Patents by Inventor Gordon Boyd Johnston

Gordon Boyd Johnston has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4111501
    Abstract: Cage for a bearing which is only axially insertable from one side of a bearing which comprises inner race and outer race rings both provided with an integral flange and rows of rolling elements running in race ways between the rings, each two adjacent rolling elements out of two rows in circumferential direction of the bearing being separated in relation to the next pairs of rolling elements by a bearing cage member, characterized in that the bearing cage-partition member has such a shape that it is elastically compressible at least in radial direction, such that the rolling elements during loading of the bearing both in the same as well as in the adjacent race way can take relatively small distance differences in relation to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: SKF Industrial Trading & Development Co., B.V.
    Inventors: Gordon Boyd Johnston, Hasse Eivind Strandberg
  • Patent number: 4066304
    Abstract: A bearing cage for use in a bearing having inner and outer rings, a plurality of balls arranged in two axially spaced rows between the rings, and a cage for separating the balls, the cage being dimensioned to permit relative motion between the rows of rolling elements, or between the rolling elements in their respective rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1978
    Assignee: SKF Industrial Trading and Development Company B.V.
    Inventors: Gordon Boyd Johnston, Reinhart Michael Hillmann, Helmuth Martin Kregler, Bertil Sven Janson, Hasse Eivind Strandberg
  • Patent number: 4004840
    Abstract: Cage for a bearing which is only axially insertable from one side of a bearing which comprises an inner race ring and an outer race ring both provided with an integral flange and rows of rolling elements running in race ways between said rings, each two adjacent rolling elements out of two rows in circumferential direction of the bearing being separated in relation to the next pairs of rolling elements by a bearing cage member, characterized in that said bearing cage-partition member has such a shape that it is elastically compressible at least in radial direction, such that the rolling elements during loading of the bearing both in the same as well as in the adjacent race way can take relatively small distance differences in relation to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1977
    Assignee: SKF Industrial Trading and Development Company, B.V.
    Inventors: Gordon Boyd Johnston, Hasse Eivind Strandberg