Bearings inventions 06/08

20080152268 - Linear roller bearing element: A linear roller bearing element with an endless rolling element channel is composed of a carrier raceway for the load-bearing rolling elements on a carrier body, a return channel for rolling elements that are returning, and turnaround channels that connect the carrier raceway and the return channel at both ends... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080152269 - Thermally stable bearings: A rolling bearing has a first ring, a second ring concentric with the first ring, and a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the first and second rings, the first ring and the second ring both being generally annular and having gaps therein. A rotating mechanism has a support structure,... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20080152270 - Fluid dynamic bearing with axial preload: The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing system that comprises a bearing sleeve having a bearing bore and a shaft that is rotatably supported in the bearing bore by means of a fluid dynamic radial bearing. An annular first bearing plate connected to the shaft is provided that, together... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080152271 - Self-lubricating guiding member: The invention relates to a self-lubricating guiding element which is characterised in that the body (1) thereof is made from a material with high resistance to wear and/or seizing and corrosion. According to the invention, each of the ends of the bore (1a) is equipped with at least one groove... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080152272 - Instrumented rolling bearing device: Instrumented rolling bearing device for measuring the rotation parameters of the bearing, including a rotating race, a non-rotating race, at least one row of rolling elements placed between the non-rotating and rotating races, a rotating coder and a pliable non-rotating electronic circuit board comprising at least one sensor and at... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.c.

20080152273 - Oblique contact ball bearing and bearing device for supporting pinion shaft: An oblique contact ball bearing adopted to support a pinion shaft, where a sufficient range of rotation torque is provided for the oblique contact ball bearing to facilitate highly accurate setting, adjustment, and management of preload. To achieve the above, in the oblique contact ball bearing, a rust preventive oil... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080152274 - Bearing for follower or cam: A bearing includes an inner race member having an end surface. An outer race member is disposed about the inner race member. The outer race member has an internal shoulder for engaging the end surface of the inner race member. The inner and outer race members are configured to define... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20080152275 - Vehicle wheel hub bearing unit: The present invention provides a vehicle wheel hub bearing unit with the purpose of solving the drawbacks of conventional wheel hub bearing units, such as their complicated structure, which causes difficult assembly, low hardness, strength, and running precision, and high noise and vibration. The vehicle wheel hub bearing unit of... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20080152276 - Unitized clutch bearing assembly: The present invention provides a clutch bearing assembly including a split outer cylindrical race having opposed axial edges. One outer race axial edge includes a radially inwardly-extending flange having an inner diameter Y. The clutch bearing assembly also includes an inner cylindrical race having opposed axial edges. One inner race... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080144980 - Linear roller bearing with a u-shaped scraper arranged on the front face of the guide carriage: Linear rolling bearing, having a guide carriage (2) which is mounted by means of rolling bearings on a guide rail (1), and having at least one approximately u-shaped scraper (3), arranged at the end side on the guide carriage (2), for scraping foreign objects such as chips, dust and cooling... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080144981 - Motion guide device: A motion guide device 10 includes a track rail 11 as a track member and a movable member 13 mounted to the track rail 11 via a plurality of balls 12. The plural balls 12 of the motion guide device 10 are disposed in an endless circulation passage 20 composed... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080144982 - Ball connect device for a linear guideway: A ball connect device for a linear guideway comprises: at least one ribbon-shaped connecting portion in which being formed a plurality of retaining holes for retaining a plurality of balls, and a plurality ring portions being protruded out a surface of the connecting portion and each of the ring portions... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080144983 - Bearing: A bearing is provided comprising an elongated body including an outer surface and an inner bore. The body includes a front face and a rear face. The front face has at least one circumferential groove and the rear face has at least one circumferential groove. The inner bore and the... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080144984 - Porous plain bearing with continuous variation of the borehole compression: The invention pertains to a plain porous bearing for motors and transmissions with a circular bearing bore that displays, distributed alternatingly across the bearing bore, highly compressed at least approximately closed-pore areas and slightly compressed, open-pore areas, where the bearing bore diameters of the highly and slightly compressed areas are... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080144985 - Wheel end with monitoring capabilities: An automotive vehicle has road wheels that are coupled to suspension uprights of the vehicle through wheel ends that have the capacity to monitor lateral loads that act on the road wheels at tire patches where the road wheels contact a road surface. Each wheel end offsets displacements that would... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080144986 - Sleeve mounting system and method: A system for mounting mechanical components is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a sleeve having a surface for interfacing with a hollow outer member, a surface for interfacing with an inner member having an inner circumferential lip, and a threaded extension. The system also includes a locking member... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20080138001 - Roller bearing for linear movements: The invention relates to a roller bearing for linear movements, said roller bearing comprising a guiding carriage which is essentially C-shaped in the cross-section thereof, is displaceably guided on a guiding rail in the longitudinal direction thereof, and comprises two lateral limbs. The carrier body of the roller bearing is... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080138002 - Linear guide device: In a linear guide device, a rolling element cage 24 holding balls interposed between a rail side rolling element rolling groove and a slider side rolling element rolling groove is formed of a synthetic resin material, and has two plate parts 244 facing to each other with a slider body... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080138003 - Support member for a rotatable element: A support member 10 for a rotatable element 42 comprising at least two pairs of ribs 30, 32 attached to opposing sides 22 of the support member 10, each pair of ribs 30, 32 adapted to receive guide walls 38 of a housing for the rotatable element 42 tightly therein;... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, Llc

20080138004 - Thrust bearing: A thrust bearing assembly includes an upper thrust bearing and a lower thrust bearing for use in an engine assembly of a vehicle and which, are preferably, identically configured. The upper and lower thrust bearings each include an arcuate bearing shell with a concave inner surface and a convex outer... Agent: Robert L. Stearns

20080138005 - Bearing device: A bearing device for uniformly distributing lubricating oil between first and second bushing sliding surfaces and a connection pin is provided. The connection pin is inserted into the first bushing that is inserted into a boss member. The second bushings are inserted into a pair of bracket members. An oil... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080131037 - Linear roller bearing: Linear rolling bearing, having a guide carriage (2) which is mounted by means of rolling bearings on a guide rail (1), and having a scraper (3), arranged at at least one end side of the guide carriage (2), for scraping foreign objects such as chips, dust and cooling liquids from... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080131036 - Linear roller bearing comprising a u-shaped scraper element on the end face of a guide carriage: Linear rolling bearing, having a guide carriage (2) which is mounted by means of rolling bearings on a guide rail (1), and having a scraper (3), arranged at at least one of the two end sides of the guide carriage (2), for scraping foreign objects such as chips, dust and... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080131038 - Bearing arrangement for a shaft: A bearing arrangement for a shaft (1) in a sleeve (2) which concentrically surrounds said shaft (1) should preferably be used for a water pump, with the bearing arrangement having two cylindrical roller or needle rings (3) which roll directly on the inner periphery of the sleeve (2) and on... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080131039 - Tilting pad thrust bearing: A pad thrust bearing assembly is described, including a substantially solid flat carrier body being of generally annular configuration having a central circular aperture and outer circular periphery, a plurality of bearing pads arranged thereon between the perimeter of said central aperture and said outer circular periphery, locating means for... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080131040 - Bearing roller chain: A bearing roller chain which is sealed by a seal mechanism which prevents entry of foreign substances from the outside and leakage of lubricating oil leakage from the inside to the outside, resulting in an improvement in wear resistance of the bearing roller and avoidance both of rotation failure of... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080131041 - Needle roller bearing: A needle roller bearing comprises an outer ring having a plurality of outer ring members split by split lines extending in an axial direction of the bearing, a plurality of needle rollers arranged on an orbit surface of said outer ring so that they can roll thereon, and a cage... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080131042 - Tilting pad thrust bearing: A tilting pad thrust bearing is described including a substantially solid flat carrier body, a plurality of bearing pads, and an intermediate component which is disposed in the assembled bearing between the bearing pads and the carrier body, said intermediate component providing a plurality of fulcrum means corresponding in number... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080131043 - Axial delash mechanism: A method for delashing a shaft assembly and an assembly embodying the method are disclosed. The assembly includes a housing having a bore extending therethrough, and a shaft mounted within the bore. A shoulder extends into the bore to define a constriction along the bore. A bushing is positioned on... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080131044 - Antifriction bearing for supporting an axle or journal: An antifriction bearing for pivoting support of a journal includes a bush, roll bodies which roll in the bush, a gasket, and a disk spring which the roll bodies axially contact and which is axially supported on the gasket. The axial distance between the disk spring and the roll bodies... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080131045 - Bearing device for drive wheel: A bearing device for a drive wheel having a knuckle member surrounding a part of a cup part through a clearance. An annular first seal member is disposed between the knuckle member and an outer ring member. An opening part is formed between the peripheral edge part of the knuckle... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080131046 - Apparatus and method for manufacturing knuckle and bearing assembly: A method is provided for manufacturing a knuckle and bearing assembly. The method comprises providing a knuckle and bearing assembly comprising a knuckle, a bearing secured to the knuckle, and a wheel hub having a neck portion in rotational communication with the bearing and a flange portion having a flange... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins Llc