Patents Examined by Phillip Johnson
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Patent number: 12291302Abstract: The invention relates to an vehicle steering column internal device intended to facilitate driving in curves by modifying the alignment of the front and rear wheels of the vehicle, by a transverse/lateral shift, using an eccentric rolling bearing, holding a part of the steering column shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Inventors: Jacques Lagarrigue, Thierry Navarro
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Patent number: 12292084Abstract: A bearing anti-creep interface having a drive shaft, a bearing race, and a hub. The drive shaft extends along a rotational axis. The bearing race has an inner surface press-fit onto the drive shaft and an axial end surface defining a bearing race interface surface. The hub has an inner surface rotationally coupled to the drive shaft and an axial end surface defining a hub interface surface. The hub interface surface is in contact with the bearing race interface surface to form an interlockingjoint. The interlocking joint is configured to transfer rotational creep force of the bearing race about the rotational axis and relative to the drive shaft into an axial pressure force applied to the hub in a direction parallel with the rotational axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventor: Yuriy Gmirya
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Patent number: 12285105Abstract: A pull-out guide for pulling a pull-out furniture part out of a furniture carcass has a first rail and a second rail, wherein the pulling out of the first rail is limited by a stop element of the first rail striking against a pull-out stop of the second rail. A securing part is mounted movably on the second rail and is adjustable between a release position, in which, for complete removal of the first rail, the first rail is pivotable relative to the second rail to such an extent that the stop element can be disengaged from the pull-out stop, and a locking position. The securing part is mounted displaceably, over a displacement path extending from the locking position to the release position, in a displacement direction that encloses an angle of less than 20° with the direction counter to the pull-out direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Fulterer AG & Co KGInventor: Bernhard Ill
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Patent number: 12274361Abstract: A three-section slide rail device includes an outer section, a middle section and an inner section. The middle section includes a middle rail and an inner middle block. The inner section includes an inner rail slidably disposed on the middle rail, and a removal operating assembly disposed on the inner rail. The removal operating assembly has a removal operating member, a removal connecting plate and a removal locking member pivotably mounted on the inner rail and having a removal guiding slot. The removal locking member has a locking portion and a protrusion. The removal operating member is operated to move the removal connecting plate and bring the protrusion to move along the removal guiding slot to result in pivoting of the removal locking member so as to disengage the locking portion from the inner middle block for permitting removal of the inner section from the middle section.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: Hsu-Hong Yao, Mo-Yu Zhang
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Patent number: 12264706Abstract: The present invention relates to a flow control method for a high-accuracy and high-stiffness hydrostatic device, comprising: a main body and an auxiliary body; the upper surface of the main body forms a first flow channel, and a lug boss is formed on the first flow channel; the upper surface of the main body forms a second flow channel; the middle of the main body is concave down to form a pressure stabilizing cavity; the end of the first flow channel is provided with first throttling holes; the second flow channel is provided with a main oil hole; the first flow channel is provided with an oil distribution channel; the lug boss is provided with a second throttling hole; a bump matched with a bearing platform is formed on the bottom of the auxiliary body; a film sheet is arranged between the bump and the bearing platform; and the surface of the bump is provided with a groove.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Haixi (Fujian) Institute, China Academy of Machinery Science&Technology GroupInventors: Wenzhi Liu, Chao Jiang, Hong Chen, Long Pan, Hengfeng Zhu, Fuhua Yu, Hongrong Lin, Xiufang Zheng, Jiajing Lin, Yuan Gao
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Patent number: 12264654Abstract: The invention discloses an energy storage device, comprising a mounting seat, a first spring energy storage component, a second spring energy storage component, a one-way limiter, a transmission component, and a generator; the first spring energy storage component comprises a first rotating shaft, a first spring, and a first spring barrel; the second spring energy storage component comprises a second rotating shaft, a second spring, and a second spring barrel. The device uses two spring energy storage components to collect the gravitational potential energy of different dispersion points at the same time, and store it in the corresponding spring, then through the action of the one-way limiter, the energy of the spring with larger energy storage can be released and converted into electrical energy.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Inventors: Yinsheng Li, Pengfei Qin
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Patent number: 12258849Abstract: An arrangement for supporting one or more bearings of a crankshaft assembly of a hydraulic fracturing pump includes a frame and one or more bearing supports. The frame is of a first material and defines one or more bearing support profiles. The bearing supports are of a second material different from the first material of the frame. The bearing supports are cast-in-place within the corresponding bearing support profiles of the frame and are configured to be in contact with an outer race of the corresponding bearings of the crankshaft assembly. Compared to the first material of the frame, the second material of the bearing supports is more effective at preventing slippage of the bearings.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: SPM Oil & Gas Inc.Inventors: Chandu Kumar, Johnny Eric DeLeon, II, Jeffrey Haiderer, Chih Hau Chen
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Patent number: 12259004Abstract: A rolling element cage for positioning a plurality of rolling elements between two rail elements of a telescopic rail or a linear guide which are mounted so as to be movable relative to each other is provided. The rolling element cage is composed or can be composed of two or more module elements which include a base module and one or more extension modules. Each module element has at least two receiving legs, each having one or more openings for receiving rolling elements, and at least one connecting section connecting the two receiving legs, the base module and the one or more extension modules being fixedly or releasably connected or connectable to one another in series in the longitudinal direction of the rolling element cage via fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2023Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Accuride International GmbHInventors: Christian Satony, Christoph Neuhaus, Sebastian Vermeulen, Desiree Schachner
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Patent number: 12259001Abstract: An inner sliding surface for a radial plain bearing, including four circle arcs in at least one cross section. A first arc and a second arc of the four circle arcs lie on different sides of a longitudinal sectional plane which intersects a third arc of the four circle arcs, a fourth arc of the four circle arcs and a common center point of the third arc and the fourth arc. The first arc and a center point of the first arc lie on different sides of the longitudinal sectional plane, and the second arc and a center point of the second arc lie on different sides of the longitudinal sectional plane.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignees: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, ZF WIND POWER ANTWERPEN N.V.Inventors: Maarten Ooms, Koen Krieckemans, Michel Goovaerts, Dennis Witter
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Patent number: 12253112Abstract: A bushing for use in an aircraft includes a hollow cylindrical shaft having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a radially outwardly extending flange disposed at the first end of the hollow cylindrical shaft, an entry way disposed along the radially outwardly extending flange, and a lubrication passageway fluidly coupled to the entry way. The lubrication passageway extends between the first end and the second end.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventor: James Keith Williamson
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Patent number: 12253113Abstract: To provide a grease-sealed bearing that is superior in fretting wear resistance and sealing performance when used under an oscillation condition with acceleration and deceleration such as a condition used in a robot joint. A grease-sealed bearing 1 includes an inner ring 2 and an outer ring 3 that are raceway rings, a plurality of rolling elements 4 interposed between the inner ring 2 and the outer ring 3, and a grease composition 7 sealed around the rolling elements 4. The bearing oscillates such that a bearing rotational direction changes while accelerating and decelerating. The grease composition contains a base oil and a thickener. The worked penetration of the grease composition is 310 or more. The thickener is a calcium sulfonate complex soap.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventor: Kota Watanabe
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Patent number: 12253067Abstract: There is described an actuator device comprising a single molded housing, a linear bridge feature, a spring hook retention feature, and a power spring. The single molded housing is formed by integrating the linear bridge feature across the single molded housing and the spring hook retention feature to one side of the linear bridge feature. The power spring is inserted laterally through the linear bridge feature of the actuator device. The power spring includes a spring hook at one end, and the spring hook of the power spring attaches to the spring hook retention feature of the actuator device. The power spring applies, at least in part, a torque to a control shaft coupled to the actuator device.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.Inventor: Samuel Waldmann
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Patent number: 12247616Abstract: The gas bearing pad includes a main body portion including a recess portion, a porous body fitted into the recess portion of the main body portion, and a bolt inserted into a bolt insertion hole provided in the porous body and fixing the porous body to the main body portion. A gas bearing is formed between the porous body and the base by blowing compressed gas from the main body portion through the porous body toward the base. A counterbore hole that accommodates a head portion of the bolt is provided in the bolt insertion hole. In the counterbore hole, a space is provided between a top surface that faces the guide surface in the head portion of the bolt and a bearing surface that faces the guide surface of the porous body.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventor: Toshinori Sato
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Patent number: 12247619Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a low friction bearing liner for a solenoid may include a low friction layer. The low friction layer may include a first fluoropolymer matrix component and a first thermoplastic filler component distributed throughout the first fluoropolymer matrix component. The content of the first fluoropolymer matrix component may be at least about 1 wt. % and not greater than about 99 wt. % for a total weight of the first low friction layer. The content of the first thermoplastic filler component may be at least about 1 wt. % and not greater than about 99 wt. % for a total weight of the first low friction layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: VERSIV COMPOSITES LIMITEDInventors: David A. Rich, Nicole M. DiRando
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Patent number: 12247622Abstract: A bearing unit for a marble cutting machine, comprising a radially outer ring, rotatable about an axis of rotation (X) of the bearing unit and provided with a radially outer flange portion; a stationary radially inner ring having a raceway and a through hole; a row of rolling bodies interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring; a seat formed in the radially inner ring and shaped as a portion of a circular crown; and a sensor fit in the seat, wherein a ratio between an internal diameter (D) of the through hole and an axial thickness (t) of the radially inner ring is between 6.7 and 11.1.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Andrea A. Bertolini, Fausto Baracca, Vittorio Zanella, Maria Grazia Semeraro
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Patent number: 12247620Abstract: A retainer that suppresses retainer sound, includes a main body portion, a plurality of pockets provided in a circumferential direction, and penetrating through the main body portion in a radial direction, and a retaining surface facing a ball, and forming a C shape when viewed from the radial direction. The retaining surface includes a C-shaped outer circumferential corner portion, a C-shaped inner circumferential corner portion, a first retaining surface arranged in a first rotational direction with respect to the ball, and a second retaining surface arranged in a second rotational direction with respect to the ball. The first retaining surface extends along a first spherical surface obtained by rotating a first virtual circle around a virtual line passing through an axial center and a center of the ball. The second retaining surface extends along a second spherical surface obtained by rotating a second virtual circle around the virtual line.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventor: Takatsune Onozawa
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Patent number: 12247623Abstract: A rolling bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of rolling elements housed between the inner ring and the outer ring, and a sealing device. The sealing device includes a first shield connected to the inner ring, a second shield connected to the outer ring to rotate therewith, a first sealing element connected to the second shield and provided with a sealing lip contacting the first shield, and a second sealing element connected to the first shield and facing a radially outer section of the first sealing element, defining a channel therebetween inclined at an acute angle to a common axis of symmetry of the shields and delimited between a conical smooth lateral surface of the first sealing element and a lateral surface of the second sealing element arranged opposite and parallel to the first lateral surface and provided with a plurality of steps.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Daniele Duch, Piero Genualdo
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Patent number: 12240740Abstract: A slew bearing that includes an inner ring. The slew bearing also includes a first outer ring positioned about a first portion of the inner ring. The slew bearing also includes a second outer ring operably engaged with the first outer ring, wherein the second outer ring is positioned about a second portion of the inner ring opposite to the first outer ring. The slew bearing also includes at least one set of ball operably engaged with the inner ring and one or both of the first outer ring and the second outer ring. The inner ring of the slew bearing is configured to rotate about the first outer ring and the second outer ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Kundel Industries, Inc.Inventors: Robert Kundel, Sr., Richard A. Schley, Andrew A. Pirigyi
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Patent number: 12241506Abstract: A bearing unit with rolling bodies for use in the food and beverage industry, for example. The bearing unit may have a high resistance to wear and to corrosion and may have a radially outer ring, stationary, a radially inner ring, rotatable with respect to an axis of rotation (X), and a sealing and protection device mounted on the radially inner ring and on opposite sides of the radially outer ring, both to protect the radially outer ring from the action of external contaminants and to prevent any such external contaminants from getting into a gap between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring. The bearing unit may further have protective layer being arranged in contact with the radially inner ring, and being made of composite polymeric material to isolate and protect the radially inner ring from external contaminants.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKFInventors: Andrea A. Bertolini, Alessio Nebbia Colomba, Fausto Baracca, Pasquale Frezza
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Patent number: 12241508Abstract: A sensor bearing unit comprising: a bearing comprising first and second rings, each provided with an outer cylindrical surface, an inner cylindrical surface, and lateral surfaces, and an impulse ring provided with a target holder being axially mounted against one of said lateral surfaces, and comprising a fixing portion secured to the first ring and coming into radial contact with said one of cylindrical surfaces and an abutment portion coming into axial contact with said lateral surface. Besides, at least one of the lateral and cylindrical surfaces is provided with a textured area comprising a plurality of ribs, and the abutment portion and/or the fixing portion of the target holder is made of a hard material and comprise a soft coating covering the hard material and inside which the ribs are engaged.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKFInventors: Victor Brizmer, Yuri Kadin, Eric Robert