Bearings inventions 10/08

20080260306 - Linear motion rolling guide unit: A linear motion rolling guide unit, which has underside seals prevented from falling off a slider, comprises a slider S having a pair of end caps 2 secured at ends of a casing 1, and underside seals 6 provided between the pair of end caps 2 having engaging projections 12.... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20080260307 - Linear motion guide unit: An interlocking construction between an end cap and a retainer plate to support rollers in a load-carrying race is made to provide an endless circulating circuit with no gap to allow the rollers smoothly rolling through there with keeping adequate posture. The slider has a carriage, end caps, rollers rolling... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080260308 - Hydrodynamic bearing: A hydrodynamic bearing is provided that includes an annular main foil having axially spaced inner and outer surfaces. Bump foils are supported circumferentially on the outer surface. Top foils are supported circumferentially on the inner surface opposite the bump foils. In one example, spacers are arranged between the top foils... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080260310 - Fluid dynamic bearing system: The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing system that comprises at least one stationary part that has a shaft and two bearing plates disposed on the shaft at a mutual spacing, and at least one rotating part that is supported so as to rotate about a rotational axis with... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080260309 - System and method for improving lubrication in a fluid dynamic bearing near the contact region: A system and method for improving lubrication in a fluid dynamic bearing are disclosed. A fluid dynamic bearing is formed. The fluid dynamic bearing comprises a shaft having an axis of rotation and a surface comprising a first groove at a first depth and a second groove at a second... Agent: Hitachi C/o Wagner Blecher LLP

20080260311 - Rotor bearing arrangement for a balancing machine: In a rotor bearing arrangement for a balancing machine having a bearing housing (1) which is supported in a radially resilient manner in a highly stiff bearing stand (2) by means of at least two identically configured and arranged spring elements, the spring elements are arranged on opposite sides of... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080260312 - Motor having improved mechanism: A motor having improved mechanism is composed of a body of revolution having a mounting hole in the center of the body; a rotor hub having a boss section to be inserted into the mounting hole of the body of revolution and a flange section supporting the body of revolution;... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20080260313 - Self-aligning roller bearing with retainer and manufacturing method for self-aligning roller bearing retainer: By rotating a turning tool 14 as it revolves, the surfaces on both sides in the circumferential direction of respective column sections are processed into concave curved surfaces that oppose a rolling surface of the respective spherical rollers across a pocket clearance into which lubricant oil can be fed. The... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080260314 - Wheel support bearing assembly: To provide a wheel support bearing assembly in which the frictional resistance can be effectively reduced while effects of minimizing leakage of the filled lubricant and ingress of dust and muddy water from outside of the bearing assembly are secured, the wheel support bearing assembly includes an outer member 1,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080260315 - Rolling mechanism for supporting very large maximum loads: The inventive rolling mechanism brings into play two pieces (1, ST) that rotate relative to one another with the interposition of rolling elements (5) supporting on raceways (4a, S2) facing the two pieces (1, ST) with a bearing that is exerted on respective contact surfaces of said raceways (4a, S2)... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080260316 - Rolling bearing: At least on a surface of a rolling element of a rolling bearing, innumerable minute concave recesses are randomly formed. An area percentage of the recesses on the surface having the recesses formed thereon is in a range from 5 to 20%, and a surface roughness parameter Rymax of the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080260317 - Cage for a roller bearing and a roller bearing: A cage for use in a roller bearing, said cage comprising a pair of generally semicircular moulded plastic parts joined together, the moulded plastic parts each comprising a set of pockets for receiving and locating rollers, and releasable fixing means at their ends, wherein two generally semicircular moulded plastic parts... Agent: Strategic Patent Group, P.C.

20080260318 - Roller bearing with a braking device: A roller bearing (1) with a braking device, in particular, rotating connection, made from a bearing outer ring (2) and a bearing inner ring (3), between which there are provided roller bodies roll on associated raceways. For achieving a braking effect by a friction-fit connection, a movable brake element connected... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080260306 - Linear motion rolling guide unit: A linear motion rolling guide unit, which has underside seals prevented from falling off a slider, comprises a slider S having a pair of end caps 2 secured at ends of a casing 1, and underside seals 6 provided between the pair of end caps 2 having engaging projections 12.... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20080260307 - Linear motion guide unit: An interlocking construction between an end cap and a retainer plate to support rollers in a load-carrying race is made to provide an endless circulating circuit with no gap to allow the rollers smoothly rolling through there with keeping adequate posture. The slider has a carriage, end caps, rollers rolling... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080260308 - Hydrodynamic bearing: A hydrodynamic bearing is provided that includes an annular main foil having axially spaced inner and outer surfaces. Bump foils are supported circumferentially on the outer surface. Top foils are supported circumferentially on the inner surface opposite the bump foils. In one example, spacers are arranged between the top foils... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080260310 - Fluid dynamic bearing system: The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing system that comprises at least one stationary part that has a shaft and two bearing plates disposed on the shaft at a mutual spacing, and at least one rotating part that is supported so as to rotate about a rotational axis with... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080260309 - System and method for improving lubrication in a fluid dynamic bearing near the contact region: A system and method for improving lubrication in a fluid dynamic bearing are disclosed. A fluid dynamic bearing is formed. The fluid dynamic bearing comprises a shaft having an axis of rotation and a surface comprising a first groove at a first depth and a second groove at a second... Agent: Hitachi C/o Wagner Blecher LLP

