Patents Assigned to AB SKF
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Publication number: 20070063452Abstract: In a sealing arrangement sealing at least one axial end section of a hollow shaft that is arranged in a cavity of a component, with the hollow shaft being adapted to route a fluid, a gasket is adapted to be located between the component and the shaft. The gasket is made with a sealing lip to adjoin the outer peripheral surface of the end section. The gasket also includes an axially projecting portion that projects axially beyond the end of the shaft. The axially projecting portion of the gasket surrounds a device for filtering the fluid and/or a device for determining the flow cross-section of the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: AB SKFInventor: Jurgen Kurth
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Patent number: 7183760Abstract: Disclosed is a rotational speed sensor comprising a rotatable ring. The rotational speed sensor has K magnetic pole pairs distributed angularly over the rotatable ring. Also, sensors are positioned relative to the rotatable ring such that a varying magnetic field is detected. The sensors comprise a first pair being positioned 2?L/K radians apart. The sensors further comprise a second pair being positioned 2?M/K radians apart. The first pair of sensors and second pair of sensors are positioned at a relative position of (2?/K)*((2n?1)/2 radians. L, M are integers between one and K and n is an integer greater than one.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2003Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Hendrik Anne Mol, Johannes Andrianus Maria Duits
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Publication number: 20070032121Abstract: In an arrangement for sealing a housing with a cover, the cover includes a central hole for holding a gasket for a shaft which extends through the gasket in the installed state, and at least first and a second hollow-cylindrical protuberances which project roughly in the direction of the shaft relative to the areas of the cover which directly surrounds them. The protuberances are adapted to be inserted into the corresponding cavities of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2006Publication date: February 8, 2007Applicant: AB SKFInventors: Thomas Kamps, Jurgen Kurth
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Patent number: 7163650Abstract: A process for producing ceramic bearing components in which a material mixture is produced from an organometallic compound as a preceramic precursor and from silicon in element form or in the form of an alloy as a chemically reactive filler. The material mixture is subjected to reaction pyrolysis for conversion into a ceramic material.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2003Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: AB SKFInventor: Jürgen Gegner
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Patent number: 7144545Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of ceramic bearing components in which a mixture of a metallo-organic compound and a chemically reactive filling substance is subjected to a pyrolysis reaction and the resulting product.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2002Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: AB SKFInventor: Jürgen Gegner
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Publication number: 20060269407Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Applicant: AB SKFInventors: Raimund Maass, Juergen Kurth
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Publication number: 20060207306Abstract: A method for treating the surface of a machine element, such as the raceway and/or a rolling element of a rolling element bearing, comprising the steps of—subjecting the surface to a hard turning operation so as to obtain a specific roughness profile having a series of alternating ridges and grooves,—after the hard turning operation subjecting the surface to a ball calendering operation so as to flatten the ridges of the roughness profile whereby a ?q value smaller than 5° is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2004Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicant: AB SKFInventor: Pieter Lugt
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Patent number: 7101082Abstract: A linear bearing includes a linear guide on which a carriage is translationally movable, a plurality of balls between the linear guide and carriage located in a contact area between the linear guide and the carriage on a straight line, ball deflection sections each adjoining one end of the line outside the contact area, and a ball return section, with the balls being adapted to continuously revolve along the line between the linear guide and the carriage, the ball deflection sections and the ball return section. The ball deflection sections include an end part and a ball deflector. The end part is provided with a trough-shaped depression which guides the balls, while the ball deflector includes a hemispherical or hemi-ellipsoidal section. Also, a deflection path for the balls is provided between the trough-shaped depression and the hemispherical or hemi-ellipsoidal section in a mounted state of the linear bearing.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: AB SKFInventor: Andreas Geyer
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Publication number: 20060191366Abstract: A forward-reverse control device comprises a housing, a rotatable input member, having a rotatable output member, a gear set for reversing the input rotation, as well as a selector for selectively connecting the input member and the output member directly or through the gear set, wherein the selector is driveable by an electric actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2004Publication date: August 31, 2006Applicant: AB SKFInventors: Hendrikus Kapaan, Jacobus Zwarts, Cornelius Vissers, Emmanuel Eyraud
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Patent number: 7097184Abstract: King-pin assembly with a sensor (24), the King-pin assembly (5) comprising a Kingpin (12), an axle frame (10), a spindle (14) and a bearing (15) for moveably mounting the spindle (14) to the axle frame (10) using the King-pin. The King-pin assembly further comprises a spacer (1) for holding the axle frame (I0) at a predetermined distance from a bearing inner ring (20). A housing (2) is attached to the spacer (1), the housing (2) comprising at least a first part (3) of the sensor (24), a second part (4) of the sensor (24) being fixedly attached to the spindle (14).Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2002Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Hendrikus Jan Kapaan, Johannes Adrianus Maria Duits, Jacobus Zwarts, Klemens Schmidt, Cornelius Petrus Antonius Vissers, Johannes Haaye Van Der Kamp, Rico Dittmar
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Publication number: 20060182634Abstract: A wind power plant comprises an outside ring, an inside ring and roll bodies arranged between an inside jacket of the outside ring and an outside jacket of the inside ring for permitting twisting or rotation of the bearing rings against one another. One of the rings on the jacket comprises an auxiliary sensor at least along a portion of the periphery. The auxiliary sensor together with the primary sensor provided in the other bearing ring are configured in such a way that a twisting or rotational position of the two bearing rings relative to one another can be detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2005Publication date: August 17, 2006Applicant: AB SKFInventors: Reinhard Kirsch, Siegfried Derrer
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Patent number: 7090404Abstract: A rolling element having comprises an inner ring, an outer ring and a series of rolling elements which are in contact with the raceways of the rings, an ultra-low viscosity fluid being present in the contacts having a kinematic viscosity ?=(?o/?) of less than 2 mm2/s, wherein the surfaces of the rings and the rolling elements have asperities which can have solid-to-solid contact during operation of the bearing. A factor <i>Dq</i> is defined which is equal to (I) whereby the solid-to-solid contact of the asperities is reduced by selecting such design parameters and operating conditions of the bearing that <i>Dq</i> is in the range from 8.0×10?6 mrad s1/2 to 1.36×10?4 mrad s1/2.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2002Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Espejel Guillermo Morales, Antonio Gabelli, Pieter Martin Lugt
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Publication number: 20060171623Abstract: A bearing arrangement used in a medical device in which a rotating component is supported relative to a stationary housing includes a bearing comprising an inner ring and an outer ring, with the inner ring being connected to the component which is to be supported and the outer ring being connected to the housing. To increase quiet running of the rotating component, the connection between the inner ring and the component to be supported and/or between the outer ring and the housing is produced by an annular element which is made of plastic.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2005Publication date: August 3, 2006Applicant: AB SKFInventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Heinz Breunig, Jurgen Neder, Gunter Neder, Armin Olschewski
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Publication number: 20060159379Abstract: A bearing arrangement for a medical device in which a rotating component is supported relative to a stationary housing includes a bearing with an inner ring and an outer ring. The inner ring is connected to the component which is to be supported and the outer ring is connected to the housing by way of at least one damping element. To increase quiet running of the rotating component, both the inner ring and also the outer ring are made as integral elements and have an essentially hollow cylindrical base contour, with an extension of the outer ring in the radial direction being at least twice the extension of the inner ring in the radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2005Publication date: July 20, 2006Applicant: AB SKFInventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Heinz Breunig, Jurgen Neder, Gunter Neder, Armin Olschewski
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Patent number: 7073948Abstract: A roller bearing (e.g., a cross taper roller bearing) includes an outer ring, an inner ring and rolling elements (e.g., taper rollers) located between the inner and outer rings. The rolling elements are kept at a distance by a cage formed from a number of individual cage segments. Each cage segment has two opposing guide sections for one of the rolling elements to at least partially encompass the rolling element on both sides. In addition, for the rolling elements bordering the one rolling element, the cage segment has guide sections which, in interaction with a corresponding guide section of an adjacent cage segment, at least partially encompass the bordering rolling elements.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2004Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Gunter Neder, Rut Heemskerk, Bruno Schemmel, Jurgen Reichert, Robert Grull, Burkard Beck, Alfred Schwappach, Stefan Wagner
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Patent number: 7066648Abstract: A bearing arrangement is provided with an area to be supplied with lubricant from a lubricant reservoir via a lubricant line. The lubricant reservoir has a number of individual reservoirs in which a portioned amount of lubricant is contained with closure to the lubricant line. A mechanism is provided for allowing the closure to the lubricant line to be optionally cleared.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2004Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Ludwig Edelmann, Doreen Wiesenau
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Patent number: 7059774Abstract: A plain bearing bush possesses a hollow cylindrical shape and includes a first hollow cylindrical part of a first material and a second hollow cylindrical part of a second material, with the second hollow cylindrical part being coaxially surrounded by the first hollow cylindrical part. One of the first and second materials is a plain bearing material and the other of the first and second materials is a high-strength material. A plurality of through holes penetrate both the first hollow cylindrical part and the second hollow cylindrical part, with the through holes each having an axis arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the hollow cylindrical shape.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2004Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: AB SKFInventor: Volker von Wenz
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Patent number: 7059770Abstract: A guide rail for a linear bearing has at least one rail element with a guideway for rolling bodies. The rail element is connected to a plastic body or borders the plastic body, with the plastic body forming the base body of the guide rail. To increase the precision of the guide rail, especially when used in an environment involving a wide temperature range, the rail element is connected to a metallic support frame which is surrounded at least partially by the material of the plastic body.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2004Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Uwe Mayer, Ludwig Edelmann, Henryk Velde, Anita Gransow
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Patent number: 7037383Abstract: A process for producing a component of metal includes a) carrying out a heat treatment to harden the component, which ends with a heating process, especially with a tempering or microstructural transformation process, at a given temperature (TE); b) carrying out at least machining of the component at room temperature (TU) in order to provide its desired geometrical shape; and c) subsequent heating of the component to a temperature (T) which is greater than room temperature (TU).Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2003Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: AB SKFInventor: Jürgen Gegner
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Patent number: 7037026Abstract: A method for mounting an axially split sleeve provided with an axial slot on a shaft so that a tapering surface on the sleeve cooperates with a tapering bore of a machine member. A flange is axially connected to the sleeve and supports a number of spaced apart tightening devices that are to be urged against the machine member for mutually displacing the machine member and the sleeve to increase the grip between the shaft, the sleeve and the machine member. The method involves positioning the sleeve around the shaft with the annular flange positioned with its tightening devices against the machine member, tightening a first one of the tightening devices which is located at a position diametrically opposite the slot in the sleeve, and thereafter tightening further ones of the tightening devices one by one.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2002Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Sture Östling, Uno Axelsson