Patents Examined by Phillip A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11608855
    Abstract: Tooling for clocking dual eccentric bushings of a clevis so that the clevis and a lug can be pinned together, comprises a pin and a sleeve. The pin comprises a pin cylindrical portion, a plate-engagement portion, and a stop surface. The sleeve comprises a sleeve cylindrical outer surface and a sleeve interior channel that has an interior-channel central axis, which is parallel to and offset from a sleeve-cylindrical-outer-surface central axis. The pin cylindrical portion is configured to be received by the sleeve interior channel with a slip fit. The tooling further comprises a squaring plate that comprises a squaring-plate abutment surface, configured to contact the stop surface, and a squaring-plate opening configured to receive the plate-engagement portion of the pin with a slip fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Thomas J. Harleman
  • Patent number: 11603886
    Abstract: A guide carriage (1) of a linear guide includes a circulation channel (8) for rolling bodies (2), which is formed from a load section (3), two deflection sections (5) and a return section (4). A valve (16) arranged in a lubricant channel (10) to prevent the back flow of lubricant from the circulation channel (8) is arranged at a supply point (13) for supplying lubricating agent to one of the deflection sections (5), and the deflection section (5) is delimited by a deflection shell (9) located in an end piece (7). The valve (16) is formed integrally with at least one of the elements deflection shell (9) and end piece (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Elicker, Martin Menges
  • Patent number: 11603885
    Abstract: A sheet metal strip configured for use as an inner or outer raceway of a rolling-element bearing, and a method of forming the raceway by punching and/or laser cutting a strip of material from a metal sheet, bending the sheet into a ring and welding the ends of the strip together, and mounting the strip on a circular inner or outer surface to form an outer or inner raceway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Friedrich, Norbert Huhn, Thomas Kettner, Harald Metz, Alfred Radina, Jonas Schierling, Maximilian Soellner, Markus Volkmuth
  • Patent number: 11598368
    Abstract: A sensor bearing unit includes a bearing having a first ring and a second ring, and an impulse ring provided with a target holder, with a target mounted on the target holder, and with a sleeve secured to the first ring. The target holder having a mounting portion secured to the first ring of the bearing. The target holder has at least anti-rotation feature axially spaced apart from a free end of the mounting portion and cooperating with a complementary anti-rotation feature of the first ring so as to prevent angular movement of the impulse ring relative to the first ring. The anti-rotation feature of the target holder extends into the complementary anti-rotation feature of the first ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Nicolas Berruet, Charles Chambonneau, Eric Robert, Vincent Sausset
  • Patent number: 11598371
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes a rotating body, an operation body rotated integrally with the rotating body, a housing, hydrodynamic plain bearings rotatably supporting the rotating body relative to the housing, and a cooling passage arranged in the housing. The hydrodynamic plain bearings each include a resin coating layer at a portion that is opposed to the rotating body. The hydrodynamic plain bearings include at least one combination of hydrodynamic plain bearings. Each combination includes an upstream hydrodynamic plain bearing and a downstream hydrodynamic plain bearing located at different positions in a direction in which the fluid flows through the cooling passage. The coating layer of the upstream hydrodynamic plain bearing has a lower hardness than the coating layer of the downstream hydrodynamic plain bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumiya Shinoda, Fumihiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11598374
    Abstract: A bearing system including a first member having an outer surface wherein at least a portion of the outer surface includes a plurality of plateaus and a plurality of indentations, a dry-film lubricant at least partially filling at least one of the plurality of indentations, and a second member having a mating surface to the outer surface of the first member wherein the second member configured to move past the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Poteet, Kevin M. Rankin
  • Patent number: 11585375
    Abstract: A damper bearing includes: a bearing portion that supports a rotary shaft; and a tubular portion that is located around an outer circumference of the bearing portion, and has an outer surface attachable to a structural member. The bearing portion can be a hydrostatic bearing that supports the rotary shaft with a predetermined bearing clearance therebetween. The tubular portion includes a plurality of planar slits arranged circumferentially at predetermined intervals in the tubular portion. Each slit extends radially from an open end at the outer surface, and extends circumferentially in an arc to a predetermined point in a region between the outer and inner surfaces. The tubular portion includes a bearing fluid supply hole that is formed in a region where none of the planar slits is situated, and extends from the outer surface of the tubular portion to the bearing portion without passing through any of the planar slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Ishimaru, Ryota Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11585383
