Anti-friction Bearing Or Component Thereof Patents (Class 29/898.06)
  • Patent number: 8096043
    Abstract: A method of assembling a pump motor and preloading bearings of the motor including providing a housing, an end bell, first and second bearings each having a plurality of rolling elements disposed between an inner race and an outer race, a rotor assembly having a shaft, and a spring, securing the outer races to the housing and end bell, respectively, assembling the spring on the shaft, inserting the rotor assembly into the housing such that the spring bears against the inner race of the first bearing and the rotor assembly, attaching the end bell to the housing, and securing the inner race of each of the first and second bearings to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hargraves Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Edwin Hargraves, Douglas Allan Curtis
  • Publication number: 20110249926
    Abstract: The rolling bearing comprises an inner ring 1, an outer ring 2, at least one row of rolling elements and at least one seal 7 provided between said outer and inner rings. The seal 7 has, in cross section, the overall shape of a H and comprises internal lips 21, 22 and external lips 23, 24 forming the two substantially parallel branches of said H. The inner and outer rings 1, 2 comprise opposite radial ribs 25, 26 located axially between the internal and external lips 21 to 24 to axially retain the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Andreas Gruber, Wolfgang Swete, Pascal Ovize, Jesko-Henning Tanke, Ake Fick
  • Publication number: 20110154666
    Abstract: An assembly jig for a radial roller bearing comprises a retaining structure having a plurality of axially-projecting projections configured to retain a plurality of roller bodies disposed in a ring-shape during a bearing assembly process. The roller bodies are supportable in a first radial direction on a first component and each roller body contacts two adjacent projections in a second radial direction, which is opposite of the first radial direction. The projections are configured to press the roller bodies against the first component and such that a portion of the roller bodies projects past the projections in the second radial direction. The assembly jig is removable from the roller bearing in the axial direction after final assembly of the roller bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Wolfgang Friedl
  • Publication number: 20110123326
    Abstract: An assembly includes a first tapered roller bearing and a second tapered roller bearing and a bellows spring. The bellows spring is disposed adjacent the first tapered roller bearing and the second tapered roller bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Enzo DiBenedetto, Jason W. Mazanec
  • Patent number: 7909517
    Abstract: A wheel support bearing assembly with a hub axle of enhanced strength and a durability under a rotational bending condition as well as weight reduction, and without changing a shape and a dimension of a wheel mounting flange nor deteriorating a surface runout, and a manufacturing method thereof. A surface hardness is set to 20 HRC or more and than 35 HRC or less by applying an air cooling or a thermal refinement after hot forging a raw material of the hub axle, and a shot peening treatment is applied to an inner diameter portion of the hub axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Ohtsuki, Kikuo Maeda
  • Patent number: 7908740
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for assembling bearings and a stub into a bore of a hub. The apparatus includes a block defining a receiving position for the hub. A feed mechanism arranges plurality of bearings in the form of an annular array. A first mandrel is axially displaceable toward one side of the hub to push the annular array of bearings into the bore of the hub. A second mandrel is axially displaceable toward an opposite side of the hub to push a stub within the annular array of bearings in the bore of the hub. The stub includes at least one outwardly biased detent for retaining the bearings in the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventors: Brian Hasiak, Brian V. Vloch
  • Patent number: 7886441
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rolling bearing device for a road-wheel that includes an outer ring, an inner ring member, rolling elements arranged between the outer ring and the inner ring member, and a shaft body having the inner ring member mounted to an outer periphery includes a caulking step of radially outwardly bending and deforming a cylindrical portion formed at one end side of the shaft body by using a predetermined caulking pressure acting from the one end side toward other end side of the shaft body, thereby forming a caulked portion caulked to an axial end face of the inner ring member. Identification information indicating an existence of the caulked portion so formed is die-stamped on a visually observable surface at the other end side of the shaft body by using the caulking pressure during the caulking step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomasa Kubo, Tatsuya Yokota
  • Publication number: 20100296763
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement of a rotor for a wind power plant. The bearing arrangement includes a rotor hub with at least one rotor blade, and a rolling bearing, by which the rotor hub is mounted in a gondola of the wind power plant so as to be rotatable relative to a machine support. The rolling bearing has an external ring and an internal ring, between which rolling elements are arranged. In order to make it easier to mount and dismount the bearing arrangement, the rolling bearing is coaxially disposed in a cylindrical opening of the rotor hub, which is externally open in an axial direction, and the external ring of the rolling bearing is connected to the rotor hub in a rotationally fixed and releasable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Tim Loeschner, Rudolf Zeidlhack
  • Publication number: 20100232959
    Abstract: A bearing device includes a turbine-side bearing 21 and a compressor-side bearing 22 each of which is a floating-bush type sliding bearing. A gap (turbine-side inner peripheral clearance TI) between the turbine-side bearing 21 and a rotating shaft 13 is set to be larger than a gap (compressor-side inner peripheral clearance CI) between the compressor-side bearing22 and the rotating shaft 13. In the bearing structure, unstable vibration including self-excited vibration can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Nobuo Takei, Atsushi Mori, Takahiro Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Ikeya
  • Publication number: 20100226603
    Abstract: Intervals are provided between rolling elements in a load area to avoid jostling of rolling elements in a rolling device. A portion of a transfer groove has such a sectional shape as to form a contact point changing path for coming in contact with smaller diameter portions of the rolling elements than outer diameters of the rolling elements to thereby reduce revolution quantities of the rolling elements to bring rolling elements in contact with or close to each other at this portion. Then, when the rolling elements come out of the contact point changing path, the outer diameter portions of the rolling elements come in contact with the transfer groove to thereby increase the revolution quantities of the rolling elements to create intervals between the rolling elements entering the load area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: COO SPACE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sosuke Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20100225114
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid bearing, comprising: a first bearing shell with a sliding face and a second bearing shell with a second sliding face, with the first sliding face and the second sliding face being located opposite one another at a bearing gap, and with the first bearing shell comprising a first support body and the second bearing shell comprising a second support body; elements which are made of slide bearing material and which are attached to the first support body and to the second support body, with the elements made of slide bearing material forming at least part of the first sliding face and of the second sliding face; permanent magnets which are connected to the first support body and the second support body, with the permanent magnets being arranged spaced apart from the first sliding face and the second sliding face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: VOITH PATENT GMBH a, corporation
    Inventors: Norman Perner, Benjamin Holstein
  • Patent number: 7776453
    Abstract: A hub ring and/or an outer ring constituting a bearing device for a wheel, which is formed of a steel which contains 0.45 to 0.70 mass % of C and at least one of V, Nb and Ti in a total amount of 0.3 mass % or less, wherein a micro structure of a part being not surface-hardening-treated contains a ferrite in 15 to 30 area % and contains a particulate ferrite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Hirai, Takayasu Takubo, Kazuhiko Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20100202721
    Abstract: In a double row rolling bearing for supporting a pinion shaft, an outer ring is fixed to an inner peripheral surface of an annular wall (case) with its axis disposed horizontally, and an inner ring assembly is fitted on a pinion shaft, and is inserted, together with the pinion shaft, horizontally into the outer ring through a larger-diameter opening of the outer ring, and is mounted in the outer ring. A larger-diameter cage has a drop limitation portion for limiting the vertically-downward movement of the larger-diameter case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Toshirou Fukuda, Takahashi Yuzuru, Kawaguchi Toshihiro, Ooshima Hiroyuki, Iwamoto Kiyokane
  • Publication number: 20100178002
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement includes a bearing outer element that defines a first plurality of races opening radially inwardly, a bearing inner element that defines a second plurality of races opening radially outwardly, and a bearing middle element defining a third plurality of races at its radially outer surface thereof and a fourth plurality of races at its radially inner surface thereof. Rolling elements are receivable in the races. The bearing middle element includes an axial protrusion at least at one end thereof that can be received in a housing with respect to which the bearing outer and inner elements are rotatable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: NSK Corporation
    Inventors: David Earl SPIETH, Kevin Lueschen, Michael Gregory Mshar, Mark A. Thorpe
  • Publication number: 20100158423
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing unit comprising a hub provided with a wheel-sided securing flange, whereon an angular contact anti-friction bearing is arranged. In order to produce the bearing unit and to operate it in an economical manner, and also to prevent, for example, deformation and tensions characteristic of known roller riveting units, the securing flange is connected in a material fit to the flange ring in relation to the end of the hub, which clamps at least the inner ring to the hub. The invention also relates to a method for producing a bearing unit, preferably, a wheel bearing unit for a motor vehicle, comprising a hub which is provided with a wheel-sided securing flange whereon an angular contact anti-friction bearing comprising at least one inner ring and an outer ring, is arranged, by means of a device which exerts a clamping force on the bearing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventor: Erwin Hartmann
  • Patent number: 7716838
    Abstract: An outer ring of a cross roller bearing is a composite component having an outer ring main body portion constructed of a lightweight metal alloy and a raceway surface formation portion linked to an inner side thereof and constructed of a ferrous material. A ring for forming the raceway surface formation portion is preformed, and is inserted into a forging die, powder forging is performed using a metal powder for manufacturing the outer ring main body portion, a composite component is manufactured in which a ringshaped portion for forming the outer ring main body portion is integrally formed with the raceway surface formation ring, and an after-treatment is performed on the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignees: Harmonic Drive Systems, Inc., Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Kobayashi, Toshihiko Kaji
  • Patent number: 7673390
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for assembling bearings and a stub into a bore of a hub. The apparatus includes a block defining a receiving position for the hub. A feed mechanism arranges plurality of bearings in the form of an annular array. A first mandrel is axially displaceable toward one side of the hub to push the annular array of bearings into the bore of the hub. A second mandrel is axially displaceable toward an opposite side of the hub to push a stub within the annular array of bearings in the bore of the hub. The stub includes at least one outwardly biased detent for retaining the bearings in the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Inventors: Brian Hasiak, Brian V. Vloch
  • Publication number: 20090324154
    Abstract: A bearing apparatus includes an inner ring including a flange a tubular portion which has an end face; an outer ring coupled to the inner ring through a plurality of rolling elements; and a drive force-receiving portion including a plurality of teeth which is radially formed on the end face in a direction intersecting an axial direction. A surface of the each teeth is coated by a coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya ISHIKAWA, Kiyokane Iwamoto, Masao Takimoto, Katsuyuki Harada, Hiroshi Anno, Kenji Kato, Kenichi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20090261647
    Abstract: In a wheel bearing assembly, the length of an annular protrusion in an axis direction, or the oscillation angle through which the center axis of a calk jig is oscillatingly turned relative to the center axis of a constant-velocity joint outer ring is restricted so that the annular protrusion and the calk jig do not interfere with each other when the constant-velocity joint outer ring is calk-fixed to the calk fixation portion of the wheel hub by radially outwardly bending a tubular protrusion formed on an end surface of the center shaft portion through the oscillating turn of the calk jig after the center shaft portion of the constant-velocity joint outer ring has been fitted to the hollow hole of the wheel hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kamikawa, Kentaro Shirakami
  • Publication number: 20090158592
    Abstract: A method for assembling a roller bearing having rollers and spacers interposed between the adjacent rollers includes: alternately disposing, along the inner circumference of an outer ring (14), the rollers (16) and the spacers (18); placing two spacers (18) to be placed on both sides of the roller (16) to be mounted last along inner portions of rolling contact surfaces of the rollers (16) having been disposed; and inserting the last roller (16) toward the outer ring (14) so that the spacers (18) placed on both sides are allowed to slide, whereby the last roller (16) is mounted on the inner circumference of the outer ring (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventor: Takuya Ozu
  • Publication number: 20090136167
    Abstract: A bearing apparatus including a rolling bearing having an outer race (11), an inner race (12) and a rolling member (13) disposed between two races, and a thermal sensor (TS) measuring an internal temperature of the rolling bearing. Wiring from the thermal sensor extends to outside via a through-hole (lid) formed in a component of the bearing apparatus, and hence the thermal sensor can be disposed in a desired position with excellent flexibility of wiring extension, and can measure a temperature in the desired position of the bearing. The thermal sensor, which can be constructed thin in a small size having the flexibility, can be therefore incorporated in whatever portion of the bearing and can improve a characteristic of detecting an abnormal temperature with a high response of the temperature detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Koichi Morita, Toshiaki Oguchi, Keisuke Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 7497014
    Abstract: A sliding bearing for axial and/or radial arrangement of a first bearing member in relation to a second bearing member, comprises a second bearing member, which has a bearing recess provided with a second slide face; a first bearing member, which is lodged in the bearing recess and which is mounted axially and/or radially, the first bearing member having a first slide face, which is opposite the second slide face and spaced therefrom by a clearance; at least one sliding/guiding element, which is disposed between the first and the second bearing members and fixed in relation to one bearing member, for guidance of a motion of the first relative to the second bearing member; an equalizing compound, which is disposed between the at least one sliding/guiding element and the bearing member relative to which is fixed the at least one sliding/guiding element, for adaptation of the guide clearance between the at least one sliding/guiding element and the slide face that is displaceable in relation thereto, the equalizi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Suspa Holding GmbH
    Inventor: Herbert Muller
  • Patent number: 7484890
    Abstract: There is provided a rolling slide member coming in contact with a mating member in a rolling or sliding manner, wherein a plurality of grooves having an inclination of 0 to 30 degree and a groove depth of 0.5 to 15 ?m are formed in a circumferential direction at the time of grinding a contact surface with the mating member. In the contact surface, the axial surface waviness is set to 0.1 or more in the filtered centerline waviness (WCA) and the axial surface roughness is set to 0.7 or more in the ten-point height of roughness profile (Rz) by the grooves 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Ikeda, Yoshiaki Sakaki, Kazuyoshi Kurihara, Yoshitaka Waseda, Masanori Setsuda, Kenichi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20080292233
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a bearing ring for a rolling bearing, said bearing ring comprising a raceway for a rolling member as well as at least one lateral rim for axially guiding the rolling member. In one step of said method, a notch is introduced into a running surface of the bearing ring which faces the rolling member. According to the invention, the final contour of the bearing ring is created by means of a hard turning process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Alexander Weidner, Markus Hennefelder, Paul Graf
  • Publication number: 20080276458
    Abstract: An inexpensive rolling bearing is proposed which can be used stably for a long time where the lubricating conditions are severe or bending stresses act. Inner and outer rings of rolling bearings mounted in a rocker arm of an automobile are made of high-carbon chrome bearing steel. They are subjected to heat treatment in which after carbonitriding, high-temperature tempering is carried out. Then they are induction hardened to impart resistance to material quality change and a compressive stress of not less than 200 MPa to the surface layer, thereby markedly improving the rolling contact fatigue life and the tension-compression fatigue strength while keeping the material cost as before. Thus, this bearing can be used stably for a long time even though it is a full complement type bearing, lubricating conditions tend to worsen and the outer ring is repeatedly subjected to bending stress from the cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Kikuo Maeda, Yukio Matsubara
  • Patent number: 7444747
    Abstract: An improved roller assembly for use in machinery such as round balers is disclosed. The roller assembly of the present invention reduces sensitivity to varying dimensional tolerances on the roller assembly and the structure to which the roller assembly is mounted. At least one elastic member is used to permit the axial position of at least one of the bearings on the roller assembly shaft to vary. Spring washers provide a predetermined, axial force to at least one of the bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: William A. Hood, Calvin D. Meinders, Scott A. Rempe
  • Publication number: 20080240634
    Abstract: A method and a device is provided for producing a flat or arc-shaped sliding element with a very large radius of curvature. The sliding element has a sliding layer based on a fiber reinforced plastic with a plastic matrix and a reinforcing element containing at least one thread. The reinforcing element is deposited on a polygonal winding core by means of a guide with the addition of a synthetic resin forming the plastic matrix. The flat or arc-shaped segments formed between the edges are separated from the tubular, polygonal winding body thus formed after it has set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Kamran Laal Riahi, Armin Linker, Udo Roos
  • Publication number: 20080219608
    Abstract: A body part of a rotation detecting sensor of a rotation number detector which is provided on a bearing apparatus for an axle has a large diameter part formed in its upper part and a small diameter part formed in its lower part, and at the same time, a sensor fitting hole part which is formed in an outer ring of a bearing part and into which the body part of the rotation detecting sensor is inserted is so formed that an radially outer part thereof has an inner diameter substantially equal to an outer diameter of the large diameter part of the body part, and a lower part thereof has an inner diameter slightly larger than an outer diameter of the small diameter part of the body part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Koma, Joji Miyawaki, Takumi Harada, Shigeru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20080022528
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for assembling bearings and a stub into a bore of a hub. The apparatus includes a block defining a receiving position for the hub. A feed mechanism arranges plurality of bearings in the form of an annular array. A first mandrel is axially displaceable toward one side of the hub to push the annular array of bearings into the bore of the hub. A second mandrel is axially displaceable toward an opposite side of the hub to push a stub within the annular array of bearings in the bore of the hub. The stub includes at least one outwardly biased detent for retaining the bearings in the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: R. Herman Spiess
    Inventors: Brian Hasiak, Brian V. Vloch
  • Patent number: 7275319
    Abstract: A rolling element bearing comprises an inner ring and an outer ring which are each provided with a raceway, and a series of rolling elements which are in contact with the raceways of each ring. A lubricant film is provided in the contacts between the rolling elements and the raceways, which film forms a lubricant meniscus at the inlet side of each contact. In the bearing starved lubrication conditions prevail. The surface of each rolling element has minute recesses filled with a lubricant quantity, said recesses being flattened in the contact area defined by the contact between the rolling elements and the rings and thereby releasing lubricant at the inlet side of each contact resulting in a displacement of the meniscus further away from said contact. This meniscus displacement results in an increased lubricant film thickness in each contact area, thus improving the lubricating conditions in the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: SKF Engineering & Research Centre B.V.
    Inventors: Pieter Martin Lugt, Eusthatios Ioannides, Ingrid Victoria Wikstrom, John Howard Tripp, Marie-Laure Dumont, Antonio Gabelli, Benoit Clement Jacod
  • Patent number: 7226344
    Abstract: A method of processing an antifriction bearing unit for a wheel, the antifriction bearing unit including an outer race, an inner race, a plurality of rolling elements and a flange portion for directly or indirectly mounting a brake disk provided to one of the outer and inner races, the method includes: assembling the outer and inner races and the rolling element together; after assembling, placing the one of the outer and inner race in position incapably of circumferential rotation; grinding the flange portion by bring the flange portion into contact with a grindstone which is rotated while the other of the outer and inner race is left free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukao, Toshihiro Nakano
  • Patent number: 7146735
    Abstract: A bearing ring for a large roller bearing is formed with at least one annular race which is hardened by heating by juxtaposing that race with an inductor across a spacing which is maintained during the heating and then quenching. The spacing is controlled selectively so that it is: 1 to 2 times a depth T of hardening of the surface layer for a radial-bearing race, 0.6 to 1 times the depth T of hardening of the surface layer for an axial-bearing race whose inner diameter corresponds to an inner diameter of the bearing ring, at an outer edge of the axial-bearing race, 1.5 to 2 times the depth T of hardening of the surface layer for the axial-bearing race whose inner diameter corresponds to an inner diameter of the bearing ring at an inner edge thereof, and varying continuously between the outer edge and the inner edge, and uniformly 0.6 to 1 times the depth T of hardening of the surface layer for an axial-bearing race whose inner diameter is greater than that of the bearing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Rothe Erde GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Bracht, Jörg Rollmann, Bernd Stakemeier, Johannes Wozniak
