Abstract: Bearing assemblies and methods of using bearings are provided in the present disclosure. In one embodiment, a bearing ring is provided having a plurality of carrier components removably coupled therewith. Each carrier component may carry one or more bearing elements. Upon wearing of the bearing elements beyond a desired amount, the carrier components may be removed from the bearing ring and installed in a different bearing ring to place the mearing elements at their original bearing surface radius. In another embodiment, individual bearing elements may be radially adjustable relative to the bearing ring to define and redefine the radius of a radial bearing surface.

Abstract: Wheel bearing assembly for motor vehicles, the assembly being provided with a wheel hub and a bearing unit in turn provided with a radially outer ring and at least one radially inner ring provided, respectively, with a first raceway and at least one second raceway, with at least one row of rolling bodies arranged between the radially outer ring and the at least one radially inner ring, and with a cage for containing the at least one row of rolling bodies; the wheel bearing assembly is moreover provided with sealing means integrated in the cage and provided with at least two radial contact lips made of elastomeric material, with at least one first radial lip in contact with the radially inner ring and with at least one second radial lip in contact with the radially outer ring.

Abstract: There is disclosed a guide carriage for roller-mounted guiding on a guide rail having at least one carriage roller track on which roller members which can be arranged between guide carriages and a guide rail can be rolled, wherein the carriage roller track, in particular in order to establish a load acting on the guide carriage or wear, is associated with a pressure-sensitive sensor device which can be loaded by the roller members and which has sensors which are arranged in a manner distributed in the rolling direction and which in order to evaluate the sensor signals thereof can be connected in terms of signaling to an evaluation device. There are further disclosed a route guide having such a guide carriage and a method for establishing the load on the guide carriage.

Abstract: A clip for providing a sliding force towards a movable substrate, the clip including at least one strip, where the at least one strip comprises a first axial end and a second axial end and an arcuate shape between the first axial end and the second axial end; where the at least one strip is a metal strip including a sliding layer at an outbound side.

Abstract: A thrust bearing has an outer race and an inner race arranged for rotation relative to the outer race about an axis of rotation. Multiple rolling elements are positioned between the inner and outer races. A cage is positioned between the inner and outer races and configured to engage with the rolling elements to align the rolling elements into multiple rows, with the rows circumferentially spaced apart from one another.

Abstract: A bearing device for a vehicle wheel that is capable of maintaining the sealability of a protective cover by preventing a seal member of the protective cover from being damaged without performing any complex machining. The bearing device for vehicle wheel (1) is provided with: a cylindrical sensor holder (11) that is fitted outside the protective cover (9), wherein in the outer ring (2), a protective cover fitting part (13A) to which the protective cover (9) is fitted, a seal part (13B) with which the seal member (10) of the protective cover (9) is brought into contact, and a sensor holder fitting part (13C) to which the sensor holder (11) is fitted are formed, the inner diameter of the seal part (13B) is equal to that of the sensor holder fitting part (13C), and the seal part (13B) and the sensor holder fitting part (13C) are adjacent to each other.

Abstract: Provided is a strut bearing including an upper case and a lower case that are made of a synthetic resin, and an engaging portion for preventing separation of components which are free from any stress exerted thereon during assembly. The strut bearing includes an outwardly-projecting piece row on an inner diameter side of an upper case, and an inwardly-projecting piece row on an inner diameter side of a lower case. Within a relative pivoting range of the upper and lower cases in a use state of the strut bearing, a detachment preventing engagement portion for preventing the upper and lower cases from being separated from each other in the axial direction is provided. Within a predetermined angle range outside the relative pivoting range, the detachment preventing engagement portion is not present.

Abstract: The bearing provides a first ring and a second ring capable of rotating concentrically relative to one another, at least one annular groove being formed on the second ring and oriented towards the first ring. The bearing further provides a measuring system mounted on the first ring, at least one guideway, at least one sliding carriage mounted on the guideway and axially moveable relative to the guideway, at least one sensor to detect axial positions of the sliding carriage relative to the guideway, an abutting element attached on the sliding carriage and coming into contact with at least one wall of the groove of the second ring at least in the axial direction, and a pre-stressing element to maintain the contact between the abutting element and the wall of the groove.

Abstract: Bearing unit provided with at least one ring of rolling bodies and, for retaining the rolling bodies, at least one retaining cage which has a cage bar, a plurality of circumferentially spaced cage arms that extend from one side of the cage bar, and a plurality of partially spherical cavities for retaining the rolling bodies; contact points between the rolling bodies and the cage being positioned in the vicinity of a polar region of each rolling body. The minimum number of contact surfaces for containing the rolling bodies in the direction of rotation of the bearing and ensuring contact only in the polar region is equal to two for each rolling body, namely one upper contact surface and one lower contact surface.

Abstract: A rolling bearing unit includes: an inner ring member having a recess on a first side in an axial direction along a rotation axis, which is recessed toward a second side in the axial direction; an outer ring member on an outer peripheral side of the inner ring member; a rolling body between the inner ring member and the outer ring member; a non-contact transmitter using electric field coupling capable of transmitting at least one of an electric power or a signal and including a stationary-side transmission part including a stationary-side electrode and a rotary-side transmission part including a rotary-side electrode facing the stationary-side electrode; and a covering member supported by the first side of the outer ring member in the axial direction, covering the first side of the inner ring member in the axial direction, and fixing the stationary-side transmission part to the first side in the axial direction.

Abstract: A bearing attachment system for a pump product having a seal carrier and a cover plate. The attachment system is configured to produce a force deflection curve that provides a clamping force on a pair of tapered roller bearings such that a tight bearing endplay on the tapered roller bearings is maintained through a full range of manufacturing tolerances. The geometric shape of the cover plate and the top surface of the seal carrier provide the desired deflection characteristics.

Abstract: A bearing system that accepts a journal of a roll includes a housing defining a cavity and having a forward wall that defines an opening into the cavity, the opening configured to accept the journal through the opening and into the cavity. A sleeve is positioned within the cavity of the housing, the sleeve configured to surround the end of the journal. A first seal is positioned within the cavity of the housing adjacent to the forward wall of the housing, the first seal having an engagement surface. A second seal is positioned within the cavity of the housing and operably connected to the sleeve, the second seal having an engagement surface in contact with the engagement surface of the first seal.

Abstract: A sealing device for bearing units is disclosed herein. The sealing device may comprise a static component and a dynamic component. The static component is provided with a shaped metal support, with a plurality of non-contacting sealing lips, and with two contacting lips. The dynamic component defines a labyrinth seal with a second sealing lip of said non-contacting sealing lips, a third lip, preferably non-contacting, being positioned along the labyrinth seal and having a full angular extension, so as to form a full seal against any ingress of contaminants into the bearing unit.

Abstract: A shock absorbing radial bearing assembly for use with a shaft, having an inner ring including an inner race, an inner raceway, and a shock absorber element disposed therebetween, the inner ring being axially fixed relative to the shaft, an outer ring defining an outer raceway, and a plurality of roller elements disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, each roller element being in rolling contact with the inner raceway and the outer raceway, wherein the inner ring is in direct contact with the shaft and has a circular cross-section as taken in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal center axis of the shaft.

Abstract: To provide a non-oil-impregnated sliding bearing having superior low friction capable of suppressing an increase of a shaft temperature in a continuous use, and a bearing apparatus and an image forming apparatus provided with the sliding bearing. Sliding bearings 5a to 5c support rotation shafts on cylinder inner surface in a rotatable manner. Each of the sliding bearings 5a to 5c is formed of a molded member of a non-oil-impregnated resin composition that does not contain oil. The resin composition contains an injection-moldable ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene resin as a base resin, a polytetrafluoroethylene resin as an additive, and an acicular inorganic filler having Mohs hardness of 3 or less. The resin composition contains 65 vol % or more of the ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene resin, 5-25 vol % of the polytetrafluoroethylene resin, and 1-20 vol % of the acicular inorganic filler, based on the whole of the resin composition.

Abstract: A device for capturing and transmitting data of a bearing of a steel mill or rolling mill includes a sensor with a data processing unit arranged in a bearing housing capturing and storing data of a bearing. A data transmission unit in the bearing housing wirelessly transmits data of the sensor to a remote receiver. An energy receiving unit in the bearing housing receives energy wirelessly and transmits it to the data transmission unit and the data processing unit. An energy source with an energy transmitting unit arranged outside the bearing housing supply the energy unit wirelessly. The energy transmitting unit is covered by the bearing housing and is arranged on or in a structural part which adjoins the bearing housing and is part of the supporting structure of mill and remains on the supporting structure of the mill when the bearing housing is removed for maintenance purposes.

Abstract: A load-variable rolling bearing includes: an outer ring having an outer ring raceway surface with spherical surface contact portions having concave arch sections and a variable contact portion having a shape of a cylinder in such a manner as to be adjacent to the spherical surface contact portions in an axial direction of the spherical surface contact portions; an inner ring having an inner ring raceway surface with spherical surface contact portions having concave arch sections and a variable contact portion having a shape of a cylinder in such a manner as to be adjacent to the spherical surface contact portions in an axial direction of the spherical surface contact portions; and a plurality of rolling elements each having a cylindrical variable contact portion and spherical surface portions formed with convex spherical surfaces on both sides of the variable contact portion.

Abstract: An assembly comprising: a core in the form of a toroid; and at least one washer overlying the core, the washer comprising a polymer, wherein the washer has an arcuate cross-section so as to have a shape complementary to the core.

Abstract: An open-centered large rolling bearing having two concentric bearing rings, which are supported against one another in the axial direction of the rolling bearing by means of at least two axial bearings, which are arranged on opposite end faces of a bearing ring. In the radial direction, the bearing rings are supported against one another by at least three radial bearings, which are arranged on inner and outer circumferential sides of a bearing ring.

Abstract: Detection device for a wheel hub assembly provided with a rolling bearing, the detection device having a phonic wheel made of magnetized material and mounted on a rotating ring of the bearing, a shaped support element angularly constrained to the rotating ring of the bearing arranged directly between the phonic wheel and the rotating ring so as to angularly lock together the phonic ring and the rotating ring, and a sensor facing the phonic wheel; a protection device being integral with the rotating ring of the bearing so as to protect simultaneously both the phonic wheel and the sensor from external contaminants.