Porous Metal Patents (Class 384/279)
  • Patent number: 7922393
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a plain porous bearing for motors and transmissions with a circular bearing bore that displays, distributed alternatingly across the bearing bore, highly compressed at least approximately closed-pore areas and slightly compressed, open-pore areas, where the bearing bore diameters of the highly and slightly compressed areas are at least approximately identical. Also provided is a procedure and device for production of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbH and Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Vogt, Gerd Dornhofer, Hans-Peter Koch, Werner Stehr, Christina Messner, Peter Kronbichler, Kurt Goller, Heinrich Hecher
  • Publication number: 20110057527
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic type oil-impregnated sintered bearing includes a porous bearing body of sintered metal having a bearing surface in which hydrodynamic pressure generating grooves slating against an axial direction are provided. Lubricating oil or the base oil of lubricating grease to be impregnated into the bearing body is selected from among (a) mixtures of poly-?-olefin or hydrogenated compound thereof and ester and (b) ester. The ester is preferably polyol ester. In the cases of the lubricating grease, the thickener of the lubricating grease is preferably composed of urea compound. A plurality of bearing surfaces may be formed on the inner periphery of the bearing body so as to be separated from one another. The hydrodynamic type oil-impregnated sintered bearing may be suitably applied to a spindle motor for information equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Natsuhiko Mori, Katsumi Nagano, Yoshihiko Oeda
  • Patent number: 7871200
    Abstract: Provided is an aerostatic bearing spindle system using a unidirectional porous metal. The aerostatic bearing spindle system using a unidirectional porous metal may be used to serve as bearings in a region is in contact with the unidirectional porous metals when the unidirectional porous metals are rotated at a high speed, the unidirectional porous metals being manufactured with high porosity and directionality using the metallurgical method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Gyeongsang National University
    Inventors: Bo Young Hur, Yong Su Um, Jae Hong Yoon
  • Patent number: 7870674
    Abstract: An end surface 1a of sintered bearing 1 is abutted on a die 10 so that the sintered bearing 1 is mounted thereon, and a tool 40 is abutted on the other end surface 1b of the sintered bearing 1. While the sintered bearing 1 is pressed by the tool 40, high frequency vibration in an axial direction is supplied from a horn 30 to the tool 40 by operating a vibrator 20 so as to give repeated impacts to both end surfaces 1a and 1b of the sintered bearing 1, and pores of the end surfaces 1a and 1b are thereby sealed. The die 10 and the tool 40 have surfaces abutting the sintered bearing 1, and the surfaces have roughness of 0.4 s or less and hardness of HRA 60 or more, and the tool presses the sintered bearing at a pressure of 70 to 700 kPa. The high frequency vibration supplied to the tool 40 has a power of 50 to 3000 W/cm2, and it has a frequency of 10 to 50 kHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Kondo
  • Patent number: 7851585
    Abstract: The invention relates to polyacetal compositions comprising a mixture of (i) a polyacetal resin, (ii) p-aramid particles and (III) a vinyl-terminated dimethyl siloxane polymer. These compositions are useful in preparing molded articles exhibiting a good balance between high self-lubricating properties and wear resistance, and especially useful in articles that are in motion with respect to other parts they are in contact with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Anne-Laure Brison, Andreas Renken
  • Patent number: 7819586
    Abstract: A fan with an anti-leakage device for an oily bearing includes a base, an axial barrel, a fan wheel and a bearing. The axial barrel extends from the base and provides a first end, a second end, a first oil storage groove at the second end. The fan wheel extends a spindle from the inner side thereof and provides a joining part surrounding an end of the spindle and being adjacent to the inner side of the first end. The bearing is received in the axial barrel and further includes an axial through bore, which provides two inverted cone shaped ends, and at least a second oil storage groove, which is provided at a wall surface of the axial through bore for being adjacent to the spindle closely. Thus, a closed circuit is formed for the lubrication oil flowing back to the bearing without leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Ai, Hung-Guang Li
  • Patent number: 7810999
    Abstract: A metal bearing having a long operating life that is not affected by the operating temperature. The metal bearing includes a bearing surface capable of slidably contacting with a shaft member, including pores in a surface and interior thereof, and being composed of a sintered compact having a metal or alloy as a main component. A dispersion solvent is provided inside the pores, and maghemite particles exist in the dispersion solvent together with at least one of a gas and a liquid that has a boiling point lower than a boiling point of the dispersion solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20100183254
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component that is suitable for use as a sliding bearing. The invention further relates to a method for the production of said component. The design of the component according to the invention provides a layer of a light metal material (13), which is provided with an oxide layer (15) containing pores (16) in the direction of the sliding surface (23) of the component. A hard material (18) is placed in the pores, which greatly increases the firmness of said layer region, thus creating the mechanical firmness for use as a sliding bearing. In order to counteract the tendency of said firm layer region to experience brittle failure, the oxide layer (15) is coated with a solid lubricant layer (20). Said solid lubricant layer comprises a metallic, ductile matrix (21), which distributes a force (F) acting at certain points over a larger surface region (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jens Dahl Jensen, Ursus Krüger, Heike Schiewe, Manuela Schneider, Gabriele Winkler, Hartmut Walter
  • Patent number: 7703983
    Abstract: A sliding material including a resinous porous article having an interconnected hole porosity of not less than 30% and a lubricating oil which impregnates the resinous porous article is disclosed. The resinous porous article has an interconnected hole formed by molding a resin mixed with a pore-forming substance into said resin, and extracting said pore-forming substance from said molded article with a solvent which dissolves said pore-forming substance and does not dissolve said resin. A sliding bearing composed of a sliding material having a sliding surface which slides on a mating member and a lubricating oil supply layer which supports the sliding material and supplies the sliding surface with the lubricating oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tsutsui, Masakazu Hirata, Masaki Egami
  • Publication number: 20100086426
    Abstract: A sliding member has a porous sintered base and a resin composition. The porous sintered base is constructed of a porous sintered compact. The resin composition is coated onto the surface of the porous sintered base. The resin composition has a maximum resin layer thickness equal to a pore depth plus at least 10 ?m or more to the pore depth t2. The pore depth is a maximum depth of the pores exposed on the surface of the porous sintered base before the resin composition is coated onto the surface of the porous sintered base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Ohkawa, Hisashi Inomoto
  • Patent number: 7670055
    Abstract: A cam follower includes a shaft member which is cantilevered at one end and a slide bearing fitted onto the outer periphery of the other end of the shaft member. The slide bearing is composed of a cylindrical matrix made of an Fe-based sintered metal material having an Fe content of 90 wt % or more and a slide layer formed from the inner peripheral surface to the both end faces of the matrix. The slide layer is made of a slide material composition having a base material such as polyethylene resin blended with a lubricant such as silicone oil and a globular porous silica impregnated with this lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Egami, Seiji Shimizu, Toshihiko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7619339
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a fluid dynamic bearing assembly for directing bubbles. The assembly includes a stator with a stator bearing surface. A rotor with a rotor bearing surface rotates with respect to the stator such that the rotor bearing surface opposes the stator bearing surface. Lubricating fluid is disposed between the stator bearing surface and the rotor bearing surface. Features disposed on either the stator bearing surface or the rotor bearing surface direct the bubbles such that the fluid dynamic bearing assembly does not require a recirculation channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventor: Ferdinand Hendriks
  • Publication number: 20090274403
    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: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Seob Shim, Chung-Rea Lee
  • Publication number: 20090142010
    Abstract: Provided are a sintered metal material improved in sliding property and wear resistance with respect to an associated sliding member to be supported, and a sintered oil-impregnated bearing formed of this metal material. A bearing sleeve is formed by compacting a mixed metal powder composed of not less than 5 wt % and not more than 94.3 wt % of Cu powder, not less than 5 wt % and not more than 94.3 wt % of SUS powder, not less than 0.2 wt % and not more than 10 wt % of Sn powder, and not less than 0.5 wt % and not more than wt % of graphite, and then performing sintering on a compact of the mixed metal powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuyuki Ito, Kazuo Okamura, Toshihiko Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20090116773
    Abstract: A metal bearing having a long operating life that is not affected by the operating temperature. The metal bearing includes a bearing surface capable of slidably contacting with a shaft member, including pores in a surface and interior thereof, and being composed of a sintered compact having a metal or alloy as a main component. A dispersion solvent is provided inside the pores, and maghemite particles exist in the dispersion solvent together with at least one of a gas and a liquid that has a boiling point lower than a boiling point of the dispersion solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7527431
