Patents Examined by Thomas R. Hannon
  • Patent number: 10145377
    Abstract: A heat shield for a thrust bearing assembly of a pump. The heat shield includes a member having an inner surface and an outer surface. A raised flange is formed on a perimeter of the inner surface. The raised flange is configured to seal with a back surface of a thrust shoe holder, and form a cavity between the inner surface and the back surface of the thrust shoe holder. At least one weep hole is on the flange. The weep hole is configured to allow water to enter the cavity to form an insulating stagnant water layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: CURTISS-WRIGHT ELECTRO-MECHANICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Miles Humphrey, Christopher Daniel Champion, Russ Daniel Dilley
  • Patent number: 10145414
    Abstract: At least one bearing insert is secured within a metallic housing to form a wear resistant bearing. In operation, the bearing insert engages a journal and provides a wear-resistant surface. The housing defines a cavity for receiving the bearing insert. The cavity preferably expands radially so that the bearing insert remains secured in the cavity. The bearing insert can comprise a refractory ceramic. The bearing insert is secured within the cavity by any suitable means, such as thermal shrink-fit. A thin layer of sacrificial metal protects the bearing insert during initial start-up. The sacrificial metal wears to expose the bearing insert. Further wear exposes a larger area of the refractory bearing insert. A second bearing insert can be disposed opposite to the first so that rotating the housing can expose the second bearing insert to the journal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: McDanel Advanced Ceramic Technologies
    Inventors: John Dodsworth, Mark Hall, Kim Rheingrover
  • Patent number: 10138935
    Abstract: An agricultural tillage implement includes a frame member and at least one rolling basket assembly coupled to the frame member. The rolling basket assembly has at least one bearing hanger, at least one rolling basket and at least one bearing assembly rotationally coupling the rolling basket to the bearing hanger. The bearing assembly has a bearing with an inner ring and a spindle holding the inner ring. The spindle is coupled to the bearing hanger. The spindle being configured to accommodate dynamic misalignment of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Timothy R. Blunier, Gaylen J. Kromminga, Sven N. Setterdahl
  • Patent number: 10138931
    Abstract: A synthetic resin-made sliding bearing 1 include a synthetic resin-made upper casing 2, a synthetic resin-made lower casing 3, and a thrust sliding bearing piece 4 serving as a synthetic resin-made thrust sliding bearing interposed between the lower casing 3 and the upper casing 2 fitted over the lower casing 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouhei Kurose, Katsunori Saito
  • Patent number: 10138939
    Abstract: A taper roller bearing includes: an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of taper rollers, and an annular cage which holds the plurality of taper rollers at an interval in the circumferential direction. The cage includes a small-diameter annular portion on one axial side, a large-diameter annular portion on the other axial side, and a plurality of column portions. An inner circumferential surface of the small-diameter annular portion includes a first inner circumferential surface portion and a second inner circumferential surface portion having a small diameter. An outer circumferential surface of the small flange included in the inner ring includes a first outer circumferential surface portion which opposes the first inner circumferential surface portion having a fine clearance, and a second outer circumferential surface portion which has a small diameter and opposes the second inner circumferential surface portion having a fine clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeo Kamamoto, Junji Murata, Yuki Shishihara
  • Patent number: 10138936
    Abstract: An agricultural tillage implement includes a frame member and at least one rolling basket assembly coupled to the frame member. The rolling basket assembly has at least one bearing hanger, at least one rolling basket and at least one bearing assembly rotationally coupling the rolling basket to the bearing hanger. The bearing assembly has a bearing with an inner ring and a spindle holding the inner ring. The spindle is coupled to the bearing hanger. The spindle being configured to accommodate dynamic misalignment of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Timothy R. Blunier, Gaylen J. Kromminga, Sven N. Setterdahl
  • Patent number: 10132359
    Abstract: A bearing unit having a bearing centered on a central axis and including a rotating inner ring, a non-rotating outer ring, and at least one row of rolling elements arranged between the rings. The bearing unit further includes an impulse ring including a target holder that radially extends from the rotating inner ring and radially beyond the outer ring, a target that is fixed to an outer periphery of the target holder beyond the outer ring and that is adapted to cooperate with a detection device for tracking the rotation of the impulse ring around the central axis, and a fixing sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Sylvain Chaussat, Vincent Sausset
  • Patent number: 10119568
    Abstract: A rolling bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of balls, and a cage. An annular groove for creep suppression is formed in a fitting surface of the outer ring to be fitted with a mating member (housing) to which the outer ring is to be mounted. An outer ring track groove with which the balls make rolling contact is formed in the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring on the side opposite to the fitting surface. The entire contact ellipse generated when each of the balls and the outer ring track groove contact each other is positioned within the axial range of the outer ring in which the annular groove is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Ishii, Yuu Yasuda
  • Patent number: 10113593
    Abstract: An encoder with oil gas prevention structure including a base, a shaft, a bearing, a cover and an encoding device is provided. The base includes a body and a through hole configured on the body. The shaft is disposed within the though hole. The bearing holds the shaft and is disposed within the through hole, and includes an inner ring and an outer ring wherein the inner ring is set against the first section, and the outer ring is set against a circumference of the through hole. The cover holds the shaft and adjacent to the bearing. The encoding device holds the shaft and is disposed on the cover, and includes a code disc rotatably disposed on the shaft wherein the cover is located between the bearing and the code disc. Therefore, the code disc is prevented from being contaminated by the leaking oil gas from the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: HIWIN MIKROSYSTEM CORP.
    Inventors: Wei-Kai Tseng, Jheng-Ying Lin, Yi-Shun Huang, Hsin-Wei Tsai
  • Patent number: 10107334
    Abstract: A roller bearing cage, including: an axis of rotation; a body including a plurality of bars, each bar having a length, in a first axial direction parallel to the axis of rotation, a height, in a radial direction orthogonal to the axis of rotation, less than the length and a width, in a circumferential direction, less than the height; and a plurality of spaces, each space circumferentially disposed between a respective pair of circumferentially adjacent bars and arranged to receive a respective roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marion Jack Ince, Guihui Zhong
  • Patent number: 10100874
    Abstract: There is provided a technique which can realize both of conformability and fatigue resistance. A sliding member and a slide bearing include a base layer and a coating layer provided on the base layer and having a sliding surface on which a counter material slides, and are characterized in that the coating layer is formed of a soft material which is softer than that for the base layer; and that, in the sliding surface, crystal grains of the soft material having an average grain diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and 1 ?m or less are aggregated into lumps, thereby forming aggregates having an average diameter of 3 ?m or more and 30 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Wada
  • Patent number: 10094420
    Abstract: A squeeze film damper includes a static member and a whirling member positioned adjacent to the static member. A gap is formed between the static member and the whirling member. A pressurized oil reservoir is formed in the gap between the static member and the whirling member. A first low pressure oil reservoir is formed in a first cavity in the whirling member, wherein the first low pressure oil reservoir is positioned on a first end of the pressurized oil reservoir. A second low pressure oil reservoir is formed in a second cavity in the whirling member, wherein the second low pressure oil reservoir is positioned on a second end of the pressurized oil reservoir. A first primary seal is positioned between the first end of the pressurized oil reservoir and the first low pressure oil reservoir, and a second primary seal is positioned between the second end of the pressurized oil reservoir and the second low pressure oil reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: David B. Hudson, Gregory M. Savela, Robert J. Morris, Christopher J. Zuck, Daniel L. Gysling, Alan J. Goetschius
  • Patent number: 10094423
    Abstract: An inner ring includes: a pair of shoulder outer peripheral surfaces on first and second axial sides of a raceway surface of the inner ring in contact with balls; seal grooves disposed in first and second axial ends of the inner ring and defining labyrinth clearances with lips; and edges disposed on the first and second axial sides. Each of the edges is configured to cause grease flowing along an associated one of the shoulder outer peripheral surfaces to leave the shoulder outer peripheral surface in the direction of an extension thereof. Each of the lips includes a lip oblique surface functioning as a guide surface to guide the grease that has left the edge not to a radially inner region of the bearing but to a radially outer region of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Ishii, Youzou Taniguchi, Takashi Iwata
  • Patent number: 10087988
