For Hub Patents (Class 384/544)
  • Patent number: 11975567
    Abstract: A clamping system for a hub bearing assembly includes a screw element configured to engage with a threaded section formed on a flanged hub of a bearing unit. The screw element includes a flange-shaped head configured to cooperate with an annular element of the bearing unit and axially constrain the flanged hub and the annular element, an elastic ring, and at least one annular seat for the elastic ring. The at least one annular seat is formed radially on the inside of the annular element or on the outside of the flange-shaped head along a radially outer peripheral edge of the flange-shaped head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Marco Falossi, Francesco Lamboglia, Fabio Marchetti, Marco Romanetto
  • Patent number: 11833854
    Abstract: In a vehicle suspension assembly (1), a connection system (4) between a hub bearing unit (2) and a suspension upright or knuckle (3), including: a radially outer lateral cylindrical surface (16) of a radially outer ring or element (6) of the hub bearing unit, configured for interference coupling with a radially inner lateral cylindrical surface (18) of a reception seat (5) of the suspension upright or knuckle; a pair of, or three, lugs (19) that protrude radially in cantilever fashion from the radially outer ring or element of the hub bearing unit, each being provided with an axial through hole (21); a frontal surface (23) of the suspension upright or knuckle, configured for receiving the lugs (19) in axial abutment; and screws (24) fitted in a through manner through the axial holes of the lugs and screwed into respective threaded holes (25) formed in the suspension upright or knuckle, on the frontal surface (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Back, Marco Falossi, Paolo A. Re, Stefano Richaud, Marco Romanetto
  • Patent number: 11796006
    Abstract: To realize a method for manufacturing a hub unit bearing capable of increasing the processing efficiency of a staking portion. An axial inner end portion of a hub ring 22 is processed into a staking portion 26 by rotating a die 31 around a reference axis C in a state in which the die 31 having a rotation axis ? inclined with respect to the reference axis C is pressed against the axial inner end portion of the hub ring 22 under a condition that the hub ring 22 is disposed so that a center axis of the hub ring 22 is coaxial or parallel to the reference axis C and the hub ring 22 is supported to be radially movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hagiwara, Reiji Hirasaki
  • Patent number: 11713785
    Abstract: A hub bearing assembly for the rotatable mounting of a soil cultivating disc (D) on a support shaft (A) of an agricultural machine, the assembly being provided with a hub bearing unit which in turn is provided with a flanged outer ring carrying two integral outer raceways for respective rows of rolling bodies, a flange fixed to the flanged outer ring for mounting a disc (D), and, for each outer raceway, an inner ring axially adjacent to the other inner ring, both of which can be engaged by the support shaft (A); and a sealing device mounted on a side of the hub bearing assembly opposite the side of the flange, composed of a first sealing stage and a second sealing stage arranged sequentially along the support shaft (A) and housed in respective seats formed directly in the flanged outer ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventors: Massimo Marivo, Stefano Urso, Riccardo Venturucci
  • Patent number: 11654728
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly including a hydraulic apparatus having a rotor and a stator. The rotor is mounted so as to turn about a second rotation axis with respect to the stator and is secured to a device suitable for mounting a vehicle wheel. A pivot-pin element is intended to be mounted on an axle and is mounted so as to rotate about a first rotation axis with respect to the hydraulic apparatus. The stator is mounted so as to turn about the first rotation axis with respect to the axle. An air chamber is formed between the pivot-pin element and the hydraulic apparatus, the air chamber is connected to a distribution passage formed in the hydraulic apparatus. An axle passage is formed in the pivot-pin element so as to form a pneumatic passage between the pivot-pin element and the hydraulic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: POCLAIN HYDRAULICS INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: Adam Frey, Homer Hawk, Sylvain Michon
  • Patent number: 11536313
    Abstract: A wheel bearing assembly includes a wheel hub, at least one inner ring, an outer ring, and one or more rolling elements. An accommodation space may be formed inward of a vehicle-body-side end portion of the wheel hub to accommodate a constant velocity joint, and a plurality of recesses for accommodating rotating elements of the constant velocity joint are formed on an inner peripheral surface of the accommodation space to be spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction. A first heat-treated hardened portion may be formed on the inner peripheral surface of the accommodation space, and may be formed to have portions with which the rotating elements of the constant velocity joint is brought into contact. A second heat-treated hardened portion may formed on an outer peripheral surface of the wheel hub. The first and second heat-treated hardened portions may not overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ILJIN GLOBAL Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jung Yang Park, Jong Keun Lim, Yun Ho Jung, Bo Young Jang
