Abstract: A bearing cage is used for accommodating the rolling elements of a rolling bearing; wherein, the bearing cage comprises an annular cage base; when the bearing cage is inserted and installed in the rolling bearing, there is a first circumferential radial clearance between an outer circumferential surface of the cage base and an inner circumferential surface of an outer ring shoulder of an outer ring, and a second circumferential radial clearance between an inner circumferential surface of the cage base and an outer circumferential surface of an inner ring shoulder of an inner ring; the first circumferential radial clearance is smaller or larger than the second circumferential radial clearance. A rolling bearing comprises the bearing cage as described above.

Abstract: A rolling bearing including an outer ring, an inner ring, rolling elements interposed between the outer ring and the inner ring and a cage for retaining the rolling elements and provided with radial seats or pockets for housing the rolling elements. The cage is guided supportingly on the outer ring with which a first clearance (G1) is defined, while between the pockets and the rolling elements there is a second clearance (G2) such that they have a relative ratio of between about 0.4 and 1. The rolling elements may be balls and the pockets may be formed by radial through-holes, which are circular or square in shape.

Abstract: A cage segment defines a single pocket of a multipart rolling-element bearing cage and includes first and second circumferentially spaced side walls connected by first and second end walls. The first and second side walls and the first and second end walls are formed by at least one sheet metal segment connected at at least one joint.

Abstract: A system for controlling shaft displacement within a support structure, the system having a rotatable shaft, at least one bearing supporting the shaft, the at least one bearing having an inner race rotatable along with the shaft and an outer race circumferentially surrounding the inner race, an electromagnet assembly positioned about the shaft along a longitudinal axis thereof, and a controller that detects a radial motion of the shaft and determines a corrective force to reduce the radial motion of, or a parameter related to, the shaft, the controller commanding the electromagnet assembly to generate the corrective force to act on the shaft, the electromagnet assembly having a plurality of phases spaced circumferentially about the shaft, the controller commanding different phases of the electromagnet assembly to generate the corrective force so that a vector of the corrective force rotates about the longitudinal axis of the shaft.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in a drill string configured for use in a subterranean formation includes a drive shaft coupled to a drill bit, the drill bit configured to continuously rotate and penetrate within the subterranean formation, a drill string housing that houses the drive shaft, the drive shaft continuously rotating within the drill string housing relative to the drill string housing, and a bearing assembly configured bear the drive shaft within the drill string housing, the bearing assembly comprising a first bearing surface having a first curvature.

Abstract: An inner ring or and outer ring for a roller bearing includes: 0.30-0.45 wt. % carbon, 0.1-0.7 wt. % silicon, 0.6-0.9 wt. % manganese, 0.9-1.2 wt. % chromium, 0.15-0.7 wt. % molybdenum, 0-2.0 wt. % nickel, 0-0.02 wt. % phosphorus, and 0-0.02 wt. % sulfur, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities. The microstructure of the steel composition contains bainite, and a carbonitrided case layer is provided on a surface of the inner ring or outer ring.

Abstract: A sensor bearing unit includes a bearing having a first ring and a second ring centered on an axis, an impulse ring secured to the first ring and a sensor device secured to the second ring for detecting rotational parameters of the impulse ring. The impulse ring is secured into a groove formed on a cylindrical surface of the first ring which is located radially on a side of the first ring opposite the second ring.

Abstract: In a pair of sliding members (3, 5) sliding relative to each other on sliding surfaces (S), at least one of the sliding surfaces (S) includes a dynamic pressure generation mechanism (11), and the curvature of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism (11) is set to increase in proportion to the flow path length of the dynamic pressure generation mechanism (11). The sliding member can exhibit a pumping action even at low-speed rotation and can exhibit sealing function and lubrication function.

Abstract: A seal assembly is for sealing a space adjacent to a bearing and defined between an inner member and an outer member disposed about the inner member. The seal assembly includes an annular seal disposed about the inner member and having a sealing lip sealingly engageable with the inner member. An annular load ring is disposed within the outer member bore and has an inner circumferential surface defining a bore, the seal being disposed within the bore and coupled with the ring. A first axial end of the ring is disposed against the bearing outer ring, or a spacer disposed axially between the load ring and the bearing outer ring, and a second axial end is disposed against a radial surface of the outer member. The load ring is configured to support axial loading on, and to prevent axial displacement of, the bearing outer ring.

Abstract: An energy converting device that includes a stationary vertical structure with a vertical post member, compressible and expandable containers containing “lighter-than-air” gas, and a supporting base that can vertically slide along the post member. A control mechanism is used to compress and decompress the gas within the containers, and the supporting base can move up or down depending on the compression state of the gas.

Abstract: Bearing assemblies, apparatuses, systems, and methods include bearing assemblies where one of the bearing assemblies may include bearing surfaces defining an at least partially conical surface.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a rolling bearing for a medical or cosmetic instrument including a bearing inner ring revolving around an axis of rotation; and a stationary bearing outer ring, which concentrically encloses the bearing inner ring; wherein a bearing gap is formed between the bearing inner ring and the bearing outer ring and a plurality of rolling bodies is arranged in succession in circumferentially in the bearing gap, the bearing inner ring being mounted in the bearing outer ring; and wherein the rolling bodies are arranged rolling on the bearing inner ring and the bearing outer ring, the bearing gap being covered in the axial direction by a cover disk, which forms a radial gap with the bearing inner ring extending in the axial direction, the radial gap has a gap length and a gap height, the gap length being at least 25% of the rolling body height.

Abstract: Bearing arrangement for a machine element having a bearing having an outer bearing race radially fixed by a cylindrical cutout in the mounted state of the bearing arrangement; a locking element having an annular radial portion and at least one axial portion; and the annular radial portion of the locking element cooperates with a region of the outer bearing race on a first axial side of the outer bearing race to secure the outer bearing race at the first axial side; and at least one securing element which, in a mounted state of the bearing arrangement, is in operative engagement with the at least one axial portion of the locking element and with the machine element such that the locking element secures the outer bearing race at the first axial side.

Abstract: Bearing arrangement with a bearing having an outer bearing race; a machine element with a cylindrical cutout receiving and securing the outer bearing race; and a circumferentially constructed groove adjoins a first axial side of the cylindrical cutout and extends radially outward to receive a locking element for securing the outer bearing race at the first axial side of the groove; an annular locking element having an inner diameter which is larger in a mounting state than in a securing state. The locking element is partially guided in the constructed circumferential groove to secure the outer bearing race at the first axial side in the securing state; and a securing device cooperates with the locking element to secure a changed state of the locking element; and the securing device secures the locking element from an outer side of the machine element opposite the first axial side of the cylindrical cutout.

Abstract: In an outer ring rotating rolling bearing, an inclined surface is formed on an outer peripheral surface of an inner ring and decreasing in diameter toward an axially outer side, a seal member includes an annular core metal and an annular elastic member fixed to the core metal, and an elastic member includes a neck portion extending from an inner peripheral edge portion of the core metal toward a radially inner side and a seal lip formed at a tip end portion of a neck portion and brought into contact with the inclined surface of the inner ring with a tightening margin. Here, T2?T1, where a width of the core metal is T1 and a thickness of the neck portion is T2.

Abstract: A rotary bearing with a damper having an inner bearing element configured for rotation around an axis of rotation, an outer bearing element coaxial with the inner bearing element, an inner damper element with an outer surface surrounding the outer bearing element, an outer damper element with an inner surface surrounding the inner damper element, at least one sealing element provided between the outer surface and the inner surface, the sealing element confining a damper space having a circumferential film space defined by a clearance between the outer surface and the inner surface. The damper space contains fluid and is a closed, isolated damper space.

Abstract: In a raceway surface of at least one of an inner ring and an outer ring, a region not affected by machining is set as a first region, and a region, which has (a) a machining amount of 0.03 or more, (b) an amount of residual austenite being 70% or more of an amount of retained austenite in the first region, and (c) a compressive residual stress being higher by 500 MPa or more than a compressive residual stress in the first region, is set as a second region.

Abstract: A non-contact air bearing having electrostatic discharge properties may comprise: a porous media element having a bearing surface; a supply line configured supply an externally pressurize gas or fluid to the porous media; and an electrostatic dissipative porous bearing layer on the bearing surface of the porous media element; wherein the externally pressurized fluid flows through the porous media element and creates a thin film between the electrostatic dissipative layer and a substrate supported by the air bearing.

Abstract: A deep groove ball bearing providing an inner ring, an outer ring and a plurality of balls being arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring. The inner ring and the outer ring each include a raceway for the plurality of balls. Each raceway encompasses the plurality of balls symmetrically. The deep groove ball bearing is lubricated by a lubricant being arranged on each axial side of the plurality of balls. The raceways are offset in the same axial direction from the axial center of the inner ring and the outer ring such that the raceways are offset to the axial side of the deep groove ball bearing where the shear rate acting on the lubricant is higher than on the other axial side of the deep groove ball bearing.

Abstract: A ball bearing has an outer circumferential surface of an inner ring subjected to a surface treatment by laser cladding in a circumferential direction, forming an annular first build-up layer with which a plurality of balls 4 is brought into contact so that the balls are rolled in the circumferential direction (first build-up layer formation step). An inner circumferential surface of an outer ring is subjected to a surface treatment by laser cladding in a circumferential direction, thereby forming an annular second build-up layer with which the plurality of balls contacts so that the balls can be rolled in the circumferential direction (second build-up layer formation step).