Porous Metal Patents (Class 384/279)
  • Patent number: 11221089
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an oil-retaining mechanism, a valve structure, and a water outflow device. The oil-retaining mechanism comprises a valve body, a valve shaft, and a sealing member. The valve body comprises a motion cavity. The valve shaft is disposed in the motion cavity and configured to move axially. The sealing member is disposed between a cavity wall of the motion cavity and the valve shaft. At least one of the cavity wall of the motion cavity, the sealing member, or a connection portion of the motion cavity, the sealing member, and the valve shaft extends inward to define an oil storage groove. The oil storage groove comprises an opening. An inner side of the opening stores lubricating oil. The opening cooperates with and contacts the outer circumferential surface of the valve shaft. When the valve shaft moves in the motion cavity, the lubricating oil lubricates the valve shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Xiamen Lota International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuedong Wang, Zhiyong Li, Chuanbao Zhu
  • Patent number: 10941465
    Abstract: The Cu-based sintered sliding material has a composition including, by mass %, 7% to 35% of Ni, 1% to 10% of Sn, 0.9% to 3% of P, and 0.5% to 5% of C, with a remainder of Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein the Cu-based sintered sliding material includes a sintered body including: alloy grains that contain Sn and C and contain a Cu—Ni-based alloy as a main component; grain boundary phases that contain Ni and P as main components and are dispersedly distributed in grain boundaries of the alloy grains; and free graphite that intervenes at the grain boundaries of the alloy grains, the Cu-based sintered sliding material has a structure in which pores are dispersedly formed in the grain boundaries of the alloy grains, and an amount of C in a metal matrix including the alloy grains and the grain boundary phases is, by mass %, 0.02% to 0.20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Diamet Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinari Ishii
  • Patent number: 10865828
    Abstract: An oil-impregnated sintered bearing in which a Fe—Cu-based sintered body is impregnated with a lubricant and which has a bearing hole that is configured to support a rotary shaft inserted therethrough, in which an inner circumferential surface of the bearing hole includes at least a first region including a central portion in a shaft direction and a second region forming a portion from a first end portion of the first region to a first opening of the bearing hole, and, in a friction surface of the second region, an area of a Fe phase is larger and an area of a Cu phase formed of Cu powder including Cu-based flat raw material powder is smaller than those in a friction surface of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Diamet Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Tamura, Shinichi Takezoe
  • Patent number: 10797557
    Abstract: A motor includes a seat, a bearing, a limiting member, a stator and a rotor. The seat includes a base plate and a shaft tube connected to the base plate. The shaft tube includes an open end distant to the base plate and having a plurality of fusion posts. The bearing is received in the shaft tube. The limiting member has a central hole. A diameter of the central hole is smaller than a diameter of the open end. The limiting member has a plurality of through-holes surrounding the central hole. The plurality of fusion posts respectively extends through the plurality of through-holes to fix the limiting member to the shaft tube by fusion bonding. The stator is fit around the shaft tube. The rotor includes a shaft extending through the central hole of the limiting member and rotatably coupled with the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Horng
  • Patent number: 10604348
    Abstract: Conveyer pulley with improved performance characteristics reduced metal use, lower labor use manufacture, assembly and maintenance. The pulley includes a tubular housing, an axle pre-fitted with disks supports, two plastic endcaps press-fitted into the housing. Two self-lubricating plastic bearings with integrated bearing protectors are fitted onto the axle and into the end caps and are being kept in place by two retaining rings. Protector element of the bearing is fabricated from felt that is impregnated with a lubrication fluid. Inner grooves of the bearings may be packed with consistent lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Inventors: Ihor Levadnyi, Vitalii Levadnyi
  • Patent number: 10590990
    Abstract: There is provided a sintered bearing having high rotational accuracy and low rotational fluctuation. This bearing includes a bearing surface (4a), and is made of a sintered compact (4?) produced by molding and sintering a raw material powder (10) containing a partially diffusion-alloyed powder (11) in which a copper powder (13) is partially diffused on a surface of an iron powder (12), a tin powder (14) as a low-melting-point metal powder, and a graphite powder as a solid lubricant powder. The sintered bearing has a radial crushing strength greater than or equal to 300 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ito, Yousuke Sugai
