Bearings inventions 12/08

20080317390 - Linear rolling bearing: Linear roller bearing, for carriage (1) which is longitudinally displaceable along rail (2). Carriage (1) has an endless channel (8) for endless circulation of rolling bodies (9). Channel (8) has load section (10), return section (11) and two deflection sections (12) which connect load section (10) to return section (11).... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080317391 - Parallel spacer for a linear guideway: A parallel spacer for a linear guideway comprises a plurality of parting portions, connecting portions and a retaining portion. Each of the parting portions is a thin member disposed between each pair of neighboring rollers. The connecting portions are employed to connect the parting portions and the retaining portion, and... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080317392 - Air purging for a fluid dynamic bearing: A robust spindle motor is provided having improved shock resistance for fluid containment, as well as enhanced air purging characteristics. In an aspect, axial displacement of relatively rotating components is restricted by utilizing a limiter situated adjacent to a limiter bushing forming an axial limiter gap therebetween. A fluid channel,... Agent: Wax Law Group

20080317393 - Bushing assembly: A bushing assembly is disclosed and includes a bushing that can have an outer surface and an inner surface that can define an opening. The bushing can be configured to fit into a bore and receive a shaft through the opening. An engagement torque, T, between bushing and the shaft... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080317394 - Bearing arrangement: A bearing arrangement (4) is provided with a bearing inner bush (10) and an outer bush (5), especially for the central joint (1) of a Watt's linkage. The bearing arrangement (4) is provided with a sealing arrangement (12) surrounding the front-side bearing gap between the inner bush (10) and the... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080317395 - Bearing arrangement: A bearing arrangement for a shaft of an electric auxiliary motor for vehicles, wherein the shaft with a shaft end reaches through one of a housing opening and a through opening into a chamber formed in a gearbox housing, wherein the shaft is supported in a bearing bush which lies... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080317398 - Magnetic bearing device and machine tool provided with the same: A magnetic bearing device includes a main shaft provided with a flange part extended in a radial direction, axial magnetic bearings which are arranged so as to be opposed to the flange part in an axial direction and support the main shaft in the axial direction by electromagnets, and an... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080317396 - Method and computer programme for detecting the stationary state of a roller bearing and a roller bearing which may be analyzed thus: The invention relates to a method and a computer programme for detecting the stationary state of a roller bearing, comprising z rolling bodies, where z is a whole number, preferably an even number, to which a sensor arrangement is fixed, delivering a sinusoidal signal, dependent on the rotational position of... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080317397 - Wheel bearing device and its quality management method: To provide a wheel support bearing device, in which the status of actual use is detected and stored as a history, an IC tag (9) capable of a contactless communication is affixed to the wheel support bearing device. This IC tag (9) is rendered to be a sensor incorporated IC... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080310777 - Sliding bearing having sintered layer formed of sintered segments: Disclosed is a sliding bearing having a sintered layer formed of sintered segments on a sliding side surface of a steel base member, the sintered layer being made of iron group metal powder and solid lubricant and being formed by forcibly compressing the sintered segments, each of which is molded... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080310778 - Air foil bearing having a porous foil: There is provided an air foil bearing. The air foil bearing comprises a bearing house and a first foil, wherein a first end of the first foil is fixed with respect to the bearing housing and a second end of the first foil is extended along a peripheral surface of... Agent: Jones Day

