Abstract: A method for preparing titanium alloy that is created to be formed into a bearing component, wherein the titanium alloy comprises from 5 to 7 wt % Al, from 3.5 to 4.5 wt % V, from 0.5 to 1.5 wt % Mo, from 2.5 to 4.5 wt % Fe, from 2.5 to 4.5 wt % Fe, and from 0.05 to 2 wt % Cr. The alloy can optionally include one or more of the following elements: up to 2.5 wt % Zr, up to 2.5 wt % Sn, and up to 0.5 wt % C. The balance of the composition comprises Ti together with unavoidable impurities. The alloy is heated to a temperature T below the (?+?/?)-transition temperature T? and then quenched. The alloy is then aged a temperature of from 400 to 600° C.

Abstract: This support member (60) holds at least two sensors (80) with respect to a rotating encoder washer (20) of a rolling bearing assembly (2). It includes an annular ring (62) centered on a central axis (X60) and provided with an inner radial surface (64) which forms an abutment and centering means for each sensor (80) with respect to the central axis (X60). The support member also includes foot parts (70) extending perpendicularly with respect to the inner radial surface (64) and provided with holes (72, 74, 76) adapted for the passage of connection pins (82, 84, 86) of the sensors (80), in order to connect these sensors (80) to a printed circuit board (50).

Abstract: Rolling bearing (1) comprising an inner ring (3), an outer ring (2), at least one row of rolling elements which are arranged between raceways made on the rings (2, 3) and an ring gear (6) fixed to one of the rings (2). The ring gear (6) is formed of at least two independent gear segments (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) which are each provided on their inner or outer peripheral surface with a plurality of meshing means (7b, 8b, 9b, 10b, 11b, 12b) and fixed only to one of either the inner or outer rings (3) of the rolling bearing (1), the circumference of the ring gear (6, 20) being substantially equal to the circumference of the combination of the independent gear segments.

Abstract: Rolling bearing (1) comprising an inner ring (3), an outer ring (2), at least one row of rolling elements which are arranged between raceways formed on the rings (2, 3) and a ring gear (6) that has a circumference of less than 360° and is fixed to one of the rings (2). The ring gear (6) is formed of a single gear segment (7) which has a circumference substantially equal to the circumference of the ring gear (6) and is provided on its inner or outer peripheral surface with a plurality of meshing means (7b) and fixed only to one of either the inner or outer rings (3) of the rolling bearing (1).

Abstract: A roller bearing assembly includes at least one roller bearing having an outer ring, an inner ring, and roller bodies disposed therebetween, as well as a radial shaft seal ring having a support ring and a seal lip. At least one end side of the outer ring includes a receptacle for retaining the support ring. The support ring extends axially in an outwardly projecting manner beyond the end side of the outer ring and up to an outer circumferential surface of the inner ring. The seal lip connected with the support ring sealingly abuts on the outer circumferential surface of the inner ring at a position that is axially internal of the end side of the outer ring.

Abstract: A lubricant supply device comprises a tank configured to hold a lubricant. At least one movable piston unit is disposed in the holding tank and at least partially defines a lubricant chamber. The lubricant chamber has at least two openings, of which one is a lubricant inlet and the other is a lubricant outlet. A first one of the openings is disposed in the movable piston unit.

Abstract: A cage for a rolling bearing which cage is intended to ensure the circumferential spacing of a row of rolling elements and comprises first pockets 28 for first rolling elements of the row, which pockets are provided with axial retention means 38, 46 for the axial retention of the cage onto the said rolling elements, and second pockets 26 for the second rolling elements of the row, which pockets have no axial retention means for retaining the cage on the said rolling elements. The distribution of the first pockets 28 about the periphery of the cage is uneven.

Abstract: The roller bearing comprises an inner ring 14, an outer ring 16, at least one row of rolling elements 18, 20, 22 which are arranged between the said rings in order to form an axial thrust which can transmit axial forces, and a row of rolling elements 24 arranged between the said rings in order to form a radial thrust which can transmit radial forces. The inner ring comprises an annular groove 36 which extends towards the interior from an outer surface 14c of the said ring, and forms a raceway for the rolling elements 24 of the radial thrust.

Abstract: A device including an annular groove obtained on a lateral assembly surface of a ring of a bearing in contact in use with a seat with respect to which the ring must remain stationary; a first element shaped as a circumferentially open ring and preferably defined by a circumferential ring segment having a non-constant radial thickness (S) and always smaller than a radial depth (P) of the annular groove, mounted within the annular groove free to move circumferentially in the annular groove; and a second element, shaped as a closed ring, which engages the annular groove, within which it is mounted radially superimposed on the first element on the side of the lateral assembly surface and having a constant radial thickness (F) such that the second element protrudes radially and overhangingly with respect to the lateral assembly surface at least in correspondence with part of the first element.

Abstract: An electromechanical actuator includes a drive motor having rotatable drive shaft. A magnetic element is disposed on the drive shaft. A rotary-to-linear motion converter is driven by the rotatable drive shaft and includes a non-rotating actuator body that is linearly movable in a traveling direction. A Hall-effect sensor is disposed in a stationary manner proximal to the magnetic element disposed on the drive shaft. A controller is in electronic communication with the Hall-effect sensor. The controller counts the number of impulses output by the Hall-effect sensor when the drive shaft rotates relative to the Hall-effect sensor, and turns off the drive motor after a predetermined number of impulses have been counted since the start-up of the non-rotating actuator body. The controller may also count the number of times that the current of the drive motor exceeds a predetermined maximum value and store this counted value in a memory element.

Abstract: A transmission shaft for transmitting rotational movements including a tubular body having at least one tubular composite assembly including a plastic matrix and strengthening elements, at least one insert positioned at one end of the body and which is secured to the body in an interface area between the insert and the composite assembly, and at least one slug passing radially through the insert and the body for keeping the strengthening elements in place. The at least one insert has at least one recess receiving a part of the strengthening elements to maintain the strengthening elements in the interface area.

Abstract: A sealing device including an annular reinforcing insert couplable with a wheel hub in use and an annular sealing element carried by the reinforcing insert and including at least one sealing lip cooperating with a spacer carried by a wheel support pin in use; the reinforcing insert delimits an annular chamber arranged directly adjacent to the annular sealing element in axial direction, and the device further includes a shield mounted in floating manner with radial and axial play in the annular chamber, including a first radial end, which extends to the lip and couples in forced manner with the spacer in use, and a second radial end, opposite to the first, which cooperates with the reinforcing insert and with the annular sealing element to create a labyrinth seal in the annular chamber interposed in use between the annular lip and an environment (E) external to the wheel hub.

Abstract: This mechanical system with one-way clutch, such as a motor vehicle alternator pulley, provides an outer first ring and an inner second ring able to move relative to one another in rotation about a central axis and delimit between them, radially with respect to this central axis, an annular housing. A free-wheel mechanism having members arranged in the annular housing. At least one rolling bearing providing rollers arranged in the annular housing. The first and second rings are common to the free-wheel mechanism and to the rolling bearing. The members of the free-wheel mechanism are cams in contact with a first race formed by the first ring and a second race formed by the second ring. The first and second races are circular, centred on the axis of rotation and have no ramp. An alternator may comprise such a mechanical system configured as a pulley with a one-way clutch.

Abstract: A wheel hub assembly with two rows of rolling elements has a central axis of rotation and inner raceway and outer raceways for each row of elements, the associated inner and outer raceways being axially displaced in accordance with a respective angle of contact and along a respective load line such that the assembly is capable of accommodating combined loading. The raceways of each row of rolling elements have osculation ratios which are defined by the ratio between the radius of curvature of the raceways and the outside diameters of the rolling elements of the associated row of rolling elements. The angle of contact and the osculation ratios of a first one of the two rows of the rolling elements are different than the angle of contact and osculation ratios of a second one of the two rows of the rolling elements.

Abstract: A roller bearing assembly is configured to rotatably support a machine component connected with a shaft in a position relative to a reference component. The roller bearing assembly includes a radial bearing, an axially-displaceable axial bearing and an adjusting device configured to adjust an axial gap between the machine component and the reference component by automated axial displacement of the axial bearing. The adjusting device includes a hydraulic regulating device configured to axially displace the axial bearing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanical system with one-way clutch, for example a pulley for a motor vehicle alternator, comprising a first element and a second element able to move one relative to the other. These elements delimit an annular housing including a one-way clutch device and at least one rolling bearing positioned beside the one-way clutch device. The mechanical system is characterized in that the one-way clutch device is lubricated by a lubricant of a first type, in that the rolling bearing or bearings are lubricated by at least one lubricant of a second type, and in that the lubricant of the first type and the lubricant of the second type are different from and compatible with one another. The invention also relates to an alternator comprising such a system configured as a pulley, and to a method of manufacturing such a mechanical system.

Abstract: A pin for guiding a gear has a substantially cylindrical outer surface section, wherein the outer surface section comprises a substantially cylindrical rolling surface section, which is aligned and formed so as to make possible the guiding of the gear. The outer surface section further has a groove, which is formed so as to accommodate a retaining ring, wherein the groove is disposed with respect to the rolling surface section so as to make possible a guiding, directly or indirectly via the retaining ring, of a rolling-element assembly along the axial direction of the pin. In this way it is possible to provide a guiding of a gear wherein a small tolerance chain is implemented with respect to the axial position.

Abstract: A bearing arrangement (1) for a tension roller (2) designed as a hollow cylinder at least in segments, having at least one bearing (3) supporting the tension roller (2), wherein a damping layer (5) made of elastomer or rubber material is disposed between a ring (4) of the bearing (3) and the tension roller (2), directly or indirectly, and wherein at least one axial end of the tension roller (2) is closed by a cover (6). In order to achieve a low-noise and self-centering seal for the axial end of the tension roller, according to the invention, the cover (6) is disposed in a mounting segment (8) and is held by the same, said segment being molded from the material of the damping layer in an axial end region of the damping layer (5).

Abstract: Rolling bearing having an inner ring (1) and an outer ring (2) with a row of rolling elements (3) held by a cage (4) between bearing races provided on the two rings, and an annular housing (5) surrounding one of said rings. Said ring forms with the housing at least one closed space (21a), (21b), inside which a lubricant is located.

Abstract: A bearing device includes a first bearing element and at least one second bearing element that is movably supported relative to the first bearing element and at least one seal unit that includes at least one attachment element that plays a role in attaching at least one seal element of the seal unit to the first bearing element. The attachment element includes at least a part of an antilock braking system (ABS) ring. The ABS ring may include through openings and be usable with a sensor that senses a magnetic field generated by the ABS ring.