Abstract: A bearing unit having a radially outer ring provided with at least one raceway, a radially inner ring provided with at least one raceway, at least one row of rolling elements interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring, at least one containment cage for keeping the rolling elements of the rolling element row in position, and a seal interposed between the radially inner ring and the radially outer ring. An anchoring element mechanically locks the seal in a first seat of the radially inner ring, and the anchoring element is housed in a second seat of the radially outer ring.

Abstract: With respect to the manufacture of cylindrical rolling bodies, excess material on an outside section in the radial direction and recesses in both end surfaces in the axial direction are not generated as much as possible in the intermediate material that is removed from a molding device for performing compression molding. Annular concave sections 27 are provided on the inner-circumferential surfaces 20a of molding concave sections 19a provided in a stationary-side mold 17a and a movable-side mold 18a. The stationary-side mold 17a and the movable-side mold 18a are brought close to each other in the axial direction while compressing the intermediate material 23 in a state in which both side sections in the axial direction of the intermediate material 23 are inserted into the molding concave sections 19a.

Abstract: A freewheel arrangement having a freewheel, which comprises an inner ring, an outer ring rotatable in a first direction of rotation relative to the inner ring, and clamping elements between the inner ring and the outer ring, which prevent a rotation of the outer ring relative to the inner ring in a second direction of rotation. The outer ring and the inner ring and the clamping elements may be formed as a stamped sheet metal part.

Abstract: A tapered roller for a tapered roller bearing, the tapered roller bearing having a raceway and a flange, and the tapered roller having a rolling surface configured to roll on the raceway and an end surface at the end of the rolling surface configured to face the flange. The end surface includes an abutment surface having a curvature and a radially outer end and a radially inner end and is configured to contact the flange. The curvature increases monotonically from a starting point on the abutment surface to the radially inner end of the abutment surface.

Abstract: A surface shape of a machining surface of a rotating elastic grindstone is rendered to be a shape appropriate to a to-be-machined surface of a work. With the work being rotated, the rotating elastic grindstone is held in engagement to an end of the to-be-machined surface of the work. The elastic grindstone is moved along a machining trajectory effective to allow the machining surface of the elastic grindstone, which is so formed as to suit to the to-be-machined surface, to follow the to-be-machined surface of the work. The to-be-machined surface of the work so superfinished represents a smooth surface free from any machining trace such as a crossing-angle pattern.

Abstract: A steel retainer (3), which retains needle rollers (2), is formed from a steel plate containing 0.15 to 1.10% by mass of carbon. After being formed, the steel plate is subjected to induction heat treatment which includes induction hardening and induction tempering. Such heat treatment can be carried out efficiently in a short period of time, using compact treatment facilities, even in small-lot production. The retainer (3) thus formed is sufficiently resistant to wear and surface damage, and is high in fatigue strength and fracture strength as a whole.

Abstract: A machine, method and tooling to precision cold-form roller blanks for anti-friction bearings. The machine is a multistage progressive former using floating die cavities to enable simultaneous shaping of the ends of the roller with high accuracy and without flash. The tools and staged forming create an improved roller with an advantageous grain pattern and devoid of structural defects previously attributable to the presence of sheared end face material in the radiused corners of the blank and flash at its mid-section.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing a roller thrust bearing having a plurality of rows of rollers, the bearing featuring reduced differential slip, reduced friction and wear, and increased longevity without flaking. The method includes forming a cage to accommodate the rollers, crowning the rollers, and arranging the rollers in pockets such that the rollers held by a pocket have respective end surfaces in direct contact with each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a bearing ring for a rolling bearing, said bearing ring comprising a raceway for a rolling member as well as at least one lateral rim for axially guiding the rolling member. In one step of said method, a notch is introduced into a running surface of the bearing ring which faces the rolling member. According to the invention, the final contour of the bearing ring is created by means of a hard turning process.

Abstract: A step portion is formed at an outer peripheral surface of an axially-central portion of an outer ring, and is smaller in diameter than outer peripheral surfaces of axial opposite end portions of the outer ring. The step portion is continuously formed over an entire periphery of the outer ring, and has a predetermined width over the entire periphery. The outer peripheral surface and inner peripheral surface of the outer ring are pressed radially inwardly, and therefore are bulged radially inwardly into a step-like shape to form the step portion having an axis coinciding with a axis of the outer ring. A pedestal of a cylinder block and a cap member retain the outer peripheral surface of the step portion, thereby positioning the outer ring in the axial direction and also preventing a movement of the outer ring in the axial direction.

Abstract: A machine, method and tooling to precision cold-form roller blanks for anti-friction bearings. The machine is a multistage progressive former using floating die cavities to enable simultaneous shaping of the ends of the roller with high accuracy and without flash. The tools and staged forming create an improved roller with an advantageous grain pattern and devoid of structural defects previously attributable to the presence of sheared end face material in the radiused corners of the blank and flash at its mid-section.

Abstract: A machine, method and tooling to precision cold-form roller blanks for anti-friction bearings. The machine is a multistage progressive former using floating die cavities to enable simultaneous shaping of the ends of the roller with high accuracy and without flash. The tools and staged forming create an improved roller with an advantageous grain pattern and devoid of structural defects previously attributable to the presence of sheared end face material in the radiused corners of the blank and flash at its mid-section.

Abstract: A cylindrical roller bearing or needle roller bearing for use with a rolling raceway surface is subjected to a carbonitriding treatment to produce a layer containing 30 to 80% retained austenite in the vicinity of its surface that contacts a carburized layer of a rolling raceway surface of a roller bearing. The amount of retained austenite of the surface layer of the roller bearing is increased by about 30%. The surface layer is then heat treated to apply a residual compression stress. The surface then receives surface finishing to produce micro concavo-convex portions in a random direction.

Abstract: A bearing having bearing elements made of Type 60 Nitinol made by an investment casting process for producing near net shape parts of Nitinol includes making a ceramic mold having a series of spherical cavities, pouring molten Nitinol into the mold cavities, cooling the mold and the Nitinol in the cavities to produce solidified Nitinol balls, and breaking the mold away from the Nitinol balls. Nitinol rods for roller bearings can be made by conventional casting directly from the crucible in a draw-down oven. The bars are hot machined or hot rotary swaged and then centerless ground and laser cut to length, or are first cut to length and then centerless ground individually for crowned roller elements. The balls are broken or cut from the risers, leaving the gates attached, and are consolidated by healing under pressure in a hot isostatic press, then ground to the desired size. The balls or rollers are polished, then treated to create an integral ceramic finish.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing miniature ball bearings that reduces material loss to improve manufacturing efficiency. The process consists of obtaining an inner and outer ring blank by cutting a first blank, forging the first blank to obtain a final blank, and separating the final blank to form an outer ring blank and an inner ring blank. The outer ring blank has an outer diameter of at most 13 mm. Cutting the first blank is performed by mechanically cutting and machining.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing miniature ball bearings that reduces material loss to improve manufacturing efficiency. The process consists of obtaining an inner and outer ring blank by cutting a first blank, forging the first blank to obtain a final blank, and separating the final blank to form an outer ring blank and an inner ring blank. The outer ring blank has an outer diameter of at most 13 mm. Cutting the first blank is performed by press cutting.

Abstract: A superfinishing method of a tapered roller bearing, including the steps of: rotating an outer ring of the tapered roller bearing about a center axis thereof; inserting a straight-shaped superfinishing stone from a front face of outer ring; and slidingly contacting a leading end face of the superfinishing stone with a taper-shaped raceway surface formed in an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring to thereby superfinish the raceway surface. The superfinishing stone is inclined outwardly of the front face of outer ring with respect to a vertical line of the raceway surface.

Abstract: A cylindrical roller bearing or needle roller bearing for use with a rolling raceway surface is subjected to a carbonitriding treatment to produce a layer containing 30 to 80% retained austenite in the vicinity of its surface that contacts a carburized layer of a rolling raceway surface of a roller bearing. The amount of retained austenite of the surface layer of the roller bearing is increased by about 30%. The surface layer is then heat treated to apply a residual compression stress. The surface then receives surface finishing to produce micro concavo-convex portions in a random direction.

Abstract: A bearing is provided which can be sufficiently processed by a usual NC grinding machine, and attain a life period that is substantially equal to that of a bearing having a theoretical crowning shape which is derived from the elastic contact theory, even when the bearing is used in a portion to which a heavy load or a high torque load is applied. As means for realizing such a bearing, a generating line of a rolling surface of a roller or a raceway surface of an inner or outer race is divided into a plurality of zones, and the shape of the generating line is approximated to a special curve shape which is theoretically derived, by a plurality of circular arcs which are contacted with each other on the border line between the corresponding zones. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a roller bearing which can be practically used, and which can attain a life period that is substantially equal to that of a bearing having an ideal crowning shape.

Abstract: In a case where crowning is provided on a contact surface of a tappet roller by the combination of, for example, two circular arcs, a logarithmic crowning is determined in which an edge load does not occur in the bearing pressure even if its inclination with respect to the cam is {fraction (5/1,000)} or thereabouts, and a crowning profile is set between two logarithmic crownings. In addition, the crowning profile is defined so as to be present between the logarithmic crownings in a case where the axial position x with the center in the direction of a bus set as an origin is at a position 0.85-fold and at a position 1.0-fold the half Le of the effective contact length, respectively.