Patents Examined by Marcus Charles
  • Patent number: 10791834
    Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a first locking mechanism, and a second locking mechanism. The second rail can be displaced with respect to the first rail. The first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism are disposed at two different portions of the second rail respectively and can be locked to the first rail separately in order to keep the second rail at either of two predetermined extended positions. The first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism can then be operated and thereby unlocked from the first rail so that the second rail can be retracted with respect to the first rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Wei-Chen Chang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10788073
    Abstract: A loader slot bearing includes an annular housing having first and second axial surfaces and an interior area extending therebetween. The interior area has a first inner surface that extends between the first and second axial surfaces. A portion of the inner surface is a first bearing surface that has a spherical contour. A slot extends partially into the first inner surface from the first axial surface. The slot has a first width. The annular housing is manufactured from a precipitation hardened corrosion resistant stainless steel. The loader slot bearing includes a truncated ball that is positioned in the slot and rotated so that the truncated ball is rotatably retained by the first bearing surface. The truncated ball is angularly misalignable relative to the housing and is manufactured from a 440C stainless steel. A dry lubricant is applied to the spherical exterior surface of the truncated ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Roller Bearing Company of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott McNeil, Ben Anderson, Jackson Sameski-Hayes
  • Patent number: 10781861
    Abstract: A protective cover includes: a synthetic resin disc part having formed therein a separation wall which is thinner than other parts of the disc part and separates a magnetic encoder and a magnetic sensor from each other; and a synthetic resin sensor holder part protruding inward from the disc part. A gate mark caused by the injection molding is present n an outer peripheral surface of the disc part or an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical part continuous with the disc part, in the radially outer side of the separation wall. Since the gate is at the radially outer side, of the separation wall, which is near the separation wall, no charging end weld is generated on the separation wall when a molten synthetic resin material is injected from the gate into the cavity of the injection mold die and solidified in an injection molding step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: NAKANISHI METAL WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayoshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10774873
    Abstract: A porous gas bearing is disclosed. The porous gas bearing includes a housing having a fluid inlet and an aperture. A porous surface layer is disposed within the housing surrounding the aperture in a circumferential direction. The porous surface layer is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet. A damping system includes a damping system including a biasing member, the biasing member being disposed in a passageway that extends along the longitudinal direction of the aperture and circumferentially about the aperture, wherein the biasing member is arranged radially outward from the porous surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Sung Hwa Jeung, Jay H. Johnson, Donald Lee Hill, Matthew Cambio
  • Patent number: 10774876
    Abstract: A thrust washer includes an annular body with an aperture therein and having a first axial face and a second axial face, an outer diameter edge and an inner diameter edge extending between the first and second axial faces. At least one of the first and second axial faces includes a plurality of recessed grooves extending at least partially between the inner edge and the outer edge and defining un-recessed lands between the recessed grooves. The plurality of recessed grooves include a transition region transitioning to the lands and a scoop region separated from the transition region by a stepped wall portion extending between the scoop region and the tapered region. The recessed grooves can include directional symmetric bi-directional grooves for use in systems with rotation in both directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership
    Inventors: Saikrishna Sundararaman, Raymond L. Szparagowski, Raymond P. Hartzell
  • Patent number: 10774874
    Abstract: A bearing assembly including a body defining an outer surface, an inner surface, and an aft surface is generally provided. A first inlet opening is defined through the outer surface in fluid communication with a first internal passage defined by a first internal wall. The first internal passage is in fluid communication with a first outlet opening defined through the inner surface. A second inlet opening is defined through the inner surface in fluid communication with a second internal passage defined by a second internal wall. The second internal passage is in fluid communication with a second outlet opening defined through the aft surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sean Christopher Binion, Steven Douglas Johnson, David Vickery Parker, Stephen Joseph Waymeyer, Nathan Evan McCurdy Gibson
  • Patent number: 10774872
