Abstract: A rotation control assembly for a steering column assembly includes a steering shaft. The rotation control assembly also includes a driving tab rotatable with the steering shaft. The rotation control assembly further includes a driven tab rotatable relative to the steering shaft, the driving tab adapted to engage the driven tab upon rotation of the steering shaft. The rotation control assembly yet further includes an end stop positioned to engage the driven tab upon rotation of the driven tab to the end stop, engagement of the driven tab and the end stop limiting rotation of the steering shaft.

Abstract: A rotation control assembly for a steering column assembly includes a steering shaft. Also included is a driving tab rotatable with the steering shaft. Further included is a rotating plate surrounding the steering shaft and rotatable relative to the steering shaft, the rotating plate having a driven tab extending from the rotating plate, the driving tab engageable with the driven tab to rotate the rotating plate. Yet further included is an end stop extending from a structure disposed radially outward of the steering shaft and radially positioned to engage the driven tab upon rotation of the driven tab to the end stop, engagement of the driven tab and the end stop limiting rotation of the steering shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a driving device of an electric folding type side view mirror for a vehicle, comprising: an upper case (30) in which a motor seating part is formed; an electric motor (40), installed inside the upper case (30), for generating rotation power; a worm gear (11) installed at a rotational axis (14) of the electric motor (40); a worm wheel gear (12), connected to the worm gear (11), for transferring the rotation power; a lower case (20) formed with fixing means (21, 22); a cap spring (14) fixed to the lower case (20) by the fixing means (21, 22) and a cap (13), mounted at a top of the cap spring (14), for receiving a lower end of the rotational axis (14).

Abstract: Apparatus to bias valve closure members are described. An example valve includes a valve body having an opening defining a passageway. The opening has an axis that is substantially coaxially aligned with a flow path axis defined by the passageway. A first shaft supports a closure member within the passageway of the valve body and relative to the opening and an end cap removably coupled to the valve body retains the shaft within a bore of the valve body. A spring is disposed between the first seating surface and a second seating surface opposite the first seating surface to provide a force to oppose the weight of the closure member and facilitate alignment of the closure member relative to the opening of the passageway.

Abstract: A screw centrifuge including a drum having a rotor, the drum having two axial ends and a horizontal axis of rotation, and a screw arranged in the drum and configured to rotate relative to the drum at a speed different from a rotation speed of the drum. Also included is a bearing device located at each axial end of the drum and configured to bear the drum. Each bearing device includes a housing and a pair of cantilevers extending in opposite directions away from the housing. Further included is a pair of spring elements associated with each bearing device and configured for sprung support of the drum. Each spring is arranged between one of the cantilevers and a frame, the spring elements being located at each axial end of the drum.

Abstract: A working tool (10) includes a gasoline motor (11), a working head (12), and a shaft assembly (14) extending between and mechanically coupling the engine and the working head. The shaft assembly includes a frame tube (18), a flexible drive cable (19), and an elongated coaxial drive cable centering device or support member (20) positioned between the drive cable and the frame tube. The support member includes a sheath (21) and a plurality of centering members (22). The centering members includes contacting elements (23) in the form of spiral or a flexible rubber bushings having a central tube (34) and a plurality of spaced annular rings or flanges (35).

Abstract: A working tool (10) includes a gasoline motor (11), a working head (12), and a shaft assembly (14) extending between and mechanically coupling the engine and the working head. The shaft assembly includes a frame tube (18), a flexible drive cable (19), and an elongated coaxial drive cable centering device or support member (20) positioned between the drive cable and the frame tube. The support member includes a sheath (21) and a plurality of centering members (22). The centering members includes contacting elements (23) in the form of spiral or a flexible rubber bushings having a central tube (34) and a plurality of spaced annular rings or flanges (35).

Abstract: The invention relates to an axial bearing for absorbing high axial loads of a shaft, comprising a bearing ring which comprises a central bore for leading through the shaft and which rests on a fixed base; a plurality of spring elements which are made of an elastic material and are applied to the bearing ring; a load transfer device for transferring the load from the shaft to the spring elements. The invention is characterized by the following features: the spring elements are elastic bodies which can be joined onto each other and/or into each other in an interlocking way in the manner of a puzzle; the contours of the spring elements are arranged in such a way that at least from a certain loading state no gap remains between mutually adjacent spring elements.

Abstract: An exemplary locating mechanism includes a bearing outer race (422) that has a central axis (z-axis) and that has a turbine end, a compressor end and a slot (421), of an axial length, disposed between the turbine end and the compressor end; and a deformable clip (430) shaped as a semi-cylindrical wall having an axial length less than the axial length of the slot, where in a tension state, the clip (430) has an inner circumference to position the clip (430) with respect to the slot (421) and where in a compression state, the clip (430) has an inner circumference that locates the clip (430) in the slot (421). Various other exemplary technologies are also disclosed.

Abstract: A submersible pump motor has rotor sections spaced apart from each other with bearings located between. The bearings support the shaft of the rotor within a stator. The bearing is stationary and has a cavity in its outer periphery. A metallic coiled member is positioned along the circumference of the bearing, and rests in the cavity on the outside diameter of the bearing. The coiled member engages the bearing and the inner wall of the stator to prevent rotation of the bearing.

Abstract: A sheet transporting device assembly, such as a idler mounting assembly, of an image forming device has a frame portion attachably detachable to a guide member. The frame portion has at least one opening able to receive at least one idler roll. Each idler roll is rotatably attached to a shaft. The shaft is moveably attached to the frame by an attachment structure. The idler mounting assembly is pivotably and precisely aligned with the outer mainframe so that the components of the outer frame and the idler mounting assembly are aligned, and further allows the user to gain access the space around the guide member and between the idler rolls and drive rolls of the outer frame.

Abstract: The invention provides a submersible pumping system which includes a motor containing self-centering rotor bearing assemblies. Each rotor bearing assembly in accordance with the present invention includes a sleeve, a journal, and at least two seals. The journal is preferably disposed about the sleeve which is keyed to the power transmission shaft of the motor. The journal has a peripheral surface which is configured to have at least two circumferential support regions which are spaced apart from one another. Each of these circumferential support regions supports a corresponding seal. Each seal includes an interface member and an activating member. When in place in a rotor section of a submersible pump motor, the seals frictionally engage the inner surface of the stator and exert a centering force against the journal and thus against the bearing sleeve and the power transmission shaft.

Abstract: A hinge for a door or hatch of a motor vehicle has two hinge halves (1, 2), one (1) of which has a pivot pin (6) and the other (2) of which has a bearing portion (9) pivotally mounted on the pivot pin (6). The pivot pin (6) has a spherical end portion (11), onto which the bearing portion (9) fits with a complementary shaped cavity, and a narrower neck portion (12). A lock (18) cooperates with the neck portion (12) of the pivot pin (6) and the bearing portion (9) to lock the hinge halves (1, 2) against relative movement in the axial direction of the pivot pin (6). The bearing portion (9) has a bearing sleeve (13) journalled on the pivot pin (6), including the complementary shaped cavity therein. A bearing housing (15) has an inside surface which fits over an outside surface of the bearing sleeve (13), and a fastener (16) detachably fastens the bearing sleeve (13) to the bearing housing (15).

Abstract: A thrust bearing device for a motor comprises a housing of the motor, a thrust plate disposed in the housing and in contact with an end of a motor shaft, a spring for energizing the motor shaft through the thrust plate, and the housing is formed with a stepped portion for restricting movement of the thrust plate within a predetermined small range. According to this invention, it is possible to improve the durability and the reliability of the motor.

Abstract: A cash dispenser unit includes note transport means (74, 78, 86) driven by an electric motor and including first (74) and second (78) sets of rolls which are arranged to grip therebetween a note (18'), partly withdrawn from a currency cassette (14) by associated pick arms (36), for the purpose of removing the note (18') from the cassette (14). The first (74) and second (78) sets of rolls are respectively mounted on first (76) and second (80) shafts, the first shaft (76) being mounted so that one end thereof is movable away from the second shaft (80). For the purpose of protecting the transport means (74, 78, 86) from damage in the event of the occurrence of a gulp feed of notes, said one end of the first shaft (76) is operatively associated with a microswitch, whereby movement of said one end away from the second shaft (80) by more than a predetermined amount operates the microswitch so as to deenergize the motor.

Abstract: A shaft bearing structure comprises a shaft which is to be rotatably supported, a bushing disposed on the shaft, the bushing having an outer surface tapered in an axial direction so as to have a frusto-conical configuration, a support member having a support opening for receiving the bushing, the support opening having an inner surface tapered in an axial direction so as to have a frusto-conical configuration, and a biasing member on the shaft biasingly urging the bushing in an axial direction such that the tapered outer surface of the bushing is biased into mating contact with the tapered inner surface of the support opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to bearing support of a throttle valve shaft in the housing of an exhaust gas line in which the shaft is rotatably supported on both sides in a bearing sleeve element constructed cup-shaped. The cups themselves are retained by spring force against the housing extending correspondingly conically within these areas. In order to keep small the actuating forces necessary for the rotation of the throttle valve shaft, each bearing sleeve element is retained by itself against the housing by means of a spring supported at the housing and the securing of the shaft against any axial displacement takes place by a separate axial bearing.

Abstract: A sheet member feed apparatus for use in an electrophotographic copying machine includes a frame with a pair of spaced opposed walls, each wall having therein an elongated hole defined by longitudinally extending inner wall side faces. First and second feed rollers are mounted on first and second shafts, respectively, with each shaft having bearings at opposite ends thereof. The bearings of one shaft are mounted at fixed positions in the opposed frame walls, and the bearings of the other shaft are mounted in the elongated holes with clearance between outer side faces of the bearings and the confronting inner wall side faces, such that the other roller is movable toward and away from the one roller. A spring extends around a portion of each of the bearings of the other roller and biases the bearings in the elongated holes in a direction to urge the other roller toward the one roller.

Abstract: A bearing for an exhaust-gas turbocharger including a sleeve 26 which is arranged in a bore 36 of a bearing housing 6 and which is prevented from rotating. The sleeve 26 contains, at each of its two axial end regions, an inner and an outer bearing face 34, 32 and at least two openings 28 between the end regions. Sleeve rotation is prevented in a functionally reliable manner and at a low construction cost by a preferably annular spring element 50 which is elastic in the circumferential direction and which engages by means of a axially bent first end 52 in a groove 54 in the sleeve 26. The bearing housing 6 has a recess 56 which opens into the bore of the bearing housing radially relative to the shaft 14 and in which the radially outwardly bent second end 58 of the spring element 50 engages.

Abstract: An electric motor has features for preventing the bearings from rotating. The motor has a stator mounted in a housing. A rotor is rotated within the stator. The rotor is divided into rotor sections, with bearings spaced between. Each bearing has an outer portion that contains outwardly biased pins. The pins engage slot gaps formed in the stator laminations.

Abstract: A bearing system for high-speed rotary machinery wherein shaft support, flexible support and viscous damping are provided by separate and distinct mechanisms each of which can be adjusted independently of the other two.