Bearings inventions

20090279814 - Linear bearing: A linear bearing includes a casing which has multiple slots defined axially through a wall thereof and rollers are engaged with the slots. Two grooves are radially defined in the outer surface of the casing and located close to two ends of the casing. The grooves communicate with the slots.... Agent: Phillip Liu

20090279816 - Fluid dynamic pressure bearing device, spindle motor and disk drive apparatus including same: In a fluid dynamic pressure bearing device using ionic liquid as lubricant, a shaft member and a sleeve member are not corroded by the ionic liquid and static electricity generated is not accumulated. Aluminum with an oxide film formed on its surface is used as the material of the shaft... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090279815 - Gas bearings: A rotary gas bearing is described that comprises a first part rotatable relative to a second part. The first part comprises a support member and a first portion and a second portion attached to the support member. The first portion comprises a first bearing surface and the second portion comprising... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090279817 - Fluid dynamic bearing apparatus: A cylindrical sleeve portion 8 is fixed to the inner periphery of the housing 7 whose both ends are open, and a shaft member 2 is further inserted at the inner periphery of the sleeve portion 8. Sealing portions 9, 10 are fixed to the shaft member 2 in the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090279818 - Folded fluid channel for a fluid dynamic bearing motor: A system and method are provided for sealing a fluid dynamic bearing motor. A first and a second folded fluid channel are shaped for maximizing bearing axial span and establishing angular stiffness, to resist gyroscopic rocking of the facing bearing surfaces. The first folded fluid channel is limited to occupying... Agent: Wax Law Group

20090279819 - Fluid dynamic bearing device: To achieve an increase in bearing stiffness and cost reduction, an oil film is formed in a radial bearing clearance of a first radial bearing portion (R1) and a second radial bearing portion (R2) so as to rotatably support a shaft member (2). A bearing sleeve (8) and the shaft... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090279820 - Spherical bearing and process for manufacturing the same: Provided are a spherical bearing in which a ball portion (10) of an inside member (1) can be sealed inside an outside member (2) without employment of casting, and the outside member (2) and the inside member (1) are coupled to each other with high strength, and which can be... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090279821 - Self-lubrication bearing structure: A self-lubrication bearing structure includes a bearing, which is made from a porous material capable of absorbing and transferring a lubricating oil and which has a center axle hole for the passing of the shaft of a motor and multiple oil retaining grooves that retain a lubricating oil, and a... Agent: Newcera Technology Co., Ltd.