    Abstract: A lubricant supply member of a linear guide includes a first recessed part formed above a guide rail, a pair of second recessed parts formed at both left and right side-surface positions of the guide rail, and protrusions slidable on rail side raceway surfaces of the guide rail. A lubricating unit includes a first cylindrical part, arranged in the first recessed part, to allow the first recessed part to move in a vertical direction of the slider, and to press the first recessed part to a widthwise outside of the slider, and a pair of second cylindrical parts, arranged in the pair of second recessed parts, to allow the pair of second recessed parts to move in a width direction of the slider, and to press the pair of second recessed parts in the vertical direction of the slider, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10767703
    Abstract: A sensorized roller of a bearing, the sensorized roller having a sensor module located within an axially extending hollow cylindrical bore. The sensor module is equipped with one or more deformation sensors for detecting deformation of the roller bore due to a radial load acting on the roller. The sensor module comprises a rigid housing that is shaped to fit inside the roller bore and is mounted to the roller bore with a small radial clearance between an outer cylindrical surface of the housing an inner cylindrical surface of the bore. Each of the one or more deformation sensors is formed by a proximity sensor that is accommodated at the outer cylindrical surface of the housing. A sensing element of the proximity sensor faces the inner cylindrical surface of the roller bore and measures a radial gap therebetween; the radial gap being indicative of bore deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Nicolaas Simon Willem Den Haak, Gertjan van Amerongen
  • Patent number: 10767688
    Abstract: A bearing system for a rotating vertical shaft includes a first ball bearing, having a first pitch diameter and a first axial stiffness and a second ball bearing having a second pitch diameter and a second axial stiffness. The first ball bearing is a deep groove Conrad bearing. The second ball bearing is an angular contact bearing. The first and second ball bearings are coaxial, secured to one another and rotatable together. The first pitch diameter is at least 1.5 times greater than the second pitch diameter. The bearing system has an axial stiffness ratio defined by the first axial stiffness divided by the second axial stiffness. The axial stiffness ratio is based on an axial preload force applied to the second outer ring such that an operating torque of the bearing system is within a predetermined range at temperatures from minus 40 to positive 85 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Roller Bearing Company of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Pallini, Michael Coppola
  • Patent number: 10767696
    Abstract: A bearing component including a substrate; a sliding layer overlying the substrate; and a metal mesh comprising filaments embedded in the sliding layer, the metal mesh having a woven structure such that the filaments overlap each other at intersections, where a plurality of intersections include a first filament overlying a second filament, the first filament being mechanically so as to interlock with the second filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS PAMPUS GMBH
    Inventor: Hans-Juergen Jaeger
  • Patent number: 10767690
    Abstract: A bearing housing for connecting a bearing to a supporting structure of a gas turbine engine is discussed. The bearing housing has an inner wall and an outer wall radially spaced apart from the inner wall between which an annular space is defined. A device extends from the inner wall toward the outer wall and includes at least a first and a second member in series between the inner and outer walls, the second member having a radial stiffness greater than a radial stiffness of the first member. The device may operate in multiple operating stages, where in a first stage the first member of the device deforms to absorb at least partially a vibration load over a given range of vibration amplitude when the bearing housing deflects, and where in a subsequent second stage the second member of the device increases a total radial stiffness of the assembly of the bearing housing and device over the bearing housing alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Czeslaw Wojtyczka, Stephen Caulfeild
  • Patent number: 10767511
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an anti-cavitation device for impeding gas intrusion into oil dampers that support bearings and a rotating shaft. The oil film damper includes an annulus and a pair of piston rings between a structural support and the bearing housing. The piston rings define the axial boundaries of the oil filled annulus. An oil inlet between the pair of piston rings is in communication with a source of pressurized oil. An oil seal is axially spaced from each piston ring defining an annular oil filled reservoir external to each piston ring. The oil seal acts as a one way check valve to impede gas incursion into the oil reservoir and oil filled annulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Charles Litalien
  • Patent number: 10760583
    Abstract: The axial bearing arrangement comprises a first axial bearing plate (12) and a second axial bearing plate (13) each having an annular ring shape, the first axial bearing plate (12) having a first surface (12.1) axially facing the second axial bearing plate (13) and a second surface (12.2) opposite to the respective first surface (12.1), the second axial bearing plate (13) having a first surface (13.1) axially facing the first axial bearing plate (12) and a second surface (13.2) opposite to the respective first surface (13.1); a spacer ring (14) clamped between the first surfaces (12.1, 13.1) of the first and second axial bearing plates (12, 13), the spacer ring (14) defining an axial distance between the first and second axial bearing plates (12, 13); and a bearing sleeve (15) abutting the second surface (13.2) of the second axial bearing plate (13) and being secured to a compressor block (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: DANFOSS A/S
    Inventors: Patrice Bonnefoi, Yves Rosson
  • Patent number: 10759219
    Abstract: Low-friction sealing assembly for a vehicle wheel-hub unit to be inserted in an annular space defined between a flanged rotating element and a stationary element, to protect at least one ring of rolling members arranged between the stationary element and the rotating element; the flanged rotating element being provided with a flange and a mounting seat delimited by a cylindrical bottom wall and by an axial shoulder arranged on the opposite side to the flange. Nominal dimensions of an internal diameter of a sleeve portion of an annular screen are substantially the same as nominal dimensions of an outer diameter of a cylindrical bottom wall of the mounting seat, and the axial shoulder has an entry edge with a substantially conical form for facilitating mounting of the annular screen on the rotating annular element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Antonia Nastasi, Giorgio Barberis, Daniele Duch
  • Patent number: 10760613
    Abstract: A rotary device includes: a housing that accommodates a shaft; and a rolling bearing. The rolling bearing includes an outer ring that is attached to the housing, an inner ring that rotates integrally with the shaft, a plurality of tapered rollers, and a cage, and is configured to generate pumping action that causes fluid to flow with an axial component in a bearing annular space when the shaft rotates. A space in the housing on one side of the rolling bearing in the axial direction is a space that is closed except a side close to the rolling bearing. The rolling bearing further includes an oil reservoir portion provided to an end portion of the outer ring in the axial direction and configured to store lubricant between the oil reservoir portion and the outer ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiyuki Suzuki, Ryo Shiina
  • Patent number: 10753395
    Abstract: An oil-impregnated sintered bearing (8) includes a copper-iron-based sintered compact containing 40 mass % or more of copper, and has inner pores impregnated with an oil. The sintered compact has: a copper structure derived from copper powder (13) of partially diffusion-alloyed powder (11) in which copper powder (13) having a particle diameter of 20 ?m or less is diffused on and joined to a surface of iron powder (12) in advance; and a copper structure derived from elemental copper powder (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Komatsubara, Yoshinori Ito, Tadahiro Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 10753398
    Abstract: A power transmission device for a vehicle includes a support member; a first bearing rotatably supporting a first rotation shaft with respect to the support member; a second bearing, provided adjacent to the first bearing, rotatably supporting a second rotation shaft with respect to the support member, the second rotation shaft being rotated around an axis line same as an axis line of the first rotation shaft; and a partition wall formed in the support member and including a notch. Further, the support member includes an oil gallery to supply lubricating oil into a space formed between the first bearing and the second bearing, the space is partitioned into a first space on a side of the first bearing and a second space on a side of the second bearing by the partition wall, and the oil gallery is formed to eject the lubricating oil toward the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinichi Baba, Toru Shibamoto
  • Patent number: 10753151
    Abstract: A bearing assembly for a downhole drilling motor can include a housing having an inner wall, an outer bearing race within the housing, and an inner bearing race. The outer bearing race can include a reduced-diameter portion forming a gap between the outer bearing race and the inner wall of the housing to allow for radial displacement of the outer bearing race relative to the housing. The design combines the functions of a bearing and a compliant feature into a single unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John Keith Savage, Steven Graham Bell, Brandon David Jullion
  • Patent number: 10746225
    Abstract: A photocurable resin composition for a self-lubricating liner contains a (meth)acrylate compound having an isocyanuric acid ring, a polytetrafluoroethylene resin and at least one of zirconium phosphate tungstate and zirconium phosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Tadahiko Karaki, Hirotaka Tohyama
  • Patent number: 10746050
    Abstract: A bearing suspension device includes first and second elastically flexible members extending in an axial direction; and first and second thrust points that are movable in the axial direction and that are in radial contact respectively with the first and second elastically flexible members. The bearing suspension device is configured to transmit a radial force by the first elastically flexible member bending between the first thrust point and a first end of the first elastically flexible member, and also to transmit the radial force by the second elastically flexible member bending between the second thrust point and a first end of the second elastically flexible member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Yanis Benslama, Serge Benyamin, Alexandre Jean-Marie Tan-Kim