Patents Examined by James Pilkington
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Patent number: 11971072Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a housing, a spherical bearing located within the housing, and two outer races positioned between the spherical bearing and the housing. The outer races are configured in sliding engagement with the spherical bearing to allow the spherical bearing to rotate relative to the housing. The assembly also includes a tightening element configured to engage a first of the two outer races and tighten the outer races against the spherical bearing. The assembly is configured to provide a primary load path from the tightening element to the housing, wherein the primary load path leads from the tightening element to the housing via the outer races whilst bypassing the spherical bearing.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: MICROTECNICA S.R.L.Inventors: Dario Molinelli, Franco Maino, Michele Restuccia
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Patent number: 11971070Abstract: An indoor unit for an air conditioner enables a water tank to be tilted forward by means of a tilting assembly, and thus enables a user to conveniently separate or mount the water tank to the indoor unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Junseok Bae, Sunggyu Choi, Kangyoung Kim, Seongkuk Mun
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Patent number: 11965555Abstract: A rolling bearing having an outer ring, an inner ring, and at least one row of rolling elements disposed between two raceways of the outer and inner rings. Furthermore, the raceway of the outer ring and/or the raceway of the inner ring at least partially provide a coating based on chromium nitride, the rolling elements at least partially include a coating based on carbon.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SKF Aerospace France S.A.SInventors: Jean-Philippe Clauvelin, Esteban Daniel Broitman, Thilo von Schleinitz
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Patent number: 11965545Abstract: A foil bearing (10) having at least one foil (16, 18), which is arranged and fixed in place inside a bearing bushing (12). In order to simplify the production, in particular assembly, of the foil bearing (10), the bearing bushing (12) has at least two openings (20, 22, 24) offset from each other in the circumferential direction of the bearing bushing (12) or depressions (120, 122, 124) made in the inner lateral surface of the bearing bushing, into which openings or depressions two opposing circumferential end sections (16 a, 16 b, 18 a, 18 b) of the at least one foil (16, 18) engage.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Felix Wiedmann, Jochen Wessner
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Patent number: 11965552Abstract: A bearing assembly is disclosed herein that is configured for use in a rubber boot arrangement. The bearing assembly includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of rolling elements supported between the outer ring and the inner ring, and a cage configured to retain the plurality of rolling elements. A seal assembly is provided that includes at least one sealing element and a seal insert that is configured to define a first axial stop face for the cage.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Kleberson Sierra, Elias Ferreira Machado
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Patent number: 11965547Abstract: A bearing bush configured to support a journal of a journal cross of a cardan shaft includes a cylindrical circumferential wall that radially delimits an interior for receiving rolling elements and the journal and includes a base axially delimiting the interior. The base has a central holder configured to receive a slip disk for contacting the journal. The base may include a conical portion extending from the cylindrical circumferential wall and a flat central portion, and the holder may be formed as a depression in the flat central portion. Also a journal bearing assembly including the bearing bush.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventor: Manfred Mattes
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Patent number: 11965553Abstract: A bearing cage for a bearing assembly is disclosed herein. The bearing cage includes a first ring, a second ring, and a plurality of crossbars extending between the first ring and the second ring to define a plurality of rolling element pockets. A first terminal end of each of the plurality of crossbars is connected to the first ring and a second terminal end of each of the plurality of crossbars is connected to the second ring. A medial portion of each of the plurality of crossbars is defined between the first terminal end and the second terminal end, and a pair of recesses are defined on opposing circumferential sides of the medial portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Dennis Roffe, Seth Claus, Guihui Zhong, Charles Schwab, Arjun Kailassh Magalingam Adithyan
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Patent number: 11952978Abstract: A wind turbine gearbox, in particular a planetary gearbox, has at least one gear mounted on an axle, for which purpose a sliding layer is arranged between the gear and the axle, the sliding layer being sprayed directly onto the axle or, with intermediate arrangement of at least one further layer, onto the further layer using a thermal spaying method.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Miba Gleitlager Austria GmbHInventors: Gunther Hager, Johannes Sebastian Hoelzl
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Patent number: 11940005Abstract: A radial foil bearing includes a bearing housing which has an insertion hole therein, a top foil which is disposed inside the insertion hole, and a foil structure which is interposed between the top foil and the bearing housing, the foil structure has a folded protruding portion that is bent outward in a radial direction of the insertion hole and is bent back inward in the radial direction, and the folded protruding portion is fitted to a fitting groove formed in an end surface of the bearing housing in an axial direction, the axial direction being a direction in which the insertion hole extends.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventor: Naomichi Omori
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Patent number: 11933352Abstract: A telescopic side arm for a refuse vehicle has an inner and outer boom. A mounting assembly secures the outer boom with a refuse vehicle. A plurality of bearing pads is positioned between the inner and outer booms to provide smooth movement between the inner and outer booms. A plurality of shims is associated with the bearing pads to assure a tight fit between the inner and outer booms.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: The Heil CompanyInventors: David C. Gentry, Bryan Stewart
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Patent number: 11933359Abstract: A miniature linear guideway includes a rail, a slider, two circulation fittings and a retainer. The slider and the circulation fitting are set on the rail, so that a circulation channel is formed between the rail and the slider for the balls to run. The circulation fitting has several turning convex portions. The retainer has a plate portion and two retaining portions. The two ends of each retaining portion are connected to the plate portion by a positioning portion, and the plate portion is adjacent to the slider. The positioning portions of the retainer abut the turning convex portions. The width of the plate portion of the retainer is smaller than the distance between the turning convex portions of the circulation fitting. Thereby, the miniature linear guideway of the present invention can optimize the assembly efficiency, thereby realizing the purpose of automatic assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.Inventors: Jian-Ting Lin, Yung-Chin Chu
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Patent number: 11927214Abstract: A thrust foil bearing includes a foil which faces a thrust collar mounted on a shaft in an axial direction, and a case which supports the foil and surrounds the thrust collar, wherein a cooling hole is formed in the case.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventor: Naomichi Omori
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Patent number: 11920489Abstract: An exhaust turbocharger including a modular bearing designed for bearing a shaft and arranged between a compressor and a turbine is provided herein. The bearing has a bearing housing having a receptacle chamber, wherein a bearing assembly module can be or is installed in the receptacle chamber and can be non-destructively removed. The receptacle chamber is sized such that either a bearing assembly module having a rolling bearing or a bearing assembly module having a slide bearing can be installed. The receptacle chamber has an interface, designed to contact the bearing flange of a bearing assembly module inserted into the receptacle chamber. The interface is designed to connect an oil gallery passing through the bearing housing to one or more oil galleries passing through a bearing flange of the bearing assembly module.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Turbo Systems Switzerland LtdInventors: Florian Maurer, Christian Kreienkamp, Bruno Ammann
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Patent number: 11913497Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a housing having an annular recess, an inner ring disposed within the recess and having an inner raceway, and an outer ring disposed about the inner ring and within the housing recess and having an outer raceway. At least one intermediate ring is disposed radially between the inner ring and the outer ring and has an inner intermediate raceway and an outer intermediate raceway. A first set of rolling elements is disposed between the inner ring and the at least one intermediate ring and a second set of rolling elements is disposed between the outer ring and the at least one intermediate ring. A biasing member(s) is configured to bias the inner ring or the outer ring axially toward the other one of inner ring and the bearing outer ring so as to establish a preload within the two sets of rolling elements.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventor: John Elliot Cardwell, III
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Patent number: 11905990Abstract: A motion guiding device includes a supporting body and a moving body. The moving body includes a moving body main body, a cover body and a circulation component. The cover body includes a first lubrication groove. The motion guiding device is further provided with a lubrication path component, the lubrication path component including a second lubrication groove having a cross-sectional area less than that of the first lubrication groove. When a lubricating oil is used as the lubricant, the lubricant is supplied by a lubricating oil lubrication path formed by the first lubrication groove and the second lubrication groove. In this way, in the motion guiding device, the lubrication path may be widened when the lubricating grease is used to lubricate, while the lubrication path may be narrowed when the lubricating oil is used to lubricate, so that a good lubrication may be easily achieved.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: THK CO., LTD.Inventors: Xingjia Yu, Yue Liu, Tomoyuki Aida
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Patent number: 11905997Abstract: A bearing cage includes a first circular ring; a second circular ring provided to be spaced apart from the first ring in a coaxial relationship with the first ring; a plurality of pillars provided in a circumferential direction of the first ring and the second ring, one end of the pillar being connected to the first ring and the other end of the pillar being connected to the second ring; a plurality of pockets provided in the circumferential direction and configured to provide a space in which a bearing roller is accommodated, the pocket being formed to be surrounded by the first ring, the pillars and the second ring; and first reservoirs provided in the pillars and comprising a first storage space for storing lubricant.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BEARINGARTInventors: Min Cheol Yeom, Young Keun Lee, Woon Ju Lee
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Patent number: 11898606Abstract: Sealing device including a first annular element coupled to a first fixed mechanical member, and a second annular element coupled to a second rotating mechanical member, for protecting an annular compartment delimited between the members, the first element being provided with at least one annular sealing lip configured to interact with the second element, which has a radial edge of a flange portion arranged at an edge of a sleeve portion of the first element, thus forming with the latter a radial gap configured as a labyrinth seal; wherein the radial gap of the flange portion of the second annular element carries a plurality of depressions arranged in a crown, spaced adjacently to one another at the radial gap and configured to generate, as a result of the rotation of the second element, a dynamic effect (F) for the purpose of repelling any contaminants impelled towards said radial gap.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Inventors: Stellario Barbera, Claudio Foti, Andrea Serafini
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Patent number: 11897283Abstract: Sealing device for a bearing unit, having a stationary part, in turn provided with a first metal screen formed by an annular shaped portion and by a cylindrical portion radially external with respect to the annular shaped portion, with an elastomer coating, co-moulded on the first screen, having an annular shaped portion and a cylindrical portion, and with a contacting lip, radially internal, forming part of the elastomer coating and axially external with respect to the annular shaped portion, and a rotating part provided with a second metal screen on which the contacting lip makes sliding contact, where the elastomer coating is provided with a lip, non-contacting and radially internal with respect to the cylindrical portion and at least one first radial labyrinth seal (Gr) is formed by a radially outer wing of the second screen and by the lip of the elastomer coating which faces the aforementioned wing.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Inventor: Daniele Duch
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Patent number: 11898599Abstract: A foil bearing (10) having at least one foil (16, 18) which is arranged and fixed in place inside a bearing bore (14) of a bearing support (12). The bearing support (12) is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and the surface of the bearing bore (14) is provided at least in one contact region (20) of the at least one foil (16, 18) with a hard material layer (26). The bearing support (12) can be produced in a simple and cost-effective manner, has a low weight and a good thermal conductivity.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Felix Wiedmann, Felix Foerster
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Patent number: 11898604Abstract: A ball bearing includes an inner ring; an outer ring placed outside of the inner ring; a plurality of rolling bodies intervening between the inner ring and the outer ring; and an annular cage including pockets rotatably holding the rolling bodies in a circumferential direction at intervals determining a rotation axis to be a center. The cage comprises a resin composition comprising a polyetherketone-based resin, graphite, and a carbon fiber. The resin composition comprises the polyetherketone-based resin in an amount of 60% by weight or more and 80% by weight or less, the graphite in an amount of 10% by weight or more and 30% by weight or less, and the carbon fiber in an amount of 5% by weight or more and 20% by weight or less when the entire resin composition is determined to be 100% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.Inventors: Tadahiko Karaki, Hirotaka Tohyama, Kunihiro Matsumoto