  • Patent number: 10570959
    Abstract: An oil-retaining sintered bearing in which friction coefficient can be reduced and a sliding property as a bearing can be improved by supplying a sufficient amount of oil to a sliding surface and preventing the supplied oil from moving to an interior from the sliding surface; a sliding surface 3 supporting an outer peripheral surface of a shaft and a helical oiling surface 4 around a shaft axis of a bearing hole are adjacently formed on an inner peripheral surface of the bearing hole into which the shaft is inserted; a surface open rate at the sliding surface 3 is not larger than 10%; and a surface open rate at the oiling surface exceeds 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION, DIAMET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Kouno, Yoshinari Ishii, Jyun Katou
  • Patent number: 10428873
    Abstract: A sintered bearing exhibits less of a hard iron alloy phase, and has an excellent wear resistance and cost performance under low-revolution and high-load use conditions; and a method for producing such a sintered bearing. The sintered bearing contains Cu: 10 to 55% by mass, Sn: 0.5 to 7% by mass, Zn: 0 to 4% by mass, P: 0 to 0.6% by mass, C: 0.5 to 4.5% by mass and a remainder composed of Fe and inevitable impurities. An area ratio of a free graphite dispersed in a metal matrix of the bearing is 5 to 35%; a porosity thereof is 16 to 25%; a hardness of an iron alloy phase in the matrix is Hv 65 to 200; and raw material powders employ at least one of a crystalline graphite powder and a flake graphite powder each having an average particle size of 10 to 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Diamet Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinari Ishii, Yasuhiro Tsukada, Tomoe Obata
  • Patent number: 10413967
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a sintered part with a high radial precision. The sintered part is made of at least one first joining part to be sintered and a second joining part to be sintered, and the method has at least the following steps: joining the first joining part with the second joining part, and bringing about the high radial precision, having a step of deforming at least one radial deformation element which is preferably positioned so as to adjoin a joint contact zone, wherein the deformation of the radial deformation element is caused at least by means of a calibration tool and is carried out at least substantially as a plastic deformation of the radial deformation element. The invention further relates to a set of parts for joining the joining parts to be sintered into a sintered part with a high radial precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Tausend, Kerstin Ziegler
  • Patent number: 10150162
    Abstract: An iron-based sintered alloy for sliding member, in which seizure resistance is improved, and a production method therefor, are provided. The iron-based sintered alloy for sliding member consists of, by mass %, 10 to 30% of Cu, 0.2 to 2.0 % of C, 0.03 to 0.9 % of Mn, 0.36 to 3.65% of S, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities in the overall composition. The iron-based sintered alloy for sliding member exhibits a metallic structure in which copper phases and pores are dispersed in the matrix that includes mainly a martensite structure and sulfide particles are dispersed in the matrix and the copper phases. The sulfide particles are dispersed at 1 to 30 vol. % with respect to the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Tokushima, Hideaki Kawata
  • Patent number: 10047736
    Abstract: A metering pump enables simple fluid metering, has an extended service life, and is of compact construction. The metering pump includes a piston rod in operative connection with a control body which has a circumferential sealing zone, in that the internal circumference of the sealing cylinder radially surrounds the sealing zone. On the piston rod side, a compensating zone, which is at a greater radial distance from the sealing cylinder than the sealing zone, adjoins the sealing zone at least in portions, and in that the control body, after passing beyond the control edge in the actuation direction of the actuator, at least largely severs the fluid connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Wellnitz, Mike Heck, Axel Mueller, Michael Mueller, Andreas Monzen
  • Patent number: 9797446
    Abstract: A slide member is provided with a metal back, a bearing alloy layer disposed over a first surface of the metal back, and a diamond-like carbon layer disposed at least over a second surface of the metal back, the second surface being located on an opposite side of the first surface. The diamond-like carbon layer has a hardness equal to or less than 1000 HV and when subjected to infrared spectroscopy analysis, exhibits absorption wavenumbers of following wavenumbers (1) to (5) originating from different chemical bonding states: wavenumber (1): 2800-3100 cm?1, wavenumber (2): 1500-1800 cm?1, wavenumber (3): 1200-1500 cm?1, wavenumber (4): 3300-3600 cm?1, wavenumber (5): 730-930 cm?1. The relation (P1+P3)/(P1+P2+P3)?0.50 is satisfied when an integrated value of absorption rate with respect to wavenumbers (1), (2), and (3) is represented as peak area values P1, P2, and P3, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Inami, Colin McAleese