  • Patent number: 11454322
    Abstract: A rotary pneumatic seal may have a ring-shaped inner radial seal with an inner lip extending in an axial direction, an outer lip extending in the same axial direction, a connecting flange connecting the inner lip and the outer lip, a pneumatic sealing lip, and an oil sealing lip. The rotary pneumatic seal may also have a ring-shaped outer radial seal located radially outward from the inner radial seal. The outer radial seal may also have a first wall extending in an outward radial direction, a second wall extending in an opposite inward radial direction, a central flange connecting the first and second walls, and a dust lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Fairfield Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Paul Richards, Coleman Bruce Abbott
  • Patent number: 11453238
    Abstract: A wheel bearing assembly may include a wheel hub having a hub flange; one or more inner rings configured to be mounted to one side of the wheel hub; an outer ring provided radially outward of the one or more inner rings; a spacer coupled to a vehicle-body-side end portion of an inner ring disposed on a vehicle-body-side; and one or more rolling elements provided between the one or more inner rings and the outer ring. The one or more inner rings may be configured to be held on the wheel hub by plastically deforming a vehicle-body-side end portion of the wheel hub in a radially outward direction. A plurality of recesses for accommodating rotating elements of a constant velocity joint may be formed on an inner peripheral surface of the vehicle-body-side end portion of the wheel hub in a spaced-apart relationship with each other along a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: ILJIN GLOBAL Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yun Ho Jung, Bo Young Jang
  • Patent number: 11365765
    Abstract: A low surface-roughness part is formed at a first tapered part, as a result, the roughness of an opening-edge of a groove part of an internal spline part that opens at the first tapered part is reduced, and surface pressure applied by the opening edge to a tooth of an external spline part can be reduced. As a result, the opening edge of the groove part of the internal spline part can be kept from digging into the tooth, and variation, between products, in the insertion load of a second shaft part can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Akita, Kazuhisa Yokoyama, Kenichiro Ishikura, Tatsuya Shimoda
  • Patent number: 11136639
    Abstract: A bearing steel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, as a chemical composition: 0.51 to 0.56 wt % of carbon (C); 0.30 to 0.55 wt % of silicon (Si); 0.60 to 0.90 wt % of manganese (Mn); 0.025 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of phosphorus (P); 0.008 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of sulfur (S); 0.01 to 0.20 wt % of chromium (Cr); 0.08 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of molybdenum (Mo); 0.25 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of nickel (Ni); 0.01 to 0.20 wt % of vanadium (V); 0.20 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of copper (Cu); 0.003 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of titanium (Ti); 0.01 to 0.05 wt % of aluminum (Al); 0.0015 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of oxygen (O); 0.001 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %) of calcium (Ca); and iron (Fe) and unavoidable impurities as a remainder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: ILJIN GLOBAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Oh Chul Kwon, Seon Ho Lee, Yoon Gil Choi, Chirl Soo Shin
  • Patent number: 11137029
    Abstract: A flanged inner ring for wheel hub bearings is disclosed, wherein a tubular supporting body for the bearing is coaxial with an axis (X), and is provided with a flange, transverse to the axis (X), is provided with a plurality of threaded through holes distributed around the axis (X), and is axially delimited by an outer annular mounting surface and by an inner surface axially facing an outer ring of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventor: Fausto Morello
  • Patent number: 11125270
    Abstract: A bearing device for a wheel is configured such that: bolt insertion holes are provided in a vehicle body mounting flange of an outer member; knuckle bolts are inserted through the bolt insertion holes; bolt press-fitting holes are provided in a wheel mounting flange of a hub ring; and hub bolts are press-fitted in the bolt press-fitting holes. A dam section protruding radially outward is provided on an outer-side outer periphery of the outer member, and a cutout through which a tightening tool for tightening the knuckle bolts can be inserted through the bolt insertion holes is defined in the dam section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Nakatsuji, Natsuko Nagai
  • Patent number: 11072201
    Abstract: Flanged inner ring of a rolling bearing forming part of a wheel hub unit of motor vehicles, having at its axially inner end a rolling edge configured to preload axially a radially inner ring after being plastically deformed by orbital forming. The rolling edge is provided with a conical surface of an axially inner portion of the rolling edge. A first parameter is defined as being the ratio between the conicity of the conical surface expressed in degrees and the thickness of the rolling edge expressed in millimeters and assumes values ranging between 0.03 mm?1 and 2 mm?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Fulvio Nicastri, Fausto Morello
  • Patent number: 10935077
    Abstract: An inner ring (10a) of a hub is fitted around a fitting tube part (11) in a state where an axially outer end of the inner ring abuts on a step surface (12), and the axially inner end surface of the inner ring is pressed by an axially outer surface of a pressing part (17) of a clamp portion (13a). Thereby, a hub body (9a) and the inner ring (10a) are fixedly coupled. The clamp portion (13a) has an engaging recess (19) that extends in a radial direction. The inner ring (10a) has an engaging protrusion (21) that is engaged with the engaging recess (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 10914340
    Abstract: An inner-ring restraint device of a hub bearing capable of restraining an inner ring efficiently without applying a load to the hub bearing. An inner-ring restraint device includes a restraint ring allowing a plurality of pieces to be arranged to form a ring shape and restricting an inner ring of a hub bearing by reducing a diameter, a support plate having a ring shape coaxial with the hub bearing, being provided so as to move in an axial direction and supporting the restraint ring at a position closer to the hub bearing for the vehicle than the restraint ring in the axial direction and a ring-shaped operation plate connected to the support plate so as to relatively move in the axial direction and applying a pressure in a direction of reducing the diameter to the restraint ring by coming relatively close to the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI SHOJI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ko Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10871192
    Abstract: A flanged inner ring, and methods of forming the same, having a rolling edge configured to preload axially a radially inner ring of a rolling bearing after being plastically deformed; the rolling edge including a diameter of increasing variable size along an axis (X) of symmetry of the flanged inner ring and, wherein the increasing variable size increases along the axis (X) in a direction away from the radially inner ring, and the rolling edge includes an outer preloading surface configured such that in a deformed configuration the outer preloading surface is arranged against the radially inner ring and such that in an undeformed configuration the outer preloading surface is inclined away from the axis (X) of symmetry of the flanged inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Daniele Brogna, Domenico Bruno, Fulvio Nicastri, Davide Antonio Olivieri
  • Patent number: 10752266
    Abstract: An axlebox for a railway vehicle, having a housing provided with a through bore extending along a central axis, a bearing unit housed in the bore, and a back cover. The back cover and housing are fixed together by special manufactured shapes so as to minimize spare parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: François Champalou, Thierry Le Moigne
  • Patent number: 10576820
    Abstract: A wheel hub unit is provided including at least one planetary gear set, including a sun gear, one set of planet gears, a carrier, and a ring gear, wherein each of the planet gears of the set of planet gears is provided with an engagement arrangement adapted for engagement with a corresponding engagement arrangement of the ring gear, wherein the engagement is provided at an engagement area in which the engagement arrangement of the planet gears overlap the engagement arrangement of the ring gear, a bearing, including an inner bearing ring, an outer bearing ring and rolling elements, wherein the inner bearing ring constitutes the ring gear of the planetary gear set, and wherein a center of each of the respective rolling elements is axially displaced in relation to the engagement area. A vehicle including such a wheel hub unit is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
    Inventors: Arto Honkanen, Thomas Andersson, Mats Akerblom
  • Patent number: 10539189
    Abstract: A protective cover is molded through injection molding of a synthetic resin and includes a disc part, a sensor holder part protruding inward from the disc part, and a protruding part protruding inward from the disc part and being continuous with the sensor holder part. The disc part includes a separation wall which is thinner than other portions of the disc part and separates a magnetic encoder and a magnetic sensor from each other. The protruding part has, at the inward-side face thereof, a gate mark caused by the injection molding. The protruding part is provided with, at the outward-side face thereof, a thickness reduction part extending inward so as to be close to the gate mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: NAKANISHI METAL WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Jogan
  • Patent number: 10514064
    Abstract: A device for supporting and installing a bearing assembly includes an inner ring having an inner ring axial face, an outer ring having an outer ring axial face and an outer diameter, and a plurality of rolling elements positioned between the inner ring and the outer ring. The device comprises a sleeve having an inner diameter sized and configured to receive and support the outer ring along the outer diameter, and a disc positioned within the sleeve. The disc includes a disc outer diameter sized and configured to permit sliding of the disc along the sleeve inner diameter in an axial direction of the sleeve, and a disc face surface sized and configured to engage the inner ring axial face, or the outer ring axial face, or both when the bearing assembly is received in the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: The Timken Company
    Inventors: Brian White, Jean-Pierre Haeffele, Russell Folger
  • Patent number: 10464370
    Abstract: Wheel bearing units are disclosed. In one example, a wheel bearing unit includes an outer ring element and an inner ring element, between which there are arranged at least two rolling body rows. The inner ring element may have a radial flange which is fastenable to an axle body or to a wheel. The radial flange and/or the inner ring element may have at least one projection on a surface facing toward the outer ring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Stahl, Natalie Treubert, Frank Eichelmann
  • Patent number: 10377173
    Abstract: A wheel module for a motor vehicle, the wheel module including a wheel carrier, a wheel hub, a wheel bearing separate from the wheel hub that supports the wheel hub on the wheel carrier, and a drive shaft for driving the wheel hub. The wheel hub having end face toothing engaging a mating toothing on the drive shaft. A spacer element is arranged axially between the wheel bearing and the drive shaft wherein the spacer element adjoins the end face toothing and/or the mating toothing radially on the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ralf Fritzsche
  • Patent number: 10369840
    Abstract: A hub-bearing unit is provided with: a rotatable hub, with an axially outer flange portion configured for engagement with a rotatable element of a motor vehicle, a bearing unit provided with a fixed radially outer ring, configured for engagement with a fixed element of the motor vehicle, a first, axially outer, crown of rolling bodies, and a second, axially inner, crown of rolling bodies, interposed between the radially outer ring and the hub. The hub also assumes the function of the radially inner ring of the bearing unit and the bell of a constant velocity joint. The hub-bearing unit is designed so that the axial distance between the center of the axially inner crown of rolling bodies and the rolling center of the constant velocity joint lies within a predetermined range according to the following formula: { with ? ? L ? 0 , 0.4 ? P B S + A + L ? 4 with ? ? L < 0 , 0.5 ? P B S + A ? 4 ? ? ? .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Laura Sguotti, Domenico Bosco, Fabio Marchetti, Davide Antonio Olivieri
  • Patent number: 10316893
    Abstract: The wheel bearing apparatus has hub bolts (6a) to fasten a wheel secured equidistantly around the wheel mounting flange (6). An annular groove (7a) is formed on the outer-side surface (7) of the wheel mounting flange (6). The annular groove (7a) includes a region where the hub bolts (6a) are mounted. The outer-side surface (7) of the wheel mounting flange (6) is formed as a cut surface cut after press-fitting of the hub bolts (6a). Weight reduction apertures (circular apertures) (13) are formed between the hub bolts 6a of the wheel mounting flange (6). A diameter of a circumscribed circle ?A circumscribing the circular apertures (13) is set larger than an outer diameter ?B of the annular groove (7a). Accordingly, muddy water is easily discharged from the circular apertures (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventor: Yuta Nakatsuji
  • Patent number: 10221887
    Abstract: A bearing preload adjuster for a bicycle crank set and bottom bracket comprises an adjustment ring for coupling with a bicycle crank arm, a movable plunger comprising an external thread for rotatably coupling with the adjustment ring. The adjustment ring is rotated in order to cause the plunger to extend along an axis of the bottom bracket and apply pressure to a bottom bracket bearing inner race. The adjustment ring is rotated until the clearance in the bearing assemblies and the play in the bottom bracket assembly has been eliminated. This allows the crank assembly to rotate freely, while preventing the crank assembly from sliding side to side inside the bearing bores and along the axis of the crank spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: The Hive Global, Inc
    Inventors: George Dubois, Matt O'Rourke
  • Patent number: 10002088
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe automatically changing an output mode of an output device from a first output mode to a latency reduction mode. An initiation signal and the output data may be received from a client device platform or a signal distributor. Upon receiving the initiation signal, the output device may change the output mode from the first output mode to the latency reduction mode. Thereafter, the output device may receive an end latency reduction mode signal. The output device may then revert back to the first output mode. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Roelof Roderick Colenbrander
  • Patent number: 9979254
    Abstract: A coolable machine housing of an electric machine has a housing shell formed as an extruded section with integrated cooling ducts. The housing shell can be covered at the end faces by bearing end plates. The axially extending cooling ducts communicate with one another through connecting ducts. The cooling ducts in the extruded housing shell extend in pairs as cooling duct pairs between the shell end faces. The connecting ducts are boreholes that penetrate the outer wall by way of borehole openings that are closed by way of closing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Baumueller Nuernberg GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Veeh
  • Patent number: 9855793
    Abstract: A wheel bearing includes a hub provided with a flange; and an outer ring having an end close to the flange and the other end opposite to the end and relatively rotatable to the hub. A sealing structure for sealing the space between the flange and the end of the outer ring is further included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ILJIN GLOBAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Keun Lim, Chae Young Cha
  • Patent number: 9746027
    Abstract: An assembly includes a rotating shaft supported with respect to a stationary housing by at least one active magnetic bearing presenting a mean radial air gap and at least one auxiliary bearing having first and second coaxially arranged annular surfaces is provided. One of the first and second coaxially arranged annular surfaces defines a clearance (E2) with one of the stationary housing and the rotating shaft, the clearance (E2) being less than the mean radial air gap and the other of the first and second coaxially arranged annular surfaces being integral with the other one of the stationary housing and the rotating shaft. The auxiliary bearing provides a first ball bearing and a second ball bearing having a misalignment with respect to each other in order to increase the starting torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SKF MAGNETIC MECHATRONICS
    Inventors: Jens Anders, Mohamed Bendaoud, Joaquim Da Silva, Matthieu Oliva, Frederic Ponson
  • Patent number: 9719559
    Abstract: A rolling bearing assembly including a nut for providing a preload is disclosed. A first plurality of rolling elements is supported between an inner bearing ring and an outer bearing ring. A first one of the inner bearing ring or the outer bearing ring includes an extension in an axial direction including a first engagement surface, and a second one of the inner bearing ring or the outer bearing ring includes a first axial end face defining a first axial bearing surface. A nut includes a second engagement surface configured to matingly engage with the first engagement surface, and a second axial end face of the nut defines a second axial bearing surface. The first axial bearing surface and the second axial bearing surface form an axial bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Majkol Spirovski, Rajesh Shanbhag
  • Patent number: 9636946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure and a method for coupling a wheel bearing that include a wheel hub for mounting a vehicle wheel, a hollow inner ring press-fitted into an end portion of the wheel hub, an annular outer ring disposed at a radial exterior of the wheel hub and the inner ring, and rolling elements disposed between the wheel hub or the inner ring and the outer ring, wherein the wheel hub and the inner ring are splined to each other and the inner ring and the joint member are coupled through facial spline. According to the present invention, driving torque of a constant velocity joint may be stably delivered to the wheel hub and noise may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: IL JIN GLOBAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jae Myeong Song, Hee Jae Yoon, Sangji Bang
  • Patent number: 9581192
    Abstract: Construction of a double-row tapered-roller bearing unit that is able to improve the contact state between the rolling contact surfaces of plural tapered rollers and a first inner-ring raceway (7) and second inner-ring raceway (8), and a method of manufacturing the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 9573419
    Abstract: A wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member, an inner member and double row rolling elements freely rollably contained between double row inner raceway surfaces and outer raceway surfaces of the inner member and the outer member. A plurality of bolt insertion bores, that fastening bolts pass through to fasten to the knuckle, are formed on the body mounting flange at plurality of positions circumferentially along the body mounting flange. The outer member is previously formed by hot forging. A seating surface for the fastening bolts is formed on an outboard-side surface of the body mounting flange by cold forging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventor: Kazunari Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9534635
    Abstract: A wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member, an inner member, at least one inner ring fit onto the inner member. Double row rolling elements are rollably arranged between the outer and inner raceway surfaces, via cages. A seal is mounted on one end of the outer member. The seal has side lips adapted to be in sliding contact with the wheel hub. The seal has three inclined side lips each extending radially outward from the seal body. The lips are adapted to be in sliding contact with the base of the wheel mounting flange. Interference of the side lips against the base of the wheel mounting flange is set so that the radially inner side lip has a smaller interference than that of the radially outer side lips, in order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Norimatsu, Hiroaki Itakura, Hironori Imanaka, Syougo Suzuki, Isao Hirai, Hiroya Kato, Akira Fujimura, Kikuo Fukada
  • Patent number: 9512883
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wheel bearing apparatus by measuring a distance Ho, Hi and Hh. A difference ?H=(Hi+Hh?Ho) is compared with a reference value of a model article. Rolling elements are selected with each having an optimum diameter to correct the difference ?H between the measured values and the reference values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuki Ogata, Tomoaki Sawada, Masami Ishiyama, Shinya Okada
  • Patent number: 9475545
    Abstract: A bicycle crank arm includes a first member and a second member. The first member has a crank axle interacting portion and a first recessed part around the crank axle interacting portion. The second member is attached to the first member. The first member has a first side facing the second member and a second side opposite to the first side. The first recessed part is recessed from the second side toward the first side such that the first recessed part includes an attachment area attached to the second member on the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yamanaka, Yusuke Nishimoto, Tetsu Nonoshita, Yuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9457619
    Abstract: A hub for a motor vehicle wheel provides a cylindrical portion that extends in an axial direction, and a flange extending in a radially outer direction from an axially outer end of the cylindrical portion. The hub includes a core of metallic material which extends into the cylindrical portion and in the flange of the hub, and a covering body of plastic material applied over the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Aurelio Nervo, Davide Antonio Olivieri, Laura Sguotti
  • Patent number: 9365077
    Abstract: A hub bearing assembly includes a hub of light metallic material forming a cylindrical portion, on which an inner tubular ring having a raceway is mounted; on the first inner tubular ring a second inner ring having a second raceway is fastened; formed between the cylindrical portion of the hub and the inner tubular ring is a cylindrical interstice containing a brazing bonding material or a structural adhesive which integrally binds the hub to the first inner tubular ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Wijbe Buising, Stefano Galfre, Alessandro Garrone, Antonio Ruiu, Laura Sguotti, Cornelius Petrus Antonius Vissers
  • Patent number: 9347493
    Abstract: A bearing assembly is provided. The assembly includes a plurality of tapered rollers and a plurality of spherical rolling elements. A first inner ring defines a first inner raceway on which the plurality of tapered rollers run, and a second inner ring defines a second inner raceway on which the plurality of spherical rolling elements run. A unitary outer ring includes a first portion defining a first outer raceway on which the plurality of tapered rollers run, and a second portion defining a second outer raceway on which the plurality of spherical rolling elements run.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Yohannes Haile, Rohan Dubey, Zheng Wang, Shaun Tate
  • Patent number: 9180639
    Abstract: A method including the steps of forming an inner ring of a wheel hub, by joining a spindle and an insert ring fitted onto the spindle, on a side of a first end of the spindle; axially blocking the insert ring on the spindle by plastically deforming the first end of the spindle that forms an upset collar therewith, which axially protrudes from the insert ring; frontally obtaining on the collar, on the side opposite to the insert ring, a frontal toothing by means of a single creator tool, towards the collar, with a toothing complementary to that to be obtained, by axially impressing onto the collar, in sequence, one or more teeth of the complementary toothing by eccentrically pushing the creator tool against the collar while the creator tool is held substantially coaxial to the wheel hub, thus acting peripherally in sequence on the whole creator tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Alessandro Ferrero, Enrico Morello, Fulvio Nicastri, Davide Antonio Olivieri
  • Patent number: 9156311
    Abstract: A method including the steps of forming an inner ring of a wheel hub, by joining a spindle and an insert ring fitted onto the spindle, on the side of a first end of the spindle; axially blocking the insert ring on the spindle by plastically deforming the first end of the spindle so as to form an upset collar therewith, which axially protrudes from the insert ring; and once the step of forming the upset collar has finished, frontally obtaining a frontal toothing; the finished collar has, in the part of the collar which axially protrudes from the ring, a predetermined geometric shape which substantially defines, in the radial section, a scalene triangle having the base facing the upset ring and the vertex opposite the base rounded in shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Alessandro Ferrero, Fulvio Nicastri, Davide Antonio Olivieri
  • Patent number: 9091303
    Abstract: Construction is achieved that is able to prevent strain deformation in the axial direction of a flat plate section 21 of a cover 19a when a cylinder section 20 of the cover 19a, which covers the opening on the inside end in the axial direction of an internal space where an encoder 1 is located, is fitted into and fastened to the inside end section in the axial direction of an outer ring 7. A non-contact section 26a is formed all the way around the inside end section in the axial direction of the cylinder section 20 such that the outer diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of the inside end section in the axial direction of the outer ring, and the dimension L26 in the axial direction is two times or more the thickness dimension t19 of a plate member of the cover 19a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Jyunya Inohae, Yoshio Kaneko, Masato Nagano
  • Patent number: 9039286
    Abstract: A bearing device for a wheel prevents backlash in a circumferential direction and has excellent workability for connecting a hub wheel and an outer joint member of a constant velocity universal joint. The bearing device includes a recess-projection fitting structure in which the hub wheel and a shaft section, which is fitted in a hole of the hub wheel of the outer joint member of the constant velocity universal joint, are unitized together. In the recess-projection fitting structure, entire fitting regions among projections on the outer surface of the shaft section of the outer joint member and recesses, which fit on the projections, are brought into intimate contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Torii, Hiroshi Kawamura, Kiyoshige Yamauchi, Masahiro Ozawa, Tohru Nakagawa, Yuichi Asano, Mitsuru Umekida, Hisaaki Kura, Shin Tomogami
  • Patent number: 9028151
    Abstract: A hub bearing assembly includes a hub made of lightweight metallic material and forming a cylindrical portion, on which a tubular inner ring providing a raceway is mounted; a second inner ring is fixed on the first tubular inner ring and provides a second raceway; a cylindrical interstice is formed between the cylindrical portion of the hub and the tubular inner ring and contains a bonding brazing material which integrally joins the hub to the first tubular inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Stefano Galfre', Antonio Ruiu, Laura Sguotti
  • Patent number: 9016951
    Abstract: A hub bearing assembly includes a hub made of lightweight metallic material and forming a cylindrical portion, on which a tubular inner ring providing a raceway is mounted; a second inner ring is fixed on the first tubular inner ring and provides a second raceway; a cylindrical interstice is formed between the cylindrical portion of the hub and the tubular inner ring and contains a structural adhesive which integrally joins the hub to the first tubular inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Wijbe Buising, Alessandro Garrone, Cornelius Petrus Antonius Vissers
  • Patent number: 9010874
    Abstract: A wheel bearing assembly including a modular wheel hub that can be utilized for both passive and driven wheel hub applications with the insertion of a wheel hub bore modification body. The wheel hub is rotatably mounted to a vehicle using a wheel bearing and knuckle arrangement, the wheel bearing comprising an inner ring, outer ring and rolling elements between the rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Zheng Wang
  • Patent number: 9011015
    Abstract: A rolling bearing unit with decreased weight and improved durability is provided. An outer-ring core, manufactured using a ferrous alloy, forms an outer ring and is molded to an outer-ring main body that is manufactured using a synthetic resin containing reinforced fibers or using an aluminum alloy. Outer-ring raceway members are fitted into and fastened to mating concave surfaces of the inner circumferential surface of the outer-ring core that are exposed from the outer-ring main body. A hub core, manufactured using a ferrous alloy, forms a hub and is molded to a hub main body made using a synthetic resin containing reinforced fibers or using an aluminum alloy. Around the outer circumferential surface of the hub core, inner-ring raceway members are fitted onto and fastened to a fitting surface of the outer circumferential surface of the hub core that is exposed from the hub main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ishikawa, Tatsuo Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 8992092
    Abstract: A flanged bearing ring has a tubular core of steel and an outer flange of a light metal in which there are formed axial through bores for accommodating bolts for mounting a wheel to the ring; fixed in each bore is a steel insert which forms a threaded inner cylindrical cavity extending between two opposite faces of the flange, and one or two transverse shoulders which are in contact with the material of the flange so as to oppose relative axial movements of the steel insert with respect to the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventor: Carmelo Gulli
  • Patent number: 8979385
    Abstract: A seal assembly for sealing a radial rolling contact bearing, having a first sealing ring and a second sealing ring, wherein the two sealing rings can be rotated relative to each other about a common axis of rotation and together form a labyrinth seal, wherein a sealing gap of the labyrinth seal that extends substantially radially with respect to the axis of rotation is covered radially by an axial projection of the second sealing ring, and the sealing gap at the axial projection opens axially into a first catch channel of the first sealing ring. A hub of the radial rolling contact bearing forms the second sealing ring. Therefore, the second sealing ring is integrated into the hub flange, which means that the hub flange performs the function of the second sealing ring and to some extent helps to form the labyrinth seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Haepp, Wilhelm Walter
  • Patent number: RE49144
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe automatically changing an output mode of an output device from a first output mode to a latency reduction mode. An initiation signal and the output data may be received from a client device platform or a signal distributor. Upon receiving the initiation signal, the output device may change the output mode from the first output mode to the latency reduction mode. Thereafter, the output device may receive an end latency reduction mode signal. The output device may then revert back to the first output mode. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventor: Roelof Roderick Colenbrander