Patents Assigned to SKF GmbH
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Patent number: 4966572Abstract: A water pump having a water pump housing, a housing flange mounted on the water pump housing, and a pump rotor rotatably journaled in the housing. A hollow stud projects axially outwardly from the flange, a drive and bearing assembly for supporting the pump rotor comprising a roller bearing supported on the outer peripheral surface of the hollow stud, and a pulley rotatably supported by the roller bearing on the hollow stud of the housing flange. A shaft supports the pump rotor and passes through the hollow stud. A coupling element connects the pulley to the shaft in a torsion-proof manner and simultaneously centers the shaft whereby the roller bearing is tightened to eliminate axial play.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 1989Date of Patent: October 30, 1990Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Heinrich Kunkel, Armin Olschewski
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Patent number: 4958947Abstract: An axial deep groove ball bearing is disclosed. This rolling bearing has a housing ring with a fastening rim located axially beyond the outer face of the housing ring. A ring of synthetic material or rubber is located between the fastening rim and a housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1989Date of Patent: September 25, 1990Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Heinz Peter, Rainer Schurger
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Patent number: 4946296Abstract: A device for sealing and generating electrical pulses in a bearing assembly including fixed and rotating bearing rings especially a wheel bearing for motor vehicles. The device consists of a sealing section on the fixed bearing ring with an embedded pulse generator for detecting rotational movement and a sealing section on the rotating bearing ring having cells a certain distance apart from each other which activate the pulse generator. The fixed bearing ring (4, 19) rotates with respect to the sealing section (2) which is secured against rotation by way of a machine element (1, 24), which holds the fixed bearing ring (4, 19).Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1989Date of Patent: August 7, 1990Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Armin Olschewski, Robert Stolz, Josef Stork, Heinz Kiener, Georg Hochrein, Sven Benktander, Henri Haller, Hendrikus J. Kapaan
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Patent number: 4940448Abstract: In a braking device for a drive belt, sector-shaped damping elements are mounted near the swivel bearing of the braking device, in an annular section turned away from the drive belt. This arrangement permits the drive belt to be positioned very close to the swivel axis and saves space, particularly in engine blocks having a number of accessory items and little free space. The spring-loaded mounting of the braking device can be achieved by an axially adjoining flat coil springs in the area of the swivel bearing or by a helical spring in an offset position with respect to the swivel axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1988Date of Patent: July 10, 1990Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Jurgen Kober, Manfred Brandenstein
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Patent number: 4932796Abstract: Sealing device for a thrust bearing has a pair of bearing disks, including a pair of sealing collars (4, 5, 33, 34), and one of the collars being permanently seated on one of the bearing disks and the other collar being free to rotate on the other disk. The sealing collars (4, 5, 33, 34) are provided with integral sealing lips (29), which rest preferably against the facing end surfaces (30, 30a) of the bearing disks (1, 2).Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 1989Date of Patent: June 12, 1990Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Rainer Schurger, Heinz Peter
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Patent number: 4927276Abstract: A pocket cage formed from a deformable sheet has a pair of side rings connected by a plurality of webs, each web having a projection comprising a folding of web material formed by bending at a plurality of bending points. At least the material in the middle of each web has reduced resistance to bending relative to the material in areas of each web other than the bending points. This folding is produced by applying opposing pressing forces on the front faces of the side rings using a tool. By placement of the middle bending point on either the outer surface or the bore surface of the web, the projection can be suitably selected to be radially inwardly or outwardly directed respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1989Date of Patent: May 22, 1990Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Robert Stolz, Knut Mirring, Rudolf Hein, Dieter Simon, Lothar Raab, Peter Glatz
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Patent number: 4913749Abstract: In a process for case-hardening rolling bearing elements of low-alloy nickeliferous steel, the rolling bearing elements are carburized in a dissociating carburizing gas, cooled down, heated to hardening temperature, austenitized in the carburized layer and, lastly, quenched.So that no brittleness of the rolling bearing elements takes place upon carburization due to dissociated hydrogen, the bearing elements are cooled from carburizing heat down to about 300.degree. C. in agitated inert gas and then held at this temperature, so that sufficient dissociated hydrogen escapes from the carburized layer of the rolling bearing elements. Subsequent heating of the said elements to hardening temperature or to intermediate annealing temperature is advantageously effected after holding at 300.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 1989Date of Patent: April 3, 1990Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Frank Hengerer, Gerhard Mend, Ulf Sjoblom, Roger Bjorn
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Patent number: 4911610Abstract: In a drive device for pumps consisting of a pump impeller mounted in a pump chamber, a pump cover covers the pump chamber and has an extension and a bore passing from the pump chamber to the outside. A shaft is connected at its inner end to the pump impeller and at its outer end in a torsion-proof manner by way of a coupling element to a drive wheel. A bearing supports the shaft and drive wheel in the housing bore and extension respectively. The coupling element is formed by an external edge rigidly connected to the drive wheel and covers the outer bearing and the extension laterally on the outside. A cover plate with a center section connects in a torsion-proof manner to the shaft, and is adjusted to elastically adjust the cover plate relative to the pump cover either inward toward the pump chamber or outward away from the pump chamber, thereby providing for automatic adjustment of the radial and axial load-supporting bearings means to remove their play.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 1988Date of Patent: March 27, 1990Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Armin Olschewski, Manfred Brandenstein, Horst M. Ernst, Elmar Mause, Heinrich Kunkel
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Patent number: 4903971Abstract: A seal for sealing the space between a bearing bushing and the journal of a machine part supported therein and a seal consisting of an inner sealing ring between the bearing bushing and the journal and an outer sealing ring located between the open end of the bearing bushing and a shoulder of the machine part supported in the bearing bushing and which has an axially oriented section on the inner side facing the inner sealing ring, having a concentric bore, said inner sealing ring (12) having a sleeve-like section (22) pressed onto a stepped portion of the journal (3) and wherein said pressed-on section (22) is located in the bore (21) of the outer sealing ring (11).Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1988Date of Patent: February 27, 1990Assignee: SKF GmbHInventor: Bernhard Bauer
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Patent number: 4893948Abstract: A device for mounting a bearing having an inner ring with a conical bore on a bearing seat having a conical clamping sleeve which, on the side of its large diameter, projects axially beyond the inner ring, comprising a spacer (12) positionable loosely on the end surface (13) of the inner ring (1) on the side of the clamping sleeve projection (A), the thickness of the spacer being less than that of the projection (A) in the preassembled state by an amount equal to the stroke (B) required to press in the clamping sleeve (9), the spacer thus limiting the distance (B) of the inward stroke.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1988Date of Patent: January 16, 1990Assignee: SKF GmbHInventor: Paul-Gerhard Hoch
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Patent number: 4889520Abstract: Two springs inserted in series, which press a tension roller against a drive belt, are provided in a tension device for a drive belt. The tension spring essentially effects adjustment of the tension roller during assembly and after that effectively is inoperative. The working spring is active during operation and within a limited range of adjustment of the tension roller. The tensions of the two springs are designed so that during assembly equilibrium of forces exists at a middle working point within the path of adjustment. These features result in a simple and precise adjustment during assembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1989Date of Patent: December 26, 1989Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Gerhard Herrmann, Roland Haas
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Patent number: 4888862Abstract: A method for assembling bearing rings in an elongated sleeve member consisting of the steps of forming a roller shell with three sections of varying wall thicknesses separated by angular circumferentially extending shoulders, deforming the shoulder between the middle section and one end section to form a ring-shaped radially, inwardly directed projection by axial displacement of the shoulder. A bearing ring is inserted in the interior of the shell member so that one axial end face engages the first radially oriented projection formed and deforming the shoulder between the middle section and the other end section to form a second radially inwardly directed projection by axial displacement of the shoulder which confronts the opposite axial end face of the bearing ring.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1987Date of Patent: December 26, 1989Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Herrmann Hetterich
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Roller bearing executing swivel motions with device for the synchronous guidance of the bearing cage
Patent number: 4884902Abstract: The invention concerns a roller bearing for performing swivel motions including a mechanism for synchronously guiding the roller bearing cage, including a roller bearing cage having a journal with a rotatable pinion gear flexibly and elastically mounted thereon in the direction of the circumference of the cage by a crosspiece, the pinion gear having teeth which mesh with at least one set of teeth on the bearing parts of the roller bearing. Stops are provided to limit the motion of the pinion gear.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1988Date of Patent: December 5, 1989Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Klaus Kispert, Robert Stolz -
Patent number: 4884901Abstract: A bearing race (1) of a bearing is provided with a sealing retention ring (6) in whose retention hole (9) a sealing ring (10) is placed. The sealing retention ringe (6) is provided with angle code means implemented, preferably, in the form of an annular gear (20) which can be scanned by a sensor (22) for recording the revolutions.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1988Date of Patent: December 5, 1989Assignee: SKF GmbHInventor: Ortwin Harsdorff
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Patent number: 4878769Abstract: A center-free rolling bearing assembly for machine tools comprising a disk-shaped outer ring, two adjacent outer raceways on the inner radial edge of the outer ring which converge conically together in an axially and radially inward direction, an inner ring, two conical inner raceways on the lateral surface of the inner ring, one in parallel with each outer raceway, and a row of cylindrical rolling elements between each outer raceway-inner raceway combination. The rolling elements of each row are guided laterally by the side surfaces of inner and outer guide flanges forming a single piece with the inner ring. The outer raceways form a single piece with the outer ring and the inner raceway form a single piece with the inner ring. At least one of the two outer guide flanges are formed by an outer flange ring which can be fixed in place on a seating section of the lateral surface of the inner ring, so that the rolling elements can be installed between the two outer and inner raceways.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 1988Date of Patent: November 7, 1989Assignee: SKF GmbHInventor: Martin Schepp
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Patent number: 4878885Abstract: In a spring biased tension arrangement for transmission belts, a friction element is installed coaxial with respect to the pivot bearing. The friction element provides a turning direction dependent damping of the pivot arm. It may be disc or sleeve shaped and is inserted in an annular space to contact a limit surface with rubbing contact. Tongues or spoke elements, inclined to the turning direction, have inclinations dependent more or less elastically upon the turning direction and act for example to change the overall height or thickness of the friction element and therewith an increase of the friction force. The tongues or spoke elements can be connected with a separate spring or formed as a unit with the friction element.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 1988Date of Patent: November 7, 1989Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Jurgen Kober
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Patent number: 4872768Abstract: In a swivel bearing for a braking device the fixed machine part is provided with a flange which has friction surfaces for damping the swivel motion. A flange sleeve made of sheet metal axially and radially surrounds a flange which adjoins the front side of a sleeve section belonging to the swivel arm. The resulting annular space contains, besides the flange, an axially acting spring washer. The flange sleeve itself may optionally have an axial spring action. The flange sleeve is secured axially and against torsion at the sleeve section by means of a turned edge or similar means. The result is a compact arrangement which does not easily disassemble, even in an unmounted condition.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 1988Date of Patent: October 10, 1989Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Roland Haas, Wolfgang Friedrich, Gerhard Herrmann
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Patent number: 4865469Abstract: A bearing on a shaft is separated from the bore of a housing by an intermediate sleeve. The sleeve has an annular recess in its end surface, the end surface being spaced from the shaft. A sealing element extends radially in the annular recess and axially between the shaft and the intermediate sleeve. The axially extending arm of the sealing element has a flange extending behind a radially extending surface of the intermediate sleeve to axially hold the sealing element, with play, to the intermediate sleeve. The sealing element is mounted with prestress on the shaft, to rotate therewith during operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1988Date of Patent: September 12, 1989Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Roland Haas, Elmar Mause, Hans-Joachim Buchelmaier, Manfred Brandenstein
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Patent number: 4860605Abstract: A device for producing an axial displacement of two opposing relatively rotatable thrust members having a plurality of conical rolling elements installed between the thrust members which roll on angled ramps hus change the distance between the thrust members, at least one of the thrust washers having a conical face; and a loose outside flange designed as a closed, flexible ring circumscribing the rollers which absorbs the radial forces proceeding from the loaded conical rollers and exerts a binding effect on the conical rollers.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1988Date of Patent: August 29, 1989Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Armin Olschewski, Armin Schlereth, Paul-Gerhard Hoch
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Patent number: 4856917Abstract: The invention concerns a device for synchronous guiding a roller bearing cage for a roller bearing performing swivel motions, the device comprising a roller cage and bearing parts which swivel relative to one another, the roller cage provided with a pinion gear formed on two diametrically opposed sites with curved toothed segments having different pitch circle diameters, the toothed segments meshing with the teeth of the bearing parts.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1988Date of Patent: August 15, 1989Assignee: SKF GmbHInventors: Horst Schroder, Klaus Kispert, Robert Stolz, Werner Jacob