20090279822 - Axial thrust washers partially for unbalance shafts: Axial thrust washers are provided in the axial contact region of the bearing raceway of an unbalance shaft. The axial thrust washers do not extend beyond 360° in the circumferential direction, but extend only over a little more than the unbalance masses which extend in this region. The end sections... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090279823 - Bearing apparatus: A bearing apparatus includes an outer ring (11), an inner ring (12), rolling elements (13) disposed between the two rings, and a seal (15) attached to one of the outer ring and the inner ring and extending toward the other ring. A temperature sensor is fitted to the seal, and... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090279824 - Grease-enclosed bearing for inverter-driving motor: The present invention provides a grease-enclosed bearing, for an inverter-driving motor, which is inexpensive and capable of effectively restraining damage from being generated by electrolytic corrosion. The grease-enclosed bearing for the inverter-driving motor has an inner ring (2), an outer ring (3), a plurality of rolling elements (4) disposed between... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20090274400 - Rotating -body support structure: The present invention provides a rotating-body support structure that is capable of obtaining a damping effect of a rotating body with a simple configuration. To this end, the rotating-body support structure is configured to include a housing (21) and a bush portion (24) which is supported by the housing (21)... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090274401 - Wear resistant foil bearing assembly: A foil bearing assembly for supporting a rotating member that rotates about an axis including a stationary mount member spaced from the rotating member so that a gap is defined between the stationary mount member and the rotating member. A foil member is disposed in the gap between the rotating... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090274402 - Fluid dynamic bearing: The invention relates to a fluid dynamic bearing having at least one first bearing part as well as a second bearing part that are rotatably supported with respect to one another about a rotational axis and separated from one another by a bearing gap filled with bearing fluid. Associated bearing... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090274403 - Bearing having improved consume resistivity and manufacturing method thereof: Disclosed is a composition for a bush-type bearing, a bush-type bearing manufactured using the composition, and a method of manufacturing the bush-type bearing. The bearing has excellent friction characteristics with a shaft made of iron (Fe) based material, and thus is able to increase the lubrication cycle of a lubricant.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090274404 - Wheel bearing apparatus incorporated with a wheel speed detecting apparatus: A wheel bearing apparatus incorporating a wheel speed detecting apparatus has an outer member and an inner member. Double row rolling elements freely rollably contained between the inner and outer raceway surfaces. Seals are mounted in annular openings formed between the outer member and the inner member. A sensor holder... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090274405 - Wheel bearing apparatus for a vehicle: A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has a substantially cylindrical outer ring formed with double row outer raceway surfaces on its inner circumference and with press fitting surfaces on its outer circumferences of its cylindrical portions. A pair of inner rings is formed with inner raceway surfaces on their outer circumferences.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090274406 - Hub, in particular for bicycles: A hub, in particular for bicycles having a hub shell and two bearings received therein on bearing seats for rotatably supporting relative to a through axle, wherein the two bearings are retained at a defined axial distance by means of a sleeve. A radial spacer device is provided to reduce... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090274407 - Rolling bearing for tenter clip: The present invention provides a rolling bearing, for a tenter clip, which is capable of restraining deterioration of a sealing member even though the sealing member contacts ester oil, and is excellent in reliability and durability at high temperatures. A periphery of an outer ring of the rolling bearing for... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090263052 - Dual sliding apparatus: Disclosed is a dual sliding opening/closing apparatus adapted for various electronic devices of a sliding opening/closing type (e.g. cellular phones, PDAs, laptop computers) to guarantee the stability of sliding movements. The apparatus is installed between first and second bodies so that the second body can slide between first and second... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090263054 - Guide table device: A guide table device is provided with a lower-side plate 10 provided with a pair of rolling member rolling grooves 11 formed in a first (X) direction, an upper-side plate 30 provided with a pair of rolling member rolling grooves 31 formed in a second (Y) direction, an intermediate member... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090263053 - Plain bearing composite material, use thereof and production methods therefor: The invention relates to a plain bearing composite material with a supporting layer made of steel, a bearing metal layer made of a copper alloy, and with a lining applied to the bearing metal layer. The copper alloy can contain 0.5 5% by weight of nickel, 0.2 to 2.5% by... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090263055 - Linear roller bearing with separate rolling surface parts: A guide carriage for a linear roller bearing is supportable in a longitudinally displaceable manner via at least one row of rollers on a guide rail which extends in a longitudinal direction, a separate rolling surface part which includes a rolling surface for the rollers is assigned to each row... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20090263056 - Linear guide: The invention relates to a linear guide comprising a rail (100) with profiled elements (101, 102) on two opposite sides, and a roll unit (200). The roll unit (200) and the rails (100) can be displaced in relation to each other in the longitudinal direction of the rails. The roll... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090263057 - Bearing damper element, bearing, and gas turbine engine: A damper element of the present invention is applied to a bearing damper element disposed between a rotating object and a supporting object. The damper element includes a slit that is formed between an inner surface and an outer surface of an annulus being supported by the supporting object, and... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090263058 - Squeeze-film damper arrangement: A squeeze-film damper arrangement comprising: concentric inner and outer components defining an annular gap there between for accommodating radial motion of the inner component within the outer component; and a fluid filling the annular gap around the outside of the inner component for damping said radial motion of the inner... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090263059 - Method and device for lubricating and cooling a bearing that is subject to high loads: The invention relates to a method for lubricating and cooling a bearing that is subject to high loads and to a device for carrying out said method. The invention is characterized by dissolving a lubricant in a supercritical gas that is cooled down to a low temperature and feeding the... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090263060 - Spindle bearing for a double-thread twisting spindle: A spindle bearing for a two-for-one twisting spindle, with a spindle rotor having a thread guide body and a spindle shaft rotatablv mounted in a vertical arrangement by a lower bearing device in a bearing housing which can be fastened to a spindle bank and which has an upper bearing... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090263061 - Bearing with rotation detecting device: A bearing assembly with a rotation detecting device (20) includes an inner race (21), an outer race (22), rolling elements (23) interposed between the inner race and the outer race, a magnetic generating element (2) provided on the outer ring side of the bearing assembly and having a directionality around... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090263062 - Active preload control for rolling element bearings: A method and apparatus for controlling the preload of duplex rolling element bearings systems under various temperatures is described. A spacer or a plurality of spacers may be located adjacent to the rings of the duplex rolling element bearings. The spacer or spacers may be heated or cooled to increase... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090263063 - Wheel bearing apparatus for a vehicle: A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member, an inner member with a wheel hub and an inner ring. Double row rolling elements are freely rollably contained between the inner and outer raceway surfaces, respectively, of the inner member and the outer member. Seals are mounted in annular openings... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090263064 - Angular ball bearing assembly for supporting a gear shaft assembly: The angular ball bearing assembly for supporting a rotatable shaft with gears has two sets of ball bearing members where the ball bearing member located adjacent the gears has an inner raceway formed integrally with the shaft. By forming the inner raceway directly on the shaft a reduction in friction... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090263065 - Bearing unit raceway ring member, bearing unit, and method and apparatus for manufacturing bearing unit raceway ring member: There is provided a bearing unit including one raceway ring 2 which is mounted on a vehicle body, the other raceway ring 4 which is disposed to face the one raceway ring 2 and is mounted on a wheel, and a plurality of rolling elements 6, 8 which are built... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090263066 - Rolling bearing unit for wheel support: Thermally-hardened layers 16a, 16b are formed, at two locations along an axial direction, in portions of an inner circumferential surface of an outer ring 3 including outer ring raceways 12a, 12b. The thermally-hardened layers 16a, 16b are separated from each other by an unhardened portion 17 in an axially middle... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090263067 - Roller bearing: The invention relates to a roller bearing comprising a roller bearing ring. In order to produce a roller bearing that has a high rotational speed value and operational load using minimum quantity lubrication and in which the heat produced in the bearing can be removed in a rapid and reliable... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP