Patents Assigned to AB SKF
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Publication number: 20110222808Abstract: A bearing support is configured to retain at least two bearings disposed closely adjacent to each other in a parallel relationship. Each bearing includes a bearing outer ring having a cylindrical outer circumferential surface. The bearing support comprises at least first and second portions that are connected together. The first portion is formed as a component that has cylindrical openings configured to receive or seat the respective bearing outer rings and to surround the entire circumference of the respective bearing outer ring. The second portion is formed as a support plate. A bearing assembly includes the bearing support with a bearing seated in each of the respective cylindrical openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: AB SKFInventors: Berthold Beyfuss, Burkhard Buchheim, Alexander Dilje, Hans-Jüergen Friedrich, Helmut Hauck, Holger Kristandt, Alfred Radina, Jonas Schierling
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Publication number: 20110222809Abstract: A bearing support is configured to retain at least two bearings disposed closely adjacent to each other in a parallel relationship. Each bearing includes a bearing outer ring having a cylindrical outer circumferential surface. A support part includes a recess configured to hold the at least two bearings. At least one junction portion is defined in the support part adjacent portions of the cylindrical circumferential surfaces of the bearings that are not filled by the bearings when the bearings are inserted into the support part. The support part is connected with a cover part that axially abuts on the bearings. The cover part includes at least one support element, which extends into the junction portion between the bearings in the assembled state of the bearing support and at least partially fills the junction portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: AB SKFInventors: Berthold Beyfuss, Burkhard Buchheim, Alexander Dilje, Hans-Jürgen Friedrich, Helmut Hauck, Holger Kristandt, Alfred Radina, Jonas Schierling
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Publication number: 20110211782Abstract: A bearing assembly comprises at least two adjacently-disposed bearings. Each bearing includes a bearing outer ring having a cylindrical outer circumferential surface. A bearing support retains the at least two bearings such that respective rotational axes of the at least two bearings extend in parallel. A spacer has at least two cylindrical openings configured to receive the respective cylindrical outer circumferential surfaces of the bearing outer rings such that a circumferential inner surface of each opening covers at least a portion of a width of the bearing outer ring received therein and surrounds an entire circumference of the bearing outer ring received therein. The bearing support is not fixedly connected to the spacer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2009Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: AB SKFInventors: Berthold Beyfuss, Burkhard Buchheim, Alexander Dilje, Hans-Jürgen Friedrich, Helmut Hauck, Holger Kristandt, Alfred Radina, Jonas Schierling
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Patent number: 7976223Abstract: A bearing unit comprises a rolling element bearing with at least two rings which are each provided with at least one raceway and at least one set of rolling elements which are in contact with the raceways as well as at least one tubular sheet metal element connected to one of the rings. The sheet metal element at least partly has a mounting part with non-circular cross section, and the mounting part being mounted to a counter-part with a correspondingly non-circular cross-section of the ring or connected to the ring.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2005Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: AB SKFInventor: Hendrikus Kapaan
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Patent number: 7948206Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly encompassing a three-phase machine and a frequency converter. Said assembly has the following characteristics: the three-phase machine comprises a stator and a rotor; at least the three circuits of the stator and/or the rotor can be operated in an insulated manner relative to each other for the three phases of the rotary current while being connectable to one separate terminal point of the frequency converter, respectively, so as to be insulated relative to each other; and the frequency converter is embodied with a D.C. link having a grounded neutral in such a way that a voltage or current which is symmetric regarding the potential to ground can be output at any moment between the two associated terminal points of each circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2006Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Frank Buschbeck, Martin Groeschl, Gerwin Preisinger, Andreas Jagenbrein
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Patent number: 7934458Abstract: An axlebox-spring-unit of a railway bogie includes at least one hydraulic spring having a housing required for functionality of the hydraulic spring, and an axlebox. At least a part of the axlebox forms at least a part of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2004Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignees: AB SKF, Contitech Luftfedersysteme GmbHInventors: Volker Gedenk, Friedrich Hoppmann, Rolf Schmiechen, John Skiller
