Abstract: A diametrical slot is provided in the bottom of the cup-shaped support of a tensioning roller assembly, for receiving a clamping bolt. A leaf spring is mounted in the bore and has a bending zone engaging the bolt, the leaf spring extending from on both sides of the bending zone to roll sections adapted to roll on and off the bore surface of the support so that, as tension is increased by the displacement of the bolt in the slot, a greater portion of the leaf spring rolls off of the bore surface of the support.

Abstract: A bearing bushing is provided with a sealing ring having a conical bore surface on the side remote from the side at which a shaft is inserted. The rim of the bearing bushing is provided with a concial surface which cooperates with the conical surface of the sealing ring during insertion of the shaft so as to restrain the sealing ring in a manner that prevents it from being forced out of the bearing bushing. Alternatively, a restraining ring having a circumferential projection with a conical surface can be arranged to prevent unseating of the sealing ring when the shaft is inserted from the sealing ring side of the bearing bushing. A shaft being inserted exerts axial force on the sealing ring, causing the inner portion of the sealing ring to expand radially as the conical surface of the sealing ring slidingly ascends the conical surface of the bushing rim or restraining ring, thereby allowing easy insertion of the shaft.

Abstract: A sealing device for bearing bushings, especially for universal joints including a cup-shaped bearing bushing overlying a universal joint pin comprising an inner sealing ring, a sheet metal part connected to the bearing bushing adapted to fix the inner sealing ring in place in an axial direction, and an outer sealing ring provided on a shoulder of the joint pin supported in the bearing bushing, the inner sealing ring has a retaining part between the rolling elements and the free end of a preferably radially oriented shank of the sheet metal part, which has one or more openings, which connect the spaces defined by the outer sealing ring, the inner sealing ring, and the sheet metal part to each other.

Abstract: A swivel pin bearing for rotatably seating a swivel pin in the yoke eye of a yoke arm. The bearing includes a bushing having a base portion and a sleeve portion integrally formed with the periphery of the base portion, this sleeve portion being arranged in the yoke eye with radial seating play, and a support plate releasably secured to the yoke arm. The base portion has a planar outer surface which opposes a planar inner surface of the support plate. An element is provided for coupling the bushing to the support plate such that axial displacement of the bushing relative to the support plate is prevented. The bushing is capable of sliding radial displacement relative to the support plate which is greater than the radial seating play of the bushing in the yoke eye.

Abstract: For a bearing bushing of generally cup-like form for universal joints including a universal joint pin, a check plate disposed between the axial end face of the pin and the bottom wall of the bushing, said check plate having on the side thereof confronting the pin concentric or circumferentially distributed projections with check surfaces and in that, proceeding from the end surface facing away from the pin, it has recesses or the like, which are arranged under the projections in the axial direction.

Abstract: A pocket cage for a rolling bearing, e.g. a cylindrical roller bearing, made in a mold with single-piece, radially movable sliders, in particular out of plastic material with low deformability, which cage comprises two side rings connected by webs, with at least the circumferential outer surface or the bore being provided with projections which project into the pockets and extend along only part of the web length for retaining the rolling elements in the radial direction. In particular, a retaining projection is provided on a first side of each web and a recess, i.e. free space, is provided on a second side of each web. The angle between the oblique surface of the recess and the second side surface of the web is greater than or equal to the angle between the surface of the retaining projection which faces the rolling element and the first side surface of the web.

Abstract: In combination, a bearing bushing for universal joints of generally cup-like form, a sealing ring for sealing a space between the bearing bushing and a shoulder of a machine part supported in the bushing, a circumferentially extending radially inwardly directed flange at the open axial end of said bearing bushing defining an annular interior recess, said sealing ring having a radially outwardly directed circumferential projection engaging in said annular recess interiorly of said flange, and means defining at least one axial opening in said sealing ring defining a passage connecting the running space of the bearing with an annular space outboard of the flange bounded by said flange and sealing ring.

Abstract: A roller, especially a tension roller for a belt drive has a hollow hub supporting a rolling bearing, with a pulley or rotating body supported on the outer ring of the bearing. The hollow hub has at least one closed end, with a mounting hole therethrough to enable mounting to a machine frame. The closed end or bottom of the hub is setback from the adjoining facing end of the hub, by an axially projecting annular rim. The hub may be formed of one part, or of two parts, each having a setback closed bottom.

Abstract: A tension or idler roller for a belt drive system has an outer roller for engaging a belt, an inner support body adapted to be affixed to a machine, and a rolling bearing between the outer roller and the support body. The support body is comprised of a pair of identical cup-shaped elements oriented either with their open ends toward one another or their closed ends toward one another, the shells having an eccentric mounting. The inner ring of the bearing may be a separate element or it may be formed in the shells.

Abstract: A cage for ball bearings consists of two side rings connected together by webs, and having ball pockets with ball pockets having curved partial surfaces inside and outside of the pitch circle and displaced from one another in the axial direction. In this arrangement the rubbing between the walls of the cage pockets and the balls is very small and free space is provided for receiving a lubricant. The pocket walls of the cage sections lying in the region of one or the other of the side rings has several radially-overlying zones, with conical surfaces, the conical surfaces being arranged at different inclinations to the bearing axis.

Abstract: A universal joint for rotatory drives such as are for example used in motor vehicle construction. To improve the life of the bearings, asymmetrical indentations are provided on the yoke arms, or the yoke arms have tangentially directed sections in which the bearing bores are disposed. As a result, the universal joint is subjected to load, and there is no deformation of the bearing bore or unacceptable cramping of the bearings.

Abstract: In a cage for rolling bearings, the material of the webs is forced into the cage pockets on the outer surface of the cage, to hold the rolling bodies from falling out of the pockets radially outwardly of the cage. The material of the webs is also formed to provide the projections extending perpendicularly from the inner surface of the webs, in order to inhibit falling out of the rolling bodies radially inwardly of the cage pockets.

Abstract: A thin-walled bearing bushing produced by deep drawing, in particular for the seating of pins in universal joints, including a cylindrical sleeve section with a bottom section closing the sleeve off on one end. One or more concentric depressions are axially pressed in the outer surface of the bottom surface near the resulting sharp peripheral edges. A plurality of indentations, displaced radially inward relative to the depressions and reducing the wall thickness of the bottom section of the bushing, are provided on the outer surface of the bottom section so that the uniform bushing inner surface will have a large axial load-carrying capacity.

Abstract: Front seal for bearing cups, in particular, for universal joints, having a seal ring arranged on the bearing cup between the bearing cup and a shoulder of the machine component it supports, characterized in that the seal ring (13, 31) is of T-shaped cross section comprising a body portion and a part of axially projecting sealing flanges having bore faces (24, 25, 34, 37) which are arranged adjacent to corresponding outside surfaces (26, 27, 35) of the machine component (2) and the bearing cup (6).

Abstract: A sealed bearing cup, in particular, for universal joints which has a support body connected to the bearing cup and a seal ring fastened to this body having at least one axially elastically deformable sealing lip, characterized in that the support body (10) with the seal ring (13) is arranged axially slidable in the bore of the bearing cup (2) and is provided with a radially flange (17) which is located opposite the front face (16) of the bearing cup (2).

Abstract: A torque transmitting assembly consisting of a shaft mounted in the housing and a plurality of rolling elements arranged in rows in the annular space between the shaft and the housing. The shaft has a series of axially extending grooves defining elongated inner raceways for the rolling elements. The assembly further includes a bearing race plate for each of the rows of rolling elements having an elongated raceway groove formed therein defining the outer raceway for the rolling elements. Each of the race plates has a layer of a plastically deformable material on the outer surface opposite the raceway and a series of screws mounted in the housing having a cupped point engageable with the deformable material to fix each of the bearing race plates in an axial and peripheral direction to thereby facilitate torque transmission from the shaft to the housing in either direction of rotation of the shaft.

Abstract: A method for making by a deep drawing process a thin-walled bearing bushing comprising a cylindrical sleeve section and a bottom section closing one end of the sleeve section having an outer peripheral rim at the juncture of the sleeve and bottom sections of small cross sectional radius including the step of forming an annular groove which is deep relative to the normal thickness of the bottom section and has a sharp profile in one face of the bottom section adjacent the juncture of the sleeve and bottom section, the groove being impressed axially to effect radial displacement of the material outward into the area of the peripheral rim.

Abstract: Arrangement for the die casting of a roller bearing cage having pockets for the rolling bodies includes an outer housing covering the die casting mold and having guide openings opening at the central planes of the respective pockets and main and auxiliary slides arranged side by side in each guide opening. The main and auxiliary slides have guiding surfaces at their inner ends directed at an angle to the central plane, the guiding surfaces being laterally opposite one another and supporting one another. Each auxiliary slide has a lateral bulge on the side thereof opposite the guiding surface of the guide opening for defining a lateral limit wall of the pocket with holding projections for the rolling bodies on the inner and outer edges. The arrangement in accordance with the invention requires few components, provides a compact construction, and is economically produceable. The main slides are each operable from the exterior of the apparatus, and have recesses with inner and outer shoulder surfaces.

Abstract: A tension roller pin including a hollow member, a rolling surface rotationally supported by a rolling bearing on said hollow member, an eccentrically displaced screw penetrating the pin for fastening the tension roller, a working surface for an adjusting member eccentrically displacing the pin by turning about the screw, the pin being formed as a continuous one piece hollow sleeve having a base at one end and a guide element at the other.

Abstract: Lever mechanism with progressive transmission for increasing the force in presses and the like consisting of a retaining plate fastened to the ram of the machine, a movable mechanism component connected with the retaining plate and a support plate for a stationary mechanism component, comprising a lever yoke (6) with fulcrum points (7, 8, 11) arranged in a generally triangular array, one of said fulcrum points being pivotally to the movable mechanism component (3) by means of an equilibration link (9), the second fulcrum point (7) being pivotally connected to the retaining plate (2) and the third fulcrum point (11) being pivotally connected to the support plate (4) by means of another equilibrium link (12).