Bearings inventions 01/09

20090028473 - Combined motion control and brake release apparatus: A combined motion control and brake apparatus and method includes a linear longitudinal rail, a bearing block supported on the linear longitudinal rail, a linear rail brake fixed to the linear longitudinal rail, a carrier connected to the rail brake and supported by the bearing block, a pair of linear... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.c.

20090028474 - Hydrodynamic bearing device, and spindle motor equipped with same: There is provided a hydrodynamic bearing device with which the lubricant is prevented from leaking to the outside, and good seal performance can be maintained, and a spindle motor equipped with this hydrodynamic bearing device. The hydrodynamic bearing device comprises a shaft, a sleeve, a lubricant that fills a microscopic... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20090028476 - Anti-leakage device in a fan for an oily bearing: A fan with an anti-leakage device for an oily bearing includes a base, an axial barrel, a fan wheel and a bearing. The axial barrel extends from the base and provides a first end, a second end, a first oil storage groove at the second end. The fan wheel extends... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20090028475 - Fan with an anti-leakage device for an oily bearing: A fan with an anti-leakage device for an oily bearing includes a base, an axial barrel, a fan wheel and a bearing. The axial barrel extends from the base and provides a first end, a second end, a first oil storage groove at the second end. The fan wheel extends... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20090028477 - Bearing arrangement for a creel: Bearing arrangement for a creel for holding a wind-on bobbin for winding on an elongate textile strand, wherein the bearing arrangement has a bushing, which surrounds a pin, wherein alternatively either the bushing or the pin is non-rotatably connected to the creel, and wherein the pin and bushing can be... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090028478 - Bearing device for roll of hot dipping bath in continuous hot dip coating line: In a bearing device for a roll of a hot dipping bath, i.e., zinc pot, a sleeve is fastened to a shaft of the roll of the hot dipping bath in a continuous hot dip coating line, i.e., a continuous galvanizing line. A bush housing has a bush internally fixed... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090028479 - Bearing bush system for a two-part steering shaft: A bearing bush system comprises a bearing bush (3) of polyamide that is held on an outer steering shaft (1) with a stopping collar (2) and on the free face of which the one-piece sealing element (7) of thermoplastic elastomer that seals statically—with a ring seal (14)—as well as dynamically—with... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20090028480 - Slide bearing bush: A slide bearing bush with an integrated sealing element permits a relatively simple and economical production of the slide bearing bush. The slide bearing bush includes a bush part and a cover part. The bush part and/or the cover part is provided with an annular groove formed for holding the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20090028481 - Double row thrust roller bearing: A double row thrust roller bearing includes a pair of inner and outer cages arranged radially in two rows in separate coaxial relation, each cage including an annular inner peripheral wall, an annular outer peripheral wall, a plurality of pillar portions interconnecting the annular inner and outer peripheral walls at... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20090028482 - Split bearing: A split bearing which is divided in two is formed of a rolling bearing, and its outer ring is provided with ribs at both side parts thereof in an axial direction. An integrating mechanism is provided at a position within a range in the axial direction where this rib is... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20090028483 - Double row ball bearing: The large diameter cage has an asymmetric shape, a diameter (discharge diameter) of which close to an opening is larger than a diameter (inflow diameter) close to the small diameter cage, and the small diameter cage has a symmetric shape, in which a diameter (inflow diameter) of which close to... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20090028485 - Bearing apparatus for a wheel of vehicle: A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus is formed as a unit and has a wheel hub with a wheel mounting flange at one end. A cylindrical portion extends from the wheel mounting flange, via a shoulder portion. A wheel bearing, formed by a double row rolling bearing, is press fit onto... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090028484 - Roller bearing and bearing structure: A flange part of an inner ring member (11) used in a roller bearing has a thin-wall part (13) having a relatively small diameter direction thickness on its end face side, and a thick-wall part (14) having a relatively large diameter direction thickness on its center side, and an inner... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090028486 - Tapered roller bearing: Guide grooves for guiding lubricating oil from a small rib-side end portion of an inner ring to a large rib-side end portion thereof are formed at an inner periphery of a cage.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20090022436 - Bearing unit, motor and disk drive apparatus with the bearing unit: A bearing unit includes a shaft, a tubular bearing member, a planar plate fixed to a lower side of the bearing member and a lubricant filled between the shaft and an inner circumferential surface of the bearing member. In the bearing member, an inner circumferential wall portion is axially downwardly... Agent: Volentine & Whitt Pllc

20090022437 - Lubricating element and lubricating unit: The present invention relates to a lubricating element (12) for rolling element tracks, in particular linear systems, with a body composed of a lubricant-storing material, which includes an application section (34) capable of being brought in contact with a rolling element bearing surface to supply lubricant, and which includes a... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20090022438 - Bearing assembly, motor, and disk drive: A sleeve and a sleeve housing are bonded to each other with adhesive. A thrust dynamic pressure bearing portion is configured between a thrust plate attached to a distal end of a shaft and the lower end surface of the sleeve. An annular step portion having a smaller diameter is... Agent: Volentine & Whitt Pllc

20090022439 - Fluid dynamic bearing device: A bearing member 6 includes an inner diameter part 8 having a radial bearing surface and an outer diameter part 7 having a mounting surface for a bracket 5. Both the inner diameter part 8 and the outer diameter part 7 are made of a resin. The inner diameter part... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090022440 - Gear box with shim: A transmission comprising a housing at least one shaft mounted in the housing such as to be rotatable; and at least one shim by means of which an axial play and an axial biasing of the shaft in the housing or between components arranged on the shaft may be adjusted.... Agent: Alexander R Schlee Schlee Ip International P.c.

20090022441 - Assembly forming a bearing housing equipped with an information sensing system: An assembly forming a bearing housing is equipped with an information sensing system comprising a coder generating magnetic pulses and a sensor provided with at least two sensitive elements able to detect these pulses. The bearing has a rotating internal member, a fixed external member and rolling bodies disposed in... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.c.

20090022442 - Pitch bearing for a wind turbine, a wind turbine and a method for servicing a bearing: The invention relates to a pitch bearing for a wind turbine comprising a first and second axial row of bearing rolling elements, said rows being positioned in a distance of each other, and one or more radial rows of bearing elements, where said one or more rows of bearing elements... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Llc

20090016651 - Hydrostatic bearing and stage apparatus: A hydrostatic bearing configured to slide along a sliding surface of a structural body in a non-contact manner, the hydrostatic bearing includes a jetting part having a jetting surface configured to jet air onto the sliding surface; and a suction part having a suction surface configured to suction the air... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20090016652 - Lubricant composition: The lubricant composition of this invention comprises a base oil and an additive, which is at least one selected from the group consisting of an organic sulfonate, a carboxylate, a thiocarbamate and a thiophosphoric acid ester salt. The lubricant composition can effectively suppress hydrogen embrittlement-caused flaking of an element, such... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090016653 - Guiding device for a synchronous connector: A guiding device for a synchronous connector comprises a strip-like synchronous connector and at least one connecting member. Both ends of the synchronous connector are formed with two opposite fixing seats. The connecting member with elastic deformation characteristic is serially connected and fixed in the fixing seats at both ends... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20090016654 - Linear motion guide unit with roller: A linear motion guide unit is envisaged smooth transfer of a roller from a turnaround passage to a return passage and vice versa across a joint between the turnaround passage and the associated return passage. Protrusions extending stepwise from an end of the turnaround passage come into complementary fit joints... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090016655 - Fluid dynamic bearing device: A minute amount of an ink is provided on a first outer circumferential surface 8b2 of a bearing member 8 made of a sintered metal and a pore sealing portion 17 consisting of aggregates of a minute amount of the ink is formed to seal a portion of the fluid... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090016656 - Track roller: The present invention provides a self-lubricating track roller and a method of making the self-lubricating track roller. First, an inner ring is provided having a radially outwardly facing surface. A parting agent is applied onto the radially outwardly facing surface. Next, a self-lubricating material is applied over the radially outwardly... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090016657 - Two-piece bearing housing for a centrifugal pump: A two-piece bearing housing is provided for use in centrifugal pumps having or requiring multiple chambers for enclosing or confining bearings or seals, and/or providing lubricant or coolant to the bearings and seals of the pump, the two-piece housing providing several improvements including the ability to make the two pieces... Agent: Morriss Obryant Compagni, P.C.

20090016658 - Ground-based power generator with ball-roller bearing butterfly valve: A ground-based power generator that produces hot gas and that has a hot gas valving system includes a butterfly valve in a gas flow conduit. The generator is improved in that the butterfly valve is mounted in the conduit by a ball-roller bearing.... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20090016659 - Double-row angular contact anti-friction bearing comprising a split outer bearing ring and a one-piece inner bearing ring: The invention relates to a double-row angular contact anti-friction bearing having a split outer bearing ring, a one-piece inner bearing ring, and anti-friction bodies located in two rows between the two rings. The outer bearing ring is split axially into two individual rings. To permit simple, reliable and secure transport... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090016660 - Solid lubrication roller bearing: A solid lubrication roller bearing capable of stably transferring a lubricant from spacers and reducing wear of a solid lubrication film on the surfaces of rollers is provided. The solid lubrication roller bearing comprises a raceway member having two rolling surfaces, a plurality of rollers forming first members disposed between... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090016661 - Shaft mounting assembly: A wedge-type bearing assembly includes a split cylindrical adapter sleeve for wrapping around a shaft. The sleeve has a radially outwardly facing tapered surface. An inner ring encircles the adapter sleeve and has a radially inwardly facing surface engaging the tapered surface of the adapter sleeve. In one embodiment, a... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090016662 - Wheel support bearing assembly and manufacturing method thereof: A wheel support bearing assembly with a hub axle (1) of enhanced strength and a durability under a rotational bending condition as well as weight reduction, and without changing a shape and a dimension of a wheel mounting flange (10) nor deteriorating a surface runout, and a manufacturing method thereof.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090016663 - Thrust roller bearing: The outside end surface 21 of the roller 2 is made a ball convex surface, so that the center part of the outside end surface 21 can be freely in contact with the inner peripheral surface of a second outside cylindrical portion 14. In a condition with the rollers 2... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090016664 - Tapered roller bearing: A tapered roller bearing includes: an inner ring; an outer ring; a plurality of tapered rollers which are rollably disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; and a retainer which retains the tapered rollers at predetermined circumferential intervals. In this tapered roller bearing, a roller coefficient {γ=(the number... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090016665 - Slewing bearing structure: A slewing bearing includes: an outer ring section having first and second circumferential grooves formed on an inner circumferential surface in parallel; an inner ring section formed on an inner side of the outer ring section and having first and second circumferential grooves formed on an outer circumferential surface in... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090010577 - Structure for closing a rail mounting hole: The present invention provides a structure for closing a track rail mounting hole, which prevents a closing cap from being press-fitted with an inclined state into the rail mounting hole, thereby being capable of positively preventing formation of a gap between the rail mounting hole and the closing cap. The... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090010578 - Bearing unit, and motor and electronic apparatus having bearing unit: A bearing unit includes: a shaft; a radial bearing configured to support the shaft in a circumferential direction; a thrust bearing configured to support one end of the shaft in a thrust direction; a housing having the radial bearing and the thrust bearing disposed in the inside and having a... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090010579 - Aerostatic bearing spindle system using unidirectional porous metal: Provided is an aerostatic bearing spindle system using a unidirectional porous metal. The aerostatic bearing spindle system using a unidirectional porous metal may be used to serve as bearings in a region is in contact with the unidirectional porous metals when the unidirectional porous metals are rotated at a high... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090010580 - Spherical plain bearing with spread sealing means: A spherical plain bearing having dual sealing capability includes an outer race bearing member having an outer ring and an inner race bearing member having an inner ring, the inner ring being located within an opening defined by the outer ring. The opening is defined in part by two generally... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20090010581 - Hub unit bearing: A sealing device 12b of a hub unit bearing O has a first slinger 16 fixed to an inner ring 5, a second slinger 17 fixed to an outer ring 1, and a sealing portion 18 which is fixed to the first slinger 16 and is slide-contacted with the second... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090010582 - Sensor-incorporated wheel support bearing assembly: A sensor-incorporated wheel support bearing assembly (18) includes an outer member (1) having an inner peripheral surface formed with double rows of raceway surfaces (4), an inner member (2) having an outer peripheral surface formed with raceway surfaces (5) opposed to the raceway surfaces (4) in the outer member (1),... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090010583 - Multi-row anti-friction bearing: The invention relates to an anti-friction bearing comprising a first bearing race, a second bearing race and a plurality of anti-friction bodies that are located between the first bearing race and the second bearing race. According to the invention, the anti-friction bodies are arranged in several rows and the pitch... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090010584 - Bearing assembly: The present invention is a bearing assembly for a support frame and shaft with a shoulder. The bearing assembly includes balls. There is an outer race frame with a race to receive balls. The outer race frame is adapted to be mounted to the support frame. There is an inner... Agent: John J. Elnitski, Jr.

20090010585 - Rolling bearing and method for manufacturing the same: The present invention provides a rolling bearing excellent in insulating property and resistance to corrosion and chemicals such as acids, alkalis, and the like by forming a dense ceramic layer by using a method instead of a thermally spraying method. The rolling bearing includes an inner ring 1, an outer... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090010586 - Asymmetrical triple-row anti-/friction bearing: The invention relates to an anti-friction bearing comprising a first bearing race, a second bearing race and a plurality of anti-friction bodies that are located between the first bearing race and the second bearing race. According to the invention, the anti-friction bearings are arranged in several rows, which are asymmetrical... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090003740 - Slide bearing material: The invention relates to a slide bearing material comprising a metallic supporting layer and a metallic lead-free porous carrier layer which is sintered on the supporting layer and used to receive a sliding layer material based on a polymer, said carrier layer consisting of a tin bronze with bismuth additives.... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20090003741 - Body-side suspension strut bearing for wheel suspensions: The invention relates to a body-side suspension strut bearing for wheel suspensions of motor vehicles, with a suspension strut which consists at least of a telescoping shock absorber and a bearing spring, and which is supported by way of a shock absorber bearing on the body and by way of... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20090003742 - Grease composition for hub unit bearing, and hub unit bearing for vehicle: The invention provides a rolling bearing with, sealed up therein, a grease composition containing a waterproof film-forming additive added thereto; a grease composition for hub unit bearings, containing a base oil that comprises at least one of mineral oil and synthetic oil as the main ingredient thereof, and a thickener... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090003743 - Bearing for kingpin or other shaft assembly: A spherical plain bearing has an outer ring having a concave bearing surface, and an inner ring having a convex bearing surface and a shaft-engaging surface. The inner ring is disposed within the outer ring with the concave surface engaging the convex surface. The inner ring has a lubrication groove... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20090003744 - Rotor for use in rotary encoder and wheel rolling bearing assembly including the same: A corner portion formed between a cylindrical portion 21 and a mounting flange 22 of a core 20 constitutes a protrusion 23 unitized with the cylindrical portion and the mounting flange, protruded from axial one end of the cylindrical portion 21 and opened toward the axial other end thereof. A... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090003745 - Tapered roller bearing: A tapered roller bearing (1) used in transmissions or differentials for automobiles includes an inner ring (2), an outer ring (3), a plurality of tapered rollers (4) rollably disposed between the inner and outer rings (2 and 3), and a cage (5) for holding the tapered rollers (4) at circumferential... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090003746 - Bearing apparatus for a wheel of vehicle: A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member formed with a body mounting flange on its outer circumferential surface. The body mounting flange is to be mounted on a knuckle of the vehicle. The outer member inner circumference includes double row outer raceway surfaces. An inner member includes a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090003747 - Rolling bearing: 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 a front face facing the rim and the rim... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090003748 - Bearing race: A race for a rolling-element bearing is characterised in that the race comprises at least one circumferentially-extending region having a reduced stiffness compared with the remainder of the race. The or each circumferentially-extending region may be thinner than the remainder of the race, and may further comprise a hole or... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090003749 - Rolling element bearing assembly with improved riveted separator: The present invention provides a separator for use in a roller element bearing assembly including two identical separator rings, each having a plurality of cooperating cut-out portions formed at predetermined intervals and circumferentially about an outer planar surface. A decrease in the thickness of the two separator rings is realized... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090003750 - Roller bearing: A roller bearing includes: an outer race; a cage surrounded by the outer race and including two cage rings and a plurality of pillars interconnecting the cage rings and displaced angularly from each other to define a plurality of roller-receiving spaces thereamong, each of the cage rings being formed with... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

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20090003752 - Sn-containing heavy-duty material composition, method for the production of a heavy-duty coating, and use thereof: Methods for producing a heavy-duty coating for metals uses a material composition in the Sn/Cu system for heavy-duty metal coating of metal bases by laser welding. The material is composed essentially of the basic elements Sn, Sb, Cu, particularly of the basic elements Sn, Sb and Cu, optionally with 0-1... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department