    Abstract: A bearing unit and a rotating apparatus which prevent leakage of lubricating oil to the utmost and which are superior in reliability are disclosed. A radial bearing and a thrust bearing support a shaft for rotation, and a path forming member and a path forming member lid form a communicating path having a function of short-circuiting pressure generated when the shaft and the radial bearing rotate relative to each other. A housing has a function of covering and holding the members mentioned while the housing is open at one end of the shaft with a small void left therebetween. Lubricating oil is filled in the void. The path forming member and the path forming member lid fully cover the members mentioned, except a shaft opening side portion of the radial bearing. The housing is made of a molded resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Takeshi Kaneko, Hiroshi Sato, Kenichiro Yazawa
  • Publication number: 20090035158
    Abstract: A cooling fan includes a fan housing (10) having a central tube (18) extending upwardly therein. A sleeve bearing (40) is received in the central tube. A stator (20) is mounted around the central tube. A rotor (30) has a shaft (36) being rotatably received in the sleeve bearing. The sleeve bearing defines a bearing hole (42) therethrough. The bearing hole (42) receives the shaft of the rotor to rotate therein. A plurality of irregular pores and at least one blind hole (44) are defined in the sleeve bearing and impregnated with lubricant oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: WUN-CHANG SHIH, QIANG ZHANG, RUI-JUN HUANG
  • Publication number: 20090010579
    Abstract: Provided is an aerostatic bearing spindle system using a unidirectional porous metal. The aerostatic bearing spindle system using a unidirectional porous metal may be used to serve as bearings in a region is in contact with the unidirectional porous metals when the unidirectional porous metals are rotated at a high speed, the unidirectional porous metals being manufactured with high porosity and directionality using the metallurgical method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bo Young Hur, Yong Su Um, Jae Hong Yoon
  • Patent number: 7435002
    Abstract: A bearing unit comprises a cylindrical oil-impregnated bearing, in which a bearing bore to support a turning shaft is formed so as to enable the turning shaft to turn; a bearing holder, in which the oil-impregnated bearing is fixed by an inner bore; a first groove being formed in an axial direction on an inner circumferential surface of the oil-impregnated bearing; and a second groove being formed in an axial direction on at least one of an outer circumferential surface of the oil-impregnated bearing and an inner circumferential surface of the bearing holder. The second groove is formed so as to have a greater depth than that of the first groove. The second groove is also formed so as to have a larger cross section than that of the first groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Nidec Sankyo Corporation
    Inventors: Hisaya Nakagawa, Michiaki Takizawa, Toru Nakanishi, Takeshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 7429132
    Abstract: A hydrostatic air bearing in which a journal rotates within a cavity formed within a bearing race, and a sleeve that rotates with the journal within the cavity of the bearing race, where the sleeve is formed of a porous metallic material that allows for a bearing fluid such as air to flow from a high pressure side of the journal to a low pressure side of the journal through the porous sleeve that acts to dampen the bearing fluid flow, and therefore dampen the bearing. Another embodiment is for a hydrodynamic air bearing with an annular sleeve arranged between the rotating journal and the bearing race, where the annular sleeve is formed of a porous metallic material to dampen air flow across the journal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter Marussich
  • Publication number: 20080199115
    Abstract: There is provided an oil-impregnated sintered bearing which enable to prevent oil leakage from an outer peripheral surface 7 of an bearing body 2. The oil-impregnated sintered bearing 1 includes a bearing body 2 which is made of a porous sintered alloy containing vacancies 8 and has a bearing hole 3 in which a rotary shaft can be inserted, wherein the vacancies 8 opened on an outer peripheral surface 7 of the bearing body 2 are crushed. The vacancies 8 may be crushed in the state of a green compact P, or in the state of a sintered alloy after sintering the green compact P. Consequently, the oil leakage from the outer peripheral surface 7 of the bearing 1 can be prevented, and oil pressure in the bearing hole 3 can be preserved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS PMG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruo Shimizu, Tsuneo Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20080144984
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a plain porous bearing for motors and transmissions with a circular bearing bore that displays, distributed alternatingly across the bearing bore, highly compressed at least approximately closed-pore areas and slightly compressed, open-pore areas, where the bearing bore diameters of the highly and slightly compressed areas are at least approximately identical. Also provided is a procedure and device for production of the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicants: GKN SINTER METALS GMBH, ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Vogt, Gerd Dornhofer, Hans-Peter Koch, Werner Stehr, Christina Messner, Peter Kronbichler, Kurt Goller, Heinrich Hecher
  • Patent number: 7387444
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oil-impregnated sintered bearing in which local relative sliding between the oil-impregnated sintered bearing and the shaft is avoided, thereby mitigating stress concentration on the bearing surface of the oil-impregnated sintered bearing. An oil-impregnated sintered bearing 1 which has in its inner periphery a bearing surface 1a making relative sliding with the outer peripheral surface 22a of a shaft 22 and which has at both axial ends of the bearing surface 1a crowning portions 1c which are of a configuration satisfying the following conditions: 1.75×10?3??/b1?5.2×10?2, and 1.75×10?3??/b2?5.2×10?2, and 0.2?(b1+b2)/a?0.8, where ? is the maximum radial drop amount of the crowning portions 1c, b1 is the axial length of the crowning portion 1c at one axial end; b2 is the axial length of the crowning portion 1c at the other axial end; and a is the total axial length of the oil-impregnated sintered bearing 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Shimizu, Tomokazu Sonozaki
  • Patent number: 7380989
    Abstract: In a radial minute gap between a substantially columnar shaft and an inner peripheral face of a substantially cylindrical sleeve, oil is retained and a radial dynamic pressure bearing is formed. A plurality of recessed portions are arranged in a circumferential direction on at least one of an outer peripheral face of the shaft and the inner peripheral face of the sleeve and a first hill portion is provided to an axial end portion of each the recessed portion. Thus, it is possible to achieve a dynamic pressure bearing with which sufficient radial shaft support can be obtained in spite of a short axial length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Itsuo Murata, Harushige Osawa, Ming Feng, Shinya Tokunaga
  • Publication number: 20080002924
    Abstract: An oil-retaining bearing comprising a center sintered part having a shaft hole, for rotatably supporting a motor shaft, at the outer circumference side of which an auxiliary sintered part is integrally provided, wherein the auxiliary sintered part is provided with a flange-shaped part with a bottom surface designed to lay over the top surface of a baseplate and a first swaging-use ring-shaped projection, formed at the bottom side of that flange-shaped part, designed to fit into the support hole of the baseplate, wherein the first swaging-use ring-shaped projection is formed projecting down downward from a bottom opening position of the shaft hole, whereby even if fixed standing up on the baseplate by swaging, the shaft hole is resistant to deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki Aoi
  • Publication number: 20070269151
    Abstract: A method of forming a bearing coating includes the steps of depositing a porous layer on a substrate and depositing a lubricating material within pores of the porous layer. The porous layer and the lubricating material form a bearing coating on the substrate. The bearing coating includes between about 1 vol % and about 20 vol % of the lubricating material with the balance being the porous layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Aaron T. Nardi, Blair A. Smith
  • Patent number: 7251891
    Abstract: A production method for sintered bearing member comprises: compacting a metal powder into a green compact, sintering the green compact into a sintered compact; impregnating a resin solvent into the sintered compact, and removing the resin solvent adhering to a surface of the sintered compact, thereby exposing a matrix as sintered on a surface of the sintered compact. Pores existing in portions other than the surface are sealed with the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignees: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd., Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Nii, Shunichi Togashi, Tadashi Akahori
  • Patent number: 7249890
    Abstract: A friction bearing composite material comprises a metal base layer, a porous support layer applied thereto, and a low friction layer made from PTFE forming a bearing surface for a bearing partner. The low friction material forming the sliding surface also fills the pores in the support layer and comprises at least 60 vol. % PTFE and 10-25 vol. % zinc sulphide. In order to achieve a high wear resistance with a low coefficient of friction, the low friction material further comprises 1.5-3.5 vol. % carbon fibers and 1-7 vol. % PFA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: KS Gleitlager GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bickle, Werner Schubert, Thomas Storch
  • Patent number: 7186028
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic bearing device capable of inhibiting leakage of a working fluid to an outside of a bearing and preventing reduction in radial bearing rigidity, and capable of keeping a gap between a thrust bearing and a radial bearing favorable and rotating stably. The hydrodynamic bearing device includes a shaft relatively rotatably inserted into a bearing hole of a sleeve, a radial bearing surface having dynamic pressure generating grooves formed on at least one of an outer peripheral surface of the shaft and an inner peripheral surface of the sleeve, and a gap filled with a working fluid between the shaft and the sleeve. The shaft is made of high manganese chrome steel or stainless steel, and the sleeve is entirely made of sintered metal of metal particles including at least 60% by weight of iron or copper. Resin, metal or water glass is impregnated in pores on a surface of the sintered metal and cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Asada, Tsutomu Hamada, Hideaki Ohno, Yasunori Tokunou
