Patents Assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF
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Patent number: 11828284Abstract: A screw compressor element may have a housing; a cylinder bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring, a raceway, and a cylindrical rolling element that contacts the inner ring and the outer ring at a location of the raceway thereof; and a ball bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring, a raceway, and a ball shaped rolling element that contacts the inner ring and the outer ring at a location of the raceway thereof, wherein a rotor is rotatably arranged by way of the cylinder bearing and the ball bearing.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignees: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP, AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Simon De Bock, Tom De Rooster
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Patent number: 11828329Abstract: A cage assembly includes an annular cage disposable within the bearing outer ring and having a centerline, an inner radial end defining a bore, an outer radial end and a plurality of pockets extending between the inner and outer radial ends and spaced circumferentially about the centerline. Each pocket contains a separate one of the rolling elements. A flexible annular retainer is disposed against the inner radial end of the cage and has a plurality of through holes. Each one of the plurality of retainer holes is radially aligned with a separate one of the plurality of cage pockets and has a dimension with a value less than a diameter of each rolling element. As such, a radially inner portion of the rolling element contained within the aligned cage pocket extends through the retainer hole while a remainder of the rolling element is retained within the cage pocket.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Matthew Misiaszek, Arun Menon, Thomas W Lunz
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Patent number: 11821465Abstract: An inner ring or and outer ring for a roller bearing includes: 0.30-0.45 wt. % carbon, 0.1-0.7 wt. % silicon, 0.6-0.9 wt. % manganese, 0.9-1.2 wt. % chromium, 0.15-0.7 wt. % molybdenum, 0-2.0 wt. % nickel, 0-0.02 wt. % phosphorus, and 0-0.02 wt. % sulfur, the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities. The microstructure of the steel composition contains bainite, and a carbonitrided case layer is provided on a surface of the inner ring or outer ring.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Feizhou Zhang, Staffan Larsson
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Patent number: 11822323Abstract: A system and method for providing a corrective solution recommendation for an industrial machine failure, the method including: monitoring a plurality of segments of at least an industrial machine behavioral model to identify a first segment having at least a first set of characteristics associated with a previous machine failure; determining a corrective solution recommendation that solved the previous machine failure; identifying at least a second set of characteristics associated with a second segment; and generating a notification comprising the corrective solution recommendation when the second set of characteristics is determined to be similar to the first set of characteristics above a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: David Lavid Ben Lulu, Waseem Ghrayeb
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Patent number: 11821467Abstract: A sensor bearing unit includes a bearing having a first ring and a second ring centered on an axis, an impulse ring secured to the first ring and a sensor device secured to the second ring for detecting rotational parameters of the impulse ring. The impulse ring is secured into a groove formed on a cylindrical surface of the first ring which is located radially on a side of the first ring opposite the second ring.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Maruti Vitthal Khaire, Manoj M Babu
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Patent number: 11821466Abstract: A grooved nut for axially securing an inner ring of a bearing that is mounted on an axle or shaft includes a body portion surrounding a threaded inner bore. The body portion has a circumferential outer surface and an axial thickness, the outer surface includes at least one recess, and an axial depth of the recess is smaller than the axial thickness.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventor: Padelis Katsaros
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Patent number: 11820168Abstract: A hub assembly includes an inner rotatable hub having inboard and outboard axial ends, a radial flange extending outwardly from the outboard axial end and connectable with the wheel, an inner circumferential surface, and an opposing outer circumferential surface providing inboard and outboard inner races. An outer hub is disposed about the inner hub, connectable with the chassis and has inboard and outboard axial ends, an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface. The inner surface provides inboard and outboard outer races and a central surface section extending between the two outer races. First and second sets of rolling elements are disposed between the inner and outer races. One or more sensors are each disposed on the central surface section of the outer hub and are each configured to sense strain within the outer hub generated by the rolling elements.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Hendrik Anne Mol, Elizabertus Maljaars, Johannes Ravesloot, Nicolaas Simon Willem Den Haak, Matteo Senesi, Feng Qiu
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Patent number: 11815131Abstract: A seal assembly is for sealing a space adjacent to a bearing and defined between an inner member and an outer member disposed about the inner member. The seal assembly includes an annular seal disposed about the inner member and having a sealing lip sealingly engageable with the inner member. An annular load ring is disposed within the outer member bore and has an inner circumferential surface defining a bore, the seal being disposed within the bore and coupled with the ring. A first axial end of the ring is disposed against the bearing outer ring, or a spacer disposed axially between the load ring and the bearing outer ring, and a second axial end is disposed against a radial surface of the outer member. The load ring is configured to support axial loading on, and to prevent axial displacement of, the bearing outer ring.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventor: John Arthur Wilkins
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Patent number: 11815129Abstract: Disclosed is a needle roller bearing, in particular for use in supporting a bottom roller in a spinning machine. The needle roller bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring which are arranged such that the inner ring and the outer ring are rotatable relatively to each other around a bearing rotation axis. A rolling chamber is defined between the inner ring and the outer ring, in which a plurality of needle rollers are arranged. A solid lubricant is disposed in the rolling chamber of the needle roller bearing.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKFInventors: Shihao Du, Thomas Kettner, Harald Metz, Sebastian Dinkel
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Patent number: 11802811Abstract: Belt tensioning monitoring device for monitoring the belt tensioning of a belt of a belt drive system having a driving pulley and a driven pulley rotated by the driving pulley. The belt tensioning monitoring device is configured to determine the belt slip effect with at least one mark provided on the belt and a sensor configured to detect the mark and to send a signal to an electronic control unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKFInventors: Thomas Frost, Andreas Karlsson
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Patent number: 11796001Abstract: A method of forming a bearing cage segment includes punching a plurality of openings in a sheet metal band to form a plurality of pockets separated by a plurality of bridges, the bridges having a length direction transverse to a length direction of the band and having a width in the length direction of the band and having a thickness in a direction perpendicular the length direction and to the width, and laser cutting the sheet metal band along one of the plurality of bridges transversely to the length direction of the band to form a joint edge.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Hans-Juergen Friedrich, Norbert Huhn, Thomas Kettner, Manfred Mattes, Harald Metz, Achim Mueller, Alfred Radina, Jonas Schierling, Maximilian Soellner, Markus Volkmuth
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Patent number: 11796003Abstract: A seal assembly is for a wheel bearing assembly including an inner axle and a rotatable outer hub disposed about the axle. The seal assembly includes an annular inner case having an axial portion disposable about the axle and a radial portion extending radially outwardly from the axial portion. A seal is coupled with the hub and has sealing lip(s) sealingly engageable with the annular case. Further, an annular flinger has an inner radial end coupled with or integrally formed with the annular inner case and an outer radial end including an outer axial portion spaced radially inwardly from the inner circumferential surface of the hub so as to define an annular labyrinth gap. The flinger includes a central portion that is at least partially frustoconical and extends between the inner and outer axial ends so as to obstruct an annular space between the inner case and the seal.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventor: Rico Dittmar
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Patent number: 11796421Abstract: A monitoring device for monitoring a bearing in an electromagnetic field environment includes a vibration sensor for delivering at least one measurement that includes at least one vibration frequency generated by a bearing, and a processing module that includes a first processing module configured to determine at least one normalized measured value from the at least one vibration frequency, a filtering module configured to compare the normalized measured value to at least one predetermined normalized reference value indicative of electromagnetic phenomena acting on the bearing, and a second processing module configured to process the at least one vibration frequency to determine a bearing defect if the normalized measured value is different from the at least one predetermined normalized reference value.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Elizabertus Maljaars, Alireza Azarfar, Kareem Gouda, Lambert Karel van Vugt, Cornelis Harm Taal
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Patent number: 11788605Abstract: A modular high precision gear box arrangement includes first and second gear boxes. The first gear box has a first rotatable hollow wheel, a second fixed hollow wheel and at least one double planet having a first planet and a second planet arranged on a planet shaft. The first planet meshes with the first hollow wheel, the second planet meshes with the second hollow wheel, and the first hollow wheel is coupled with an output. The second gear box includes a fixed hollow wheel that is the second hollow wheel of the first gear box and at least one planet that is the second planet of the at least one double planet of the first gear box. The second gear box further includes an input for driving the planet shaft, wherein the input is arranged centrically or eccentrically to a central rotation axis of the gear box arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventor: Ingo Schulz
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Patent number: 11788595Abstract: A machine assembly includes a first machine component and a second machine component, the first machine component including a first installation surface and the second machine component including a second installation surface. The first and second installation surfaces are mounted against one another in the assembly. A friction-increasing element is provided in the assembly between the first installation surface and the second installation surface. Further, in the assembled state, a sealing material is introduced into an intermediate space between the first and second installation surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Michael Baumann, Matthias Hofmann
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Patent number: 11780496Abstract: A steering suspension of a vehicle includes a suspension upright and a mechanical component consisting of a radially outer ring of a wheel hub unit or of a rolling bearing forming part of a wheel hub unit. The outer ring is provided integral in one piece with a flange and a steering arm, extending radially cantilevered from the outer ring and the flange, with which it is also integral in one piece. On the side opposite to the steering arm the flange is integral in one piece with a pair of axially drilled radial lugs, configured to support, in use, a brake caliper.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignees: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, FCA ITALY S.p.A.Inventors: Renato Badino, Marco Falossi, Francesco Lamboglia, Carlo Pavesio
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Patent number: 11781595Abstract: A deep groove ball bearing providing an inner ring, an outer ring and a plurality of balls being arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring. The inner ring and the outer ring each include a raceway for the plurality of balls. Each raceway encompasses the plurality of balls symmetrically. The deep groove ball bearing is lubricated by a lubricant being arranged on each axial side of the plurality of balls. The raceways are offset in the same axial direction from the axial center of the inner ring and the outer ring such that the raceways are offset to the axial side of the deep groove ball bearing where the shear rate acting on the lubricant is higher than on the other axial side of the deep groove ball bearing.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKFInventors: Pieter Martin Lugt, Mourad Chennaoui, Nicola de Laurentis, Sathwik Chatra Kalsanka Ramakrishna, Jun Wang, Frank Berens
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Patent number: 11773908Abstract: An electrically conductive assembly prevents current flow through the raceways of a bearing disposed about a shaft and an outer ring disposed and within a bore of an outer member. An arcuate conductor has a centerline, an inner radial end engageable with the shaft or a bearing inner ring, an outer radial end and two circumferential ends spaced circumferentially apart such that an arcuate gap is defined between the two ends when the conductor is installed about the shaft or the bearing inner ring. The two circumferential ends define a gap angle about the centerline, the gap angle having a value of at least thirty degrees. At least one conductive coupler is configured to attach the conductor to the outer member, another member or the bearing outer ring such that an electrically conductive path extends through the conductor and the at least one coupler.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventor: Gene A Kovacs
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Patent number: 11772419Abstract: A wheel end assembly includes a hub connectable with a wheel and having a bore for receiving a shaft. An inboard bearing within the bore includes an outer ring coupled with hub, an inner ring within the outer ring and rolling elements. A seal assembly is coupled with the inner ring and retains the inner ring within the outer ring when the end assembly is separate from the shaft. An outboard bearing within the hub bore includes an outer ring coupled with the hub, an inner ring within the outer ring and rolling elements. A nut assembly is disposed adjacent to the outboard bearing and includes a nut threadably engaging the shaft. A retainer retains the nut assembly adjacent to the outboard bearing to limit axial displacement of the outboard inner ring to maintain the inner ring within the outer ring when the wheel end is separate from the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Ganesh Kamath, Cengiz R Shevket, Fabricio Teixeira
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Patent number: D1004404Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Abraham Hendrik Hooghart, René Vermeulen