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Patent number: 7937203Abstract: The invention relates to a control system for a vehicle with wheels, where at least one wheel is connected with means for braking and/or driving the wheel, the control system comprising a measuring device to measure a rotational speed of the wheel, a longitudinal force and a vertical force that occur at the wheel-road contact, and a control unit connected to the measuring device, to control the braking and/or driving of the wheel. The system is equipped to determine the second derivative (SD) of the wheel speed to the quotient of the longitudinal force and the vertical force and use this parameter to control the braking and/or driving the wheel.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2005Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Paul Meaney, Simon Le Floc'h, Peter Frijlink
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Publication number: 20110002571Abstract: A process for producing a bearing assembly includes positioning a first sleeve element in an injection mould, the injection mould having a cylindrical recess with a diameter for receiving the first sleeve element and the outside diameter of the first sleeve element being lesser than the diameter of the recess. A second sleeve element is positioned concentrically within the first sleeve element in the injection mould to define an annular chamber and elastomeric material in a molten state is injected under pressure into the annular chamber between the sleeve elements such that the outside diameter of the first sleeve element is expanded. The elastomeric material is allowed to solidify in the annular chamber between the two sleeve elements and the assembly of sleeves and elastomeric material are removed as a unit from the injection mould.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: AB SKFInventors: Peter Horling, Edgar Pickel
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Patent number: 7860633Abstract: A device for attachment to a motor vehicle wheel includes an arrangement which, during movement or driving of the motor vehicle, detects vibrations which occur, evaluates the vibrations for an incipient fault state of a wheel bearing of the vehicle wheel, and delivers a signal when the monitoring or evaluation yields or indicates the incipient fault state.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2009Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Arno Stubenrauch, Jens Graf, Christian Knoche, Hendrik Anne Mol, Russell Bugden
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Patent number: 7798724Abstract: A bearing includes an inner bearing ring on which a raceway is formed. The ring includes at least a first component of light metal material and at least a second component of fully dense ceramic material, where the first component and the second component are separate entities joined together, and where the second component forms at least part of the raceway. The first component includes two lightweight metal parts interconnected by a screw thread which can be tightened to induce compressive pre-stress in the second component to compensate for low tensile strength of the ceramic material.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2005Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Johannes Franciscus Van De Sanden, Martinus Maria Jozef Noordman, Alexander Jan Carel De Vries, Peggy Suzanne Charlotte Vieillard
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Patent number: 7793561Abstract: A threaded nut is provided for a linear drive having a rotatable spindle. The threaded nut is provided with a main nut, wherein the main nut is intended for being arranged with its internal thread on the external thread of the spindle, and is intended to perform a translatory displacing motion during a rotary motion of the spindle. The threaded nut has, furthermore, a safety nut, which is intended not to mesh by its internal thread with the external thread of the spindle during the normal operation of the linear drive and to mesh with the thread of the spindle in case of failure of the main nut. To make possible simple mounting in case of such a threaded nut means and to reduce the risk for incorrect alignment, the main nut (11) has a first part and a second part. The two parts are located at spaced locations from one another and each part being provided with a threaded section (18a, 18b) of the main nut (11), wherein the safety nut (12) is intended to be arranged between the two threaded sections (18a, 18b).Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Daniel Greilinger, Thomas Wyss, Marcel Soltermann
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Patent number: 7789055Abstract: A connection between an elastomer part and a component involves the component, at the connection site to the elastomer part, being provided with a U-shaped groove which has an undercut and which the elastomer part engages positively.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2005Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: AB SKFInventor: Hans-Joachim vom Stein
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Publication number: 20100152075Abstract: A use of a lubricant comprising at least one reaction product of mono-di- and/or poly-isocyanate with unbranched and/or branched, unsaturated and/or saturated, alicyclic poly-amine with carbon numbers from 5 to 24, at least between at least two elements, which are moveable against each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2005Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: AB SKFInventors: Ebbe Malmstedt, Walter Holweger, Hurbertus Peek, Ingemar Strandell, Arno Stubenrauch, Bernhard Bauer, Frank Fiddelaers, Albert Van Den Kommer
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Publication number: 20100152076Abstract: A Lubricant comprises a carboxylic-acid-amide which is based on aliphatic unbranched, alicylic and/or aromatic chains with chain lengths from 2 to 60 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2005Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: AB SKFInventors: Ebbe Malmstedt, Walter Holweger, Hurbertus Peek, Ingemar Strandell, Arno Stubenrauch, Bernhard Bauer, Frank Fiddelaers, Albert Van Den Kommer
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Publication number: 20100129022Abstract: A rolling bearing cage has at least U-shaped limited pockets for rolling bodies. In the rolling cage, the U-shaped delimitation of one of the pockets is configured by the bonded connection of two web elements on an annular circumferential element, the circumferential element is free of cavities and penetrations for a complete connection to sections of the web elements, and the elements are configured to have a shape adapted to each other for placing the elements in the intended position for the bonded connection such that the positions of the web elements on the circumferential element is predetermined in the circumferential direction and/or in the axial direction of the circumferential element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: AB SKFInventors: Berthold Beyfuss, Hans-Jürgen Friedrich, Fred Fuchs, Alfred Radina, Jonas Schierling
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Patent number: 7685890Abstract: A bearing and shaft assembly comprises a shaft and at least one bearing, and is provided with at least one strain sensor. An elastic component is provided between the shaft and the at least one bearing, and the elastic component comprises the at least one strain sensor. In one disclosed embodiment, the elastic component forms an integral part with one of the bearing and the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2006Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Henk Mol, Erik Zaaijer, Fabio Falsetti, Carl Vissers
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Patent number: 7682081Abstract: A sliding bearing comprises two opposite bearing surfaces (3, 4) which enclose a gap (6) containing a lubricant film (5), the bearing surfaces (3, 4) being moveable with respect to each other in a generally parallel fashion, at least one of the surfaces (4) being provided with at least one cavity (10), the cavity having a depth (h3) which is at least equal to the lubricant film thickness. One of the length (Bp) and width (Lp) dimension of the surface area of the cavity (10) amounts to at least 100 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2004Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Eustathios Ioannides, Hugh Alexander Spikes, Petra Brajdic-Mitidieri, Allen David Gosman
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Patent number: 7670111Abstract: A seal for a compressor for sealing a shaft includes a first seal part of a first material, a second seal part of a second material different from the first material, and a stiffening part. The second seal part is connected at least with a radially extending surface area to at least one of the other parts and the surface area of the second seal part opposite the aforementioned surface area is kept from making contact with the stiffening part. The first seal part is provided, toward the axial side, with a sealing lip which is adapted for sealing contact with the shaft, and the second seal part is made such that the radially inner area of the second seal part extends axially and is free from collision with the sealing lip when the seal is properly installed.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2006Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Raimund Maass, Juergen Kurth
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Patent number: 7594450Abstract: A quick-releasing linear actuator suitable for electric hospital beds includes a motor, a transmission device, a clutch device and a pulling arm device. With the pulling of the pulling arm of the pulling arm device, a clutch and a clutch base of the clutch device can be disengaged, such that the screw of the transmission device will not be impeded by the worm gear. When a force is exerted to the telescopic rod of the transmission device, the screw can rotate by itself to rapidly lower the telescopic rod, thereby to achieve the rapid releasing of the hospital beds.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignees: Jaeger Industrial Co., Ltd., AB SKFInventors: Chou-Hsin Wu, Francois Ducourant, Guillaume Besnouln
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Publication number: 20090216397Abstract: A device for attachment to a motor vehicle wheel includes an arrangement which, during movement or driving of the motor vehicle, detects vibrations which occur, evaluates the vibrations for an incipient fault state of a wheel bearing of the vehicle wheel, and delivers a signal when the monitoring or evaluation yields or indicates the incipient fault state.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: AB SKFInventors: Arno Stubenrauch, Jens Graf, Christian Knoche, Hendrik Anne Mol, Russell Bugden