  • Patent number: 9631263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sliding bearing with improved wear resistance which is manufactured in a sintered body type, and more particularly, to a bush type of sliding bearing that has excellent friction and wear characteristics with a shaft usually made of an iron-based material even under very poor sliding conditions of high-surface pressure, low speed, and irregularity, such that the lubrication cycle of may be extended, and also has excellent hardness such that load feed capability, plastic deformation suppression, and fatigue strength can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Doosan Infracore Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung Rae Lee, Dong Seob Shim, Sang Beom Kim
  • Patent number: 9528555
    Abstract: A bearing cap in which each foot includes a protrusion formed thereon that is generally linear having opposing sides in which each of these opposing sides support a plurality of crush ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals, LLC
    Inventors: Gary R. Draxler, Joel H. Mandel
  • Patent number: 9441670
    Abstract: Provided is a sintered bearing (1) including an inner layer (2) and an outer layer (3) formed by integral molding, the sintered bearing (1) having a bearing surface (A) formed on an inner peripheral surface (2a) of an inner layer (2). The inner layer (2) is made of sintered metal containing Fe and a hardness increasing element (such as Ni or Mo). The outer layer (3) is made of sintered metal containing Fe and no hardness increasing element. A concentration gradient of the hardness increasing element is present at an interface between the inner layer (2) and the outer layer (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Mouri, Noriyoshi Yoshizuka, Yousuke Sugai, Fuminori Satoji
  • Patent number: 9249830
    Abstract: Provided is a sintered bearing (1) including an inner layer (2) and an outer layer (3) formed by integral molding, the sintered bearing (1) having a bearing surface (A) formed on an inner peripheral surface (2a) of an inner layer (2). The inner layer (2) is made of sintered metal containing Fe and a hardness increasing element (such as Ni or Mo). The outer layer (3) is made of sintered metal containing Fe and no hardness increasing element. A concentration gradient of the hardness increasing element is present at an interface between the inner layer (2) and the outer layer (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Mouri, Noriyoshi Yoshizuka, Yousuke Sugai, Fuminori Satoji
  • Patent number: 9127710
    Abstract: A bearing capable of satisfying demands for cost reduction and further quietness, and stably maintaining high support accuracy. A sliding bearing (4) includes an inner member (5) having a mounting surface (9) with respect to a rotary shaft (2), and an outer member (6) being arranged on a radially outer side of the inner member (5). A radial bearing gap is formed between an outer peripheral surface (5a1) of the inner member (5) and an inner peripheral surface (7a1) of the outer member (6), and a lubricating oil is interposed in the radial bearing gap. Further, between the inner member (5) and the outer member (6), sealing gaps (S, S) for maintaining an oil level of the lubricating oil on both axial sides of the radial bearing gap are formed. At least a part of the mounting surface (9) of the inner member (5) is made of a metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaharu Hori, Natsuhiko Mori, Wei Shin Sim
  • Patent number: 9121305
    Abstract: A fluid calming member (18, 118, 218) for use in a fluid carrying arrangement (10) is disclosed. The fluid calming member is formed of a material that includes a porous metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventor: Richard Nicholson
  • Patent number: 8979377
    Abstract: A bearing device includes a body, a circular cover, and a through hole commonly defined through both the body and the cover. The body is an injection molded piece made from metal powder and molten binder. The cover is an injection molded piece made from metal powder and molten binder. Two passages are defined between the body and the cover, and each passage communicates the through hole with an exterior of the bearing device, whereby lubricant can flow from the through hole to the passages. A bearing assembly having the bearing device is also provided, and a method of manufacturing the bearing device is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Cheng Chen, Ming-Hsiu Chung
  • Patent number: 8967869
    Abstract: Particles, embedded into a sliding layer, have a coating, within which a lubricant, e.g., a liquid, is contained. A component with the sliding layer provides a sliding surface that can be used as a backup bearing to ensure emergency operating properties, for example, of a shaft that is mounted in a main bearing. When the shaft strikes the bearing surface, the coating of the particles that are exposed on the bearing surface are destroyed and the lubricant can exit. Advantageously, the sliding properties of the sliding surface are thereby improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Manuela Schneider
  • Publication number: 20150055899
    Abstract: According to the manufacturing method of a bearing which is a sliding member, a bimetal sintered alloy is formed by sintering a metal powder on a surface of a back metal which is a plate shaped metal member to form a sintered layer. In addition, following this, the sintered alloy is molded as a cylindrical bush and the bush undergoes a heat treatment. Following this, the bearing is formed by press-fitting the bush into a collar which is a cylindrical metal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Hayato Kodama, Shinji Matsumoto, Shinichi Kato, Takashi Tomikawa, Hiroaki Hayakawa, Takanori Nakane
  • Publication number: 20150010254
    Abstract: Provided is a sintered bearing (1) including an inner layer (2) and an outer layer (3) formed by integral molding, the sintered bearing (1) having a bearing surface (A) formed on an inner peripheral surface (2a) of an inner layer (2). The inner layer (2) is made of sintered metal containing Fe and a hardness increasing element (such as Ni or Mo). The outer layer (3) is made of sintered metal containing Fe and no hardness increasing element. A concentration gradient of the hardness increasing element is present at an interface between the inner layer (2) and the outer layer (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Mouri, Noriyoshi Yoshizuka, Yousuke Sugai, Fuminori Satoji
  • Publication number: 20140376845
    Abstract: A bearing for a motor-type fuel pump comprises a Zn—P—Ni—Sn—C—Cu-based sintered alloy and has corrosion resistance to a coarse gasoline containing sulfur or an organic acid(s); superior wear resistance; and superior conformability with a shaft as a counterpart. The bearing is suitable for use in a downsized fuel pump and has a structure in which a base comprises 3 to 13% by mass of Zn, 0.1 to 0.9% by mass of P, 10 to 21% by mass of Ni, 3 to 12% by mass of Sn, 1 to 8% by mass of C and a remainder composed of Cu and inevitable impurities. The base also comprises a solid solution phase of a Zn—Ni—Sn—Cu alloy. A Sn alloy phase containing no less than 15% by mass of Sn is formed in grain boundaries of the base. Pores have a porosity of 8 to 18% and free graphite distributed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: DIAMET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Takezoe, Yoshinari Ishii
  • Publication number: 20140314354
    Abstract: The oil-impregnated sintered bearing made of iron-copper sintered alloy consisting of 10-59% of Cu, 0.5-3% of Sn, and balance of De and impurities, includes pores in the iron-copper sintered alloy matrix of not less than 800 per mm2, has pores exposed at 20-50% by area ratio at the inner circumferential surface with diameters greater than 100w, not more than 0.5%, respectable to the total pores number. The pores number with diameters greater than 80 ?m and not greater than 100 ?m, not more than 0.1%, respectable to the total pores number with diameters greater than 60 ?m and not greater than 80 ?m is 0.5-1.5%, respectable to the total pores number, with diameters greater than 40 ?m and not greater than 60 ?m is 0.8-3% respectable to the total pores number, and the remainder pores are with diameters less than 40 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki NISHIZAWA, Hideaki KAWATA, Hidekazu TOKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 8821022
    Abstract: Provided are a novel sliding bearing and a construction machine provided with same, the sliding bearing being capable of maintaining an excellent sliding performance over a long period of time and exhibiting an excellent strength. A sliding bearing includes at least a brush and a shaft part, the shaft part being provided with a grease feeding pathway for feeding grease from the exterior to the sliding surfaces of the shaft part and the bush, the bush being formed from a porous sintered metal, and a decomposition catalyst being adhered to the sliding surface of the bush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Akita, Osamu Gokita, Shigeyuki Sakurai, Yasuchika Nagai
  • Patent number: 8815407
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sliding bearing which is usefully applicable to equipment to which high surface pressure is applied, by processing an inner surface of a sliding bearing manufactured in the form of a sintered body to be optimized to lubrication characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Doosan Infracore Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Choung Rae Lee
  • Patent number: 8771836
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a resin composition whose flowability is secured when the resin composition is injection-molded into injection-molded articles such as a resin-made crown-shaped cage and a resin-made seal both for a rolling bearing and a resin-made sliding bearing and which is capable of enhancing the mechanical strengths and toughnesses of these injection-molded articles to such an extent that these injection-molded articles can be used as bearing members. The resin composition is formed into a molded article and used as a bearing member. The resin composition is composed of polyamide resin or polyester resin to which polycarbodiimide is added. The polyamide resin is at least one resin selected from among polyamide 66 resin and polyamide 11 resin. The polyester resin is polytrimethylene terephthalate resin. 0.5 to 6 wt % of the polycarbodiimide is contained in an entirety of the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Himeno, Masaki Egami, Eiichirou Shimazu