  • Patent number: 7083504
    Abstract: A method of processing an antifriction bearing unit for a wheel, the antifriction bearing unit including an outer race, an inner race, a plurality of rolling elements and a flange portion for directly or indirectly mounting a brake disk provided to one of the outer and inner races, the method includes: assembling the outer and inner races and the rolling element together; after assembling, placing the one of the outer and inner race in position incapably of circumferential rotation; grinding the flange portion by bring the flange portion into contact with a grindstone which is rotated while the other of the outer and inner race is left free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukao, Toshihiro Nakano
  • Patent number: 7059777
    Abstract: An assembly for a ball bearing with double raceway assembled in an outer ring member provided with double row raceway surfaces apart from each other in an axial direction from one side in an axial direction, on an inner peripheral surface includes an inner ring member provided with double raceway surfaces apart from each other in an axial direction in correspondence to the double raceway surfaces on an outer peripheral surface, double row cages arranged in respective outer diameter sides of the double raceway surfaces of the inner ring member, and a plurality of ball rows respectively held by the double rows cages. The inner ring member is set to be non-separable from the respective cages and the respective ball rows, and can be assembled in the outer ring member from one side in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Kawaguchi, Hideo Ueda, Motoshi Kawamura
  • Patent number: 7024771
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a roller element bearing comprising an inner ring, an outer ring, and a series of rolling elements. A rolling surface of each rolling element is in contact with a raceway surface formed in each of the inner and the outer rings. At least one of the raceway surfaces of the inner and outer rings and the rolling surfaces of the rolling elements is provided with a topography comprising recesses which are generally isolated by lands. The recesses are formed by shot peening at least one of the surfaces. In addition, the recesses are provided with lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: SKF Engineering & Research Centre B.V.
    Inventors: Alexander Jan Carel De Vries, Armin Herbert Emil August Olschewski, John Howard Tripp, Pieter Martin Lugt
  • Patent number: 7004637
    Abstract: In a wheel-support rolling bearing unit, in order to made a flange 6 thinner and thus lighten the bearing unit without impairing fatigue strength, machinability, and workability after forging, the composition of the alloy steel constituting the flange attached member (hub ring 2), the surface hardness of the root portion 14 on the axial outside surface side of the flange 6, and the surface roughness, are stipulated to thereby improve the durability ratio (fatigue limit strength/tensile strength) of the flange 6. In one aspect, the member is made from an alloy steel containing C: 0.5 to 0.65 weight %, Mn: 0.3 to 1.5 weight %, Si: 0.1 to 1.0 weight %, Cr: 0.01 to 0.5 weight %, S: 0.35 weight % or less, and any one type or more selected from 0.01 to 0.2 weight % of V, 0.01 to 0.15 weight % of Nb, and 0.01 to 0.15 weight % of Ti, with the rest being Fe and inevitable impurities, and the oxygen contents is 15 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Uyama, Yuuji Miyamoto, Shigeru Okita
  • Patent number: 6978546
    Abstract: A method for producing ring members, such as rings for rolling bearings, through use of a rolling operation involves warming a ring blank, positioning the warmed ring blank over a mandrel which is rotatable about a first axis, and positioning a forming roll rotatable about a second axis aligned with the first axis so as to form a rolling gap with the mandrel, with a portion of the ring blank being positioned in the rolling gap. The forming roll is driven to rotate in one rotary direction while the mandrel is driven to rotate in a rotary direction opposed to the rotary direction of the forming roll. During rotation of the forming roll and the mandrel, the mandrel is urged towards the forming roll to reduce the size of the rolling gap and thereby reduce the thickness of the ring blank while also increasing its diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Göran Andersson, Lars Werner, Elido Schena
  • Patent number: 6874234
    Abstract: A process for forming a metal, preferably steel, roller bearing comprising the steps of providing a hardened steel cylindrical blank having end face surfaces, a lateral surface defining an outer diameter, and a centered circular bore whose surface defines an inner diameter; hard turning the surface of the bore to a specified inner diameter; and hard turning the lateral surface of the blank to achieve, in a single set up, a final form of the bearing having a specified outer diameter with a radial crown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Dean Bauman, David W. Koetsier, Robert H. Erhardt
  • Patent number: 6851330
    Abstract: A ball nut has at least one internal bearing race with a first end and second end, and at least one recirculating crossover passage for connecting the first end with the second end of the bearing race to form a continuous recirculating path for a plurality of ball bearings. A method for producing a ball nut includes the steps of forming at least a portion of the ball nut body with a helix passage for receiving a plurality of ball bearings, forming a crossover passage in communication with the helix passage for returning the plurality of ball bearings to an opposite end of the helix passage, and assembling the ball nut body portions to position the helix passage and operable orientation with respect to the crossover passage to define at least one raceway having a single recirculating rotational path for receiving the plurality of ball bearings. The ball nut body can be formed by being drawn, coined, metal injection molded, roll formed, through rolled, stamped and/or overmolded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Valeo Electrical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry C. Buchanan, Jr., Yaomin Dong, Frederick M. Goerz
  • Patent number: 6837623
    Abstract: A 4-point contact ball bearing includes four ring-shaped contact surfaces for forming a ring-shaped raceway between them, each ring-shaped contact surface has a sectional profile defined by a concave curve when cut along a plane including a central axis of rotation of each ball and a central axis of rotation of the ring-shaped raceway. The concave curve is shaped so that it circumscribes the balls and that a curvature thereof is largest at a ball-contact point and is gradually decreased moving away from the ball-contact point. By defining such raceway surfaces, fluctuations in the contact points between the balls and the raceway surfaces due to machining errors can be suppressed, rotational slipping of the balls can be reduced, and differential slip between the balls and the raceway surfaces can also be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Norio Shirokoshi, Harushige Aoyagi
  • Patent number: 6745471
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing involves providing a sub-unit including a shaft and a bevel gear associated with the shaft, and also providing a first support member and a second support member. A first bearing is positioned between the sub-unit and first support member. A second bearing is positioned between the second support member and the sub-unit. The first support member is connected to the second support member. Preload on the first and second bearings is adjusted. At least the sub-unit, the first support member, the second support member, the first bearing, and the second bearing constitute an assembly capable of being installed in a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventor: Randall Rey Bendtsen
  • Publication number: 20040083612
    Abstract: A bearing is mounted on a hollow shaft of a hub wheel. A shaft end of the hollow shaft is deformed radially outward and caulked to an outer end face of an inner ring of the bearing. Between a first area in which a spline portion is formed and a second area in which a caulked portion is formed, between a bending starting point for bending the shaft end radially outward and an end face of the shaft end on an inner peripheral face of the hollow shaft, a third area for suppressing deformation of the inner peripheral face of the hollow shaft caused by the caulking is formed. The third area cushions deformation in the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Toda, Teruyuki Wakisaka, Kenji Takahashi, Teruyuki Kawatani, Shinichirou Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 6725531
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus capable of assembling a needle bearing. This needle bearing assembling apparatus is provided with a thrust unit adapted to sequentially feed rows of needles, an arrangement unit adapted to arrange the needles into a configuration corresponding to a hollow formed on an inner side of a roller outer race, and a device for firmly fitting the needles, while in the configuration, into the hollow on the inner side of the roller outer race.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Tanaka Seimitsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji Takiwaki
  • Patent number: 6718636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for finishing the ball cup of a homocinitic joint, especially for motor vehicles, having a ball ring-shaped bearing surface for the ball cage and a plurality of essentially axial running guideways which interrupt said ball ring-shaped bearing surface. The guideways are provided for the balls which are arranged in the ball recesses of the ball cage and which transmit torque between the ball cup and the ball star. In order to be able to finish such ball shells quickly, economically and as fully automatic as possible, the invention provides that both the ball ring-shaped bearing surface for the ball cage as well as the guideways for the balls are produced by means of a turning machining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Iprotec Maschinon-und Edolstohlprodukye GmbH
    Inventor: Guido Kochsiek
  • Publication number: 20040000053
    Abstract: A bearing ring for a large roller bearing is formed with at least one annular race which is hardened by heating by juxtaposing that race with an inductor across a spacing which is maintained during the heating and then quenching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: Rothe Erde GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Bracht, Jorg Rollmann, Bernd Stakemeier, Johannes Wozniak
  • Patent number: 6665936
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for finishing the ball star of a homocinetic joint, especially for automobiles. The ball star has a ball ring-shaped bearing surface for mounting in a ball cage, and has a plurality of essentially axial running guideways provided for the balls. Said balls are arranged in the ball recesses of the ball cage and transmit torque between the ball cup and the ball star. In order to be able to finish such ball stars quickly, economically and as fully automatic as possible, the invention provides that both the ring-shaped bearing surface provided for mounting in the ball cage as well as guideways provided for the balls are produced by a hard-rotary turning operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Iprotec Maschinen-und Edelstahlprodukte GmbH
    Inventor: Guido Kochsiek
  • Publication number: 20030154601
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing miniature ball bearings that reduces material loss to improve manufacturing efficiency. The process consists of obtaining an inner and outer ring blank by cutting a first blank, forging the first blank to obtain a final blank, and separating the final blank to form an outer ring blank and an inner ring blank. The outer ring blank has an outer diameter of at most 13 mm. Cutting the first blank is performed by mechanically cutting and machining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Rikuro Obara
  • Publication number: 20030154602
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing miniature ball bearings that reduces material loss to improve manufacturing efficiency. The process consists of obtaining an inner and outer ring blank by cutting a first blank, forging the first blank to obtain a final blank, and separating the final blank to form an outer ring blank and an inner ring blank. The outer ring blank has an outer diameter of at most 13 mm. Cutting the first blank is performed by press cutting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Rikuro Obara
  • Patent number: 6589448
    Abstract: A ceramic bearing ball in which at least a portion of a constituent ceramic is formed of an electrically conductive inorganic compound phase, whereby a proper electrical conductivity is imparted to the ceramic. Thus, electrifying of a bearing ball is prevented or effectively suppressed. This prevents the problem involved in production of balls of small diameter wherein such balls adhere to an apparatus (e.g., a container) during production thereof, thus hindering smooth progress of the production process. In addition, when ceramic balls are used in precision electronic equipment, such as a hard disk drive of a computer, which is operated at high rotational speed, adhesion of foreign substance due to electrification of the balls, and resultant generation of abnormal noise or vibration can be prevented or effectively suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomonori Niwa, Tetsuji Yogo
  • Publication number: 20030093903
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing outer and inner rings of a bearing, the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of: cutting a cylindrical bar material to form a circular plate work of a predetermined width, forming on both plain sides surface of the work through cold forging operation a central circular recess provided around the axis of the work and an annular groove provided concentrically with respect to the recess, forming a central circular aperture by punching out the recess remaining material in the axial direction, punching out the groove remaining material in the axial direction to form an outer work for the outer ring and an inner work for the inner ring, and machining each work respectively through cutting, grinding and/or polishing operations to form ring raceways or to finish the surface thereof for manufacturing the outer and inner rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: Minebea Kabushiki-kaisha
    Inventor: Rikuro Obara