20080310779 - Restrained, reverse multi-pad bearing assembly: A hydrodynamic fluid film bearing assembly has a stationary retaining member defining a central opening and having an inner surface lined by a foil assembly comprised of a plurality of foil subassemblies. Each foil subassembly comprises a first compliant foil, a second compliant foil, and a spring foil, and subtending... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080310780 - Sliding bearing: A sliding bearing (1) includes an upper casing (3) which is made of polyacetal resin as a synthetic resin, has an annular surface (2), and serves as a first bearing body; a second bearing body (5) which is made of a synthetic resin, is superposed on the upper casing (3)... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080310781 - Method for lubricating a rolling element bearing by means of an ultra low viscosity volatile fluid, and bearing arrangement: A method for lubricating a rolling element bearing by an ultra low viscosity volatile fluid comprises injecting a liquefied fluid flow into the bearing, lubricating rolling contacts between the rings and the rolling elements of the bearing by the liquefied fluid, providing a flow restriction for the liquefied fluid so... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080310782 - Radial bearing having a cassette seal, and cassette seal: The invention relates to a radial bearing having a cassette seal, and to the cassette seal itself, in which the radial bearing has an inner ring, an outer ring, and rolling bodies which are arranged between them, and in which the cassette seal is arranged in a press fit axially... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080310783 - Bearing assembly for a steering apparatus of a bicycle: A bearing assembly for a steering apparatus of a bicycle has a bearing with a frame race, a fork race and multiple ball bearings mounted between the frame and fork races, a buffer ring and an end cap. The buffer ring has a buffer segment abutting an outer face of... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080310784 - 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) and an inner ring (3). Double row rolling elements (6, 6) are freely rollably arranged between the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080310786 - Radial antifriction bearing, especially single-row grooved antifriction bearing: The invention relates to a radial antifriction bearing which substantially consists of an outer bearing ring and of an inner bearing ring as well as of a multitude of rollers, arranged between the bearing rings and held by a bearing cage. The rollers are configured in the form of spherical... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080310785 - 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

20080310787 - Rolling bearing apparatus: A rolling bearing apparatus is provided that rotatably supports a cam shaft in a cylinder head of an engine. The rolling bearing apparatus includes a plurality of rolling elements; a cage that positions the rolling elements so as to be spaced at regular intervals from each other in a circumferential... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080310788 - Rolling bearing with improved rim geometry: The invention relates to a rolling bearing comprising at least one bearing ring and a plurality of rollers, the bearing ring having a raceway for the rollers and at least one lateral rim for axially guiding the rollers. The roller has front face facing the rim and the rim has... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080304772 - Hydrostatic guide system: A hydrostatic guide system including a guide table, a transfer table, a floating amount sensor attached to the transfer table, and a control unit. The transfer table has an inner portion, in which a magnetic attraction unit including a yoke and an electromagnet is embedded, and an outer shell portion,... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP Koda/androlia

20080304773 - Linear motion guide apparatus: A linear motion guide device includes a slider slidably attached onto a guide rail, an end cap attached to each side of the slider, a cover band engaged onto the upper portion of the guide rail and having an end portion extended out of the end portion of the guide... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20080304774 - Method and apparatus for pneumatic preloading of linear bearing assemblies: This method and apparatus for pneumatic preloading of linear bearing assemblies is based on typical slide assemblies having ball bearing sets in rolling engagement with opposed and confronting bearing races slidably joining a base and a slide member. For adjustably preloading the bearing races, at least one and preferably a... Agent: Steven R. Scott Shlesinger & Fitzsimmons

20080304776 - Hydrodynamic bearing device and disk rotating apparatus: In a hydrodynamic bearing device in which a radial bearing face having a dynamic pressure generating groove on a shaft or an inner periphery of a sleeve is provided and a clearance between the shaft and the sleeve is filled with lubricant, an annular depression is provided on one end... Agent: Gregory A. Stobbs

20080304775 - Hydrodynamic bearing device, and recording and reproducing apparatus equipped with same: There is provided a hydrodynamic bearing device that maintains high bearing angular stiffness, and that prevents oil film separation in the bearing by smoothly discharging any bubbles present inside the bearing. With a hydrodynamic bearing device, a communicating hole and a radial hydrodynamic groove constitute a circulation path for a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080304777 - Conveyor chain having a low friction liner: A conveyor chain including a chain pin having an exterior surface; a bearing having a generally tubular body portion having an exterior surface and an interior surface, the chain pin disposed in the generally tubular body portion of the bearing so that the interior surface of the bearing surrounds the... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20080304778 - Bearing for motor: A bearing is mounted in an axle tube of a motor and includes an axial hole for rotatably receiving a shaft of the motor. At least one guiding groove is defined in a peripheral wall defining the axial hole. The guiding groove extends axially from an end face toward but... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080304779 - Wheel bearing with sensor: Wheel bearing (1) has sensor (15) for measuring rotational or angular movements of a wheel with wheel bearing flange (2) and roller bearing (4) attached thereto. Peripheral inner ring (7) has encoder ring (9) serving as transducer. To ensure a reliable operating mode even under the influence of dirt and... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080304780 - Bearing device: The present invention relates to a bearing device in which an inner ring is sealed from an outer ring by seals and together with the outer ring forms a closed bearing unit with a built-in circulation circuit for a lubricating oil mist. Rolling elements and rolling tracks disposed in the... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20080304781 - Radial rolling bearing, especially single-row deep groove rolling bearing: The invention relates to a radial rolling bearing, especially a single-row deep groove rolling bearing, which substantially consists of an outer bearing ring and of an inner bearing ring as well as of a multitude of rollers, arranged between the bearing rings and held at uniform distances from one another... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080304782 - Method of assembling a taper roller: A full complement taper roller bearing consists of an inner ring or cone having an inner track on its radially outer conical surface, and an outer ring or cup having an outer track on its radially inward conical surface and one or more rows of taper rollers having a contact... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080304783 - Method of protecting rolling element bearings against oil-out conditions and bearings made thereby: f

20080304784 - Rolling bearing assembly: A rolling bearing assembly includes: an outer member 10 possessing outer raceways 11, 12 on an inner periphery thereof; an inner member 20 possessing inner raceways 21, 22 formed on an outer periphery thereof and opposing the outer raceways 11, 12, and including a shaft body 3 of the bearing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080304785 - Wheel bearing: The invention relates to a wheel bearing for a driven wheel provided with a roller bearing module, comprising an outer ring and a hub which can be slide onto the outer ring from at least from one side such that it encompasses a partial area of the outer covering of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080298729 - Linear motion guide unit with rollers: A linear motion guide unit with high stiffness, high accuracy and long-lasting service life is provided in which a rolling element is a roller and a carriage of a slider is made long to allow a crowning profile to be long. The carriage has an overall length equivalent to substantially... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080298730 - Hydrodynamic bearing device, spindle motor equipped with same, and recording and reproducing apparatus: A hydrodynamic bearing device 30 comprises a sleeve 32, a shaft 31, and a flange cover 33. The sleeve has a bearing hole 32d and a communicating hole 32c which communicates between both end faces. The shaft 31 is disposed in a state of being capable of relative rotation in... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080298731 - Hydrodynamic bearing device, spindle motor, and recording and reproducing apparatus equipped with same: A hydrodynamic bearing device 30 comprises a sleeve 32 having a bearing hole 32d, a shaft 31, and a flange cover 33. The shaft 31 is disposed in the bearing hole 32d of the sleeve in a state of being capable of relative rotation, and has a large diameter flange... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080298732 - Unitized single row bearing with reverse thrust capabilities: An antifriction bearing A capable of transferring radial loads as well as thrust in both axial directions. The bearing A comprises an outer race (2) having a primary raceway (20) and a back face (22), the back face (22) further having a reverse thrust raceway (26) beyond the small end... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080298733 - Rolling bearing with heating element: The invention relates to a rolling bearing having at least one heated rolling bearing ring, and to a method for mounting a rolling bearing on a frame element with the formation of a shrink fit. In this rolling bearing, an electrical heating element is applied with good thermally-conductive contact to... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080298734 - Shell type needle roller bearing, support structure for supporting a compressor spindle, and support structure for supporting driving portion of a piston pump: The steel sheet to be formed into the shell type outer ring 1 by pressing is made of a medium to high carbon steel containing carbon by not less than 0.3 mass percent. With this arrangement, the material cost and thus the manufacturing cost are lower than when using a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.