Patents Assigned to SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
  • Patent number: 4534095
    Abstract: In a cage for rolling bearings, the material of the webs is forced into the cage pockets on the outer surface of the cage, to hold the rolling bodies from falling out of the pockets radially outwardly of the cage. The material of the webs is also formed to provide the projections extending perpendicularly from the inner surface of the webs, in order to inhibit falling out of the rolling bodies radially inwardly of the cage pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Olschewski, Bernhard Bauer
  • Patent number: 4533264
    Abstract: A housing (1, 2) for roller bearings (10) with lubrication means in the form of a lubricator ring (13) which partially runs into an oil storage space (17) arranged underneath the shaft (6) and rests on the shaft (6) or the like which drives the lubricator ring (13), has on one side of the roller bearing (10) a dividing wall (4) running at a distant from it arranged radial to the bearing axis for separating a space (12) occupying the roller bearing (10) from an outer space (11) containing the oil storage space (17). The lubricator ring (13) is arranged in an upper area in the space (19) for the roller bearing (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventor: Werner Haugwitz
  • Patent number: 4526485
    Abstract: A rolling element bearing has annular seals between the races for preventing entry of dirt into the lubricant space. The seals are held to one of the races, and have weakened portions on at least one location about their periphery to enable excess pressure within the lubricant chamber to escape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Frase, Roland Eisenkolb, Heinz Kiener, Guter Harant
  • Patent number: 4526259
    Abstract: In a hydraulically operable release arrangement for clutches, especially for vehicle clutches, the release force is transmitted to the plate spring or the like of the clutch by way of a piston, a fixed bearing ring, a multiplicity of rolling bodies, and a rotating bearing ring. The piston is movably arranged in a housing and is biased by a helical spring arranged in a pressure space formed between the piston and the housing. The piston and the housing are each provided with an axial projection. In order to secure the piston against rotation and to damp vibrations in the piston without additional machining or special parts, the helical spring is arranged with its spring ends abutting the axial projections such that rotation of the piston in the direction of rotation of the rotating bearing ring is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Lothar Walter, Heinz Kiener
  • Patent number: 4524855
    Abstract: A hydraulic release arrangement, especially for vehicle clutches, consisting of a housing (1,2,3) with a pressure space (6) sealed by a rolling bellows (7), in which the release bearing (4) is arranged to be displaceable in the housing (1,2,3) in the axial direction.In order to produce a compact hydraulic release arrangement and inhibit the bending in of the rolling bellows (7) in the low pressure range, a spacing element (27) is provided in the space defined by the rolling bellows (7) between the release bearing (4) and the housing (1,2,3), the spacing element being arranged to abut the inside of the bellows wall with axial prestress with an annular projection in at least one turned-back region (30) of the rolling bellows (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Brandenstein
  • Patent number: 4525082
    Abstract: Sealing ring for radial rolling bearings with an outer race and an inner race and rolling bodies in the gap between them, consisting of a ring body of elastic material bridging the gap with, at one radial end, at least one sealing lip or the like sliding along a contact surface of the outer race or inner race and with, at its opposite end, a hub section supported on a seating surface of the inner or outer race and a stiffening plate incorporated into the ring body with a radial web section and, in the hub section, a collar section connected to the outer edge of the web section facing the hub, characterized in that the collar section of the stiffening plate is formed both by axially inward-bent and axially outward-bent tabs of the outer edge of the stiffening plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Roland Haas, Wolfgang Friedrich, Rudiger Hans
  • Patent number: 4522514
    Abstract: A thin-walled bearing bushing produced by deep drawing, in particular for the seating of pins in universal joints, including a cylindrical sleeve section with a bottom section closing the sleeve off on one end. One or more concentric depressions are axially pressed in the outer surface of the bottom surface near the resulting sharp peripheral edges. A plurality of indentations, displaced radially inward relative to the depressions and reducing the wall thickness of the bottom section of the bushing, are provided on the outer surface of the bottom section so that the uniform bushing inner surface will have a large axial load-carrying capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Olschewski, Hermann Hetterich, Peter Horling, Berthold Beyfuss
  • Patent number: 4516962
    Abstract: A tension roller for a drive belt is comprised of a two-part pin and a roller rotatably supported on the pin by a rolling bearing. One part of the pin is substantially solid and has a seating surface for receiving the inner ring of the rolling bearing. The other part of the pin is cup-shaped and extends over the seating surface to engage a side surface of the inner ring. An eccentric bore is provided in the pin for mounting the tension roller on a machine frame by means of a mounting screw. The eccentric bore, in the solid portion of the pin, extends to and separates the outer surface of the pin, whereby the mounting screw partially engages the inner ring of the bearing. The arrangement permits the maximum range of tension adjustments for the tension roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Roland Haas, Ludwig Edelmann, Rudiger Hans
  • Patent number: 4514017
    Abstract: A rolling bearing for lengthwise movement has a support formed of sheet metal and having a cross-section that is corrugated in the circumferential direction, so that axially extending channels are provided for the rolling bodies. The cage is comprised of two halves joined together in a radial plane, and having turnaround zones formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Walter, Walter Reith
  • Patent number: 4512672
    Abstract: Front seal for bearing cups, in particular, for universal joints, having a seal ring arranged on the bearing cup between the bearing cup and a shoulder of the machine component it supports, characterized in that the seal ring (13, 31) is of T-shaped cross section comprising a body portion and a part of axially projecting sealing flanges having bore faces (24, 25, 34, 37) which are arranged adjacent to corresponding outside surfaces (26, 27, 35) of the machine component (2) and the bearing cup (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Olschewski, Gerhard Herrmann, Bernhard Bauer, Elisabeth Zirk
  • Patent number: 4512670
    Abstract: A sealed bearing cup, in particular, for universal joints which has a support body connected to the bearing cup and a seal ring fastened to this body having at least one axially elastically deformable sealing lip, characterized in that the support body (10) with the seal ring (13) is arranged axially slidable in the bore of the bearing cup (2) and is provided with a radially flange (17) which is located opposite the front face (16) of the bearing cup (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Olschewski, Gerhard Herrmann, Bernhard Bauer
  • Patent number: 4510829
    Abstract: A tool assembly comprising a support base having a plurality of longitudinally oriented guideways disposed next to one another in a common clamping plane and at least one tool holder which is adjustably mounted along the guideways and can be secured in the guideways by clamping means, characterized in that the guideways are formed by a plurality of rib-like projections in the base defining a series of grooves arranged in at least two groups at each end of the support base and the clamping means are formed by at least one holding projection of the tool holder which engages in a groove of the two groups whereby the holding projections of the one group and the holding projections of the other group are arranged mutually adjustable to one another by adjusting means against the sidewalls forming the grooves in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Kintzel, Edmund Heilmann
  • Patent number: 4511192
    Abstract: A support for a tension roller is comprised of two cup-shaped sleeves, oriented with their open ends in the same direction, and with an inner one of the cup-shaped sleeves extending into the other of the cup-shaped sleeves. The outer end of the inner cup-shaped sleeve is outwardly flanged, to define a clamp between the flange and the open end of the other cup-shaped sleeve for holding the inner ring of the tension roller bearing. The bottoms of the two cup-shaped sleeves are initially spaced, and are drawn together upon tightening of a mounting screw extending therethrough into a machine frame, in order to clamp the inner bearing ring between the flange and the open end of the other cup-shaped sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Rudiger Hans, Manfred Brandenstein
  • Patent number: 4511345
    Abstract: Constant speed joint assembly comprising an inner joint body member, an outer joint body member and at least two rolling elements arranged therebetween capable of transmitting a torque which engage in an inner arcuate groove in the inner joint body member curved in a longitudinal direction about a center of curvature lying on the axis of rotation of the inner joint body member and in an outer groove in the outer joint body member lying radially opposite the inner joint body member curved in a longitudinal direction about a center of curvature offset in a longitudinal direction on the axis of rotation of the outer joint body member in relation to the radius of curvature of the mating inner groove and control means maintaining the rolling elements in a plane bisecting the angle between the axes of rotation during angular movement of the axes of rotation of the two joint body members, said inner joint body member having a centric cavity, said control means comprising a control body mounted in said cavity having
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventor: Otmar Winkler
  • Patent number: 4510645
    Abstract: A draw frame for spinning machine is provided with a blocking mechanism movable into a position between the upper and lower feed rollers in the event of yarn breakage, to lift the roving from contact with the driven rollers. The blocking member is mounted on a rail, extending parallel to a load arm on which the upper rollers are mounted. Both load arm and the bearing arm rail are swivelably mounted. Each of the bearing rails are arranged so that they are weighted by the supporting arm, when placed in the operating position, by a resilient member acting on a connecting member between the bearing rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventor: Alfred Glock
  • Patent number: 4509764
    Abstract: An hydraulically operated clutch release has an annular piston hydraulically moveable in an annular chamber. A felt ring is mounted on a shoulder of the piston away from the chamber, to engage the bore surface of the chamber, and a holding ring is snapped onto the end of the shoulder to hold the felt ring on the shoulder. An extension of the holding ring forms a seal with the bore on the chamber, and defines, with the felt ring a dust catching recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Rudiger Hans, Heinz Kiener
  • Patent number: 4509364
    Abstract: In a wear measuring arrangement for bearings, a support sleeve is slidably mounted in one of the bearing rings, and supports an inductive sensor having a plunger type armature with a probe tip. The support sleeve is mounted to be held in a position with the probe tip away from the other bearing part, and to be released by a control shaft. Upon release, a spring arranged in the bore of the support sleeve resiliently urges the probe tip to engage the other bearing part and pierce any grease layer on the surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Karl H. Schutz, Gunter Mauch
  • Patent number: 4505369
    Abstract: In a clutch throwout, particularly for automotive clutches, a self-centering clutch bearing is arranged on or in a sliding sleeve. The stationary bearing ring of the clutch bearing is connected with the sliding sleeve via an intermediate element, which features guides for the radial sliding, in two mutually crossing radial directions, of the clutch bearing in relation to the sliding sleeve.To enable the clutch bearing to slide in any radial direction and to position itself precisely centered in relation to the tongue ends of the clutch diaphragm spring, without great constraining forces, while, regardless of position, damping the relative movements of clutch bearing in relation to sliding sleeve, intermediate element is radially interlocked with the stationary bearing ring and with the sliding sleeve, in two mutually crossing directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Leo Muller, Walter Koder, Manfred Brandenstein, Lothar Walter, Ludwig Edelmann, Roland Bonengel, Roland Haas
  • Patent number: 4501114
    Abstract: The passage of material through a textile spinning or twisting machine is regulated through operation of a control element associated with the movement of said material. Light reflected from the moving material is converted into a variable electrical signal which is then modulated and used to operate a light-emitter. The modulated output of the light-emitter is sensed by a receiver located remote therefrom, but in direct-line-of sight, into an electrical command signal for operating the control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1985
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Michael von Ronai-Horvath, Bernhard Schonung
  • Patent number: 4489992
    Abstract: A self aligning bearing structure, especially adapted for electric motors, has an outer ring with a plastic jacket thereon. A housing for supporting a bearing has a cylindrical seat for receiving the outer ring. The plastic jacket has one annular central ridge of greater diameter, in the unassembled condition, than the seat, so that the annular ridge is compressed to substantially the compression limit when the outer ring is assembled in the seat. The plastic jacket may have a conical end to simplify assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Horst M. Ernst, Lothar Walter, Karl-Friedrich Kaschube