Bearings inventions 04/09

20090110336 - Adjustable linear slide and method of assembly: In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus including: a longitudinally extending base member; a moving carriage assembly member adapted to move axial back-and-forth in the longitudinally extending base member; two bearing members extending sideways, on opposite sides, from the moving carriage assembly and engaging longitudinal bearing guides disposed in the longitudinally... Agent: Arthur G. Schaier Carmody & Torrance LLP

20090110337 - Fluid bearing having improved wear properties: A radial fluid bearing having improved wear properties in the operating state of start-up and run-down, the bearing pattern being formed in the region between a bearing bush and a shaft engaging through the bearing bush and consisting of a plurality of grooves disposed at a distance from one another,... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090110338 - Slide bearing, slide bearing system and assembly of a slide bearing system: In order to provide a plain bearing which for the press fit in a bearing receiving means allows greater dimensional tolerances in respect of the bearing receiving means, it is proposed that a ring 6 of axially extending and peripherally spaced collar portions 7 is provided at the second end... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20090110339 - Bearing device with sliding bearing: A sliding bearing according to the present invention includes a metal part formed by electroforming on an inner periphery of the sliding bearing and an oil feeding mechanism for supplying oil to the bearing gap. As a result, oil retained by the oil feeding mechanism is supplied to the bearing... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090110340 - Bearing apparatus for supporting pinion shaft: A pinion shaft is supported in a housing by two tapered roller bearings which are arranged separately from each other in an axial direction, and these two tapered roller bearings are lubricated with lubricating oil in the housing in oil bath lubrication method. A labyrinth forming member in a disc-like... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090110341 - Bearing for a rotatable disk: According to the invention, a bearing for a circular rotatable disc (4) on a support may be achieved by means of several, preferably three rollers (6) which roll on the circumference thereof which are positionally fixed but which may rotate on the support (3). The bearing is simpler and economical... Agent: Horst M. Kaspar

20090103840 - Bearing member and method for manufacturing the same, and bearing unit having bearing member and method for manufacturing the same: A different-diameter clearance of high accuracy is created at low cost, thereby improving the bearing performance and the sealing capability. An inner periphery 5a of a molded part 5 having a step from an inner periphery 4a of an electroformed part 4 is molded to a nonconductive coating 9 which... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090103839 - Fluid dynamic bearing motor having molded plastic: A fluid dynamic bearing motor and method are described, wherein motor components, including complex shaped motor components, are molded of plastic. The molding ensures form control and dimensional control thereby accomplishing design requirements, and eliminating or reducing component costs and component machining. The mold can be shaped to form various... Agent: Wax Law Group

20090103841 - Hydrodynamic bearing device and inspection method of amount of working fluid: A hydrodynamic bearing device in a hydrodynamic bearing device in which a sleeve (2) is covered with a cover (5), which is capable of easily confirming that a working fluid is favorably filled between the cover and the sleeve, and easily confirming that an adhesive (21) which bonds the cover... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090103842 - Maintenance free axle oscillation bearing: There is provided a vehicle having an oscillating solid axle having a maintenance free composite bearing on the oscillating axis.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090103843 - Bearing arrangement: A number of machines such as gas turbine engines have asymmetric axial loading along a shaft (2, 3, 4). In order to accommodate for this asymmetric loading, known as an end bearing load, a load share bearing (103) is typically provided. However, specifying the fixed bearing (11, 12) becomes increasingly... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090103844 - Rolling bearing: To provide a rolling bearing assembly, in which a grease filled within the bearing assembly is utilized to achieve a high speed feature, a long life and a maintenance-free and a lubricant oil can be stably supplied from a minute gap, a stepped face continued from the raceway surface is... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090103845 - Rolling bearing slewing connections: A rolling bearing slewing connection comprising two race rings arranged concentrically in each other, between which race rings rolling elements roll on associated raceways, one of the race rings having a flexible configuration wherein, as viewed in a longitudinal section, the flexible race ring has a weakened configuration, so that... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20090103846 - Decoupling device for mounting a shaft on a base and radial ondular washer: A decoupling device for the bearing arrangement of a shaft carried in a housing, in particular a shaft of a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission with a chain that functions as the belt. The decoupling device includes an outer bearing ring configured with a circularly cylindrical outer surface and within which the... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20090103847 - Rolling bearing unit for supporting a wheel and the manufacturing method thereof: To realize a manufacturing method for a wheel-supporting rolling bearing unit that can establish sufficient parallelism between a rotating side installation surface 14 for fastening to and supporting a disk of a disk brake and a stationary side installation surface 15 for fastening a caliper or support, in the present... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090103848 - Support bearing for a vehicle: A support bearing for a vehicle is provided that includes, but is not limited to a rubber bearing that encloses one end of a strut element and introduces the lateral and longitudinal forces of the strut into a vehicle body. A ball bearing allows rotational movements between a spring element... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090103849 - Shaft bearing arrangement: A gas turbine engine (10) comprising a first turbine (19) and a first compressor (13) mounted on a first shaft (26) and a bearing arrangement (52, 34) supporting the shaft (26), the bearing arrangement is subject to a total end load and comprises a fixed bearing (34), a load share... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090097787 - Apparatus and method for a bearing having angulated load slot: A load slot bearing assembly includes an inner bearing member and an outer bearing member. The inner bearing member includes a first circular end, a second circular end, and a spherical outer bearing surface between the first and the second circular ends. The outer bearing member includes a first end... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090097788 - Hydrodynamic bearing assemblies, and hydrodynamic bearing apparatuses and motor assemblies using same: Hydrodynamic bearing assemblies and apparatuses are disclosed. Such hydrodynamic bearing assemblies may be employed in bearing apparatuses for use in downhole motors of a subterranean drilling system or other mechanical systems. In one embodiment of the present invention, a hydrodynamic bearing assembly includes a plurality of bearing segments distributed circumferentially... Agent: Workman Nydegger C/o US Synthetic Corp.

20090097789 - End profile on slide bearing complementary elements for reducing surface pressure: The invention relates to an end profile on slide bearing complementary elements having a pin (22) and at least one bearing sleeve (24, 24′) for receiving the pin (22), said pin (22) absorbing an eccentric force (F) which acts perpendicularly with respect to the pin/bearing sleeve unit (20), and the... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090097790 - Bearing for four-cycle engine: A bearing capable of enduring long use in a four-cycle engine is provided. The bearing is provided with a hollow cylindrical retainer 1 made of steel and rotatably retaining a plurality of needle rollers 4. The retainer 1 is subjected to a sulphonitriding treatment to form a sulphonitrided layer 11... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20090097791 - Sensor-equipped bearing for wheel: To provide a sensor equipped wheel support bearing assembly, in which the sensor for detecting the load can be snugly and neatly installed in an automotive vehicle, the load acting on the vehicle wheel can be detected with high sensitivity and the cost of manufacture can be reduced during a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090097792 - Wheel supporting device: A rolling bearing is provided on an outer peripheral surface of a hub spindle of a hub wheel on which a wheel is mounted. Opposite side face splines, which, by meshing with each other, couple the hub spindle and an outer ring of a constant velocity joint torque-transmittably, are respectively... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090097793 - Radial rolling bearing, in particular single-row spherical-roller bearing: The radial rolling bearing has an outer bearing ring, an inner bearing ring, and spherical rollers arranged between bearing rings. The spherical rollers have two flat side faces arranged parallel to one another. The spherical rollers are retained with uniform spacing to one another in the peripheral direction by a... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090097794 - Gear bearing: Gear bearings 1, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90A and 90B, and 100 include gear, such as 9, and opposite facing tapered load bearing surfaces, such as 13 and 14. These gear bearings are positioned between, such as raceways 6 and 7 or 18 and 19, with bearing... Agent: Robert W Pitts

20090092344 - Small slider unit: A small slider unit having a size effectively reduced in the longitudinal direction is equipped with a rail 22; a slide table 23 moving on the rail 22; a screw shaft 26 coupled to the slide table 23 and situated parallel to the rail 22; a motor M for rotating... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20090092345 - System and method to electrically ground fluid dynamic bearings: A Spindle motor assembly that utilizes a fluid dynamic bearing electrically grounded to provide a conductive path through the spindle motor assembly. In one embodiment, the fluid dynamic bearing includes a liquid metal that is conductive and of low electrical resistance that provides the conductive path between the spindle and... Agent: Hitachi C/o Wagner Blecher LLP

20090092346 - Fluid dynamic bearing with a labyrinth seal: A device for providing an air-gap associated with a portion of a fluid dynamic bearing, a sleeve is provided and surrounds a portion of a shaft. The sleeve and the shaft are configured for establishing the air-gap proximal to a portion of the fluid dynamic bearing. In addition, a cap... Agent: Hitachi C/o Wagner Blecher LLP

20090092347 - Fluid dynamic bearing device: A housing 7 is injection molded with a bearing sleeve 8 as an insert. Accordingly, the molding of the housing 7 and the assembly of the housing 7 and the bearing sleeve 8 can be performed in a single step. In addition to this, by simply increasing the die precisions... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090092348 - Rolling bearing: A diameter of each first ball 3 is set larger than a diameter of each second ball 4. Under action of a radial load not more than a first radial load, the first balls 3 are in contact with a raceway groove 18 of an outer ring 1 and a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090092349 - Rolling bearing unit for wheel: A rolling bearing unit for a wheel includes an outer ring member having a flange portion formed on its outer periphery and fitted to a vehicle body-side member, an inner ring member rotatably fitted in the outer ring member, and double-row rolling elements arranged between the outer ring member and... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090087126 - Bearings: In some embodiments, a bearing includes a substrate having a first portion and a second portion thicker than the first portion, the second portion having a curved outer contour. The bearing can further include a first layer on the outer contour of the substrate and/or a second layer on an... Agent: Saint-gobain/gtpp

20090087127 - Pitch bearing for wind turbine rotor blades: A pitch bearing for a wind turbine rotor comprises a rotor hub and at least one rotor blade, the pitch bearing comprising a cylindrical inner bearing ring connectable to a rotor blade of the wind turbine rotor, a cylindrical outer bearing ring connectable to the rotor hub of the wind... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090087128 - Cage, production method for the cage, thrust roller bearing equipped with the cage: A cage includes a radially inward-side annular plate, a radially outward-side annular wall, a plurality of pillar portions, and pockets formed in the pillar portions. Rollers are rotatably retained in the pockets. An inner peripheral surface of the radially outward-side annular wall is formed so as to be oblique toward... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090087129 - Bearing structure: The present invention relates to a bearing structure having a top end face, a bottom end face, and a bore communicating with the top and bottom end faces, and having at least two oil-guide channel disposed on the inner wall of the bore, extending axially and penetrating one of the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090087130 - Runner plate with integrated rolling body raceway: The invention relates to a rolling-bearing-mounted runner plate, which is configured as a single piece produced by means of a non-cutting process, for a traction mechanism drive. The runner plate, which has a C-shaped cross-sectional profile, forms a hub in which a raceway is formed for the guidance of rolling... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090087131 - Bearing device for vehicle and method of manufacturing the same: A bearing device for a wheel includes an inner ring member including an inner shaft and an inner ring constituent member; an outer ring member; a rolling element; and a wheel-mounting flange formed on a peripheral surface of the inner shaft at a position close to an outer end portion... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC