Bearings inventions 09/08

20080232724 - Lubricating member for linear motion rolling guide unit and slider for linear motion rolling guide unit using the lubricating member: A lubricating member is capable of being used in any type of linear motion rolling guide unit and of appropriately lubricating raceway faces over a long period. The lubricating member used in a linear motion rolling guide unit comprises a body 4 impregnated with a lubricant and being in contact... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20080232725 - Linear motion guide apparatus having changeable wiper: A linear motion guide device includes a slider slidably attached onto a guide rail, an end cap and a wiper attached to the slider, the wiper includes one or more pegs engaged with the end cap for anchoring the wiper to the end cap, and includes one or more latches... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20080232726 - Linear rolling bearing: A linear roller bearing includes a guide carriage braced longitudinally movably on a guide rail in the axial direction thereof via roller bodies; the guide rail has one bottom face, one top face, and two side faces, which join the bottom face and the top face and on each of... Agent: Striker Striker & Stenby

20080232727 - Linear motion guide apparatus: A linear motion guide device includes a slider slidably attached onto a guide rail and each having one or more longitudinal grooves for forming a ball guiding channel between the slider and the guide rail, and two end caps attached to the ends of the slider, the slider includes two... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20080232728 - Linear motion guide apparatus: A linear motion guide device includes a slider and two end caps attached to side portions of the slider, one or more guide beams attached to the slider and engaged between the end caps for retaining a ball bearing device to the slider, and one or more retaining devices attached... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20080232729 - Stepped outer diameter semi-floating bearing: An exemplary bearing assembly for a turbocharger includes a center housing with a bearing bore having a bearing bore turbine end radius and an inlet for lubricant and a unitary bearing disposed in the bearing bore and forming an outer lubricant film between the bearing and the bearing bore wherein... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20080232730 - Diaphragm bearing hanger assembly: A bearing hanger assembly for coupling rotating shaft components is disclosed which includes a mounting assembly for mounting the bearing hanger assembly to a supporting structure, a bearing assembly for supporting axial rotation of coupled shaft components, and a flexible diaphragm plate supported by the mounting assembly and operatively connected... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080232731 - Axial bearing comprising a radially inner and a radially outer rolling-contact bearing: An axial bearing having a radially inner 4 and a radially outer rolling-contact bearing 2, with the radially inner rolling-contact bearing 4 including an inner bearing ring 5 and a center bearing ring 3 and the radially outer rolling-contact bearing 2 including the center bearing ring 3 and an outer... Agent: Harbin King & Klima

20080232732 - Roller bearing and outer ring manufacturing method: A step portion is formed at an outer peripheral surface of an axially-central portion of an outer ring, and is smaller in diameter than outer peripheral surfaces of axial opposite end portions of the outer ring. The step portion is continuously formed over an entire periphery of the outer ring,... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080232733 - Drawn cup roller bearing and method of producing drawn cup roller bearing: A drawn cup roller bearing includes: a drawn cup outer ring that includes a cylindrical portion serving as an outer raceway surface, a first rib which is formed at one axial end portion of the cylindrical portion and is bent radially inwardly such that a step portion is formed at... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080232734 - Bearing strap assembly: A bearing strap assembly includes an elongated strap of flexible material and a plurality of insert bearing buttons affixed to one side of the strap. The inserts extend transversely from the one side of the strap and are spaced apart along the length of the strap. In one use, an... Agent: Robert A. Parsons

20080226208 - Slide assembly with transmitting mechanism: A slide assembly includes an outer slide (10), an intermediate slide (30) telescopically attached to the outer slide, an inner slide (90) telescopically attached to the intermediate slide, and a transmitting mechanism (31) detachably attached to the intermediate slide. The outer slide has a blocking portion (11). A fulcrum (365)... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080226209 - Bearing arrangement for a rotating shaft, and turbine engine equipped with such an arrangement: The bearing arrangement (20) is of the type comprising rolling elements (22) arranged between an outer bearing race (26) and an inner bearing race (30). Said inner bearing race (30) comprises a first half-race (36) fastened to the rotating shaft (130) and a second half-race (38). The bearing arrangement (20)... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080226210 - Hydrodynamic fluid film bearing and bearing housing with cooling capacity: A hydrodynamic fluid film bearing for supporting a rotation shaft of a turbo or rotary apparatus includes a sleeve having a circular inner opening for receiving a rotation shaft therein, at least one metallic foil member of arc shape having one end fixed to the inner surface of the sleeve... Agent: Hyun Jong Park

20080226211 - Magnetic encoder and wheel support bearing assembly using the same: A magnetic encoder which can be assembled having a thin-walled structure while securing an excellent detection sensitivity and which can provide an excellent moldability by suitably selecting materials. The magnetic encoder includes a multi-pole magnet having a plurality of opposite magnetic poles alternating in a direction circumferentially thereof, and a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080226212 - Seal for railway car journal bearing: A bearing assembly is provided having a roller bearing with an inner raceway fitted around the journal portion of an axle. An outer raceway combines with the inner raceway to receive roller elements. A backing ring is centered to the shaft fillet. An annular wear ring is positioned between the... Agent: Edward J. Brosius Amsted Industries Incorporated

20080226213 - Wheel bearing unit: The invention relates to a wheel bearing unit having at least one outer part, having at least one inner part, and having at least two rows of rolling bodies between the outer part and the inner part, wherein in each case at least one inner raceway is formed on the... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080226214 - Roller bearing: The invention relates to a roller bearing comprising at least one internal ring, roller set and a cage, wherein the rollers are at least axially maintained by lateral walls of the cage, the internal ring comprises a roller running path in the form of a truncated cone outer jacket and... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080219604 - Synchronous chain for a linear guideway: A synchronous chain for a liner guideway moved in the guideway by cooperating with rolling elements, which is characterized in that: both ends of the chain are connected to a head portion and a tail portion respectively, furthermore, the head portion and the tail portion are interconnected in a staggered... Agent: Banger Shia

20080219605 - Bearing arrangement for heavy duty marine transmission: A bearing arrangement to reduce the effects of thermal expansion in a marine transmission includes a pinion gear thrust bearing, a clutch shaft thrust bearing, a shaft roller bearing and a thrust washer. The clutch shaft thrust bearing is retained on one end of a clutch shaft and the shaft... Agent: Vonbriesen & Roper, S.c.

20080219606 - Tapered roller bearing: A tapered roller bearing includes: an oil guide member that opens and closes an annular opening between an outer peripheral surface of a large rib of an inner ring and an outer ring and is mounted on the large rib; and a discharge port that discharges, along the outer peripheral... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080219607 - Resin wound component: A resin wound component is configured such that a ring-shaped resin portion is integrally formed with an outer circumference of a ring-shaped metal member by a film gate. The resin portion includes a ring-shaped surrounding portion for surrounding axial end surfaces of outer circumferential edges of the ring-shaped metal member.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080219608 - Bearing apparatus for axle and method of manufacturing the same: A body part of a rotation detecting sensor of a rotation number detector which is provided on a bearing apparatus for an axle has a large diameter part formed in its upper part and a small diameter part formed in its lower part, and at the same time, a sensor... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080219609 - Bicycle treadle bearing assembly: A bicycle treadle bearing assembly comprises a seat being a concave receiving portion at an upper portion thereof; a lower portion of the seat being a thread portion; a bearing; a periphery of the bearing being formed with a plurality of axially arranged rolling posts each of which is rotatably... Agent: Kun-yuan Li

20080219610 - Waterproof grease composition and wheel-supporting roller bearing: The wheel-supporting roller bearing of the invention comprises an inner member having a raceway surface in the outer peripheral surface thereof, an outer member having, in the inner peripheral surface thereof, a raceway surface that faces the raceway surface of the inner member and disposed outside the inner member, and... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080219611 - Cage for radial needle bearing, method for manufacturing the same and radial needle bearing: A cage element 18 in which pillar element portions 17, 17 are made to project from a rim portion 11 is manufactured by performing a punching process and a bending process on a metal plate. With rim portions 11, 11 of a pair of cage elements 18, 18 disposed concentrically... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080219612 - Shielded bearing and method: A method and system for shielding bearings from foreign materials such as soil, weeds, plant residue and moisture during the operation of farm equipment. A rotating bearing shield for a bearing includes a cover member having a first end shaped to match the external shape of a bearing housing, including... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.c.

20080219613 - Bearing housing: A bearing housing is disclosed herein. The bearing housing includes a chamber with out-take for oil scavenging. The out-take extends across a chordal arc of the chamber. A portion of an outer wall adjacent to the out-take has a spiral divergence.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080212905 - Motion guide device: A motion guide device having a novel scoop section structure whose scoop section is not likely to break even if a movement member is moved at high speed. A scoop section (22) of a movement block (12) scoops balls (13) that roll in a ball rolling groove (11a) of a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080212906 - 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

20080212907 - Hydrodynamic bearing, and hydrodynamic bearing-type rotary device and recording and reproducing apparatus equipped with same: The angular stiffness of a bearing is kept high, and at the same time air inside the bearing is discharged smoothly, without accumulating, which prevents oil film separation on the bearing. With the present invention, a communicating hole is provided, the hole and a radial hydrodynamic groove constitute a circulation... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080212908 - Fluid dynamic bearing device: It is an object of the present invention to provide a bearing member having a highly accurate dynamic pressure generating portion stably at low cost. Dynamic pressure grooves (8a1) and (8a2) are formed as the dynamic pressure generating portions on an inner circumferential surface of the electroforming portion (10) by... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080212909 - Printer drum bearing mount: A bearing mount of a rotatable printer drum having a rotational axis includes a main drum bearing, rotationally supporting the drum and having an outer bearing race, and at least two secondary roller bearings, angularly spaced from each other. The secondary roller bearings are positioned to rollably support the outer... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080212910 - Bearing arrangement for dryer conveyor: A bearing mounting system for a roller conveyor used in a hot air dryer, comprising an elongated bearing support cartridge having an elongated base with individual bearing carriers distributed between the ends of the base and each being arranged to carry a bearing sleeve segment of the type that has... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080212911 - Antifriction bearing rage, particularly for highly stressed antifriction bearings in aircraft power units and methods for the production thereof: The invention relates to an antifriction bearing race, particularly for highly stressed antifriction bearings in aircraft power units, which are comprised of a fixed joining of two layers made of different metallic materials, the area of the raceway for the roller bodies being made of a steel with a very... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080212912 - Radial roller bearing, in particular a single-groove grooved ball bearing: The invention relates to a radial roller bearing which is embodied as a single-grooved grooved ball bearing. The bearing bodies are embodied as spherical disks having two symmetrical, parallel lateral surfaces from a spherical base shape. According to the invention, the radial roller bearing has a larger contact surface of... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP