Bearings inventions 11/08

20080292226 - Linear motion guide apparatus: A linear motion guide device includes a slider and two end caps attached to side portions of the slider, and two holding assemblies attached to two side legs of the slider and the end caps for forming four endless ball guiding channels and for smoothly receiving four chains of rolling... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20080292227 - Circumrotating circulating guiding assembly of linear sliding rail: A circumrotating circulating guiding assembly of a linear sliding rail includes a sliding base body, a plurality of guiding assembly and a plurality of rolling elements. The sliding base body has a plurality of engaging portions and a plurality of guiding holes. The sliding base body is provided longitudinally with... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080292229 - Compliant foil-fluid bearing support arrangement: A foil-fluid bearing assembly adapted for supporting a shaft within an outer bearing housing and is adapted for accommodating angular misalignment of the rotating shaft relative to the housing.... Agent: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Todd D. Bailey

20080292228 - Shaft member for fluid lubrication bearing apparatuses and a method for producing the same: A shaft material 10 integrally having a shaft portion 11 and a flange portion 12 is formed as a through-hole 19 opening to its both end faces 12a, 12b on the flange portion 12 of the shaft material 10 is formed in a common forging step. As a result, the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080292230 - Lubricated bushing: A lubricated bushing is mounted in a mounting cavity in a bushing housing and has a body and a flange. The body has an axial hole formed coaxially through the body to rotatably hold a shaft of a rotor of a fan and a bottom concentric recess formed in a... Agent: Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

20080292231 - Sealing device: In a sealing device (1) attached to a housing (11) and slidably brought into close contact with a mating member (12), the sealing device (1) having a mounting ring (2) fixed to the housing (11) in accordance with metal fitting and a rubber-like elastic body (3), and having a side... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080292232 - Corrosion-resistant bearing: The invention relates to a bearing of a drive shaft (6) by means of an intermediate bearing (1) and a roller bearing (5, 10, 11) in relation to a housing (3, 7, 8), characterized in that it comprises a locking element (4) which blocks a relative movement in the rotation... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080292233 - Rolling bearing and method for the production thereof: The invention relates to a method for producing a bearing ring for a rolling bearing, said bearing ring comprising a raceway for a rolling member as well as at least one lateral rim for axially guiding the rolling member. In one step of said method, a notch is introduced into... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080292234 - Bearing vibration damping mechanism: A squeeze film damper for a bearing and a vibration damping mechanism capable of damping the vibration of a rolling bearing are provided. The squeeze film damper is small in construction and can be easily made by mass production. The vibration damping mechanism is capable of damping both radial and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080292235 - Sliding material, method of manufacturing same and bearing assembly: A sliding material sliding material includes: a sliding plane member; a base member made of a material different from that of the sliding plane member; an intermediate member provided between the sliding plane member and the base member and formed with a plurality of spaces; and a joining member for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080285898 - Linear driving device with a self-lubricating assembly: A self-lubricating assembly for a linear driving device comprises an oil applying subassembly, an oil transmitting subassembly and an oil container. The oil transmitting subassembly transmits lubricating oil from the oil container to the oil applying subassembly, and the oil applying subassembly is driven by the linear driving device to... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080285899 - Linear motion guide unit: A linear motion guide unit is disclosed in which an end cap of a slider has a tube therein to feed even minor amounts of lubricant into a circulating circuit for rollers with no lubricant leakage, making sure of positive lubrication irrespective of working orientations or postures of the linear... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080285900 - Bearing holder and motor having bearing the same: A motor includes a bearing and a bearing holder. The bearing is employed for rotatably supporting a motor shaft. The bearing holder is formed of a resin material and adapted to retain the bearing. Further, the bearing holder includes a cylindrical portion to which the bearing is press-fitted and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080285901 - Wheel support bearing assembly with built-in load sensor: A wheel support bearing assembly comprises a stationary outer member and a rotatable inner member. The to-be-detected parts of angle detection sensors are fixed to the inner member and an outer race of a constant velocity joint connected to the inner member, respectively. Detecting parts of the angle detection sensors... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080285902 - Bearing device for drive wheel: A bearing device for a drive wheel, wherein an annular first seal member is disposed in a clearance between a knuckle member and the outer peripheral surface of an outer ring member. A third clearance small in the radial direction and continued by the length of a first annular side... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080285903 - Bearing, a wind turbine and methods of manufacturing a bearing: The invention relates to a bearing for a wind turbine comprising bearing rings with raceways, and at least one row of bearing balls or rollers positioned between said raceways. At least one of said raceways comprises one or more indentation areas in relation to a standard shape of the raceways.... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080285904 - Cage for rolling bearing and rolling bearing having the same: A concave surface 60 is formed in an outer peripheral surface of each of pillar portions 26 of a cage 40. A plurality of recesses 42, 43, 52 and 53 are formed in outer peripheral surfaces of annular portions 24 and 25 of the cage 40. There are provided passageways... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080285906 - Bearing set with an angular ball bearing and cylinder roller bearing receiving axial forces: The invention relates to a bearing set for a shaft to be guided in an axially restricted and exact manner, a running wheel or the like for machine units. The aim of the invention is to devise less expensive bearings for receiving comparatively low axial back pressure forces. The bearing... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080285905 - Composite roll bearing: A composite roll bearing (1), comprising an outer ring (2) and an annular inner ring (3) of groove shape in cross section having first, second, and third receiving surfaces (3a, 3b, 3c) facing the both end face inner peripheral portions (2a, 2b) and the circular inner peripheral surface (2c) of... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20080279489 - Linear motion guide unit with inside seal: A linear motion guide unit makes sure of smooth sliding movement of a slider over a guide rail even under harsh working environment in which much foreign materials or contaminants may occur. Load-carrying races are kept free of foreign materials that have already creped into the inside of the slider.... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080279490 - Sliding friction reducer: A friction reducer is positioned between a bar component and a channel in which an edge of the bar is enclosed during relative motion between the bar and the channel. The friction reducer is made of a material that presents a lower friction surface upon which the relative motion occurs.... Agent: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

20080279491 - Linear motion rolling guide device and lens device: f

20080279492 - Fluid dynamic bearing mechanism: A fluid dynamic bearing mechanism that can ensure bearing rigidity, reduce shaft loss torque, reduce power consumption, stabilize axial rotation, and improve rotational accuracy is disclosed. The fluid dynamic bearing mechanism being suitable for use in a hard disk drive. In the fluid dynamic bearing mechanism (equipped with a bearing... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080279493 - Hydrodynamic bearing device, and spindle motor and information device equipped with same: A bearing component 7 comprises a sleeve 2 having a bearing hole 2a in which a shaft 1 is inserted, a communicating hole 6 formed in the sleeve 2, a lubricant 20 held in the gap between the shaft 1 and the sleeve 2, for example, an inner peripheral seal... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080279494 - Bearing cage with oblong cavities and radial angular-contact ball bearing comprising such a cage: A radial angular-contact ball bearing comprises two annular raceways with balls 24 placed between them, the centres of which are distributed around a pitch circle of the bearing, the points of contact between the balls and the two raceways being distributed on a contact cone. A cage holds the balls... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080279495 - Securing device for a bearing ring in a housing: The invention relates to a securing device for a bearing ring in a housing. At least one spring element engages in an annular groove of the housing and at least one angled collar supports the bearing ring in an axial manner. The spring element is hook-shaped and forms an angle... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080279496 - Ball bearing: The invention relates to a ball bearing with an inner race (2) and an outer race (1) disposed coaxially with respect to it, wherein between inner race (2) and outer race (1) bearing balls (6) are disposed which are guided by means of a cage (3), the cage (3) being... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20080273822 - Method and system for withstanding a shock event for a fluid dynamic bearing motor: A system, method and means is provided for withstanding mechanical shock for use with fluid dynamic bearings. A sealing system is provided that withstands 1000 G shock events. In an aspect, a grooved pumping seal employed between a thrust plate and a shield, a thrust plate having spiral grooves, a... Agent: Wax Law Group

20080273823 - Rolling bearing device with sensor: A first spacer, a second tubular member, and a second spacer are externally fitted and fixed to an outer peripheral surface of a nut. The second tubular member is formed by stacking a plurality of silicon steel plates without any gap, and is arranged between the first spacer and the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080273824 - Bearing device for axle and fixing structure using the same: A bearing device for an axle includes a hub shaft including a flange formed at an outer side portion, and a cylindrical portion formed on an inner side and having a through hole, and a bearing portion including an inner ring, an outer ring, and rolling elements. The bearing portion... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080273825 - Sliding bearing with different sets of cavities: A sliding bearing, e.g. journal bearing, including at least two bearing elements the bearing surfaces of which are slidably supported with respect to each other. At least one of the surfaces is provided with a first type of cavity which may comprise a lubricating substance, the first type of cavity... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080273826 - Wheel axle dismounting device: A wheel axle dismounting device includes a rod screw with a head portion; a screw cylinder with a concave portion and mounted on the rod screw; a pushing element mounted on the rod screw for pushing a wheel axle; a combining element mounted on the rod screw; a fixing cylinder... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080273827 - Sliding part: A sliding part comprises a first sliding member made of a steel, a second sliding member made of a steel, a first carbide film comprising a carbide and formed on the surface of the first sliding member, and a second carbide film comprising a carbide and formed on the surface... Agent: Arent Fox LLP