Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to offshore frame construction. In one example embodiment, an offshore frame construction is disclosed including structural members and a structural joint connecting the structural members. The structural joint includes a fork part, an ear part, and a pin, where the fork part and the ear part includes a bore, and the pin is inserted into the bore. The pin has a non-corroding surface that is a cladding or bushing welded or shrunk or glued or otherwise affixed to the pin which consists of a different material, or the non-corroding surface is continuous with the pin and the pin consists of the non-corroding material. In some specific embodiments, the bore includes a sliding surface, which is fitted with a liner acting as a bearing, and the bearing is an elastomeric bearing.

Abstract: A bush assembly for use with jointed members in a motor vehicle, the bush assembly comprising: an outer housing; an inner member including a semi-spherical portion; and a bushing comprising a plurality of segments of resilient material disposed between the outer housing and the inner member, and defining a semi-spherical cavity for receiving the semi-spherical portion; the outer housing comprising a first housing section having a first engagement formation, and a second housing section having a second engagement formation, wherein said first and second engagement formations are adapted to be inter-engaged to secure said housing sections and retain the bushing and at least the semi-spherical portion of the inner member within the outer housing. A method for producing the bush assembly involving the pre-loading of the bushing, desirably composed of polyurethane, is also disclosed.

Abstract: An ignition coil includes a circuit which generates a spark-generating current; a case within which the circuit is disposed; and a mounting boss attached to the case such that the mounting boss is rotatable relative to the case about a mounting boss axis, the mounting boss being configured to mount the ignition coil.

Abstract: A connecting system for connecting a tensioning member to a free-space shaft may comprise an inner element having an element spherical outer surface truncated at opposite truncated ends and may include an element bore extending through the inner element and coaxial with the element spherical outer surface. The element bore may have a bore axis and a bore cross section sized and configured complementary to a shaft cross section of the free-space shaft. A retaining collar may include a collar spherical inner surface complementary to and configured to receive the element spherical outer surface, and may have opposing collar ends. The collar spherical inner surface may define a collar axis. The retaining collar may allow universal motion of the bore axis relative to the collar axis. The retaining collar may include an arching portion for connecting the tensioning member to the shaft.

Abstract: A flanged radial bearing having rolling bodies, the bearing being provided with an outer ring radially bounded by an outer surface; an inner ring mounted coaxially inside the outer ring; a row of rolling bodies arranged between the two rings that allows relative rotation between the two rings; and a flange joined to the outer ring and mounted along an assembly groove formed through the outer surface; the flange not being a flange integral with the outer ring, but being releasably assembled on the outer ring.

Abstract: A motor includes a base, a stator and a rotor. The base is equipped with a non-metal shaft tube having an outer circumferential wall and an inner circumferential wall opposite to the outer circumferential wall. An opening is formed on an end of the non-metal shaft tube. At least one bearing is fitted inside the non-metal shaft tube and has an axial hole. A plurality of close-fitting portions is formed between an outer circumferential surface of the bearing and the inner circumferential wall of the non-metal shaft tube. An adjustment gap is formed between each two adjacent close-fitting portions within a circumference of the non-metal shaft tube. The stator is equipped on the base. The rotor has a shaft coupled with the axial hole of the at least one bearing.

Abstract: A rod end bearing comprising a body comprising a ring portion and a rod portion. The ring portion comprises a ring having an opening, the opening having a center axis. The rod portion comprises a first rod extending radially from the ring in a direction perpendicular to the center axis. The opening having a geometry sufficient to support a substantially spherical ball bearing, and permit rotation of the ball bearing inside the ring. The inner periphery of the ring is in contact with the ball bearing and includes a wear coating. An antifriction coating is disposed on a surface selected from the group consisting of a surface of the wear coating, a surface of the ball bearing and combinations thereof. The antifriction coating maintains a coefficient of friction between the wear coating and the ball bearing of up to about 0.95 in atmospheres substantially devoid of water vapor.

Abstract: A bearing retainer that holds a bearing in a bearing seat of an electromagnetic device has a unique construction that reduces its cost of manufacture. The bearing retainer has a peripheral edge with a plurality of radially extending tabs centered in gaps in the peripheral edge. The tabs connect with tabs of adjacent bearing retainers, allowing a plurality of interconnected bearing retainers to be nested on a steel sheet from which the retainers are stamped, thereby optimizing material use and reducing costs. The bearing retainers are composed of martensite which eliminates a heat tempering process required of prior art retainers and further reduces costs.

Abstract: An external metal housing (10) is formed of two abutting metal plates (11, 12), each having a perimeter support wall (13) and an outwardly extending annular protruding wall (14) defining a bushing receiving area. An internal annular bushing (22) is accommodated within the receiving area and has two annular grooves (28) receiving two O-rings (30). A zerk fitting (38) extends through a closed-edge opening (16) of the external metal housing (10) and threads through the internal bushing (22) to deliver lubricant directly to the internal cylindrical surface of the internal annular bushing and to the facing surface of a camshaft extending through said internal bushing. The bushing is made of molybdenum impregnated nylon.

Abstract: A damper assembly particularly adapted for use in a hot furnace application that includes a damper blade, a housing having a passageway therein dimensioned and configured for receiving the damper blade, and a shaft carrying the damper for rotational movement in the passageway in the housing. A bearing is disposed at one axial extremity of the shaft. The apparatus also includes bearings including a bearing housing member having an interior portion thereof which is spherical section shaped and a bearing member disposed therein having an outer surface that is a spherical section dimensioned and configured for cooperation with the inner portion of the bearing housing member. The inner members has a bore tightly engaging the shaft and the bore has inboard and outboard ends. The inner member includes a counterbore disposed in concentric relationship with the bore at the inboard end thereof. A seal is disposed in the counterbore intermediate the shaft and the walls of the counterbore.

Abstract: A drive system for a baler of large cylindrical bales that permits a plurality of transverse driven shafts to be slidably engaged and disengaged for quick and easy assembly and repair of the baler. The transverse driven shafts extend between a pair of spaced apart sidewalls. A gear box for each of the driven shafts is mounted on one of the sidewalls and includes longitudinal drive surfaces. Mating longitudinal drive surfaces are formed on the driven shafts for slidable engagement with and disengagements from the drive surfaces of the associated gear box. A releasable mounting secures the nondriven ends of the shafts at the opposite sidewall.

Abstract: There is provided according to the invention a slide bearing unit in which a cylindrical outer cylinder which is made of thin steel plate is disposed on outer periphery of an oil-impregnated bearing metal with a certain distance; an oil-impregnated bearing metal is held either by a section formed by bending ends of the outer cylinder inwardly or an annular member used in cooperation with the sections formed by bending inwardly; a gap formed inside is filled with an oil-storage material so that the oil-impregnated bearing metal is supplied with a lubricating oil; and either the section formed by bending inwardly or the annular member may be provided with a small hole in order to by-pass internal pressure, when required.

Abstract: An electric motor comprising a shell supporting a stator and end members rotatably supporting a rotor. The end members are fastened to the shell in a manner such that the end members are accurately positioned longitudinally of the shell and the center of the end member is accurately positioned relative to the axis of the shell. One end member includes an annular portion spaced from the periphery which extends axially outwardly, and a radially axially extending portion that extends axially inwardly. An annular bearing seat is fixed thereto and a roller bearing is interposed between the bearing seat and the shaft. The other end member is provided with an annular wall spaced from the periphery, and a radial wall which supports a self-aligning bearing. An external oil catcher cover frictionally engages the annular wall of one end member and extends radially inwardly into overlying relation with the self-aligning bearing.

Abstract: A bearing assembly comprising a first half including a first head portion partially defining a socket, a first shank portion connected to the first head portion, and a first periphery having extending therefrom a plurality of spaced first projections, and a second half substantially identical to the first half and including a second head portion aligned with the first head portion to define the socket, a second shank portion connected to the second head portion and aligned with the first shank portion, and a second periphery having extending therefrom a plurality of spaced second projections, the first projections being folded over the second periphery and the second projections being folded over the first periphery in alternating relationship so that the first and second projections interlock the halves and align the halves with respect to each other.

Abstract: In both the socket linkage and the ball bearing assembly the formed metal engages the curvature of the ball more than 90.degree. which retains the parts in assembled relationship. The forming is accomplished by cupping metal into a die with clearance between the die and the punch less than the metal thickness to cold extrude the metal past the minimum clearance. In the case of the socket linkage the ball is used as the punch and the forming operation completes the assembly of the ball to the socket. Each race of the ball bearing assembly must be stripped from the curved forming part (die or punch) before final assembly with the balls. If the stripping operation deforms the metal past its elastic limit, the desired shape can be restored by use of a straight walled forming part before or after the races have been assembled with the balls between the races.

Abstract: A ball-jointed bearing arrangement of the piston heads in an axial piston machine within a drive flange wherein a bearing member formed of a material with good antifriction properties for receiving a piston head is seated in a recess of the drive flange whereby all bearing members are covered by a covering plate which is detachably fastened to the drive flange. The bearing member is formed of a spherically indented cup of a flat material, such as sheet metal, which is inserted into the respective recess, which recesses conform in shape, pitch circle and distribution to the piston heads, however, are constructed in conformance with the thickness of the respective spherical dished cup deeper and larger in diameter, and in which the covering plate is traversed by the piston heads and is fastened on the side of the drive flange towards the piston heads.

Abstract: A bearing mounting member having a first portion adapted to engage and hold a bearing housing, and a second portion in the form of a flange for engaging and being secured to a cooperating support surface, and including an annular groove formed in such second portion for enhancing the strength of such flange and concomitants facilitating the formation of a seal to such support surface.

Abstract: A dynamoelectric machine has a structural component including a partial spherical seating surface having a preselected center of curvature, and a bearing device is adapted for seating association in a plurality of aligned attitudes with the structural component. The bearing device includes a partial toroidal seating surface disposed in seating engagement on the partial spherical seating surface with the seating engagement therebetween generally defining at least a circular line located within a preselected angular range along the partial spherical seating surface in any of the aligned attitudes of the bearing device.A bearing device and wick and bearing assemblies methods of assembling a wick and a bearing and a method of providing a lubrication are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a retainer comprising a substantially planar support member having an opening therein designed to receive an annular member such as a bearing. Around the opening a plurality of slits are formed extending generally radially outwardly from the opening to form a plurality of retainer lips. The retainer lips are bent out of the plane of the support member such that the retainer will receive and fixedly engage the bearing in a snap fit. Bearing guides and steps may be used in aligning the bearing in the retainer.