  • Publication number: 20140041889
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hand-held power tool having a bearing ring (19) inserted into a bearing receptacle (18), wherein the bearing receptacle (18) and the bearing ring (19) have recessed ring sectors (17) positioned relative to one another in an overlapping manner, of which the ring sector (17) of the bearing ring is configured by breaking out a circumferential section (22) of the bearing ring (19), which is defined by predetermined breaking points (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Storm, Frank Eichelroth, Bernhard Hegemann, Thomas Bernhardt, Holger Ruebsaamen, Andreas Schlegel
  • Patent number: 8646977
    Abstract: A sliding element comprises a metallic support layer, a metallic porous carrier layer applied thereon, and a sliding layer which has a thickness D applied on the carrier layer. The sliding layer comprises a first material containing a thermoplastic matrix and a second material containing PTFE. The second material is impregnated in the first material, which form a gradient over a depth T, where T?D in a surface area of the sliding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Burscheid GmbH
    Inventor: Achim Adam
  • Publication number: 20130279835
    Abstract: Provided are a novel sliding bearing and a construction machine provided with same, the sliding bearing being capable of maintaining an excellent sliding performance over a long period of time and exhibiting an excellent strength. A sliding bearing (100) includes at least a brush (10) and a shaft part (20), the shaft part (20) being provided with a grease feeding pathway (70) for feeding grease (G) from the exterior to the sliding surfaces of the shaft part (20) and the bush (10), the bush (10) being formed from a porous sintered metal, and a decomposition catalyst (S) being adhered to the sliding surface of the bush (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Akita, Osamu Gokita, Shigeyuki Sakurai, Yasuchika Nagai
  • Publication number: 20130236134
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sliding bearing which is usefully applicable to equipment to which high surface pressure is applied, by processing an inner surface of a sliding bearing manufactured in the form of a sintered body to be optimized to lubrication characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Choung Rae Lee
  • Publication number: 20130223773
    Abstract: A bearing device includes a cylindrical body. The body defines an axial hole for rotatably receiving a rotatable member therein. The body defines a guiding groove at a side wall thereof. The guiding groove has a bottom end communicating a bottom of the axial hole and a top end at the body. The body defines a bore in a middle portion thereof to communicate the axial hole and the top end of the guiding groove, whereby lubricant can flow in a loop in the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MING-HSIU CHUNG, NIEN-TIEN CHENG
  • Publication number: 20130223774
    Abstract: There is provided a Cu-based oil-impregnated sintered bearing which can be used for high-load applications such as an ABS system and a wiper motor system in automobile, can be manufactured at low cost, and is excellent in abrasion resistance and seizure resistance. The bearing contains 5 to 40% by mass of Ni, 3 to 15% by mass of Sn, 0.5 to 4.0% by mass of P, or further 0.3 to 5.0% by mass of a solid lubricant, and a remainder comprising Cu and inevitable impurities, and has a metallic structure in which a phase mainly composed of Ni and P is dispersed in a matrix, and has a 5 to 25% porosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: DIAMET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinari Ishii, Yasuhiro Tsukada
  • Patent number: 8435018
    Abstract: A cooling fan (1) includes a fan housing (10), a stator (20), a rotor (30) and a bearing assembly (40). A tube (111) extends upwardly from a central portion of the fan housing. The stator is mounted around the tube. The bearing assembly includes a ball bearing (333) and a sleeve bearing (335) received in two ends of the tube, respectively. The rotor has a shaft (336) extending into and rotatably supported by the bearing assembly. An elastic element (332) is arranged on the ball bearing to provide a pressing force on the ball bearing toward the sleeve bearing. An oil retaining element (339) is arranged around a bottom end of the shaft and spaced from the shaft. The oil retaining element is attached to the sleeve bearing to provide oil for the sleeve bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Kang Zhang, Zhi-Ya Yang, Ying-Liang Li
  • Publication number: 20130101244
    Abstract: An oil-impregnated sintered bearing which does not tend to produce squealing noises is provided. The oil-impregnated sintered bearing can be used as a bearing of an electric motor that may be intermittently used for a short time, such as a bearing of a window regulator motor. The oil-impregnated sintered bearing includes pores that include middle-sized pores with circle-equivalent diameters of 45 to 63 ?m at 0.9 to 2.5%, interparticle pores with circle-equivalent diameters of 63 to 75 ?m at 0.1 to 1.2%, and large interparticle pores with circle-equivalent diameters of larger than 75 ?m at not more than 3%, with respect to the total number of the pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI POWDERED METALS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8376619
    Abstract: Grease for a slide bearing, which can suppress unusual noise attributable to a slip caused between a shaft and a bearing when a machine is stopped. In slide bearing grease 24 supplied to between a slide bearing 16 formed of a porous sintered alloy-made bushing having pores 30 impregnated with lubricating oil 31 and a shaft 22 inserted in the slide bearing 16 and supported to be slidingly rotatable in the circumferential direction, the slide bearing grease 24 employs base oil having dynamic viscosity of 10-70 mm2/s at 40° C. and exuding under a load of the shaft 22 to form an oil film 35 between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Akita, Osamu Gokita, Minoru Fujisaki, Hajime Maezawa, Nobuo Yanaka, Hiroshi Nishimura, Hideyuki Fujiya
  • Patent number: 8360648
    Abstract: An oil-impregnated sintered which does not damage rotating shaft and itself and has a high durability even in the case that the rotating shaft is inclined in the bearing by a large shear load applied thereto, and a method of manufacturing an oil-impregnated sintered bearing which exhibits center deviation-suppressing action of the bearing satisfactorily by accurately forming a bearing hole in an intermediate completely sintered are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Diamet Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuneo Maruyama, Teruo Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20120328461
    Abstract: A bearing that is used in a motor pump in which a liquid is, not only pumped by means of an impeller driven by the pump, but also is used to lubricate components of the motor pump including the motor pump shaft. The bearing is for supporting the shaft at at least one location of the shaft. The bearing is constructed of a bronze material having added thereto a small amount of graphite, preferably around 2.5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: AQUAMOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Benno Lebkuchner, Hans L. Kuster
  • Patent number: 8303184
    Abstract: A bearing that is used in a motor pump in which a liquid is, not only pumped by means of an impeller driven by the pump, but also is used to lubricate components of the motor pump including the motor pump shaft. The bearing is for supporting the shaft at at least one location of the shaft. The bearing is constructed of a bronze material having added thereto a small amount of graphite, preferably around 2.5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: AquaMotion, Inc.
    Inventors: Benno Lebkuchner, Hans L. Kuster
  • Patent number: 8294312
    Abstract: Provided is a sintered bearing with oil for a spindle motor. The bearing is characterized in that at least one portion of upper and lower sides of the bearing is denser than other portions of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung Hyun Song, Tae Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 8216338
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for a bush-type bearing, a bush-type bearing manufactured using the composition, and a method of manufacturing the bush-type bearing. The bearing has excellent friction characteristics with a shaft made of iron (Fe) based material, and thus is able to increase the lubrication cycle of a lubricant. Further, the bearing has excellent hardness, and thus is able to prevent plastic deformation under high contact pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Doosan Infracore Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Seob Shim, Chung-Rea Lee
  • Patent number: 8210749
    Abstract: The present invention provides a PM main bearing cap, and its precursor compact, with an undercut breathing window that is formed during a compaction process. By fabricating the undercut during the compaction process, the invention eliminates the need for a secondary machining operation to form the undercut feature in the bearing caps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel H. Mandel, Donald J. Phillips, Rainer Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20120106881
    Abstract: Grease for a slide bearing, which can suppress unusual noise attributable to a slip caused between a shaft and a bearing when a machine is stopped. In slide bearing grease 24 supplied to between a slide bearing 16 formed of a porous sintered alloy-made bushing having pores 30 impregnated with lubricating oil 31 and a shaft 22 inserted in the slide bearing 16 and supported to be slidingly rotatable in the circumferential direction, the slide bearing grease 24 employs base oil having dynamic viscosity of 10-70 mm2/s at 40° C. and exuding under a load of the shaft 22 to form an oil film 35 between the slide bearing 16 and the shaft 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Akita, Osamu Gokita, Minoru Fujisaki, Hajime Maezawa, Nobuo Yanaka, Hiroshi Nishimura, Hideyuki Fujiya
  • Patent number: 8157656
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bearing cup assembly for a universal joint comprising a cylindrically elongated bearing cup, the bearing cup having a cylindrical sidewall, a closed bottom wall, and an open top. The bearing cup is positioned over, and rotates freely on, a cylindrically elongated trunnion which is associated with the universal joint. The bearing cup assembly further comprises a lubricant-impregnated powder metal mass disposed within the bearing cup and positioned between the sidewall and closed bottom wall of the bearing cup and the trunnion. The assembly further comprises a circular seal having an open center and being disposed about the open top of the bearing cup. The trunnion is disposed within the open center of the circular seal and the seal is in close interfitment with the open top and the trunnion so as to form an impenetrable closure therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Inventor: Bryan Prucher
  • Publication number: 20120070109
    Abstract: A bush bearing (1) is a wrapped bush bearing which has a cylindrical inner peripheral surface (2) serving as a sliding surface as well as an outer peripheral surface (3), and whose abutting faces (4) are abutted against each other. The outer peripheral surface (3) includes a cylindrical surface (11); a tapered surface (13) interposed between the cylindrical surface (11) and one annular end face (12) in an axial direction X and formed by roll forming; a smooth circular arc surface (14) interposed between the tapered surface (13) and the cylindrical surface (11); and a smooth circular arc surface (15) interposed between the tapered surface (13) and the end face (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohachi Tsuji, Yuzo Makinae, Shigeru Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 8100673
    Abstract: A cooling fan (1) includes a fan housing (10), a stator (20), a rotor (30) and a bearing assembly (40). A tube (111) extends upwardly from a central portion of the fan housing. The stator is mounted around the tube. The bearing assembly includes a ball bearing (333) and a sleeve bearing (335) received in two ends of the tube, respectively. The rotor has a shaft (336) extending into and roratably supported by the bearing assembly. An elastic element (332) is arranged on the ball bearing to provide a pressing force on the ball bearing toward the sleeve bearing. An oil retaining element (339) is arranged around a bottom end of the shaft and spaced from the shaft. The oil retaining element is attached to the sleeve bearing to provide oil for the sleeve bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Kang Zhang, Zhi-Ya Yang, Ying-Liang Li
  • Publication number: 20110306429
    Abstract: The present invention provides a grease composition or a lubricating oil composition which is capable of effectively preventing hydrogen brittleness-caused peeling from occurring on a rolling surface of a rolling bearing, is excellent in durability in a high temperature and speed operation, and can be used for a long time. A grease-packed bearing (1) has an inner ring (2), an outer ring (3), and a plurality of rolling elements (4). A sealing member (6) for sealing a grease composition (7) is provided at openings (8a) and (8b) disposed at both axial ends of the inner ring (2) and the outer ring (3). The grease composition (7) includes a base grease composed of a base oil and a thickener and an additive added to the base grease. The additive contains at least one compound selected from among plant-derived polyphenolic compounds and compounds formed by decomposition thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: NTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenobu Mikami, Yosuke Taguchi
  • Patent number: 8057101
    Abstract: There is provided an oil-impregnated sintered bearing which enable to prevent oil leakage from an outer peripheral surface of an bearing body. The oil-impregnated sintered bearing includes a bearing body which is made of a porous sintered alloy containing vacancies and has a bearing hole in which a rotary shaft can be inserted, wherein the vacancies opened on an outer peripheral surface of the bearing body are crushed. The vacancies may be crushed in the state of a green compact, or in the state of a sintered alloy after sintering the green compact. Consequently, the oil leakage from the outer peripheral surface of the bearing can be prevented, and oil pressure in the bearing hole can be preserved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Diamet Corporation
    Inventors: Teruo Shimizu, Tsuneo Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20110249923
    Abstract: Provided is a sintered bush including a porous metallic sintered body including: a iron (Fe) based matrix containing a martensite structure; and one or more kind of metal matrix selected from copper (Cu), tin (Sn), and nickel (Ni), in which a lubricant which has oil separation of 5 to 10% at an operational temperature of 60 to 80° C. and is semisolid or solid at room temperature is impregnated in pores of the porous sintered body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Pil Lim, Sang Beom Kim, Dong Seob Shim
  • Patent number: 7954241
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a self-lubricating bearing, which is a hollow cylindrical body with an axial hole in its center, exhibiting a structure formed by sintering a multiple of spherical alloys particles under microscopy. The self-lubricating bearing has a multiple of pores to receive lubricating oil. Further, the present invention provides a manufacturing process for making self-lubricating bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Inventor: Yun-Ju Chen