Patents Examined by Marcus Charles
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Patent number: 10851838Abstract: Disclosed are bearing assemblies including a compliant layer within a mounting socket for reducing wear of the bearing.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: TRITON SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Tyson Lawrence, Bryan Andrew Smith
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Patent number: 10844746Abstract: There is disclosed a bearing assembly for a gas turbine engine including at least two bearings axially spaced from one another relative to a central axis, and a squirrel cage secured to a casing of the gas turbine engine. The squirrel cage supports respective bearing loads of the at least two bearings. The squirrel cage has a frangible section between the bearings configured to preferentially fail upon application of a load greater than a preselected threshold bearing load.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Guy Lefebvre, Remy Synnott, François Doyon
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Patent number: 10844745Abstract: There is disclosed a bearing assembly for a gas turbine engine. The bearing assembly has a central axis and includes at least two bearings being axially spaced from one another relative to the central axis and configured to rotatably support a rotating component of the gas turbine engine. A bearing housing includes bearing supports supporting the at least two bearings. The bearing housing is securable to a casing of the gas turbine engine via hairpin structures being axially spaced from one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Inventors: Guy Lefebvre, Remy Synnott
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Patent number: 10837490Abstract: Provided is a bearing retainer (1) which has excellent oil resistance and impact resistance. The bearing retainer (1) retains a plurality of balls in such a manner that the balls are apart from each other. In a ball screw that is provided with a first member and a second member which moves relatively to the first member, the plurality of balls is arranged on one of the first member or the second member so as to be in contact with both of the first member and the second member, and rolling of the balls enables the relative movement. This bearing retainer (1) is formed from a resin composition that contains an elastomer component and a fluororesin which is mainly composed of vinylidene fluoride.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignees: KUREHA GOHSEN CO., LTD, THK CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Kawasaki, Daisuke Mimori, Yasuaki Takaiwa, Kenichi Saitoh
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Patent number: 10837487Abstract: A bearing assembly is disclosed. The bearing assembly includes a first race. Further, the bearing assembly includes a second race disposed concentric to the first race, where the second race has a radius that changes along an axial length of the bearing assembly. The bearing assembly also includes a housing disposed around the second race and operatively coupled to the second race. Moreover, the bearing assembly includes a plurality of support structures configured to detachably couple the second race to the housing, where the plurality of support structures are configured to disengage the second race from the housing to allow motion of the second race when a torque on the second race is greater than a threshold torque value.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Mandyam Rangayan Sridhar, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Dinesh R. Rakwal, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Bret Dwayne Worden
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Patent number: 10830276Abstract: A bearing assembly including a chamber provided with a rolling bearing supporting a rotary shaft with respect to a fixed housing. The rolling bearing has a first ring and a second ring in relative rotation one each other, at least one row of rolling elements being arranged between the rings. The chamber having Ethanol in liquid and/or gaseous state. The rings are coated with diamond-like carbon (DLC) material.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKFInventors: Samuel Viault, Benoît Hauvespre, Michael Wahler
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Patent number: 10823278Abstract: A silk hat-type strain wave gear device has a crossed roller bearing for supporting an internal gear and an external gear so as to allow relative rotation. A first gap part between the inner and outer rings of said bearing is sealed by an oil seal and a second gap part thereof is in communication with a gear-side gap part on the outside of the external gear. A bearing seal separates the second gap part from the gear-side gap part. The bearing seal prevents excessive inflow of lubricant from the gear-side gap part into the second gap part. Excess lubricant that has flowed into the bearing can flow back from the second gap part to the gear-side gap part. Excess lubricant in the bearing is prevented from leaking through the oil seal to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.Inventors: Shunichi Tezuka, Yoshihide Kiyosawa, Toshimi Yamagishi
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Patent number: 10823225Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, a shell, a sleeve, an abrasion-resistance piece, a bearing, an oil seal, and several compressed springs. The shaft has an axial line. The shell is connected to the shaft. The sleeve has an accommodating space, and the wall of the accommodating space forms a first inclined surface which is inclined at an angle with respect to the axial line. The abrasion-resistance piece is disposed at the bottom of the accommodating space. The bearing is disposed in the accommodating space, and the outer wall of the bearing forms a second inclined surface corresponding to the first inclined surface. The shaft passes through the bearing and abuts the abrasion-resistance piece. The oil seal is affixed to the wall of the accommodating space and covers the bearing. The compressed springs are connected between the oil seal and the bearing.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Cheng-Hsien Yeh, Chih-Wei Chan
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Patent number: 10823228Abstract: A hybrid bearing support system includes a shaft extension fixedly coupled to a rotatable member at a radial inner end of the shaft extension, a radial outer end of the shaft extension fixedly coupled to a rotatable race of a bearing supporting the rotatable member, and a recoupler device formed of a shape memory alloy (SMA) material coupled in parallel with at least a portion of the shaft extension between the radial inner end and the radial outer end.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Shuvajyoti Ghosh, Shivaram Ac, Akash Joshi, Vidya Lokammanahalli Shivashankar
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Patent number: 10816033Abstract: A bearing structure includes a plurality of wave-shaped grooves and an inner surface. The wave-shaped grooves are formed on the inner surface for receiving a lubricating fluid. Each of the wave-shaped grooves extends along a longitudinal axis of the bearing structure. Each of the wave-shaped grooves includes a first peak section, a second peak section, two first connecting sections, two second connecting sections and a trough section. The two first connecting sections are connected to opposite sides of the first peak section, and the two second connecting sections are connected to opposite sides of the second peak section. The trough section is disposed between the first peak section and the second peak section, and the trough section is connected to one of the first connecting sections and one of the second connecting sections. The first and second peak sections and the trough section have a circular arc structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Ching-Hsien Yeh, Chih-Wei Chan
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Patent number: 10816037Abstract: A seal member for a linear guide including a guide rail and slider movably set on the guide rail through rolling elements, the seal member, attached to the slider, configured to seal an opening of a gap between the guide rail and slider, the seal member includes: fibers having been impregnated with rubber or resin, wherein a sliding contact part of said seal member, which is in sliding contact with the guide rail, is made of the fibers.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignees: NITTA CORPORATION, THK CO., LTD.Inventors: Takehito Dei, Yoji Ishizaki, Yoshiharu Kiyohara, Kenichiro Aoki, Yasuhiro Aoki
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Patent number: 10815831Abstract: Embodiments of a frequency independent damper assembly are disclosed. In some embodiments, the damper assembly includes a damper housing, a damper plunger and a support spring. The damper plunger is disposed at least partially within the housing and movable within to define a first primary damper cavity and a second primary damper cavity. The support spring includes a plurality of flexible elements coupled to the damper housing and disposed radially outward of the first primary damper cavity and the second primary damper cavity. The support spring defines a first accumulator cavity and a second accumulator cavity. A flow-through channel couples the first accumulator cavity to the second accumulator cavity. A gas bearing including the frequency independent damper assembly is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Bugra Han Ertas
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Patent number: 10816035Abstract: Embodiments of a damper assembly are disclosed. In some embodiments, the damper assembly includes a damper housing, a damper plunger and a support spring. The damper plunger is disposed at least partially within the housing and movable within to define a first primary damper cavity and a second primary damper cavity. A damper cavity restrictive clearance is defined between the first primary damper cavity and the second primary damper cavity. The damper cavity restrictive clearance includes an elliptical damper orifice having a major-axis and a minor-axis at a mid-plane of the damper cavity restrictive clearance and is oriented perpendicular to a direction of a vibrational force imposed on the damper assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Bugra Han Ertas
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Patent number: 10808752Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a sliding member includes sliding faces S configured to slide in relation to one another, at least one sliding face 5 of the sliding faces being provided with a plurality of dimples 11 having multi-sided shapes whose edges are formed without interruption. A pair of the edges A1-B1, A1-C1 of each of the multi-sided dimples 11, extending radially on opposite sides of a radial axis R of the sliding member, are sloped to become farther apart as they extend toward a high-pressure fluid side, and an edge B1-C1, which connects end points B1, C1 on the high-pressure fluid side of the pair of the edges, is formed such that its length is not greater than the lengths of the pair of the edges A1-B1, A1-C1. The sliding member can reduce friction between the sliding faces and improve sealing performance regardless of the direction of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTDInventor: Masatoshi Itadani
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Patent number: 10807158Abstract: A bearing block for holding a bearing for a roller, in particular a strand-guiding roller in a strandguiding device. The bearing block is designed as a solid casting having an integrated internal coolant channel. The coolant channel has an inlet and an outlet for coolant. In order to enable an improvement in the product quality of the cast slabs, the bearing block has a rotational speed sensor for sensing the rotational speed of the roller.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBHInventors: Robert Banse, Markus Reifferscheid
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Patent number: 10808753Abstract: A method and an apparatus includes a static engine structure, at least one shaft that rotates relative to the static engine structure, and a bearing assembly that supports the shaft. The bearing assembly includes at least one first bearing hard mounted directly between the shaft and the static engine structure and at least one second bearing mounted between the shaft and the static engine structure. The at least one second bearing includes a damper. Also included is at least one third bearing that is mounted between the shaft and the static engine structure, wherein the at least one third bearing includes a resilient member.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: William G. Sheridan, Todd A. Davis
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Patent number: 10801547Abstract: A rolling bearing includes an inner rim fixed to a rotating shaft, an outer rim spaced apart from the inner rim, a rolling member disposed between the inner rim and the outer rim, and an elastic mesh defining a plurality of through-holes and surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the outer rim.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Eunji Hwang, Sunggi Kim, Hangjin Ban, Donghan Kim, Byungjik Kim
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Patent number: 10801549Abstract: An axial load management system for a turbomachine including a rotating drivetrain, a thrust bearing assembly, a sensor, and a valve supply line. The rotating drivetrain includes a compressor section and an expander section fluidly coupled together by a closed flowpath. The thrust bearing assembly includes a thrust runner, a thrust bearing housing, and a gas thrust bearing extending between the thrust runner and the thrust bearing housing. Further, the gas thrust bearing supports the rotating drivetrain. The sensor is attached to at least one of the thrust bearing housing or the gas thrust bearing. The valve supply line is fluidly coupled to the closed flowpath. A valve positioned within the valve supply line selectively allows a working fluid to flow between the closed flowpath and a thrust chamber defined by a rotating surface and a fixed surface to modify an axial load on the rotating drivetrain.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Bugra Han Ertas, Douglas Carl Hofer, Younkoo Jeong
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Patent number: 10801543Abstract: A radial bearing arrangement of an exhaust gas turbocharger for mounting a shaft in a bearing housing is disclosed. The radial bearing arrangement comprises a radial bearing bush arranged between the shaft and the bearing housing, wherein the radial bearing bush features a radially outwardly projecting collar, which interacts in the axial direction with an axial stop on the bearing housing. The geometry of the radially outwardly projecting collar is interrupted by cut-outs, such that a force acting on the collar as a result of an oil feed pressure is minimized, and wherein the radial bearing bush is configured such that a lubricating film can form between an end surface of the radial bearing bush and a counterpiece arranged on the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Bruno Ammann, Christian Kreienkamp, Antje Hertel, Philippe Achtnich
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Patent number: 10794426Abstract: Provided is a partially-cylindrical sliding member including a sliding layer including fibrous particles having an average particle size of 5-25 ?m dispersed in a synthetic resin at a volume ratio of 10-35% of the sliding layer. The particles having a major axis length ?20 ?m are included at a volume ratio of ?10% to total particles. A sliding surface side area is defined from the sliding surface and has a thickness of 25% of a sliding layer thickness T, where the fibrous particles having a major axis length of ?20 ?m have a dispersion index of 1.1-6. An interface side area is defined from the interface and has a thickness of 25% of T, where the dispersion index is 1.1-6. An intermediate area is defined between the both areas, where the dispersion index is 0.1 to less than 1.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD.Inventor: Takayoshi Yamauchi