 - Oil-suspending and oil-retaining bearing: The invention relates to an oil-suspending and oil-retaining bearing. The bearing has a bore for the spindle of the rotor to penetrate therein. The periphery of at least one end penetrated by the bore is disposed a slotted ring inserted with the absorbent material beforehand. The end of the bearing... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070098311 - Bearing device for wheel: A bearing device for a wheel, where preload control is easy and a uniform amount of preload can be applied even if a bearing seal is installed in the bearing device. The bearing device rotatably supports a wheel and has an outer member (1), an inner member (2), and rolling... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070098312 - Shaft bearing retainer: A retainer for holding bearings within a shaft bearing has C-shaped pockets for holding the bearings. Between the pockets are connecting portions, which are close to the openings of the pockets. The rear sides of adjacent pockets and the rear side of the connecting portion for the adjacent pockets form... Agent: Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Attn: Joel E. Lutzker

20070098313 - Shaft bearing retainer: A retainer for holding bearings within a shaft bearing has C-shaped pockets for holding the bearings. Between the pockets are connecting portions, which are close to the openings of the pockets. The rear sides of adjacent pockets and the rear side of the connecting portion for the adjacent pockets form... Agent: Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Attn: Joel E. Lutzker

20070098314 - Bearing locking collar retainer: A bearing assembly for a shaft including an inner ring that mounts on the shaft and an outer ring disposed concentrically about the inner ring. Ball bearings are interposed between the inner and outer rings. Fingers are formed on one side of the inner ring and they extend axially with... Agent: Edward M. Keating Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo

20070098315 - Bearing apparatus for a wheel of vehicle: A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus which can be press-fit into a knuckle of a light metal alloy, which is intended to reduce its weight as well as to prevent the reduction of preload and generation of creep in the wheel bearing due to temperature rise, has a wheel hub (1)... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070098316 - 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. The bicycle hub also has an inner tubular structure including a pair of inner tubes. One of the inner tubes is fixedly secured relative to a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070098317 - Tapered roller bearing and automotive pinion shaft supporting apparatus utilizing same tapered roller bearing: A tapered roller bearing according to the invention is such that when an arithmetical mean roughness as a surface roughness of a large end face of a tapered roller is σ1 and an arithmetical mean roughness as a surface roughness of a large rib surface of an inner ring is... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC