Bearings inventions 05/08

20080124009 - Slide rail assembly: An exemplary slide rail assembly includes a first rail having a pair of stop members, a second rail, a first release member and a second release member slidably attached to the second rail, a fixing board attached to the second rail, a pair of actuating members slidably attached to the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080124010 - Spacer: A spacer for roller bodies, which are guided in a roller bearing and which have an axis of symmetry and have an axis of symmetry, defining a rolling axis, about which they roll in a revolution path of the roller bearing, includes two diametrically opposed, spaced-apart end parts, which are... Agent: Striker, Strider & Stenby

20080124011 - Linear guide apparatus: Inclined portions 15 which are provided at both end portions of a slider-side rolling element raceway groove 11 are each made up of a first crowning 18 which is formed into a curved surface shape with a large radius of curvature so as to be inclined moderately and continuously from... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080124012 - Spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing system: The invention relates to a spindle motor having a fluid dynamic bearing system that comprises a base (10), a stationary shaft (14) connected to the base, a hub (16) rotatably supported with respect to the shaft and two bearing plates (24, 44) that are disposed at a mutual spacing about... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080124013 - Hydrodynamic bearing type rotary device and recording and reproducing apparatus including the same: To prevent air from being trapped inside a bearing and causing the bearing to have oil film rupture and NPPR to deteriorate. A flange having a shape substantially like a disc is provided integrally with a shaft near its lower portion. A sleeve having a bearing hole is fitted to... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080124014 - Bearing assembly for supporting a transmission shaft in a housing: Bearing assembly (1) for supporting a transmission shaft (2) in a housing (3), comprising an axially non-locating bearing (5) and a pair of angular contact bearings (7,8) which locate the shaft (2) against movement in axial direction (AA′), whereby the shaft (2) is subjected to radial and/or axial load forces... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080124015 - Bearing roller chain: A bearing roller chain having a seal mechanism preventing entry of foreign substance from the outside, and leaking of lubricating oil leakage to the outside and the like, thereby improving wear resistance of the bearing roller and reducing both the likelihood of rotation failure and the traveling resistance of the... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080124016 - Wheel support rolling bearing unit with seal ring: A structure is realized that can easily identify misassembly of a middle seal lip 18d in a structure that obtains a good seal. A middle seal lip 18d located between an outside seal lip 17d and an inside seal lip 19d inclines outwards in an axial direction towards its internal... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080124017 - Wheel bearing apparatus and method of its assembly: A wheel bearing apparatus formed by a unit of a wheel hub, a double row rolling bearing and a constant velocity universal joint where the double row rolling bearing has an outer member formed with double row outer raceway surfaces on its inner circumferential surface. An inner member, including the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080124018 - Pedal crank bearing or hub bearing arrangement: The invention concerns a pedal assembly bearing or hub bearing for a bicycle. The inventive assembly comprises two antifriction bearings mutually spaced apart and capable of being arranged in a housing of a pedal assembly bearing or wheel bearing of the bicycle. Each antifriction bearing comprises an inner ring having... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080118193 - Roller circulating device for a linear guideway: A roller circulating device for a linear guideway is formed with a plurality of grooves for enabling a plurality of rollers to circulate therein. The roller circulating device is characterized in that: the respective return paths are connected to the forward path through a tapered surface. And along a direction... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080118194 - Mini-plastic bearing: A mini-plastic bearing of present invention makes from plastic in one unit and an axis hole is provided therein. On both side of the axis hole, there is a pivot portion annular protruding on the wall and the skirt of the pivot portion is a cambered surface. The end of... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080118195 - Bearing with a sensor: A plural of rollers rollably retained with a retainer are accommodated between an inner ring and an outer ring, and a sensor for sensing the rotation state of the bearing is directly attached to the outer ring. More specifically, the outer ring, having a housing attached to its outside diameter... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080118196 - Bearing with a sensor: A thrust needle roller bearing has a washer formed of a thin steel plate and needle rollers, at least said washer has a nitrogen enriched layer at a surface layer portion, amount of retained austenite in said surface layer portion is at least 5 volume % and at most 25... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080118197 - Method of producing rolling bearing device: An inner ring is fitted on one-end side of an inner shaft and fixed to the inner shaft by caulking. During the caulking, the inner shaft is supported by a caulking receiving jig. A receiving section to which the jig is in contact is provided at a position near the... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080118198 - Machined cage for cylindrical roller bearing and method of manufacturing the same: A strength of a machined cage for a cylindrical roller bearing is increased without reducing a bearing life. An integral machined cage for a cylindrical roller bearing includes: a pair of side plates (42, 44); a plurality of columns (46), which are arranged in a circumferential direction, for connecting the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080112655 - Shoe: A hemispherical shoe 4 is equipped with a sliding surface 4A which slides with a swash plate 3, and a hemispherical convex 4B. Hardening is performed by radiating a laser so that a lot of minute circles 6 may be drawn on the sliding surface 4A. Then, lapping is given... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.c.

20080112657 - Linear guide device and method for designing or forming raceway groove thereof: In the case that raceway grooves of a guide rail and a slider are formed by rolling, supposing that Dg is the depth of each of the raceway grooves formed by the rolling, and Dw is a diameter of the rolling element, a ball diameter ratio (Dg/Dw), which is a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080112656 - Rolling guiding device: Provided is a rolling guiding device which makes it possible to easily provide a movement block with an endless circulation path for the balls even in a case of a small-sized rolling guiding device using balls of a relatively small diameter and which can be produced easily and at low... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080112658 - Bushing for increased lubrication: The present invention relates to bushing used in bearings. The bushing of the present invention is cylindrical with grooves on its inner face, and more particularly grooves which form a grid-like arrangement. Holes are located within the groove such that when lubricant is poured through the holes, it flows into... Agent: Ty Ung

20080112659 - Bearing device: Bearing device (1) with a first bearing part (2) and a second bearing part (3) which cooperate in bearing contact, wherein the first bearing part (2) and the second bearing part (3) is each provided with a surface layer (21, 31), wherein the hardness of the surface layer (21) of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080112660 - Bearing module for a vacuum pump: A bearing module for supporting a rapidly rotatable shaft of a vacuum pump includes a rolling bearing for supporting rotatably the shaft, a reservoir for a lubricant having an element forming a sliding contact with a delivery structure supported on the shaft for delivery of the lubricant in the rolling... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080112661 - Rolling bearing device and rotary apparatus: In a rolling bearing including an oil supply unit for supplying lubricating oil stored in a tank by a pump via a nozzle which is made to open in an annular space defined between an inner ring and an outer ring, the nozzle is made to open in a space... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080112662 - Needle roller bearing: A bearing assembly is provided including at least one needle roller that is resiliently compressible in response to a load applied to an exterior surface thereof. In addition, a method is provided for taking up a clearance between one or more first rollers and a bearing race in which the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080107364 - Durable and precise linear slide: A linear slide includes an elongate guide rail, a sliding block, a pair of ball roller chains, and a pair of cylindrical roller chains. Each of the ball and cylindrical roller chains is disposed between the elongate guide rail and the sliding block to thereby permit the sliding block to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080107365 - Linear roller bearing: A linear roller bearing has raceway elements, which are grouped around the central axis of the bearing, include rows of rolling elements distributed around a circle—as viewed in the cross section—and which are essentially parallel to each other and to the central axis of the bearing, the raceway elements being... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080107366 - Air fan bearing structure: An improved air fan bearing structure includes a bearing on an air fan and a spindle located in the bearing. The bearing has an inner periphery in contact with the spindle that forms a first air chamber and a second air chamber of different cross section areas. The first air... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080107367 - Hydrodynamic bearing device, and spindle motor and information device using the same: A hydrodynamic bearing device, comprising a shaft structure, a sleeve, a dynamic pressure-generating groove which is formed on surface of at least one of a shaft structure and a sleeve, and a lubricant present in a gap between the shaft structure and the sleeve; wherein the lubricant contains a diester... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20080107368 - Fluid lubricated bearing device: An inner space of a housing sealed with a seal member as well as internal pores of a bearing member (pores in a porous structure) are filled with a lubricating oil without the presence of air, so that the oil surface of the lubricating oil is within a seal space.... Agent: J.c. Patents Suite 250

20080107369 - Rolling device: A rolling device in which damage such as seizure or wear is less liable to occur and which has a long life, even when used under severe conditions such as high speed, heavy load, high temperature and insufficient lubrication. A thrust needle roller bearing includes an inner ring 1, outer... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080101735 - Bearing with light weight metal and ceramic material: A bearing comprises at least one bearing ring on which a raceway is formed. The ring comprises at least a first component of light metal material and at least a second component of fully dense ceramic material, where the first component and the second component are separate entities joined together,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080101736 - Rolling element chain: A rolling element chain has a connecting belt and multiple retaining elements. The connecting belt is extended longitudinally and has multiple receiving holes. The receiving holes are defined at intervals through the connecting belt and have two sides opposite to each other. The retaining elements are mounted in pairs on... Agent: Frenkel & Associates, P.C.

20080101737 - Apparatus for preventing displacement of retainer: There is provided an apparatus for preventing displacement of a retainer in a rolling guide by making use of the property of the retainer of moving half the distance of a moving object, such as a table. The apparatus for preventing displacement of a retainer in a guide apparatus having... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080101738 - Dual seal for optimized performance: A fluid dynamic bearing having a hub, a sleeve, and a sealing arrangement comprising a first capillary seal substantially retaining a first fluid and a second capillary seal comprising a second fluid. The second capillary seal is located between the first capillary seal and an opening between the hub and... Agent: Seagate Technology C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20080101739 - Fluid dynamic bearing system and a spindle motor having a bearing system of this kind: The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing system having at least one stationary (10) and at least one moving bearing part (22) that are rotatable about a common rotational axis (16) with respect to one another and form a bearing gap (14) filled with a bearing fluid between associated... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080101740 - Bearing device with sensor and rolling bearing with sensor: The present invention relates to a bearing apparatus with a sensor and a rolling bearing with a sensor used to movers such as automobiles or railway carriers, facility machines of equipment, or machine tools. One of the embodiments comprises a sensor detecting conditions of the rolling bearing, a ring-shaped sensor... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080101741 - Wheel bearing assemblies incorporating sensing arrangements: A wheel bearing assembly including inner and outer bearing rings, one of which is intended to rotate and the other of which is intended to remain stationary. The assembly also includes two sets of rolling elements between the rings and in angular contact with tracks defined by the rings. Each... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080101742 - Tapered roller bearing: A tapered roller bearing according to the present invention, in which the rolling surface of a tapered roller and raceway surfaces of internal and outer rings undergoes crowning. The total crowning amount of that crowning and the crowning amount of each raceway surface and rolling surface are set to preferred... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP