Patents Examined by Alan B Waits
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Patent number: 11353062Abstract: A shock absorbing radial bearing assembly for use with a shaft, having an inner ring including an inner race, an inner raceway, and a shock absorber element disposed therebetween, the inner ring being axially fixed relative to the shaft, an outer ring defining an outer raceway, and a plurality of roller elements disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, each roller element being in rolling contact with the inner raceway and the outer raceway, wherein the inner ring is in direct contact with the shaft and has a circular cross-section as taken in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal center axis of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Koyo Bearings North America LLCInventor: Ben Parris
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Patent number: 11346398Abstract: To provide a non-oil-impregnated sliding bearing having superior low friction capable of suppressing an increase of a shaft temperature in a continuous use, and a bearing apparatus and an image forming apparatus provided with the sliding bearing. Sliding bearings 5a to 5c support rotation shafts on cylinder inner surface in a rotatable manner. Each of the sliding bearings 5a to 5c is formed of a molded member of a non-oil-impregnated resin composition that does not contain oil. The resin composition contains an injection-moldable ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene resin as a base resin, a polytetrafluoroethylene resin as an additive, and an acicular inorganic filler having Mohs hardness of 3 or less. The resin composition contains 65 vol % or more of the ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene resin, 5-25 vol % of the polytetrafluoroethylene resin, and 1-20 vol % of the acicular inorganic filler, based on the whole of the resin composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Norikazu Muneda, Kazuo Hirose
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Patent number: 11346395Abstract: A device for capturing and transmitting data of a bearing of a steel mill or rolling mill includes a sensor with a data processing unit arranged in a bearing housing capturing and storing data of a bearing. A data transmission unit in the bearing housing wirelessly transmits data of the sensor to a remote receiver. An energy receiving unit in the bearing housing receives energy wirelessly and transmits it to the data transmission unit and the data processing unit. An energy source with an energy transmitting unit arranged outside the bearing housing supply the energy unit wirelessly. The energy transmitting unit is covered by the bearing housing and is arranged on or in a structural part which adjoins the bearing housing and is part of the supporting structure of mill and remains on the supporting structure of the mill when the bearing housing is removed for maintenance purposes.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBHInventors: Gerald Hohenbichler, Andreas Rohrhofer
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Patent number: 11339827Abstract: A load-variable rolling bearing includes: an outer ring having an outer ring raceway surface with spherical surface contact portions having concave arch sections and a variable contact portion having a shape of a cylinder in such a manner as to be adjacent to the spherical surface contact portions in an axial direction of the spherical surface contact portions; an inner ring having an inner ring raceway surface with spherical surface contact portions having concave arch sections and a variable contact portion having a shape of a cylinder in such a manner as to be adjacent to the spherical surface contact portions in an axial direction of the spherical surface contact portions; and a plurality of rolling elements each having a cylindrical variable contact portion and spherical surface portions formed with convex spherical surfaces on both sides of the variable contact portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Inventors: Young Keun Lee, Hyun Yui Sin
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Patent number: 11333199Abstract: An assembly comprising: a core in the form of a toroid; and at least one washer overlying the core, the washer comprising a polymer, wherein the washer has an arcuate cross-section so as to have a shape complementary to the core.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Lukas Plioska, Brandon S. Murphy, Kristen A. Michaelson, Abe Sanchez, Man Fung Chow, Grzegorz Kraszewski, Baltasar R. Garcia
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Patent number: 11333195Abstract: An open-centered large rolling bearing having two concentric bearing rings, which are supported against one another in the axial direction of the rolling bearing by means of at least two axial bearings, which are arranged on opposite end faces of a bearing ring. In the radial direction, the bearing rings are supported against one another by at least three radial bearings, which are arranged on inner and outer circumferential sides of a bearing ring.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbHInventors: Thomas Altmayer, Markus Ruf, Andreas Palmer, Robert Zell
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Patent number: 11326646Abstract: Detection device for a wheel hub assembly provided with a rolling bearing, the detection device having a phonic wheel made of magnetized material and mounted on a rotating ring of the bearing, a shaped support element angularly constrained to the rotating ring of the bearing arranged directly between the phonic wheel and the rotating ring so as to angularly lock together the phonic ring and the rotating ring, and a sensor facing the phonic wheel; a protection device being integral with the rotating ring of the bearing so as to protect simultaneously both the phonic wheel and the sensor from external contaminants.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Inventors: Daniele Duch, Marco Gemello, Aurelien Mesnager
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Patent number: 11318784Abstract: A wheel hub bearing for motor vehicles including a rotatable hub provided with a flange for the engagement of the hub to a wheel of a vehicle and provided with a radially outer free portion and a bearing unit provided with a radially outer ring for the engagement of the wheel hub bearing to a knuckle of the vehicle and a radially inner rotatable ring angularly connected to the hub. Furthermore, the wheel hub bearing has a device for detecting a vehicle parameter and provided with an encoder and a sensor in communication with the encoder. The encoder is ridgidly coupled to the radially outer free portion of the flange to jointly rotate with the hub.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Inventors: Fausto Morello, Deepak G, Pradeep H J
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Patent number: 11319996Abstract: Provided is a sensor mounting structure for a rolling guide device, which enables easy mounting and removal of a sensor of a type among various types with respect to the track rail, the sensor mounting structure including: a sensor holder to be fixed to an end surface of the track rail in a longitudinal direction of the track rail; and a sensor casing to be held on the track rail by the sensor holder, the sensor holder including: a base plate to be fixed to the end surface of the track rail, and a holding plate having one end continuous with the base plate as a fixed end, and another end formed as a free end elastically deformable with respect to the base plate, the holding plate being configured to urge the sensor casing toward the end surface of the track rail by the free end.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: THK CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiko Namiki, Masashi Sugiura
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Patent number: 11306772Abstract: A radial foil bearing includes a bearing housing that has an insertion hole into which a shaft is inserted, a back foil that is disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole, a top foil that is supported by the back foil, and a protrusion portion that protrudes toward an inner side in a radial direction of the insertion hole from the inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole and is configured to allow supporting of the top foil.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventor: Naomichi Omori
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Patent number: 11298976Abstract: In a bearing device for a vehicle wheel (1), a large-diameter section (2i) is formed on an outer side of a fitting cylinder section (2h), and a small-diameter section (2j) is formed on an inner side of the fitting cylinder section (2h). A cap member (8) is formed by bending a metal steel plate, and has a cover plate section (81) which closes the inner open end of an outer member (2) and a fitting section (82) which is fitted over the small-diameter section (2j). A tapered portion (83) based on the spring back angle ? of the fitting section (82) is provided at the outer peripheral edge of the outer end section of the fitting section (82).Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Ryou Sakurai, Adumi Nobukawa
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Patent number: 11300156Abstract: A ram-body for use with a spherical bearing has an inner circumferential surface. The ram-body comprises at least a first concave section provided in said inner circumferential surface. In some examples, a second concave section may be provided diametrically opposite to the first concave section. In some examples, the concave sections may be lunular shaped. A method of manufacturing the ram-body is also described. A ram-body and spherical bearing assembly is also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS SASInventors: Johann Martin-Meyer, Emmanuel Lecomte
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Patent number: 11293495Abstract: A bush assembly configured to be disposed between a first component and a second component movably coupled to the first component, the bush assembly comprising a first bush portion comprising a self-lubricating material; and a second bush portion, the second bush portion having greater electrical conductivity than the first bush portion, wherein the second bush portion provides a conductive path between the first component and the second component.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Inventors: Daniel Haikney, Neil Price
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Patent number: 11293489Abstract: A one-way snap-in bearing cage providing a substantially annular backbone, and a hanging-out portion extending from the backbone to one axial side, the hanging-out portion having pockets, which are distributed at intervals in a circumferential direction and used to accommodate spherical rollers, and pocket connections for connecting adjacent pockets. The pocket, at least in the vicinity of a radial inner edge at an opening side of the pocket, employs an expanding design achieving remoteness from a surface of the roller.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKFInventor: Hongyuan An
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Patent number: 11286988Abstract: A cage for a ball bearing is optimized for high-speed applications. To reduce weight, the cage is formed by a number of conical blades which collectively form an “X” shape. To add rigidity, a number of gussets are placed between the blades at various circumferential locations. The light weight reduces the centrifugal forces for a given diameter and rotational speed. The rigidity permits the cage to withstand the centrifugal forces without excessive deflection or stress.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Dennis Roffe, Guihui Zhong, Michael Heaton
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Patent number: 11274702Abstract: An inner ring cooperates with an outer ring to form a roller bearing assembly. The inner ring comprises an outer circumferential surface receiving a plurality of roller bearing elements engageable with the outer ring upon forming of the roller bearing assembly. An inner circumferential surface of the inner ring is slideably mountable to a shaft upon forming of the roller bearing assembly and includes a base portion slideably engageable with a surface of the shaft upon mounting and at least one cutout portion opening to an outer edge of the inner circumferential surface. A clearance forms between a surface of the at least one cutout portion and the surface of the shaft upon mounting. Upon forming of the roller bearing assembly, the base portion of the circumferential surface is engageable with the shaft subsequently to the plurality of roller bearing elements engaging with the outer ring.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Maciej Piotrowski, Jean-Jacques Forest
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Patent number: 11274701Abstract: A rolling bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of rolling elements, and a cage. The cage includes an annular body placed closer to the first side in the axial direction than the rolling elements, and a plurality of cage prongs provided to extend to the second side in the axial direction from the annular body. The cage prong includes a lack portion provided from the first side to the second side in the axial direction such that the lack portion is opened to the second side in the axial direction and along the radial direction. The cage prong includes a pair of cage prong bodies such that the cage prong bodies are provided on both sides of the lack portion in the circumferential direction and make contact with a corresponding one of the rolling elements, and a stiffening rib is provided between the cage prong bodies.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Yuya Yamamoto, Shota Akimoto
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Patent number: 11274699Abstract: A bearing includes an outer ring with a first outer roller race, a second outer roller race, and a radially inward facing outer ball race. The bearing includes a first and second inner rings that axially abutting one another at an abutment interface. The first inner ring has a first inner roller race, the second inner ring has a second inner roller race that are disposed in an interior area coaxially with the outer ring. A plurality of first rollers rollingly engage the first outer roller race and the first inner roller race. A plurality of second rollers rollingly engage the second outer roller race and the second inner roller race. A plurality of balls rollingly engage the outer ball race and the inner ball race.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Roller Bearing Company of America, Inc.Inventor: Curtis M. Swartley
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Patent number: 11274704Abstract: A seal arrangement for a wheel bearing arrangement of a motor vehicle, including a seal body having a sealing lip, wherein the seal body is arranged on a fixed component of the wheel bearing arrangement and the sealing lip abuts a sealing surface of a rotating component of the wheel bearing arrangement. The disclosure is distinguished in that a film is applied to the sealing surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Johannes Albl, Michael Frisch
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Patent number: 11268573Abstract: A bearing assembly comprises a first bearing axially spaced from a second bearing, each bearing having an inner race disposed on a shaft and having an outer race. The bearings are mounted to a mounting sleeve having an outer sleeve surface and an inner sleeve surface engaging the outer race of each bearing. The mounting sleeve has an outer surface engaged with an inner bearing support of a bearing housing having an enclosed chamber. A housing oil inlet is in fluid communication with the enclosed chamber. The mounting sleeve includes an axially extending sleeve oil passage in fluid communication with the housing oil inlet. The mounting sleeve has a first outlet in the vicinity of the first bearing and the sleeve oil passage has a second outlet in the vicinity of the second bearing.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Guy Lefebvre, Francois Doyon