20080260311 - Rotor bearing arrangement for a balancing machine: In a rotor bearing arrangement for a balancing machine having a bearing housing (1) which is supported in a radially resilient manner in a highly stiff bearing stand (2) by means of at least two identically configured and arranged spring elements, the spring elements are arranged on opposite sides of... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080260312 - Motor having improved mechanism: A motor having improved mechanism is composed of a body of revolution having a mounting hole in the center of the body; a rotor hub having a boss section to be inserted into the mounting hole of the body of revolution and a flange section supporting the body of revolution;... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20080260313 - Self-aligning roller bearing with retainer and manufacturing method for self-aligning roller bearing retainer: By rotating a turning tool 14 as it revolves, the surfaces on both sides in the circumferential direction of respective column sections are processed into concave curved surfaces that oppose a rolling surface of the respective spherical rollers across a pocket clearance into which lubricant oil can be fed. The... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080260314 - Wheel support bearing assembly: To provide a wheel support bearing assembly in which the frictional resistance can be effectively reduced while effects of minimizing leakage of the filled lubricant and ingress of dust and muddy water from outside of the bearing assembly are secured, the wheel support bearing assembly includes an outer member 1,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080260315 - Rolling mechanism for supporting very large maximum loads: The inventive rolling mechanism brings into play two pieces (1, ST) that rotate relative to one another with the interposition of rolling elements (5) supporting on raceways (4a, S2) facing the two pieces (1, ST) with a bearing that is exerted on respective contact surfaces of said raceways (4a, S2)... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080260316 - Rolling bearing: At least on a surface of a rolling element of a rolling bearing, innumerable minute concave recesses are randomly formed. An area percentage of the recesses on the surface having the recesses formed thereon is in a range from 5 to 20%, and a surface roughness parameter Rymax of the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080260317 - Cage for a roller bearing and a roller bearing: A cage for use in a roller bearing, said cage comprising a pair of generally semicircular moulded plastic parts joined together, the moulded plastic parts each comprising a set of pockets for receiving and locating rollers, and releasable fixing means at their ends, wherein two generally semicircular moulded plastic parts... Agent: Strategic Patent Group, P.C.

20080260318 - Roller bearing with a braking device: A roller bearing (1) with a braking device, in particular, rotating connection, made from a bearing outer ring (2) and a bearing inner ring (3), between which there are provided roller bodies roll on associated raceways. For achieving a braking effect by a friction-fit connection, a movable brake element connected... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080253702 - Linear guideway with a synchronous connector: A connector for a linear guideway is integrally formed by injection molding. The mold assembly of making the connector includes an upper mold, a lower mold and a pin. The variable cross section design of the pin enables the connector to have a plurality of ring-shaped portions with more than... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080253703 - Method of manufacturing linear guide device and track rail for the linear guide device: Provided are a linear guide device and a method of manufacturing a track rail of the linear guide device which make it unnecessary to finish rolling contact surfaces for rolling bodies for the purpose of ensuring parallelism between the rolling contact surfaces after fixing a plurality of rail members, in... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080253704 - Journal air bearing: A hydrodynamic fluid film journal bearing assembly includes a journal sleeve having a key slot formed therein in a substantially longitudinal direction, a bump foil wrapped in a substantially cylindrical shape adjacent to the journal sleeve and having a bent end portion engaged with the key slot, an intermediate foil... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080253705 - Weight reduction for journal air bearing: A hydrodynamic fluid film journal bearing system includes a journal sleeve and one or more hydrodynamic fluid film foils positioned at least partially within the journal sleeve. The journal sleeve defines an inner diameter surface, an outer diameter surface, a wall thickness between the inner and outer diameter surfaces, and... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080253706 - Integral tilting pad bearing: There is disclosed a bearing to support a rotating shaft. The bearing includes a cylindrical housing defining a central opening. A plurality of bearing pads integrally coupled to the housing with each bearing pad having a circumferential surface defining a portion of the central opening. A plurality of pins disposed... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080253707 - Retaining structure for rolling elements: An improved retaining structure for a rolling element comprises a plurality of separated pieces, two pairs of connecting ribbons, two pull-resisting ribbons, and a plurality of rolling elements. The separated pieces respectively have a plurality of contacting surfaces on the front and rear surfaces thereof. A partially wrapped containing space... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080253708 - Split bottom bracket: A bottom bracket assembly for use on a bicycle, the assembly provided as a split bracket assembly with an upper portion formed integrally with the bicycle frame and a lower portion detachably connectable to the upper portion, the lower portion completely removable from the upper portion. The bottom bracket assembly... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080253709 - Bearing with lubrication oil filter: A bearing (crank bearing 6) is constituted of an upper bearing (61) that is attached to a cylinder block, a lower bearing (67) that is attached to a crank cap, and a bearing filter (71) for filtering engine oil. The bearing filter (71) is fitted in an oil hole (62A)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080253710 - Rolling bearing device: The rolling bearing includes an inner ring, and an outer ring which is arranged in a concave part which is formed in a fixing member so as not to rotate in a state preloaded in an axial direction toward the inner ring by way of a rolling element, with the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080247687 - Object comprising a friction-reducing coating, and method for the production of a coating: An object has bearing location where the object comes into contact with a counter-piece. The bearing location includes a coating to reduce wear and friction. The coating comprises about 90-100 weight percent thermoplastic polymer and about 0-10 weight percent finely divided solid fillers and finely divided dry lubricants. The coating... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080247688 - Wiper for linear motion guide apparatus: A linear motion guide device includes a slider slidably attached onto a guide rail, an end cap and a wiper device attached to each side of the slider, the wiper device includes two wiping members to be easily and detachably attached to each of the end cap without tools and... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20080247689 - Motor: A motor includes a rotor unit, a stator unit, and a bearing mechanism. The bearing mechanism is constituted with a bushing having a hollow substantially cylindrical shape and formed by pressing a metal plate, a first bearing and a second bearing retained radially inside of the bushing, and a spacer... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080247690 - Rotary wing aircraft rod end and method of making a helicopter vehicle rod end with a precocked orientation: The invention provides a rotary wing aircraft helicopter vehicle rod end and method of making a rod end. The rotary wing aircraft rod end includes a nonelastomeric inner member having an outer bonding surface segment and an axial bore with a center bore axis, a nonelastomeric outer member having an... Agent: Lord Corporation Patent & Legal Services

20080247691 - Bearing device: A bearing assembly comprises a bearing (200) having a central hole (250) and a shaft (280) received in the central hole. The bearing has at least one sloping inner surface (2522) facing to the shaft and around the central hole. A gap is formed between the sloping inner surface and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080247692 - Extrudable polymer bearing insert: A bearing insert, apparatus, and method use a bearing insert of polymer material, defining a longitudinal axis along which the bearing insert may be net-shape-formed by extrusion. Arrangements and methods are also provided for retaining the extrudable bearing insert within either open or closed bearing housings.... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20080247693 - Snap-in bearing insert: An improved sliding bearing apparatus and method utilize a snap-in polymer bearing insert having one or more identically shaped locking lugs, each of which are configured for locking engagement with a corresponding depression in a bearing housing, to thereby lock the bearing insert in place against relative movement either radially... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20080247694 - Bearing holding structure for motor: A metallic member 22 is integrated with a molded rotor 12, and a bearing 16 is held to the rotor 12 through this metallic member 22. At that time, a washer 24 is secured to the metallic member, and the rotating portion of the bearing is held by this washer,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080247695 - Bicycle axle assembly: A bicycle axle assembly is provided with an axle including a rotational axis, a bearing, a bearing adapter and a conical element. The bearing includes a cone disposed on the axle, a cup and a plurality of roller elements disposed between the cone and the cup such that the cup... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080247696 - Angular contact ball bearing: b

20080247697 - End cap for a bearing assembly: The bearing may have a seating portion on of the outer ring on the inner bearing member for mechanically coupling with the end cap. In a shaft and bearing assembly, there may be a seating portion on the inner bearing member or on the outer ring. The end cap body... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20080247698 - High-speed movable bearing in particular for the mounting of a main spindle of a machine tool: According to the invention, the high-speed moving bearing is embodied as an automatically-compensating movable ball bearing with several adjacent races of balls with operation-dependent radial thermal expansion of the bearing rings, the bearing rings of which are only in supporting contact with one ball race in the cold state for... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080247699 - Multi-row thrust ball bearing with unsymmetrical load distribution: An axial bearing arrangement has at least two rolling-contact bearings (1, 2), each of which includes one outer ring (3, 4) and at least one inner ring (5, 6). The inner rings (5, 6) are axially fixedly mounted on a shaft (7). The outer ring (8) of a first bearing... Agent: Harbin Klima Law Group PLLC

20080247700 - Bearing apparatus for a wheel of vehicle: A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member (10) formed with double row outer raceway surfaces (10a, 10a) on its inner circumferential surface. An inner member (1) includes a wheel hub (2) with an integrally formed wheel mounting flange (4) at one end and a cylindrical portion (2b) axially... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080247701 - Bearing unit comprising a sheet metal element: A bearing unit comprises a rolling element bearing (1) with at least two rings (2,3) which are each provided with at least one raceway and at least one set of rolling elements (4, 5) which are in contact with the raceways as well as at lea one tubular sheet metal... Agent: Vedder Price P.C.

20080240630 - Gas bearing system: A linear motor device with an improved gas bearing construction is described. The device comprises a linear motor includes a platen and a motor stack with a bottom face positionable above the platen. The motor stack has a bottom face with a recessed gas pocket. The linear motor further comprising... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20080240631 - Movable bearing and screw drive equipped with a movable bearing of this type: A movable bearing for supporting a free end of a threaded spindle of a screw drive, which spindle extends in the direction of a longitudinal axis, has a bearing bush that is accommodated in a bearing housing. The bearing bush has at least one projection protruding outward in the radial... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080240632 - Support dampers for bearing assemblies and methods of manufacture: A support damper is provided for a bearing assembly to improve the damping capabilities of an uncentered squeeze film damper and to provide a support structure stiffness to minimize rotor to structure unbalance response. In one embodiment, and by way of example only, the support damper includes an inner ring,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080240633 - Hydrodynamic bearing and spindle motor and information recording and reproducing apparatus equipped with the same: As axis direction dimensions become smaller in HDD spindle motors as a result of thinner and more compact designs, there is a demand for hydrodynamic bearings with a long lifespan. As a means of solving this problem, a lubricant reservoir section is formed between a sleeve side surface and a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080240634 - Sliding element procedure and device for its production: A method and a device is provided for producing a flat or arc-shaped sliding element with a very large radius of curvature. The sliding element has a sliding layer based on a fiber reinforced plastic with a plastic matrix and a reinforcing element containing at least one thread. The reinforcing... Agent: Robert L. Stearns Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080240635 - Wheel bearing arrangement having spur toothing: The invention relates to a wheel bearing arrangement having at least two rows of rolling bodies for mounting a wheel hub which can be driven with the wheel bearing arrangement by a drive element. The wheel hub is connected to the drive element; the wheel hub and the drive element... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080240636 - Bearing: A bearing includes a first bearing portion, a second bearing portion, and a connection portion. The first bearing portion assumes a generally C-like shape and opens in a first direction perpendicular to the rotational center axis. The second bearing portion assumes a generally C-like shape and opens in a second... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080240637 - Rolling bearing device: A rolling bearing device of the invention has inner rings, an outer ring, and a sealing unit having a seal case fixed to the outer ring. The seal case is internally fitted to an annular corner formed between a shoulder inner peripheral surface of the outer ring, and a seal... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080240638 - Rolling bearing: In the ball bearing, in a space surrounded by an inner ring, an outer ring and sealing portions, adsorbing material coatings formed on outer periphery surfaces of the inner ring, adsorbing material coatings formed on inner periphery surfaces of the outer ring, and adsorbing material coatings formed on inside surfaces... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080240639 - Double row ball bearing and differential gear device: The difference between a revolution period of larger diameter-side balls and a revolution period of smaller diameter-side balls is smaller as compared with a conventional bearing. The relation, (β−10)≦α<β, is established, where α(°) represents a contact angle of the larger diameter-side ball, and β(°) represents a contact angle of the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080240640 - Circular arc slide apparatus: A circular arc slide apparatus that achieves improved precision and a reduction in costs is provided. The circular arc slide apparatus comprises a lower plate, an upper plate, and a circular arc track provided between the lower plate and upper plate. Guide rail portions are provided in an upper surface... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080240641 - Roller bearing: The clearance between the outer peripheral surface of an annular portion of a cage and the inner peripheral surface of each of rib portions of outer-ring split pieces is set to be smaller than the clearance between the radial end surface of a projection portion of the cage and the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080240642 - Rolling bearing unit for wheel and method for manufacturing the same: In a rolling bearing unit for a wheel of the invention, a first inner ring side raceway which confronts an outer ring side raceway formed on an inner circumferential surface of an outer ring is formed on an outer circumferential surface of a hub wheel, and a second inner ring... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080240643 - Hood for a pressurized bearing assembly: A hood for a bearing assembly isolates lubricants or gases expelled from the bearing assembly. The hood may include lower, middle, and upper portions that substantially form a funnel. The hood covers at least a portion of a bearing seal of the bearing assembly and extends from the bearing assembly... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP