Patents Examined by Phillip A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11630118
    Abstract: A system for determining the number of revolutions of a cardan shaft, having at least a magnet and at least a hall sensor is positioned to provide magnetic interaction between them, characterized by connecting one of the magnet and hall sensor onto either the rotating elements of the cardan shaft and the other to a fixed point and including a detection element for detecting the revolution rate by correlating to the revolution and the pulse created by the hall sensor as a result of interaction between the magnet and the hall sensor, when the cardan shaft rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Sedat Tarakçi, Serhan Özdemir
  • Patent number: 11624406
    Abstract: A bearing cooling system for a vibratory pile driving system comprising at least one housing wall defining at least one bearing opening and at least one bearing assembly supported by the at least one housing wall in the at least one bearing opening. The bearing cooling system comprises a bearing cover plate, a bearing cover seal member, and at least one bearing bolt. The bearing cover plate defines an inner surface having a bearing cover plate seal recess. The bearing cover seal member adapted to be received at least partly within the bearing cover plate seal recess. The at least one bearing bolt is configured to secure the bearing cover plate relative to the at least one housing wall to form at least one contact location at which the bearing cover plate is in contact with at least a portion of the at least one bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: AMERICAN PILEDRIVING EQUIPMENT, INC.
    Inventor: Joseph M. Klekotka
  • Patent number: 11624407
    Abstract: A rolling bearing assembly includes an inner ring supported by a shaft or formed by a surface of the shaft, an outer ring supported in a housing or formed by a surface of the housing, a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, and at least one distance sensor configured to measure a distance between the shaft and the housing in order to detect wear of the rolling bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventor: Mathias Seuberling
  • Patent number: 11619264
    Abstract: Bearing assemblies, apparatuses, systems, and methods include bearing assemblies where one of the bearing assemblies may include angled bearing surfaces having a planar shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: US Synthetic Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler Kolste, Daryl Wise, S. Barrett Peterson
  • Patent number: 11619099
    Abstract: Bearing assemblies, apparatuses, systems, and methods include bearing assemblies where one of the bearing assemblies may include bearing surfaces defining an at least partially conical inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: US Synthetic Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler Kolste, Daryl Wise, S. Barrett Peterson
  • Patent number: 11618524
    Abstract: A bicycle bearing system comprising: an integrated cup, the integrated cup having a non-flanged outer diameter; a plurality of rolling elements configured to abut and rotate against an inner surface of the cup race; an inner race configured to abut and rotate about the plurality of rolling elements, the inner race having an inner diameter; wherein the rolling elements do not have a separate outer race, but rather the inner surface of the integrated cup acts as the outer race to the rolling elements; wherein the rolling elements' sizes are maximized to the limitation that the non-flanged outer diameter is smaller or equal to a first maximum diameter, and wherein the rolling elements sizes are maximized to the limitation that the inner diameter is greater or equal to a first minimum diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: Matt Harvey
  • Patent number: 11619258
    Abstract: A sliding bearing may include an uncoated shaft and a bearing bush. The uncoated shaft may include a shaft material. The bearing bush may include a sintered bearing bush material. The shaft may be slidingly and moveably guided, relative to the bearing bush, within the bearing bush. The bearing bush material may have a residual porosity of 8 percent or more. A volume of the residual porosity may be filled with an oil up to 80 percent or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventors: Armin Geis, Andreas Gutmann, Lilia Kurmanaeva, Alexander Puck, Patrick Sutter, Klaus Wintrich
  • Patent number: 11619260
    Abstract: A bearing (1) is provided, comprising an inner sleeve (6), an outer sleeve (2), and an elastomer body (24), which resiliently interconnects the inner sleeve (6) and the outer sleeve (2), wherein the outer sleeve (2) comprises a circumferential portion (8) and at least one deformation portion (10) that is recessed radially inwards from the circumferential portion (8), and wherein the deformation portion (10) comprises a support-surface portion (12) arranged so as to be offset radially inwards relative to the circumferential portion (8) of the outer sleeve (2), wherein the support-surface portion (12) extends substantially perpendicularly to the radial direction (Ra). A method for producing a bearing is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Anton Borger, Martin Mohr, Benjamin Schupp
  • Patent number: 11619265
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing of a target holder 26 for a sensor bearing unit. The target holder providing at least an axial fixing portion secured to a ring of the sensor bearing unit, and a radial portion extending at least radially with respect to the axial fixing portion, a curved linking portion being formed between the axial fixing portion and the radial portion. The method further providing a step of shot peening at least on the internal surface of the curved linking portion of the target holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Olivier Message, Eric Robert
  • Patent number: 11614121
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a deep groove ball bearing, having an outer ring, an inner ring, spherical rollers located between the inner ring and outer ring, and a cage for holding the spherical rollers. In an axial direction, the inner ring has a first inner ring shoulder at a first side, and a second inner ring shoulder at a second side opposite the first side; and a first inner ring shoulder diameter of the first inner ring shoulder is configured to be larger than a second inner ring shoulder diameter of the second inner ring shoulder. The present invention further proposes a differential including the deep groove ball bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventor: Hongyuan An
  • Patent number: 11614122
    Abstract: A sliding member includes an overlay layer made of a resin on a side of a sliding surface of a bearing alloy layer. When a valley void volume Vvv (?m3/?m2) in the sliding surface of the overlay layer is defined as Vv1, Vv1 is in a range of 0.015?Vv1?0.200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD
    Inventors: Na Li, Erina Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11608855
    Abstract: Tooling for clocking dual eccentric bushings of a clevis so that the clevis and a lug can be pinned together, comprises a pin and a sleeve. The pin comprises a pin cylindrical portion, a plate-engagement portion, and a stop surface. The sleeve comprises a sleeve cylindrical outer surface and a sleeve interior channel that has an interior-channel central axis, which is parallel to and offset from a sleeve-cylindrical-outer-surface central axis. The pin cylindrical portion is configured to be received by the sleeve interior channel with a slip fit. The tooling further comprises a squaring plate that comprises a squaring-plate abutment surface, configured to contact the stop surface, and a squaring-plate opening configured to receive the plate-engagement portion of the pin with a slip fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Thomas J. Harleman
  • Patent number: 11603886
    Abstract: A guide carriage (1) of a linear guide includes a circulation channel (8) for rolling bodies (2), which is formed from a load section (3), two deflection sections (5) and a return section (4). A valve (16) arranged in a lubricant channel (10) to prevent the back flow of lubricant from the circulation channel (8) is arranged at a supply point (13) for supplying lubricating agent to one of the deflection sections (5), and the deflection section (5) is delimited by a deflection shell (9) located in an end piece (7). The valve (16) is formed integrally with at least one of the elements deflection shell (9) and end piece (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Elicker, Martin Menges
  • Patent number: 11603885
    Abstract: A sheet metal strip configured for use as an inner or outer raceway of a rolling-element bearing, and a method of forming the raceway by punching and/or laser cutting a strip of material from a metal sheet, bending the sheet into a ring and welding the ends of the strip together, and mounting the strip on a circular inner or outer surface to form an outer or inner raceway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Friedrich, Norbert Huhn, Thomas Kettner, Harald Metz, Alfred Radina, Jonas Schierling, Maximilian Soellner, Markus Volkmuth
  • Patent number: 11598368
    Abstract: A sensor bearing unit includes a bearing having a first ring and a second ring, and an impulse ring provided with a target holder, with a target mounted on the target holder, and with a sleeve secured to the first ring. The target holder having a mounting portion secured to the first ring of the bearing. The target holder has at least anti-rotation feature axially spaced apart from a free end of the mounting portion and cooperating with a complementary anti-rotation feature of the first ring so as to prevent angular movement of the impulse ring relative to the first ring. The anti-rotation feature of the target holder extends into the complementary anti-rotation feature of the first ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Nicolas Berruet, Charles Chambonneau, Eric Robert, Vincent Sausset
  • Patent number: 11598371
    Abstract: A fluid machine includes a rotating body, an operation body rotated integrally with the rotating body, a housing, hydrodynamic plain bearings rotatably supporting the rotating body relative to the housing, and a cooling passage arranged in the housing. The hydrodynamic plain bearings each include a resin coating layer at a portion that is opposed to the rotating body. The hydrodynamic plain bearings include at least one combination of hydrodynamic plain bearings. Each combination includes an upstream hydrodynamic plain bearing and a downstream hydrodynamic plain bearing located at different positions in a direction in which the fluid flows through the cooling passage. The coating layer of the upstream hydrodynamic plain bearing has a lower hardness than the coating layer of the downstream hydrodynamic plain bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumiya Shinoda, Fumihiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11598374
    Abstract: A bearing system including a first member having an outer surface wherein at least a portion of the outer surface includes a plurality of plateaus and a plurality of indentations, a dry-film lubricant at least partially filling at least one of the plurality of indentations, and a second member having a mating surface to the outer surface of the first member wherein the second member configured to move past the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Poteet, Kevin M. Rankin
  • Patent number: 11585375
    Abstract: A damper bearing includes: a bearing portion that supports a rotary shaft; and a tubular portion that is located around an outer circumference of the bearing portion, and has an outer surface attachable to a structural member. The bearing portion can be a hydrostatic bearing that supports the rotary shaft with a predetermined bearing clearance therebetween. The tubular portion includes a plurality of planar slits arranged circumferentially at predetermined intervals in the tubular portion. Each slit extends radially from an open end at the outer surface, and extends circumferentially in an arc to a predetermined point in a region between the outer and inner surfaces. The tubular portion includes a bearing fluid supply hole that is formed in a region where none of the planar slits is situated, and extends from the outer surface of the tubular portion to the bearing portion without passing through any of the planar slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Ishimaru, Ryota Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11585383
    Abstract: A sensing device for vehicle includes a first sensing part configured to sense first information related to a wheel to generate a first signal; a second sensing part configured to sense second information related to the wheel to generating a second signal; a first insert to which the first sensing part is fixed; a second insert to which the second sensing part is fixed, the second insert being coupled to the first insert; at least one first connection part connected to the first sensing part and configured to supply a first power to the first sensing part or to transmit the first signal; at least one second connection part connected to the second sensing part and configured to supply a second power to the second sensing part or to transmit the second signal; and a body configured to accommodate the first and second sensing parts therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ILJIN GLOBAL Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chan Goo Jeon, Young Tae Kim, Joung Woo Hur
  • Patent number: 11585384
    Abstract: A bearing ring having a main part ring provided with at least one groove formed a surface of the main part ring. The bearing ring further provides at least one fiber sensor mounted inside the groove. The bearing ring also include at least one counterpart ring mounted into the groove of the main part ring and coming into contact with the fiber sensor to maintain the fiber sensor against a groove bottom, the counterpart ring being secured to the main part ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Yves-André Liverato, Olivier Verbe