Bearings inventions 04/08

20080095479 - Linear motion guide apparatus having detecting device: A linear motion guide device includes a magnetic member disposed on a guide rail, a slider slidably attached onto the guide rail for moving along the guide rail, and a detecting device includes a housing detachably secured to the slider and has a chamber for receiving a detecting member, and... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080095478 - Hydro-bush bearing with acoustic decoupling: An elastomer bush bearing with hydraulic damping, which is simultaneously configured for acoustic decoupling. The proposed hydro-bush bearing includes, in a conventional manner, a tubular metallic inner part (1) and an elastomer bearing body (2) which encompasses the inner part (1) and is connected with the inner part (1) by... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20080095480 - Fluid dynamic pressure bearing device, spindle motor provided with the fluid dynamic pressure bearing device, and recording disk drive device: A fluid dynamic pressure bearing device includes a shaft member (5) and a bearing member (41), at least one of the shaft member or the bearing member being rotatable with respect to the other A shaft member-side annular member (13) is fixed with respect to the shaft member. The shaft... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080095481 - Differential wheel mounting for a railroad car: A differential wheel mounting for replacing a standard railroad axle assembly having a wheel seat portion which includes a sleeve, a railroad wheel with a running surface for contacting a rail and a rolling bearing assembly detachably mounted to the sleeve and railroad wheel. The sleeve may include a shoulder... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080095482 - Journal bearing arrangement: A tilting pad journal bearing, an annular housing for an array of arcuate bearing pads resiliently mounted by spring means which biases the pads against heads of restraining bosses that limit radial displacement and cause the bearing pads to define a shaft space. The pads have associated therewith support pegs... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080095483 - Deformation-sensing bearing having four strain gauges: The invention relates to a bearing comprising at least one system for determining the amplitude A of pseudo-sinusoidal deformations induced during rotation of a fixed ring (1) area (7), wherein said system comprises four stress gauges (8), a device for measuring four signals Vi based on time variations of a... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080095484 - Center bearing support: A center bearing support providing improved impact harshness, load capacity, and long term fatigue durability through the introduction of a tunable stopper element which allows greater control as the excitation levels of a supported shaft are increased, including an inner element installed on the inner periphery surface of an outer... Agent: Freudenberg-nok General Partnership Legal Department

20080089621 - Bushing assembly for reducing backlash: A bushing for reducing backlash includes a bushing body extending along a central axis, and the bushing body has a central bore extending along the central axis. The bushing body includes a first section, a second section, and a resilient section coupled between the first section and the second section.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080089622 - Linear guide device: A linear guide device includes a guide base with two lateral surfaces and a top surface covered with a cover strip, a rotor that wraps around at least a portion of the guide base, so that the rotor is supported on the guide base as it moves longitudinally along its... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080089623 - Synch-motion spacer for a guide device: A Synch-Motion spacer comprises a plurality of spacer elements, and strip-shaped links. An abutting surface is formed on each of the spacer elements and is located on the outer periphery of the receiving space and is arranged in the rolling direction of the rolling elements. An interval L being 0.3%... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080089624 - Sealing system between two coaxial rotary shafts: A dynamic sealing system between two coaxial rotary shafts respectively comprising an inner shaft and an outer shaft. Connected to the inner shaft, the system comprises a sectorized annular assembly of wipers that are movable under the effect of centrifugal force, and an annular receptacle for liquid arranged in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080089625 - Fluid dynamic bearing system: The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing system used in particular for the rotational support of spindle motors for driving the storage disks in hard disk drives having a stationary bearing part (10, 16, 20) and a rotating bearing part (12, 14), wherein the bearing parts are separated from... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080089626 - Fluid dynamic bearing motor, and recording-medium driving apparatus: A thinner fluid dynamic bearing capable of stable shaft rotation, a motor including the bearing, and a recording-medium driving apparatus including the bearing are provided. Pressure-generating grooves are provided in thrust surfaces of a thrust bearing portion 39 opposite a circular plate 35 and a stopper 33 to attract a... Agent: Burce L. Adams, Esq Adam & Wilks

20080089627 - Spherical slide bearing system: A spherical slide bearing has an outer ring and an inner ring slidably retained within the outer ring. A pin having a grease supply flow path extending through an interior thereof to open in an outer peripheral surface thereof is inserted into the inner ring so that the pin is... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080089629 - Vehicular-wheel bearing assembly: There is provided a vehicular-wheel bearing assembly that can reduce production costs, and has a raceway surface with predetermined hardness that is not affected by material of a counterpart member mounted thereto. The vehicular-wheel bearing assembly includes an inner shaft (1), an outer ring (2) provided around the inner shaft... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080089628 - Wheel support bearing assembly: A wheel support bearing assembly includes an inner member (2) having a hub axle (2A) and an inner race (2B) mounted on the hub axle (2A). This bearing assembly includes one of an element (A), in which an engagement recess (26) is formed in a portion of an inner peripheral... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080089630 - Anti-friction bearing, in particular a solid-bodied ball bearing, roller bearing or needle bearing, comprising rolling bodies that consist of a shape memory alloy: The anti-friction bearing has an outer bearing ring, an inner bearing ring and rolling bodies that are located between the bearing rings. The race of the outer bearing ring and the inner bearing ring are laterally delimited by two continuous rims that are formed as one piece with the races.... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080089631 - Raceway ring for radial ball bearing and manufacturing method thereof, and manufacturing method of high accurate ring and manufacturing apparatus thereof: A manufacturing method of a raceway ring for a radial ball bearing, the radial ball bearing has the raceway ring has at least one of an outer ring formed with an outer ring raceway, of which sectional shape is arcuate, and which is formed entire of circumference on an axially... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080089632 - Tapered roller bearing device: A tapered roller bearing device including an inner ring having an inner ring tapered raceway surface and a large rib portion which is located on a larger diameter side of the inner ring tapered raceway surface; an outer ring having an outer ring tapered raceway surface; a plurality of tapered... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080085067 - Linear guideway with synchronously operating spacers: A linear guideway with synchronously operating spacers comprises a rail having a first rolling groove, a sliding block having a second rolling groove, a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the first and second rolling grooves, and a plurality of spacers. A receiving groove is formed in the second rolling... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080085068 - Thrust bearing device: A thrust bearing device comprising a runner portion attached to a rotational axis and having a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the rotational axis, and a fixed portion having a sliding surface facing the plane of the runner portion, wherein the fixed portion has a plurality of oil... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080085069 - Railroad bearing with corrosion inhibitor: A backing ring that serves to position an antifriction bearing on the journal of an axle for a railcar or locomotive carries a ring containing a corrosion inhibitor. During installation of the bearing on the journal, the backing ring is advanced over the journal followed by the bearing. When the... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080085070 - Retainer for rolling bearing, and rolling bearing: A retainer for a rolling bearing, which is used for a food machine or a vacuum apparatus, containing an increased amount of a lubricating oil and enhancing a use efficiency of the lubricating oil and rolling bearing is described. The retainer consists of a molding, of a synthetic resin composition,... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.c.

20080085071 - Pressurized bearing assembly: A pressurized bearing assembly includes a pressurized housing having a bearing seal that protects bearings that are provided within the housing. The bearing seal may include a stator, a rotor, and a pressure bleed. The rotor may be provided with one or more fins. The housing may be pressurized with... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080085072 - Taper bore bearing assembly: A taper bore bearing assembly permits variability in diameter of the rotating shaft. An annular cylinder is mechanically coupled to the rotatable shaft and a bearing element is in turn mechanically coupled to the annular cylinder, which includes a tapered bore so that an interior diameter of the annular cylinder... Agent: Fortkort & Houston P.c.

20080080796 - Synchronous spacer with a guiding block: A synchronous spacer with a guiding block comprises strip-shaped links, a plurality of spacer elements, and a guiding block fixed at the end of the links. An arch-shaped surface is formed on the guiding block and is located correspondingly to inner surface of the track of the linear guideway, the... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080080795 - 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. In the end cap, there is... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080080797 - Hydrodynamic bearing type rotary device and recording and reproducing apparatus equipped with same: PROBLEM: To prevent oil film breakage in bearings without expelling of air internally accumulated at the bearing. METHOD FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM: A hydrodynamic bearing type rotary device in which radial hydrodynamic grooves and thrust hydrodynamic grooves form communicating channels; have communicating holes designed to communicate the groove end of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080080798 - Bearing fixing structures and methods of fixing bearings: The present invention includes a bearing fixing structure for fixing a bearing in position relative to a resin housing. The bearing is fitted into an inner circumference of the housing. The structure includes an annular holding member and an engaging device. The holding member is press-fitted into the inner circumference... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080080799 - Bearing arrangement: A bearing arrangement comprises at least one bearing ring and at least one machine part with which the bearing ring is connected. The bearing arrangement is equipped with a device for detecting relative movement between at least one of the bearing rings and one of the machine parts. To facilitate... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080080800 - Oil scavenge system for gas turbine engine bearing cavity: An oil scavenging system and method suitable for use in a gas turbine engine having a bearing housing. The bearing housing provides for arcuate slots within the housing and a plurality of peripherally arranged apertures disposed for cooperation with the arcuate slots. During rotation of the bearing and shaft, the... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20080080801 - Rolling bearing device and spindle: By incorporating a pump for sucking and discharging lubricating oil in a tank for storing the lubricating oil on an outside of a rolling bearing, for example, on a spacer for an outer ring in a housing for accommodating the rolling bearing and a nozzle in which an lubricating oil... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080080802 - Aircraft wheel grease retainer and method for retrofitting the same: An aircraft wheel grease retainer for use in a wheel assembly having an axis of rotation, and further having bearings which are each located in a bearing cavity, wherein the bearing uses grease, which is introduced into the bearing cavity, wherein the wheel assembly is comprised of an outer wheel... Agent: Kathleen K. Bowen Co., Lpa