    Abstract: A wheel bearing apparatus for rotatably supporting a wheel includes an inner member having two rows of raceway grooves on its outer circumference, an outer member having two rows of raceway grooves on its inner circumference, and rolling elements interposed between the raceway grooves of the inner and outer members. The raceway grooves of the inner and outer members are formed by hardened steel cutting. In relation to at least the raceway groove on the outboard side out of the raceway grooves of the inner member, h/d exceeds 0.50 where h is the depth of the groove and d is the diameter of the rolling elements. This provides a wheel bearing apparatus being compact and capable of withstanding a high applied load without inviting an increase in the size of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuru Umekida
  • Patent number: 10087985
    Abstract: A rolling device for a vehicle includes an inner raceway member including first and second inner raceways; an outer raceway member including first and second outer raceways; first rolling elements disposed rollably between the first inner raceway and the first outer raceway and second rolling elements disposed rollably between the second inner raceway and the second outer raceway; and grease disposed on raceway surfaces of the first inner raceway, the first outer raceway, the second inner raceway, and the second outer raceway and rolling surfaces of the first rolling elements and the second rolling elements. The grease includes a base oil, a thickener, and additives. The grease includes a synthetic oil as the base oil. A kinematic viscosity of the base oil at 40° C. is 20 mm2/s to 50 mm2/s. The additives include a phosphorus compound, a calcium compound, and a hydrocarbon wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Inoue, Tsuyoshi Okumura, Teruyuki Wakisaka, Yoshiyuki Ina, Toshihiro Hakata, Takaaki Onizuka
  • Patent number: 10082172
    Abstract: A plain bearing which may have superior operational characteristics, such as the ability to work in high temperature environments with aluminum housings, or which may have the ability to support an axial load, or which may have an outer ring formed entirely of polymer or lubricant impregnated polymer, and/or components thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventor: Lawrence Cislo
  • Patent number: 10082130
    Abstract: A heating device for protecting a bearing of a wind power generator and a bearing system, wherein the heating device is applied to a main shaft of the wind power generator that is externally provided with a bearing, and the heating device is disposed inside the main shaft at a position corresponding to the position of the bearing. The heating device includes multiple circular arc sections, a flexible heat source and a supporting device. The flexible heat source is provided between the circular arc sections and an inner wall of the main shaft. The supporting device supports the internal surface of the circular arc sections, so that the flexible heat source is closely adhered to the inner wall of the main shaft. A heat source is provided for the bearing by the heating device for bearing protection of a wind power generator and the bearing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: BEIJING GOLDWIND SCIENCE & CREATION WINDPOWER EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengjun Ma, Chengqian Liu, Yongsheng Li
  • Patent number: 10077809
    Abstract: A rolling bearing with an electrical circuit is disclosed. The rolling bearing includes a first electrically insulating layer, at least one second electrically insulating layer deposited directly on at least one surface section of the rolling bearing, a first electrically conductive layer provided over the first electrically insulating layer, conductor paths with contact positions adapted for electrical contacting of electrical components, and at least one second electrically conductive layer. The at least one second electrically conductive layer is structured and supported on the at least one second electrically insulating layer. The first electrically insulating layer and the first electrically conductive layer with the conductor paths and the contact positions are deposited on the at least one second electrically conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Schiffler, Jurgen Gierl, Jens Heim
  • Patent number: 10077802
    Abstract: A tilting pad (80, 180) (TP) journal bearing (30, 32, 132) is used to support a rotating assembly of a turbocharger (10). The TP journal bearing (30, 32, 132) includes a cylindrical outer ring (60, 160) and tilting pads (80, 180) disposed within the outer ring (60, 160). The tilting pads (80, 180) are formed separately from the outer ring (60, 160) and secured thereto during assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: BorgWarner, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Michael Kennedy
  • Patent number: 10066671
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement includes a shaft with an outer circumferential supporting surface, and a mounting device with an inner circumferential supporting surface. The mounting device supports the shaft in a rotatable manner using a bearing structure. At least one tiltable sleeve member is arranged between at least one of the supporting surfaces and the bearing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Danfoss Power Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Frantz