    Abstract: A sensing device for vehicle includes a first sensing part configured to sense first information related to a wheel to generate a first signal; a second sensing part configured to sense second information related to the wheel to generating a second signal; a first insert to which the first sensing part is fixed; a second insert to which the second sensing part is fixed, the second insert being coupled to the first insert; at least one first connection part connected to the first sensing part and configured to supply a first power to the first sensing part or to transmit the first signal; at least one second connection part connected to the second sensing part and configured to supply a second power to the second sensing part or to transmit the second signal; and a body configured to accommodate the first and second sensing parts therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ILJIN GLOBAL Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chan Goo Jeon, Young Tae Kim, Joung Woo Hur
  • Patent number: 11585384
    Abstract: A bearing ring having a main part ring provided with at least one groove formed a surface of the main part ring. The bearing ring further provides at least one fiber sensor mounted inside the groove. The bearing ring also include at least one counterpart ring mounted into the groove of the main part ring and coming into contact with the fiber sensor to maintain the fiber sensor against a groove bottom, the counterpart ring being secured to the main part ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Yves-André Liverato, Olivier Verbe
  • Patent number: 11585377
    Abstract: A holder has a protrusion which protrudes from a side surface at a side opposite in an axial direction with respect to a rolling element held in a pocket toward the side opposite in the axial direction. An oil supply hole which penetrates through the holder from the side surface to a surface at a side of the rolling element in the axial direction is formed in the holder. When the holder rotates, the protrusion guides oil into the oil supply hole, and the oil is introduced from the side surface of the holder to the surface on the side of the rolling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mamoru Tohyama, Yasuhiro Ohmiya, Norikazu Sato, Michiru Hirose, Takaaki Onizuka, Yoshio Tateishi, Kenichi Hasegawa, Takuya Toda, Komatsugu Nishimura, Yuya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11584401
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an adapter assembly of a generator and an axle-end generator assembly. An adapter assembly includes a first part configured to mount to a wagon bogie and a second part connecting to the first part. The first part and the second part are configured to form a base for mounting a stator of a generator together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Eduard Aul, Ran Guan, Zhihui Pan, Ganjun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11585378
    Abstract: Sealing device for a bearing unit having at least one contact lip operatively in sliding contact with a contact surface of the bearing unit and in turn provided with a wedge portion which forms with respect to the contact surface a first angle (?) facing a medium to be contained and a second angle (?) opposite the first angle, wherein during operating conditions, the second angle (?) is smaller than the first angle (?) and with a first surface having a concave shape, the concavity of which is defined by a first radius (R1); wherein the second angle (?) is between 48° and 55° and the length of the first radius (R1) is between 2.0 mm and 10.00 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventors: Gianni Alvise Cognolato, Ciro Raia
  • Patent number: 11585385
    Abstract: The sensor bearing unit provides a bearing having an inner ring and an outer ring centered on an axis, the inner ring mounted on a shaft, and an impulse ring provided with a target holder and with a target mounted on the target holder, the target holder being secured to the inner ring. The target holder includes anti-rotation features adapted to cooperate with complementary anti-rotation features of the shaft so as to prevent angular movement of the impulse ring relative to the shaft by abutment in circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Gilles Ngningha, Jr., Eric Robert, Vincent Sausset, Charlotte Vu
  • Patent number: 11585327
    Abstract: The present invention provides a spring return device comprising a rotatable drive coupling configured for releasably engaging a rotatable drive part on a first side of the device and configured for releasably engaging a rotatable drive part on an opposite second side of the device. A spring is engaged with the drive coupling, and a retainer retains the spring. The drive coupling is rotatable relative to the retainer, wherein rotation of the drive coupling relative to the retainer in a first direction causes mechanical energy to be stored in the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KINETROL LTD
    Inventor: Roger Chapman
  • Patent number: 11578760
    Abstract: An input gear assembly in which the input gear is coupled to the input shaft via a pair of spaced-apart pilot regions of the input shaft. One of the pilot regions is disposed adjacent to one of the bearings used, with the pilot region formed in or on the input shaft itself and engaging a corresponding internal surface of the input gear. Another of the pilot regions is formed in the inner bearing raceway of another of the bearings used, with the pilot region formed as an elongate portion of the inner bearing raceway of the input shaft and engaging another corresponding internal surface of the input gear. For manufacturing simplicity, this additional pilot region and the remainder of the elongate inner bearing raceway have the same material properties, surface treatment, straightness, and cylindricity. This arrangement prevents tilting of the input gear with respect to the input shaft and bearing shaft, thereby enhancing performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Mason Verbridge, Ana Sopalovic, Roy Darnell
  • Patent number: 11566670
    Abstract: A sensor bearing housing assembly for use with or integrally formed with a bearing housing. The bearing housing having a base portion defining a footprint, a shaft receiving collar, and a bearing race disposed between the shaft receiving collar and the bearing housing. The sensor bearing housing assembly having a pair of lengthwise sidewalls configured to extend upward from the base portion and an endwise sidewall configured to extend upward from the base portion. The pair of lengthwise sidewalls and the endwise sidewall being joined to form a sensor volume for receiving a sensor therein generally defined within a vertical volume bounded by the footprint of the base portion. The sensor bearing housing assembly having a cutout formed in at least one of the pair of lengthwise sidewalls and the pair of endwise sidewall to permit access to a fastener extending through a mounting hole formed in the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Phillips
  • Patent number: 11565665
    Abstract: A landing leg assembly for a heavy duty commercial vehicle includes a first leg member defining an interior space, a second leg member telescopingly engaging the first leg member and movable between a retracted position and an extended position with respect to the first leg member, a gear assembly at least partially located within the interior space of the first leg member and operably coupled to the second leg member and configured to receive an input from a user to move the first leg member between the retracted and extended positions, the gear assembly including a shaft member and a gear member fixed for rotation with the shaft member, and an integral, single-piece bearing member including a bore that rotatably receives the shaft member, wherein the bearing member comprises a powdered metal and is directly welded to the first leg member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-Holland, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Jasper
  • Patent number: 11555518
    Abstract: A linear motion guide unit includes a rail having first rolling surfaces extending longitudinally parallel to each other, a movable slider fitting over the rail, second rolling surfaces opposing the first rolling surfaces, respectively, rolling elements that roll while contacting the first and second rolling surfaces, a loop path through which the rolling elements circulate composed of a load-carrying race formed with the first and second rolling surfaces, a first circulation passage formed in the slider parallel to the load-carrying race, and two second circulation passages connecting the load-carrying race and the first circulation passage. The load-carrying race has a first portion at a boundary with the second circulation passage, and a contact angle of the rolling element with the second rolling surface in the first portion is greater than a contact angle of the rolling element with the second rolling surface in a remaining portion of the load-carrying race.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON THOMPSON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Yamada, Toshimichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11542985
    Abstract: To provide a rolling bearing having a hard film on an inner ring raceway surface and an outer ring raceway surface of the rolling bearing that improves peeling resistance of the hard film, shows the original property of the hard film, and suppresses the attackability to a mating material. A rolling bearing 1 has an inner ring 2 having an inner ring raceway surface 2a on an outer circumference, an outer ring 3 having an outer ring raceway surface 3a on an inner circumference, and rolling elements 4 that roll between the inner ring raceway surface 2a and the outer ring raceway surface 3a. A hard film 8 includes a foundation layer formed directly on the inner ring raceway surface 2a or the outer ring raceway surface 3a and mainly formed of Cr and WC, a mixed layer having a gradient composition formed on the foundation layer and mainly formed of WC and DLC, and a surface layer formed on the mixed layer and mainly formed of DLC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Nakanishi, Hidenobu Mikami
  • Patent number: 11542986
    Abstract: The sealing system seals the bearings of a floor machine. The sealing system provides a sealing base and a sealing head. A seal is positioned between the sealing base and the sealing head to seal the bearing. The sealing base secures to the driver plate. The sealing base extends upward above the bearing. The sealing head is positioned above the sealing base. The sealing head is positioned radially inward of the sealing base at the bearing. The sealing head extends upward above the sealing base and extends outward beyond an upper portion of the sealing base to be located radially outward from the sealing base. The seal is located at an upper portion of the sealing base. The seal is located radially outward from the sealing base. The seal is located below the sealing head at a sealing aperture located between a sealing shoulder and a sealing neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Kevin Douglas Brady