Bearings inventions 08/07

20070201778 - Linear motion guide unit with means for keeping gage against wandering: A liner motion guide unit has a means to keep a cage against wandering, in which a pinion is made up of holder halves that are adapted to squeeze each other against the cage to make sure of keeping a pinion in place with accuracy. The means for keeping the... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070201775 - Slide guiding device: A slide guiding device in a machine tool includes slide guiding surfaces provided on a bed, sliding surfaces provided on a column, which is guided on the bed for movement on the same, and movable on the slide guiding surfaces, oil grooves each with a first supply hole for supplying... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201776 - Steel wire retainer for a sliding block: A steel wire retainer for a sliding block comprises a plurality of steel wire retaining members, each of which includes a locking section on the sliding block and a plurality of steel wire retaining members. The steel wire retaining members each has a hook formed on the retaining portion thereof... Agent: Banger Shia

20070201777 - Roller connecting and retaining device: A roller connecting and retaining device comprises two connecting portions, a plurality of retaining portions and spacer portions. The retaining portions are oppositely arranged in pairs and connected vertically to the connecting portions. The spacer portions are connected between the upper end and the lower end of the paired opposite... Agent: Banger Shia

20070201779 - Hydrodynamic bearing motor: In a hydrodynamic bearing motor which rotatably supports a rotor by forming a hydrodynamic bearing by forming an oil gap between the rotor and a stator, the stator includes a base and a hollow sleeve fixedly coupled to the central portion of the base and having a flange formed at... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070201780 - Rockshaft liner with thrust surface: A bearing block assembly includes a liner having a two piece ring of low friction material extending around the rockshaft and held in place by a bearing block. The rockshaft includes a radially projecting member interacting with the bearing block assembly to maintain the axial position of the rockshaft. The... Agent: Deere & Company

20070201781 - Rolling bearing assembly: A rolling bearing assembly includes: an outer ring member; an inner ring member; a hub wheel formed with a flange at one axial end thereof; and a seal member for sealing a space between one axial end of the outer ring member and an inside surface of the flange, which... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070201782 - Seal device and rolling bearing unit with seal device: A distal edge of an outside seal lip 22a is brought into sliding contact with an entire circumference of the surface of a mating member. A contact angle β that is formed at a sliding contact portion between the distal edge of the outside seal lip 22a and the mating... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070201783 - Bearing device for wheel: A bearing device for a wheel enabling the easy control of quality since there is no possibility of cracking even if caulking is applied thereto. The bearing device comprises an outer ring having double rows of raceway surfaces on the inner periphery thereof, an inner member having raceway surfaces opposed... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070196035 - Dynamic pressure bearing unit: The invention is aimed at further reducing the cost of a dynamic pressure bearing unit. In a shaft member 2, a shaft portion 2a is disposed with the outer circumferential surface thereof facing the inner circumferential surface of a bearing sleeve across a radial bearing gap, while a flange portion... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070196036 - Seal for hydrostatic bearing arrangement: The invention relates to a tool spindle (26) for machining centers for the machining of workpieces. The tool spindle (26) is mounted in an extendable manner in a spindle slide (16). The tool spindle (26) is accommodated in a radial hydrostatic bearing. The radial hydrostatic bearing has a bush (72)... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070196037 - Skew contact double row ball bearing and bearing device for supporting pinion shaft: A skew contact double row ball bearing and a bearing device for supporting a pinion shaft. The skew contact double row ball bearing enabling the simultaneous contact of a ball row in each row on raceways at a specified contact angle when installed even if a clearance amount is reduced... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070196038 - Cage for tapered ball bearings: The invention relates to a cage for tapered ball bearings. Said cage comprises adjacent ball bearing pockets that are arranged over the periphery about a rotational axis of the cage, in addition to elastically deformable retaining lugs that are located on one of the lateral walls. In said cage, the... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070196039 - Ball bearing for pinion shaft: In a double row ball bearing disposed around a pinion shaft to support the same, at least an inner ring member out of its inner and outer ring members is applied to a carbonitriding surface treatment, and hardness of at least inner ring raceway surfaces of the inner ring member... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070189646 - Linear guide device with separate circulatory units: A linear guide device, comprising a guide rail; a guide carriage displaceable on the guide rail and having at least one rolling body circuit with a circulatory channel for rolling elements and including a running channel, a return channel and two turnaround channels. The guide carriage has a base unit... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070189647 - Linear guide device with preload-adjustment device: A linear guide device has a guide rail system with at least one guide rail, a guide carriage guided on the guide rail system in a guidance direction and including a base unit and legs which partially enclose the guide rail system, the guide carriage being provided with at least... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070189645 - Adjusting structure for adjusting amount of lubricant applied to a linear guideway: An adjusting structure for adjusting amount of lubricant applied to a linear guideway comprises a self-lubricating oil tank, a positioning board and at least one adjusting board. The self-lubricating oil tank is fixed on the slide block, and the self-lubricating oil tank has an oil-storage space and a lubricating unit.... Agent: Banger Shia

20070189648 - Thrust dynamic pressure bearing, spindle motor using thereof, and information recording/reproducing device using the spindle motor: A thrust dynamic pressure bearing with high inclination-resistant rigidity against axis runout and additionally low bearing loss torque is implemented. Herringbone grooves (131) having intermediate bends (132) are provided on rotating-side bearing surface (11) provided on the rotating-side bearing member. When rotating-side bearing surface (11) rotates in direction A (clockwise),... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070189649 - Lightweight bearing cartridge for wear application: Exemplary bearing cartridges are provided. An outer retaining member defines a first curved surface lined with a lubricant. An inner, carburized titanium member is received by the outer retaining member. The inner member defines a second curved surface in sliding contact with the first curved surface. A carburized case extends... Agent: Robert R. Richardson, P.s.

20070189650 - Spindle for a machine tool, comprising a baring element with a capillary feed line for supplying lubricants: The invention relates to a spindle for a machine-tool, especially an engine spindle, comprising a housing for receiving an electric engine, a shaft received in bearing elements and driven by the electric engine, and especially a tool receiving element for a tool for machining workpieces, at least one bearing element... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070189651 - Cage for inclined ball bearings: The invention relates to a cage for inclined ball bearings with adjacent ball pockets arranged on the circumferential side around a rotational axis of the cage, comprising ribs between lateral walls. Each rib extends in the axial direction from one of the lands and connects two of the lateral walls... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070189652 - Pin-cage for a twin-row self-aligning roller bearing: The invention relates to a pin-cage, for a twin-row self-aligning roller bearing, essentially comprising an inner ring, an outer ring and several rollers, running adjacently between the above, in two rows on the running tracks of the inner ring and the outer ring. A pin cage is arranged between the... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070189653 - Thrust needle bearing: In a thrust needle bearing employing lubricating oil and having rollers held by a cage and rolling on races, the value of the arithmetic average roughness Ra of roller is 0.03 to 0.15 μm. Even when the bearing is used under the conditions where lubrication is lean or lubrication characteristics... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070183695 - Fluid dynamic bearing system: The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing system used particularly for a spindle motor, having a shaft, that is accommodated in a bearing bush and rotatably supported with respect to this bush, the bearing bush being tightly sealed at one end by a cover. According to the invention, the... Agent: Norman H. Zivin Cooper & Dunham LLP

20070183696 - Fluid dynamic bearing system: The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing system used particularly for a spindle motor having a shaft that is accommodated in a bearing bush and rotatably supported with respect to the bearing bush, a bearing gap filled with a bearing fluid being located between the shaft and the bearing... Agent: Norman H. Zivin Cooper & Dunham LLP

20070183694 - Performance judgment method for dynamic pressure bearing and dynamic pressure bearing: First, an axial clearance is measured. Next, lubricating oil is filled between a sleeve and a shaft, and the shaft is disposed such that a flange is positioned above a shank. Further, in a state where the shaft rotates at a rated rotation speed (a predetermined rotation speed), an axial... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070183697 - Radial foil bearing: The present invention provides a radial foil bearing for supporting a high-speed rotating shaft. The radial foil bearing comprises a top foil (1): a key (2) welded to a cut portion of the top foil; an inner bump coil (3) disposed outwards of the top foil, the inner bump being... Agent: Jhk Law

20070183699 - Bearing unit and motor using the bearing unit: A bearing unit includes: a radial bearing for bearing a shaft in the circumferential direction of the shaft; a first housing member provided on the outer periphery side and on one end side in the axial direction of the radial bearing and operative to hold the radial bearing; and a... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070183698 - Fluid dynamic bearing, spindle motor, disk drive, and manufacturing method of fluid dynamic bearing: A fluid dynamic bearing includes a sleeve, a shaft arranged inside the sleeve with a gap interposed therebetween, and a hollow cylindrical bearing housing having a closed end and an open end. The bearing housing is arranged outside the sleeve and has a flange having a thrust bearing surface. A... Agent: Nidec Corporation C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070183700 - Fluid dynamic bearing system: The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing system used particularly for a spindle motor having a shaft that is accommodated in a bearing bush and rotatably supported with respect to the bearing bush. According to the invention the bearing bush is made of plastics.... Agent: Norman H. Zivin Cooper & Dunham LLP

