Bearings inventions 06/09

20090161996 - Motion guide device, table apparatus, and damping method for motion guide device: A motion guide device that has a novel damping structure different from the conventional damping structure is provided. The present invention comprises a raceway member (1) having a rolling-element rolling part (1a); a moving member (2) having a loaded rolling-element rolling part (2a) facing the rolling-element rolling part (1a) and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090161997 - Seal cleaning and lubricating bearing assembly for a rotating flow diverter: A rotating flow diverter has a lubricated sealed bearing assembly for isolating bearing elements from wellbore fluids under pressure. The sealed bearing assembly is supported between an outer bearing housing and an axially rotatable quill. The bearing assembly further has bearing elements with a bearing lubricant under pressure and a... Agent: Sean W. Goodwin

20090161998 - Method for optimizing a grooved bearing pattern on a bearing surface of a fluid dynamic bearing for the purpose of improving the bearing properties and an appropriate grooved bearing pattern: r

20090161999 - Bearing arrangement for veneer dryer: A bearing mount assembly for a powered roller conveyor of the type used in veneer dryers comprising a bearing mount base and a bearing holder, the base having a lower part with a vertical surface adapted to abut a cage angle and apertures for fastening it to a vertical face... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090162000 - Rolling bearing having two inner rings and a seal arrangement for sealing the parting joint between the inner rings: The seat adjustment mechanism has a housing with an outer ring and an inner ring. The rings are arranged concentrically. Clamping bodies interact with double clamping ramps on the rings and are arranged in an annular space between the rings. Spring supports pivot in relation to each other, interact with... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090162001 - Tapered roller bearing: A tapered roller bearing includes bearing rings including an inner ring and an outer rings, a roller rolling between the inner ring and the outer ring, and a cage having a pocket holding the roller and located adjacent to the outer ring. A radial clearance δ between the cage and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090154849 - Motion guide device: When seen in an axial direction of a track shaft 1, a direction change path 10 is inclined relative to a contact angle line L1 (line connecting a center C of a ball 3 and a bottom P1 of a ball rolling groove 1a) . The direction change path 10... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090154850 - Motion guide device, relative motion system and displacement absorbing mechanism: The motion guide device has: a raceway rail 15 having a bottom surface 30a, side surfaces 30b and an upper surface 30c and being mounted on one of a base 12 and a moving body 11; and a moving block 16 having a center portion 16a facing the upper surface... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090154851 - Hydrodynamic bearing device: A hydrodynamic bearing device is provided for use with a spindle motor. The hydrodynamic bearing device has a sleeve made of a sintered metal that is obtained by sintering a sintering material that is iron, an iron alloy, copper, a copper alloy or a mixture thereof. This sintered metal has... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090154852 - Hydrodynamic bearing device, spindle motor, and information recording and reproducing apparatus: The hydrodynamic bearing device comprises a sleeve 1, a shaft 2, a thrust bearing portion, and a lubricating fluid 5. The sleeve 1 has a bearing hole 1C. The shaft 2 is inserted into the bearing hole 1C in a state of being able to rotate relative to the sleeve... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090154853 - Rolling bearing unit having sensor: e

20090154854 - Coreless seal and rolling bearing: A coreless seal 11 for being assembled in a shell-type roller bearing provided in a shell-type roller bearing comprises an elastic annular member 12. An outer diameter B of the coreless seal 11 for being assembled in the shell-type roller bearing is a dimension provided by adding interference 2A for... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090154855 - Wheel bearing apparatus for a vehicle: A wheel bearing apparatus has a wheel hub (4) formed on its one end with a wheel mounting flange (6). Its outer circumference includes one inner raceway surface (4a). A seal (11) has an integrally formed side lip (18a) extending radially outwardly toward its tip and in sliding contact with... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090154856 - Wheel support bearing assembly and method of manufacturing the same: To provide a wheel support bearing assembly, which is effective to avoid an inner race detachment during assemblage onto an automotive vehicle. The assembly is provided with an inner member made up of a hub axle and an inner race mounted on an outer periphery of an inboard end portion... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090154857 - Bearing apparatus for a wheel of vehicle: A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member (2), an inner member (1) and double row ball groups. A pitch circle diameter (PCDo) of the outer side ball group is larger than a pitch circle diameter (PCDi) of the inner side ball group. Ribs (17) are formed on a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090154858 - Bearing anti creep device & method: The present invention is an anti rotational creep bearing including a socket designed in the inner race of the bearing for partially receiving an anti creep ball therein, further including a shaft onto which the bearing is to be longitudinally mounted, including a channel defined along a longitudinal direction for... Agent: Mark A. Koch Professional Corporation

20090154859 - Rolling bearing device for wheel: A rolling bearing device for a wheel includes: an inner member; an outer member disposed around an outer peripheral surface of the inner member via rolling elements; and a wheel mounting flange formed on an outer peripheral surface of the inner member or the outer member. A predetermined number of... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090154860 - Tapered roller bearing: The invention relates to a tapered roller bearing comprising at least one conical outer roller track, at least one conical inner roller track and tapered rollers which are arranged in a radial manner between the roller tracks and about the longitudinal central axis of the tapered roller bearing. The tapered... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090154861 - Pivot bearing: A pivot bearing having a first bearing surface of hollow cylindrical design, at least in sections. Guided in the first bearing surface is a second bearing surface of hollow cylindrical design, at least in sections. Rolling bodies are arranged between the bearing surfaces. The pivot bearing also has a cage... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090154862 - Bearing apparatus: A bearing apparatus includes: two split outer ring halves which are mounted to the housing; a plurality of rolling elements which are provided so as to roll on the two split outer ring halves; and a cage which holds the rolling elements such that the rolling elements are disposed at... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090154863 - Device for decoupling a bearing bracket: The invention relates to a device for decoupling a bearing bracket in a turbomachine, said bearing bracket having an upstream part and a downstream part respectively comprising a plurality of upstream holes and downstream holes through which stress-limiting screws pass, which device comprises, between each upstream hole and the stress-limiting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090154864 - Wheel bearing apparatus: A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member and an inner member. The inner member has a wheel hub and at least one inner ring fit onto a cylindrical portion of the wheel hub or an outer raceway surface of a constant velocity universal joint. Double row rolling element... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090154865 - Revolving joint: A revolving joint comprising at least one anti-friction bearing and an electromotive drive unit. The anti-friction bearing is in contact with at least one row of rolling bodies arranged in a row rotating the joint around the rotational axis of the anti-friction bearing. The rolling bodies are in contact with... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090148082 - Tool spindle device: In a tool spindle device, a tool head is slidably guided along guide members on a support table and is movable by a tool head feed mechanism. A tool spindle with a machining tool such as grinding wheel attached thereto is rotatably supported through antifriction bearings in the tool head.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090148083 - Movement guiding device for vacuum environment: A movement guiding device for a vacuum environment is provided so that the device is able to suppress a base oil vaporized in the vacuum environment from leaking to the outside. The movement guiding device for a vacuum environment according to the present invention comprises a track member (1) having... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090148084 - Fluid dynamic bearing device: A fluid dynamic bearing device equipped with a shaft member of high strength and capable of maintaining high bearing performance is provided at low cost. A shaft blank (23) has, as an integrated unit, a shaft part (23a) formed of a material of a higher strength than resin, and a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090148085 - Bearings: According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of manufacturing a bearing comprising the steps of providing a bearing housing incorporating a recess therein, the recess comprising a cup section shaped to receive part of a bearing member and a conforming section, extending from the... Agent: Hancock Hughey LLP

20090148086 - Fan and rotor of motor thereof: A rotor of a motor includes a shaft, a magnetically conductive shell and a connecting element. The shaft has a groove formed at one end of the shaft. The central portion of a top wall of the magnetically conductive shell has at least one extending portion disposed adjacent to the... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090148087 - Rolling bearing and rolling bearing assembly: There is provided a rolling bearing including an inner ring having an inner ring raceway surface, an outer ring having an outer ring raceway surface and a shoulder portion formed on one axial side of the outer ring raceway surface, a plurality of rolling elements which roll between the inner... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090148088 - Lubricator for rolling bearings: On the back side of an angular ball bearing 1, a cooling oil introducing member 11 is provided which includes a nozzle 12 for discharging cooling oil toward a circumferential groove 6 formed in an end surface of an inner ring 2. The cooling oil introducing member 11 has an... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090148089 - Bearing seal and swing device: A bearing seal includes an outer seal easily displaceable in the radial direction, an inner ring as a ring-shaped rigid portion not extendable in the radial direction, an inner seal having a seal lip, and an outer ring arranged on the outer peripheral portion of the outer seal, in which... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, P.C.

20090148090 - Stamped inner or outer races: An inner race or and outer race, including: a first annular portion with a first radial surface at a first end of the race; and a second annular portion formed from a same piece of material as the first portion, at least partially in contact with the first portion, the... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090148091 - Wheel bearing apparatus: A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has a double row angular ball bearing including double rows of ball groups. A pitch circle diameter of the double row ball group of the outer side is larger than a pitch circle diameter of the double row ball group of the inner side. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090148092 - Bearing apparatus: An outer ring is provided with a key groove radially extending from an inner diameter to an outer diameter on an end surface thereof. A key member includes an annular body, an inwardly projecting part which is provided on an inner periphery of the annular body and adapted to be... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090148093 - Adjustable antifriction bearing arrangement: A shaft is supported in a housing on the front and rear antifriction bearings that are mounted in opposition. The front bearing has an outer race provided with an external thread that engages an internal thread within the housing. That outer race is fitted with a locking ring that is... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20090142009 - Fluid dynamic bearing system: Fluid dynamic bearing systems produced by specified methods are provided. In one example, a method for designing a fluid dynamic bearing system includes determining a first stability ratio for a first journal bearing configuration. The method further includes determining a second stability ratio for a second journal bearing configuration. In... Agent: Seagate Technology LLC C/o Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20090142010 - Sintered metal material, sintered oil-impregnated bearing formed of the metal material, and fluid lubrication bearing device: Provided are a sintered metal material improved in sliding property and wear resistance with respect to an associated sliding member to be supported, and a sintered oil-impregnated bearing formed of this metal material. A bearing sleeve is formed by compacting a mixed metal powder composed of not less than 5... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090142011 - Bearing device and pin for bearing device: A bearing device includes a bush and a pin inserted into the bush, whereby an outer peripheral face of the pin and an inner peripheral face of the bush contact each other. At least two oil reservoirs are formed on the outer peripheral face of the pin are and elongated... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090142012 - Unit comprising a wheel bearing and at least one vehicle-sided fixed support: The invention relates to a unit comprising a wheel bearing and at least one vehicle-sided fixed support. The wheel bearing comprising at least one outer part which is rigidly fixed to at least one bearing seat which is embodied as an axial passage of a sheet metal moulded part of... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090142013 - Bearing apparatus: A bearing apparatus includes two split outer ring halves disposed in close contact with each other and a plurality of rollers. A circumferential end of each of the split outer ring halves has a concave-and-convex shape including a first slope portion inclined with respect to a line extending along an... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC