Bearings inventions 11/07

20070274616 - Device for guiding two sub-assemblies of a motor vehicle which are displaceable in relation to one another, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, in a guide direction: A device for guiding two sub-assemblies of a motor vehicle displaceable in relation to one another. Said device comprises two guide elements positioned at a distance from one another in a transversal direction that is perpendicular to the guide direction and two guide units, in which a respective guide element... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070274617 - Fluid dynamic bearing device: The present invention provides a fluid dynamic bearing device having high durability and capable of being produced at low cost. In the fluid dynamic bearing device, a housing (7) and a disc hub (3) are resin molded parts, and a thrust bearing gap is formed between an upper end surface... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070274618 - Split bearing and method of making the same: A split bearing generally includes first and second bearing halves each having complementary partial shaft receiving portions, wherein the first and second bearing halves are substantially identically configured. The split bearing further includes means for releasably coupling the first and second bearing halves together, such that when coupled, the complementary... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070274619 - Tribological device: The invention relates to a tribological device, in particular a miniature anti-friction bearing, with rolling bodies which are resistant to superheated steam up to a component temperature of 450 degrees and which travel along roller tracks, the structure of the rolling bodies being based on zirconium dioxide. According to the... Agent: William D. Breneman Breneman & Georges

20070269147 - Sliding element: The invention describes a sliding element, in particular a sliding bearing, with a support element and a sliding layer, between which a bearing metal layer is arranged, wherein the sliding layer is made from bismuth or a bismuth alloy, and wherein the crystallites of the bismuth or the bismuth alloy... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070269148 - Guide apparatus: In order to provide a long-life, highly-reliable guide apparatus which exhibits dustproof performance and prevents intrusion of dust into the moving block in environments where there are lots of fine dust such as gypsum and ceramic powder and where no oil contents or oil contents are not liked, there is... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070269149 - Hydrodynamic bearing having additional reservoir: Disclosed herein is a hydrodynamic bearing having an additional fluid reservoir, which has improved ability to efficiently seal fluid (lubricant), which generates dynamic pressure. The hydrodynamic bearing has an annular fluid storage space coupled to the lower portion of a fluid reservoir, in addition to the existing fluid reservoir formed... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070269150 - Bearing arrangement for an axle mount of an articulated vehicle: A bearing arrangement includes a hinge pin and a ring rotatably mounted on an outer surface of the hinge pin. The hinge pin has a spherical convex surface on which a spherical concave surface of the ring can ride. In a bearing having a pin and a ring that is... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20070269151 - Lubricated metal bearing material: A method of forming a bearing coating includes the steps of depositing a porous layer on a substrate and depositing a lubricating material within pores of the porous layer. The porous layer and the lubricating material form a bearing coating on the substrate. The bearing coating includes between about 1... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070269152 - Truck pivot joint bearing and method of lubricating: A bearing assembly is disclosed having a pair of bearing members movable relative to one another. A space is defined between the bearing members, and a relatively thin coating of a greaseless, self-lubricating material is applied to the surface of at least one of the bearing members. A grease lubricant... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20070269153 - Ball bearing: In an outer ring, a first ball filling slot which extends from a first raceway groove to a first end face of one side of an axial direction is formed, and in an inner ring, a second raceway groove and a second ball filling slot which extends from the second... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070269154 - Tandem stack angular contact bearing for rotary wing aircraft: A tandem set of angular contact ball bearings each having an inner ring, an outer ring and balls therebetween, wherein each bearing contains balls that are spaced from each other by slug ball separators. A rotary wing aircraft rotor head assembly includes a rotor head member, a plurality of spindles... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20070269155 - Rolling bearing device for wheels: A rolling bearing device for a wheel includes: a hub wheel including a hub spindle to be assembled with a rolling bearing, a flange formed on the hub spindle, and a bolt hole formed through the flange; a hub bolt to be press-fitted in the bolt hole, in which hub... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070269156 - Drawn cup roller bearing: A drawn cup roller bearing includes: an outer ring including a raceway surface; a first rib formed at one end of the outer ring by being bent substantially perpendicular to the raceway surface; a second rib formed at the other end of the outer ring by being bent inwardly so... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070269157 - Bearing assemblies for the pinion shaft of an axle differential: The vehicle differential includes a housing (40) having at least one bearing seat (41) that is aligned along an axis. The housing also includes a counter bore having an internal thread. A bearing assembly (20) located in at least one bearing seat (41) supports a pinion shaft. The bearing assembly... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070269158 - Tapered roller bearing for automobile transmission: The present invention provides a tapered roller bearing for an automobile transmission that is capable of preventing early surface originating flaking attributable to lack of oil film even when the oil film parameter Λ is in the range of 0.8 or less. Further, in a tapered roller bearing for an... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20070263950 - Linear motion guide apparatus having ball retaining device: A linear motion guide apparatus includes a housing having a chamber formed by two side walls for slidably receiving an elongated track rail, one or more endless ball rolling passages are formed in the housing for receiving a number of bearing members, one or more ball retaining devices each include... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070263949 - Supporting structure for a slide assembly: A supporting structure for a slide assembly is applied to combination of a slide assembly and a foldable cable management arm. The slide assembly includes inner and outer rails. The inner rail slides in the outer rail. The inner rail contains a ball bearing disposed close to a terminal end... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070263951 - Supporting disk for providing bearing support to a rotor of an open-ended spinning machine, and method for manufacturing said supporting disk: A supporting disk for providing bearing support to a rotor of an open-end spinning machine, said supporting disk including a bearing ring and a supporting ring which is made of an elastic polymeric material and mounted on the periphery of the bearing ring. The bearing ring has a side ring... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070263952 - Cylindrical roller bearing: A relief groove (23) is provided at a corner in which a track surface (21) and a flange surface (24) cross, in an inner ring (20) of a cylindrical roller bearing. A chamfer (42) is provided at a corner part in which a rolling surface (41) and an end surface... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070258667 - Linear guide device: A linear guide device has a guide rail, a guide carriage having a rolling element recirculating channel, at least one endless row of rolling elements circulating in the rolling element recirculating channel and guiding the guide carriage on and along the rail, wherein the rolling element recirculating channel includes a... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070258668 - A bearing made of sintered cu alloy for recirculation exhaust gas flow rate control valve of egr type internal combustion engine or the like exhibiting high strength and excellent abrasion resistance under high temperature environment: To provide a bearing made of a sintered Cu alloy for a recirculation exhaust gas flow rate control valve of an EGR type internal combustion engine, which has a high strength and exhibits excellent abrasion resistance even under a high temperature environment. The bearing for a reciprocating shaft made of... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070258669 - System for optimal alignment of a bearing seal on a shaft of a gas turbine: A method for substantially aligning a bearing seal on a shaft of a turbine engine. The method including measuring characteristics of the subject shaft, measuring characteristics of a plurality of bearing seal components and determining and outputting alignment information of the plurality of bearing seal components with the shaft based... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070258670 - Fluid dynamic pressure bearing, spindle motor with the fluid dynamic pressure bearing; and recording disk drive device with the spindle motor: A fluid dynamic pressure bearing includes dynamic pressure grooves formed between a shaft member and a bearing member. The shaft member includes a flange portion 1-2, and a capillary seal portion 8 is formed between an outer circumferential surface of the flange portion and an inner circumferential surface of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070258671 - Bush bearing with bearing body having an axial profile: An elastomer bush bearing, wherein the bearing body (2) is encapsulated through axial flanges (4, 4′) of the outer bearing sleeve (3), with the bush bearing having an elastomer bearing body (2) with a special profile in the axial direction. The bearing body (2) is employed in constructing the bush... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20070258672 - Rolling bearing: At least the surfaces of the rolling elements of a rolling bearing are each randomly formed with an innumerable number of microconcave-like pits. The surface roughness parameter Ryni of the surfaces provided with the pits is in the range of 0.4-1.0 μm, and the Sk value is −1.6 or below.... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070253649 - Fluid bearing and method of operation: A fluid bearing includes hydrostatic pads formed in a surface and positioned to exert a separating force, and a land formed on the surface of the insert and configured to act as a bushing to allow rotation while the first and second pads are pressurized at less than a hydrostatic... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070253650 - Hydrodynamic bearing type rotary device and recording and reproduction apparatus including the same: To prevent air from being trapped inside a bearing and causing the bearing to have oil film rupture and NRRO to deteriorate. In a hydrodynamic bearing, a first lubricant reservoir is provided in a gap between a lower surface of a hub and a sleeve, and a second lubricant reservoir... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070253652 - Bearing unit and motor using the same: A bearing unit wherein a radial bearing for bearing a shaft in the circumferential direction of the shaft and a metallic housing provided with an attaching section are integrated with each other by molding, a resin molded body formed by the molding is so formed as to sealingly contain the... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070253651 - Hydraulic dynamic bearing and spindle motor: [Problem] In a hydraulic dynamic bearing comprising a flanged shaft having a thrust ring portion and a cylinder portion, a single bag-like stepped sleeve, a presser ring and a lubricating oil sealed in a fine gap including a thrust gap formed between these bearing constituting members, the lubricating oil in... Agent: Adams & Wilks

20070253653 - Wheel bearing apparatus incorporated with a wheel speed detecting apparatus: A wheel bearing apparatus with an incorporated wheel speed detecting apparatus has an outer member with double row outer raceway surfaces formed on its inner circumferential surface. An inner member includes a wheel hub with an integrally formed wheel mounting flange at one end. A cylindrical portion axially extends from... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070253654 - Bearing retainer: Disclosed is a bearing retainer made of a resin composition comprising a polyamide resin which has a repeating unit represented by the formula (1) below and a repeating unit represented by the formula (2) below in which formulae R1 and R2 represent three kinds of groups, namely a p-phenylene group,... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070253655 - Rolling bearing: The present invention provides a reliable and durable rolling bearing incorporated in various industrial machines, vehicles, and the like, having a sealing member which deteriorates to a low extent and maintains preferable sealing performance for a long time. The rolling bearing includes an inner ring; an outer ring; a plurality... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070253656 - Stern drive shaft support bearing: Arrangements may include a bearing assembly, the bearing assembly having a bearing housing ring, the housing ring having an inner bore, at least a portion of the inner bore including a dry lubricant coating; a bearing, the bearing including: an outer race, the outer race having an outer surface received... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070253657 - Wedge-type bearing assembly: A wedge-type bearing assembly includes a split cylindrical adapter sleeve for wrapping around a shaft. The sleeve has a radially outwardly facing tapered surface. An inner ring encircles the adapter sleeve and has a radially inwardly facing surface engaging the tapered surface of the adapter sleeve. In one embodiment, a... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070253658 - Clinch spot bearing: The rotatable joinder of two sheets is provided by a two-piece interfitting bearing assembly with each element separately attached to one of the sheets so that the sheets are joined but rotation is controlled by the interfitting bearing surfaces. The interfitting parts comprise an inner and outer race which are... Agent: Gregory J. Gore