20070183701 - Bearing cap and method for its fabrication: Crankshaft bearing cap 1 presenting on one of its faces a semi-cylindrical notch (2), formed by powder metallurgy with an iron powder blend molded by compaction and sintering, and partially infiltrated with Cu, being the area (A) adjacent to the area A around the notch 2, the one with highest... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070183702 - Sealing element for a rotatable part with a tractrix form: A sealing element for rotatable parts is provided by the invention. To achieve low and uniform wear, automatic reshaping of the sealing surfaces for advancing wear, low friction forces, and long service life, the sealing element has sealing surfaces (4) and sealing counter surfaces (5), whose sealing effect is provided... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070183703 - Rolling bearing having a nickel-phosphorus coating: Rolling bearing comprising at least one ring with raceway and rolling elements. To increase resistance against failure in an environment containing hydrogen disulphide the related part of the rolling bearing is coated with a nickel-phosphorus coating.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070183704 - Turbocharger bearing assembly: A turbocharger bearing assembly is disposed in a housing for rotatably supporting an intermediate portion of a rotary shaft of a turbocharger. A pair of outer rings formed with outer raceways are mounted to opposite ends of a substantially cylindrical inner ring formed with inner raceways, thereby constituting a bearing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070183705 - Bearing retention clamp: An armature is limited in its axial movement by a pair of retainer clamps positioned over a bearing that has been press fitted onto the shaft of the armature. The clamps are first secured by bolts through an end cap onto lower surfaces in first recessed regions in the end... Agent: Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20070177829 - Method and apparatus for preloading a bearing: Methods and apparatus for preloading a bearing are provided. These methods and apparatus include preload monitoring devices whereby the mechanic can accurately monitor and regulate the preload to a bearing or bearing assembly. Aspects of the invention may also be used to adjust the endplay on a bearing or a... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070177830 - Fluid bearing device: The preset invention aims to improve the assembly accuracy and rotation accuracy of a fluid bearing device, and to further reduce the cost thereof. A bearing sleeve is fixed on the inner periphery of a housing. An axial member is supported in a non-contact manner in a radial direction by... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070177831 - Fluid bearing device and manufacturing method thereof: A molten resin P is filled into a cavity 17 through a film gate 17a provided a ring shape in a position corresponding with an outer peripheral edge of the outside surface 7a2 of the seal portion 7a. The molded product removed from the molding die is completed by removing... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070177832 - Fluid dynamic pressure bearing, motor, and recording medium driving device: The generation of bubbles can be suppressed by enabling a stable supply of working fluid to a dynamic pressure generating groove, and oscillation at the time of rotation and leakage of working fluid can be prevented effectively by efficiently releasing any bubbles generated. There is provided a fluid dynamic pressure... Agent: Bruce L Adams Adams & Wilks

20070177833 - High-accuracy sliding bearing: The present invention provides a high-accuracy sliding bearing which eliminates the need for treating a gate mark, has a high accuracy, is excellent in its mechanical strength, and is in its productivity. A sintered metal (2) is used as a bearing peripheral part. A resin material is molded at a... Agent: James V Costigan Hedman & Costigan

20070177834 - Seal device with sensor and rolling bearing device using the seal device: A seal device with sensor (7) is configured by a fixed side seal member (8) fixed to a vehicle body side raceway member (3) and a rotating side seal member (9) fixed to a wheel side raceway member (4). The fixed side seal member (8) includes a core metal (21),... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070177835 - Machine with an improved bearing lubrication: Machine with an improved bearing lubrication, including a housing (2) and a rotor (5) which is provided on a shaft (6), provided in a rotatable manner in the above-mentioned housing (2) by means of oil-lubricated bearings (7), wherein, inside the housing (2), lubrication ducts (14) to supply and discharge oil... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070177836 - Outer ring of a wheel bearing: The Invention relates to an outer ring of a wheel bearing. Said outer ring comprises a hollow cylindrical section and a flange which protrudes radially outward from said hollow cylindrical section. The flange extends into the section at a concave groove.... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070177837 - Radial bearing: A radial bearing (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d), especially a roller bearing (9) comprising an outer part (3) opposite an inner part (6), which rotate relative to each other about a common longitudinal axis (5) is provided, wherein the radial bearing (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) includes a bearing seat (8a, 8b,... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070177838 - Tapered roller bearing and tapered roller processing method: The object of the present invention is to provide at low cost a long-life tapered roller bearing having a roller with a large crowning, which is preferred as a tapered roller bearing for supporting an automobile transmission pilot part. A peripheral surface of a roller 3 in a tapered roller... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070177839 - Bearing unit with brazed or soldered connection: A construction unit, such as a bearing unit, comprises at least two metal means parts (9, 10; 17, 19) which are connected to each other through a connection means (11, 18, 24, 28) which comprises a brazed or a soldered connection (14, 15, 22). The connection means also comprises at... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC