Bearings inventions 03/09

20090080814 - Seat slide apparatus for vehicle: A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes a first rail adapted to be securely mounted on one of a vehicle floor and a seat, a second rail adapted to be securely mounted on the other of the vehicle floor and the seat and movably assembled relative to the first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090080816 - Bearing assembly and method of making a bearing assembly: A method of making a bearing assembly and a bearing assembly is provided. The method includes the steps of extruding a support rail, providing a mounting surface on the support rail, mounting a bearing rail on the mounting surface and machining a bearing surface on the bearing rail. The bearing... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20090080815 - Light metal feed beam for use on a drill rig: The invention relates to an elongated feed beam (4) for use on a drill rig (1), which feed beam comprises a profiled beam of a light metal or a light metal alloy made from a hollow extruded profile with a sub-stantially rectangular cross section. The profiled beam comprises an upper... Agent: Mark P Stone

20090080817 - Fluid dynamic pressure bearing, spindle motor, disk driver, and production method of the fluid dynamic pressure bearing: e

20090080818 - Spherical bearing with resin liner and rod end bearing: A spherical bearing with resin liner comprises an inner ring, an outer ring, an opening portion, a notched portion, and a resin liner portion. The inner ring has a convex spherical outer surface and a shape in which opposing end portions of a sphere are cut off, and the outer... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090080819 - Fluid dynamic bearing having a recirculation channel: a substantially cylindrical second bearing part (20) that is disposed in the bore of the first bearing part (16) and rotatably supported about a rotational axis (50) with respect to the first bearing part, the bearing parts having associated radial bearing faces and axial bearing faces, or tapered bearing faces,... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090080820 - Hydrodynamic axial plain bearing and associated operating method: A bearing segment of a heavy-duty hydrodynamic axial plain bearing for an electric machine and including a stationary subassembly and a rotary subassembly is described. The bearing segment includes a sliding surface facing a front surface of the rotary subassembly and in close proximity to the front surface so as... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090080821 - Plain bearing: A plain bearing capable of suppressing occurrence of bearing damage in a primary load portion is provided. The primary load portion in the center of at least one of the plain bearings that mainly receives load during rotation of a shaft is subjected to inner surface working by broaching so... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090080822 - Sensor-equipped bearing for wheel: In a wheel support bearing assembly having rows of rolling elements (3) interposed between an outer member (1) and an inner member (2), spacers (27) are interposed between vehicle body fitting holes (9) in the outer member (1), which is a stationary member, and a knuckle (25). A sensor unit... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090080823 - Bearing system for an electric motor: An electric motor (1) having a mount system (2) is used in particular as a motor for power-assisted steering. The mount system (2) has a roller bearing (8) in the form of a movable bearing, wherein a rolling-surface body (25; 26) of the roller bearing (8) has a groove in... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090080824 - Bearing having thermal compensating capability: A roller bearing for use in transmission cases (1) made from aluminum alloy or other lightweight materials where the transmission contains a steel shaft (2) which is supported in the case on two directly mounted tapered roller bearings (8,9) so that the two bearings (8,9) confine the shaft (2) both... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20090080825 - Angular contact ball bearing: An angular contact ball bearing includes: an inner ring including a shoulder portion-side end surface; an outer ring which includes a counterbore-side smaller-diameter portion and a counterbore-side end surface disposed axially inwardly of the shoulder portion-side end surface of the inner ring; a plurality of balls arranged in a circular... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090074334 - Concealed slide assembly: A concealed slide assembly capable of lowering its manufacturing cost and providing an easier assembling includes a same shaped guiding element and a guide rail element and a first sliding element, and both are installed symmetrically into a substantially S-shaped first bearing bushing. A first bearing bushing made of plastic... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090074335 - Slider for linear motion rolling guide unit: A slider for a linear motion rolling guide unit can ensure a smooth rolling movement and a reliable lubricating capability and eliminate the need for accurate dimension control to reduce the manufacturing costs. A turning corner 9 in an end cap 2 is made up of a pair of arced... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20090074336 - Fluid dynamic bearing pattern and fluid dynamic bearing: The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing pattern that is disposed on at least one bearing surface of the two bearing parts of a fluid dynamic bearing that are moveable with respect to each other along a direction of movement. The bearing pattern comprises two related grooved sections, each... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090074337 - Hybrid hydro (air) static multi-recess journal bearing: Multi-recess hydrostatic journal bearings support a rotating shaft and have inclined surfaces, each inclined surface forming a variable radial gap with the surface of the shaft, the variable gaps converging in the direction of rotation of the shaft to increase hydrodynamic forces, reduce a turbulent component of shear friction, and... Agent: Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, LLP Attn:IPPractice Group

20090074338 - Auxiliary rotary bearing system: For machinery comprising rotary components attached to at least one drive shaft, at least one rotary bearing to position the drive shaft with a rotational freedom of movement about a drive shaft axis and associated stationary components with at least one predetermined clearance from the rotary components, apparatus to prevent... Agent: Stephen George Mican

20090074339 - Resin-made cage and bearing: It is an object of the present invention to provide a cage that can be used in a cryogenic-temperature environment or a vacuum without providing the cage with a complicated construction and without performing special treatment and a bearing using the cage. A cage made of resin has an annular... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20090074340 - Modular bearing unit: Modular bearing unit that makes it possible, as desired, to establish the number of bearings that are involved therein in accordance with the specific needs of each case and with the essential aim of achieving a reducing effect, of variable amplitude, as a function of the number of bearings involved... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges

20090074341 - Resin cage for ball bearing: It is a cage that is formed of a resin and that holds balls serving as rolling elements. The cage includes an annular base portion, and a plurality of claw portions that are formed to be arranged at constant intervals on the circumference of the base portion and to protrude... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090074342 - Wheel bearing device: A wheel bearing device includes a hub ring, a double-row bearing and a constant velocity universal joint which are unitized together. At least one of double-row inner raceways of the bearing and a wheel mounting flange are formed on a hub ring. The hub ring and a stem portion of... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090074343 - Vehicle wheel bearing apparatus: A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member on its inner circumference with double row tapered outer raceway surfaces arranged so that each smaller diameter side faces toward each other. An inner member includes a wheel hub and an inner ring. The wheel hub has an integrally formed wheel... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090074344 - Ready-to-install needle bearing comprising an inner and outer ring: A ready-to-install needle bearing including a thin-walled outer ring (1) that is shaped without cutting and is provided with radially inwardly-facing stop rims (2) on both sides. Needle rollers (7) roll between the stop rims (2) on an associated external raceway (9). The inventive needle bearing is characterized in that... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090074345 - Rolling bearing, retainer segment and main shaft support structure of wind-power generator: A rolling bearing (11) comprises a plurality of rollers, and retainer segments (15a) retaining the rollers and split along a split line extending in an axial direction. The retainer segment (15a) has a plurality of pillar parts (22a), (22b), (22c) and (22d) extending in the axial direction so as to... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090067762 - Retaining plug for retaining needle roller bearings in the centers of gears: The retaining plus is used for assembling or retaining an array of needle roller bearings in the center of a gear. The plug applies a spring force through a push ball and a wire retainer clip which separates a pair of the needle roller bearings and force the array of... Agent: Charles R. Rutherford Dykema Gossett PLLC

20090067763 - Engaging device of linear sliding rail: An engaging device of a linear sliding rail includes a sliding rail and a sliding block. The sliding block comprises a sliding base body, a supporting body and two connecting bodies. The front and rear ends of the sliding base body have a positioning plate respectively. The two locking pieces... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090067764 - Fluid bearing structure and assembly method for fluid bearing structure: Materials with different thermal expansion coefficients are selected individually for a bearing guide and a slider that constitute a fluid bearing. The guide and the slider are combined in close contact with each other (i.e., with a zero bearing clearance between the two) in a temperature environment different from a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090067765 - Spindle motor having hydrodynamic bearing: Provided is a spindle motor having a hydrodynamic bearing with an improved structure to prevent oil leakage due to a centrifugal force generated when the motor is rotating. In the spindle motor, an oil gap is formed between a rotor and a fixing body to form the hydrodynamic bearing to... Agent: Rober E Krebs Thelen Reid Brown

20090067766 - Sliding bearing: A sliding bearing comprises a shaft hole for rotatably supporting a shaft that is inserted thereinto, an inner circumferential surface on which the shaft slides, and plural linearly oblique grooves. The grooves extend in a direction crossing a circumferential direction of the sliding bearing and are formed on the inner... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090067767 - Radially compliant bearing hanger for rotating shafts: A bearing hanger assembly for supporting a shaft is disclosed which includes a support plate having front and rear surfaces and a shaft aperture, a damper plate having front and rear surfaces and a shaft aperture, and a damper element disposed between the front surface of the support plate and... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090067768 - Rolling bearing and supercharger using same: There are provided an inner ring having a first raceway at an outer periphery thereof, an outer ring having a second raceway at an inner periphery thereof, an intermediate ring which is interposed between these, and has a third raceway at an inner periphery thereof and also has a fourth... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090067769 - Cage for a bearing assembly: A cage (5) used in a ball bearing assembly is rendered to be of a ring shape having a plurality of pockets (5a) defined therein for holding a corresponding number of balls (4) in a circumferential row. The radius (Rp) of a bore of a circumferentially extending body of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090060400 - Slider for linear motion rolling guide unit: A slider for a linear motion rolling guide unit can ensure a smooth rolling movement and a reliable lubricating capability and eliminate the need for accurate dimension control to reduce the manufacturing costs. A lubricating member A has a lubricating face 20 exposed on an outer peripheral face of a... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20090060401 - Flared slider for vehicle seat: Slider for a motor vehicle seat including a stationary profile section extending in a longitudinal direction and comprising a substantially planar base plate and at least one side shoulder, said base plate having a substantially constant width and including an attachment area for receiving a head of a fastening screw,... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20090060402 - Movement device: The present invention provides a movement device, which is capable of automatically eliminating a clearance between a contact body and a support rail without increasing preload and even with abrasion of the contact body and the support rail, so that the device has no play. A preload device 8 comprises:... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090060403 - Sleeve for hydrodynamic bearing device, hydrodynamic bearing device equipped with same, spindle motor, information processing apparatus, and method for manufacturing sleeve for hydrodynamic bearing device: The sleeve for a hydrodynamic bearing device has an inner layer and a surface layer. The inner layer is formed by sintering metal powder for sintering use. The surface layer is formed on a surface of the inner layer and includes diiron trioxide (Fe2O3). Sealing treatment is carried out by... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090060404 - Mechanical lock for rolling mill oil film bearing: An oil film bearing is seated on the tapered neck of a rolling mill roll by a hydraulically actuated piston/cylinder unit. The piston/cylinder unit is axially confined by externally threaded locking arms seated in a groove in the roll neck. A locknut is threaded onto the locking arms.... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20090060405 - High speed bearing system with bind-free axial displacement: A rotary bearing system that supports a shaft for rotating machinery in a housing comprises: at least one stationary rotary bearing mounted in the housing for supporting a respective journal of the shaft in a desired axial and radial alignment; at least one slidable rotary bearing, with an outer surface... Agent: Stephen George Mican

20090060406 - Quenched and tempered joint cage: Cage (1) having a plurality of cutouts (2) for receiving rolling bodies (3) of a joint (4), characterized in that the entire cage (1) has a substantially uniform ductility. The invention also proposes a way of producing the cage (1), in which the cage (1) is fully hardened and tempered.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090060407 - Cage for rolling bearing: A cage of the invention is equipped with a first annular portion and a second annular portion that are disposed respectively at both ends in an axial direction, and a plurality of columns which couples the first annular portion and the second annular portion to each other, and which forms... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090060408 - Diamond-coated bearing or seal structure and fluid machine comprising the same: The present invention is a bearing or seal structure 1 or 10 having a movable member and a stationary member. In the bearing or seal structure, at least one of the movable member 2 or 13 and the stationary member 4 or 14 is made of a material with a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP