With Radially Acting Bias Means Patents (Class 384/148)
  • Patent number: 11578802
    Abstract: Sealing unit for a wheel hub group for vehicles that is provided with a roller bearing interposed between a rotary hub for a wheel of the vehicle, and a stationary pin of an upright of said vehicle, the sealing unit in turn comprising an annular pre-cavity arranged in an axially frontal position of the roller bearing, a dynamic portion in rotation about an axis when in use, and a static portion cooperating with the dynamic portion to protect the roller bearing from external contaminants, the dynamic portion having a centrifuging surface formed on a free end of the hub and the static portion in turn having a stationary screen that is fitted onto the support pin inside the pre-cavity and that has a centrifuging section facing the centrifuging surface to facilitate expulsion and drainage of contaminants out of the annular pre-cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventor: Daniele Duch
  • Patent number: 10576794
    Abstract: A tire inflation system wheel valve assembly is provided. The wheel valve assembly may include a body portion coupled with a cover portion. A diaphragm may be disposed between the body portion and the cover portion. The diaphragm and the body portion define a control cavity; and the diaphragm and the cover portion define a cover cavity. At least one control port is in fluid communication with the control cavity. In addition, a tire port is in selective fluid communication with the control cavity. Further, the cover portion defines an aperture in fluid communication with the atmosphere and the cover cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC
    Inventor: Pheng Lee
  • Patent number: 10344803
    Abstract: A sealing device provided between an outer member and an inner member that coaxially rotates relative to the outer member. The sealing device includes a first member in a form of a double cylinder being fitted onto the inner member; and a second member including a core member that is fitted into the outer member and a seal lip portion made of elastic material that is fixed to the core member and elastically contacts the first member, the first member and the second member being combined. The first member includes an inner diametrical side cylindrical portion and an outer diametrical side cylindrical portion that extend toward the second member in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: UCHIYAMA MANUFACTURING CORP.
    Inventor: Kentaro Ohmori
  • Patent number: 10302133
    Abstract: Bearing sealing structures are disclosed, which may include first and second frameworks configured to attach to an outer ring and an inner ring, respectively, and an elastic sealing member. The first framework may include a first radially extending part extending towards the inner ring, the second framework may include a second radially extending part extending towards the outer ring, and the second radially extending part may be located on an axially outer side of the first radially extending part. The sealing structure may form a first chamber and a second chamber in a radial direction, the first chamber being formed by the first or second radially extending part. The second chamber may be located on a radially inner side of the first chamber, and the elastic sealing member may include a first sealing member extending into the first chamber and a second sealing member extending into the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hongwei Song, Ling Nan, Fuqiang Cai, Uwe Niebling, Zhiheng Liu, Xin Liu
  • Patent number: 5890812
    Abstract: A rolling bearing sealing device comprises a first, truncated-cone surface (21) integral with the non-rotating race (11) of the bearing and diverging axially towards the outside of the bearing, and a second truncated-cone surface (23) parallel to the first surface (21). The second surface is integral with the rotating race (16) of the bearing. The first and second surfaces (21, 23) are spaced apart and facing each other so as to determine therebetween a gap (25) of truncated-cone shape having a length (L) and a width (w) such to resist water entering in a chamber (26) communicating with the outside when the bearing is at rest, and expel water centrifuging it out of said chamber as the bearing rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: SKF Industrie S.P.A.
    Inventors: Pinto Marcello, Visconti Alberto
  • Patent number: 5183596
    Abstract: An apparatus for the treatment of liquid by aeration is provided. The apparatus has a motor, a propeller carried by a motor-driven shaft, an air flow passage to the propeller, bearings supporting the shaft at a location spaced from the motor and at least one bearing seal between a bearing and the propeller. In accordance with the present invention, a module for releasably carrying at least one of the bearing seals is detachably secured about the shaft to faciliate removal of at least the bearing seals from the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Aeromix Systems, Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Rajendren, Peter S. Gross, Eric G. Bollensen
  • Patent number: 5096207
    Abstract: A cartridge seal is described where the outer ring 1 and the inner ring 4 are inseparably joined to each other. The outer ring has a circumferential groove 2 which is axially open in a direction toward the outside 14 and which is engaged by a first and second sealing lip of the inner ring 4. The second sealing lip 9 is formed by an extrusion of the protruding end of the first sealing lip 8. Both sealing lips 8, 9 contact their corresponding counter surfaces 6, 7 with circumferential sealing edges 10, 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Reinhold Seeh, Rolf Vogt, Rolf Drucktenhengt