Patents Assigned to SKF
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Patent number: 9546718Abstract: The system comprises a roller screw mechanism 12 which is provided with a screw 16 which comprises at least a first outer threaded portion 18, a nut 20 and a plurality of rollers 24 which cooperate with the first outer portion 18 and an inner thread of the nut. The system further comprises a roller thrust bearing 14 which is mounted on a second outer portion 52 of the screw and which is provided with a bushing 50 and a plurality of rollers 56 which comprise flanks which cooperate with flanks of the second outer portion 52 of the screw and the bushing 50. The flanks of the screw, the bushing and the rollers are configured so that, during a rotation of the screw, the rollers 56 are fixed axially relative to the screw 16 and relative to the bushing 50.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Gerard Buvril, Christian Boch
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Patent number: 9546680Abstract: A bearing component formed from a steel composition and providing carbon, silicon, manganese, chromium, cobalt, vanadium, and at least one of the following elements sulphur, phosphorous, molybdenum, aluminum, arsenic, tin, antimony, and the balance iron, together with impurities.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: John Beswick, Mohamed Sherif
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Patent number: 9546683Abstract: A flanged bearing ring is formed of two different materials joined together as a single piece, specifically a radially inner annular insert and a flanged, radially outer lightweight body formed about the insert. The insert has one or more inner raceways and is formed of a hard material, such as bearing steel. The outer body is made of a lightweight material, such as aluminium alloy, with a higher thermal expansion coefficient higher than that of the hard material from which the inner insert is formed. A radial projection formed on the insert extends into a radial groove of the outer body. The projection and the recess interlock the insert and the outer body so as to prevent relative movement.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Cornelius Petrus Antonius Vissers, Paolo Re
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Patent number: 9546689Abstract: A machine arrangement, including at least one bearing ring, wherein a glass fiber is connected with the machine arrangement. To allow a proper measurement of stresses even at curved surfaces of the machine arrangement as it is typical in the case of bearing rings, the connection between the glass fiber and the machine arrangement is established by a metallic material which metal material is connected by material bonding with the machine arrangement as well as with the glass fiber.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Hongyu Yang, John F. van de Sanden, Hendrik Anne Mol
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Patent number: 9546686Abstract: A rolling bearing comprising an outer ring, an inner ring, at least one row of rolling elements that are disposed radially between the rings, at least one seal forming a first sealing component that is fixed to one of the rings and engages with the other ring, and at least one flange forming a second sealing component that is fixed to the other ring and is offset axially with respect to the seal on the outer side of the bearing. At least one of the first and second sealing components comprises at least two annular ribs, the other sealing component being mounted axially in contact therewith. At least one closed annular space is delimited by the ribs and by the other sealing component. At least one lubricant is disposed inside the space.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Elie Aupetitgendre, Stellario Barbera, Michel Organisciak, Laurent Varnoux
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Patent number: 9546684Abstract: A seal unit for a rolling-element bearing having an inner bearing ring and an outer bearing ring. The seal unit includes an at least part-ring shaped element having a seal lip, the at least part-ring shaped element is configured for attachment to the inner bearing ring, and the outer bearing ring is tiltable through a limited angle with respect to the inner bearing ring. Also a rolling-element bearing having such a seal unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Femke Back, Jens Bettenhausen, Steffen Hain, Matthias Hofmann, Henning Kern, Jochen Lorenscheit, Christina Pfeuffer, Edgar Pickel, Werner Schleyer, Mathias Seuberling
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Patent number: 9546690Abstract: A bearing which includes a bearing ring and rolling elements. The bearing ring includes an outer surface, having a groove around a circumference of the outer surface, wherein the groove is adapted to accommodate a fiber sensor. The bearing further comprises a clamping element, wherein the clamping element retains the fiber sensor with a clamping force acting in a radial direction of the bearing ring such that the fiber sensor intimately engages the bearing ring. Due to the clamping force, relative movement of the fiber sensor can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Romain Herdier, Defeng Lang, Hongyu Yang
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Patent number: 9545830Abstract: A suspension bearing device, comprising: a bearing, a lower cup and an upper cup centered on a central axis. The lower cup having a body including a tubular axial portion and an annular outward radial portion. The lower cup is provided with a damper pad including: an inner portion disposed against the annular outward radial portion of the body; an outer portion for bearing a suspension spring; and an annular recess for receiving a creep of material of the damper pad when the outer portion is constrained by the suspension spring. The suspension bearing device can be integrated into a motor vehicle. A method for manufacturing such a suspension bearing device.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Charles Bedeau, Sylvain Bussit, Francois De Lemps, Christophe Houdayer, Thomas Lepine, Jean-Marc Soudee, Desire Vidot
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Patent number: 9541130Abstract: A rolling-element bearing includes inner and outer rings and a cage between the rings, the cage having a plurality of cage segments with lateral boundary walls defining a receiving pocket for a rolling element having a diameter Dw, the pockets being dimensioned such that in a load-free state the rolling elements are positionable in the receiving pockets with a circumferential clearance (c) on the pitch circle between adjacent boundary walls of the pocket such that the clearance satisfies the relationship: cmax?c?Cmin, where: cmin=0.01*Dw?0.5 mm and cmax=0.02*Dw?0.4 mm, and wherein the diameter (Dw) of the rolling-element bearing is at least 50 mm.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Baozhu Liang, Jesko-Henning Tanke
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Patent number: 9541129Abstract: An annular guide ring for controlling the position of at least one of rolling elements and a bearing cage in relation to an inner ring of a rolling bearing. The guide ring comprises a base portion, a first side portion extending in a radial direction from a first axial end portion of the base portion, and a second side portion extending in a radial direction from a second axial end portion of the base portion, wherein the first side portion and the second side portion are integrally formed with the base portion of a one-piece sheet material. Also described is a method for manufacturing the guide ring for the rolling bearing.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Hans Lindén, Nils Manne, Peter James
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Patent number: 9540705Abstract: The present invention resides in a method of manufacturing a bearing ring (101) for a rolling element bearing, wherein the bearing ring comprises a bearing race (102) made of a bearing grade steel and an overmolded part (106) that is preferably made of a lightweight metal such as aluminum or a thermoplastic material such as polyamide. According to the invention, the method comprises a step of hardening at least a raceway surface (103) of the bearing race prior to a step of joining the overmolded part (106) to the bearing race (102) in a molding process. In a further development, the method comprises a step of temperature control, to ensure that the temperature of the raceway surface (103) is kept below a predetermined value during the molding process.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Cornelius Petrus Antonius Vissers, Hendrikus Jan Kapaan, Johannes Franciscus Van De Sanden, Jacobus Zwarts
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Patent number: 9541136Abstract: This rotative assembly comprises a first element rotating with respect to a second element around a rotation axis, at least one bearing arranged between the first and second element, and at least one sealing element arranged between the first element and the second element. The sealing element is housed in a peripheral groove provided on the first element, and comprises at least one sealing lip resting on a surface of the second element. The first element comprises an extraction groove realized on a radial surface of the first element, and which forms an empty space below an internal surface of the sealing element and creates an axial access to said empty space from an axial end surface of the first element.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventor: Denis Catalano
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Patent number: 9541127Abstract: A spherical roller bearing having an axially extending center axis with an outer ring, an inner ring arranged concentrically with the outer ring, a guide ring arranged concentrically with the inner ring and the outer ring, wherein the guide ring has a tapering radial cross-section, one set of cambered rollers on either side of the guide ring and a cage structure arranged to retain the two sets of cambered rollers. The guide ring having two circumferential guide ring sections, an inner guide ring section proximal to the inner ring and an outer guide ring section distal to the inner ring. At least one through-opening extends between two lateral surfaces of the guide ring. The at least one through-opening is arranged in the inner guide ring section and the cambered rollers of each set are distanced from the inner guide ring section and in contact with the outer guide ring section.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventor: Marcus Loof
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Patent number: 9541134Abstract: A pinion bearing arrangement of a gearbox for a vehicle or aircraft, providing at least one roller bearing. At least one of the roller bearings is a ball bearing, having an inner ring and an outer ring, wherein both rings have raceways for balls being located between the rings. To ensure a sufficient lifetime of the roller bearings the invention includes that at least one of the rings is made from a ball bearing steel produced by a powder metallurgical process using a powder metallurgy component including 0.5 to 2.0 weight-% C, a maximum of 0.035 weight-% S, 3.0 to 5.0 weight-% Cr, 1.0 to 4.0 weight-% V, 1.0 to 12.0 weight-% W and 2.0 to 12.0 weight-% Mo, wherein at least one raceway has a radius (rI/O) and the balls have a diameter (DB) which fulfill the equation: rI/O/DB>0.53.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Jeroen Wensing, Ian Peverill, Paul Meaney
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Patent number: 9538963Abstract: A diagnostic scanning apparatus includes a hollow rotor sized to receive a patient. First and second flanges are connected to and extend radially outward from the rotor in a spaced-apart relationship, each of the first and second flanges including, at least in part, a magnetically-permeable material. A radiation source is affixed to the first flange and/or the rotor. A first axial actuator generates a variable magnetic field, is fixedly disposed adjacent to the first flange and can magnetically pull the first flange in a first axial direction of the rotor. A second axial actuator generates a variable magnetic field, is fixedly disposed adjacent to the second flange and can magnetically pull the second flange in a second axial direction of the rotor that is opposite of the first axial direction. The first and second axial actuators are both at least substantially disposed between the first and second flanges.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Jeffrey Russell Smithanik, Christian Willming, Craig McFarland, Hans-Juergen Mueller, Wray Sparling
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Patent number: 9541184Abstract: A mechanical system, comprising a support element having an outer surface adapted to slide in a housing receiving the mechanical system, a pin extending along a first axis and comprising two opposite ends, each adapted to be fitted in the support element for radial and/or axial retention of the pin relative to the first axis, and a roller element movable in rotation relative to the pin around the first axis. The mechanical system comprises at least one outer insert positioned at the outer surface of the support element. The mechanical system can be integrated into either an injection pump or a valve actuator.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: François Champalou, Richard Corbett, Benoît Hauvespre
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Patent number: 9541128Abstract: A bearing assembly comprising a rolling element bearing and an acoustic emission unit. The rolling element bearing is provided with at least a bearing seal, wherein the acoustic emission unit is arranged on the bearing seal. The assembly also provides an improved method for measuring acoustic emissions in a bearing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventor: Joseph Erskine
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Patent number: 9541133Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Jean-Baptiste Noirot, Jean-Baptiste Magny, Cyril Bouron, Pascal Ovize
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Patent number: 9541185Abstract: The inventive pulley device for one of a chain and belt provides an inner ring, an outer ring, at least one row of rolling elements mounted in a rolling chamber defined between the inner ring and the outer ring, a pulley secured in rotation with the outer ring and provided with an outer radial surface for engagement with one of a chain and a belt. A screw for mounting on a support is housed radially inside the inner ring and a mounting support element is provided with a passage opening for the screw. The opening is tapped, with a complementary tapping of a thread arranged on the screw, the screw is provided with a groove, offset relative to the thread along a longitudinal axis (X40) of the screw and in which the tapping of the opening is received.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Dirk Albrecht, Romuald Lescorail, Gwenoel Leteil, Thomas Nicaud
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Patent number: 9538697Abstract: A hub-bearing assembly for rotatably mounting a tilling disc about an axis of rotation. The hub-bearing assembly includes an annular hub providing an axially extending tubular portion, comprising a housing and a radially outer flange for mounting a disc. A bearing unit is mounted within the housing. An elastic damping body axially is fitted between the radially outer flange and the disc.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Luca Ciulla, Carlo Maldera