  • Patent number: 7141534
    Abstract: A composite anti-friction bearing structure comprising a bearing substrate and an anti-friction layer. The bearing structure can be in the form of bushings, wear plates, wear rings, etc. The anti-friction layer includes particles of an alloy which combines lubricity of molybdenum with the wear resistance and corrosion resistance of elements such as cobalt and nickel. The invention is particularly related to anti-friction bushings for use in die sets, presses and other heavy duty machinery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Ready Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Danly, Sr., James C. Danly, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7128528
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide: high-reliability and long-life CO2 refrigerant compressor-use bearings that uses bearing materials high in wear resistance and in baking resistance, and; such a compressor, air conditioner, refrigerator, and hot-water supply machine that each employ these bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Toyo Tanso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takayasu, Noboru Baba, Shouichi Nakashima, Tadashi Iizuka, Toshiaki Yamanaka, Hiroaki Ogura, Toshiomi Fukuda, Shinichi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 7101087
    Abstract: A sliding member includes a substrate, a porous layer provided on the surface of the substrate and a sliding layer with which the porous layer is impregnated and coated. The sliding layer contains polybenzimidazole, 1–70 vol % of a solid lubricant and 0.1–10 vol % of hard particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Hiramatsu, Takuya Tanaka, Hideyuki Nakajima, Masahito Fujita, Takayuki Shibayama
  • Patent number: 7073947
    Abstract: An oil retaining bearing that supports a shaft of a motor is engaged in a pocket of a casing for the motor. A bearing holder comprises a boss and an outer brim welded on the casing which surrounds the pocket, thereby preventing the oil retaining bearing from coming out of the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Igarashi Electric Works Inc.
    Inventor: Koichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7014367
    Abstract: An oil-impregnated sintered sliding bearing formed of a porous iron-based sintered alloy with quenched structure and receiving a high surface pressure capable of reducing the number of finishing steps by cutting and grinding and providing a bearing performance equivalent to or higher than that of conventional bearings, wherein a plurality of ridge-and-groove lines having a height difference of 2 to 12.5 ?m and extending in circumferential direction are axially arranged in parallel with each other by boring the bearing surface thereof to form a wavy surface in axial direction, and the portion thereof deeper by 10 to 60 ?m from the outer layer of the bearing surface is formed dense to seal surface pores so as to reduce the pores opening to the outer surface to 1 to 10 percent by area, whereby the bearing can be used at a surface pressure of 6 kgf/mm2 (58.5 MPa) or higher and a sliding speed of 2 to 5 cm/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignees: Hitachi Powered Metals Co., Ltd., Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohiro Miyasaka, Kazuo Maruyama, Michiharu Mogami, Junichi Kobayashi, Hideki Akita, Osamu Gokita
  • Patent number: 6951423
    Abstract: A sintered bearing is produced by a production method comprising: compacting a metallic raw material powder into a bearing green compact; sintering the green compact into a sintered compact; forming a resin coating 20 over the entire surface of the sintered compact; removing the resin coating 20 on a bearing surface 14a of the sintered compact; and impregnating a lubricating fluid L through the bearing surface 14a from which the resin coating 20 is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignees: Minebea Co., Ltd., Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Yoshimura, Katsutoshi Nii
  • Patent number: 6942388
    Abstract: A bearing structure includes a cylindrical first member (10), and a second member (20) received in the first member. The first member is made of ceramic sintered material. The first member defines a first axle hole (11), and the first axle hole has a first radius. A chamber (12) is transversely defined through a middle portion of the first member, the chamber receiving the second member therein. The second member is made of metallic sintered material. The second member defines a second axle hole (21), and the second axle hole has a second radius. The first radius of the first axle hole is less than the second radius of the second axle hole. A shaft (30) is rotatably received in the first and second axle holes. When the shaft deviates from a central axis of rotation, the shaft only contacts the first member at the first axle hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Hung Chang, Yu-Cheng Chou
  • Patent number: 6902324
    Abstract: A crankshaft bearing shell in an internal combustion engine of a vehicle is made from a steel/aluminum composite material and is composed of a steel supporting layer and an aluminum plated sliding layer containing parts of tin and copper in the aluminum sliding layer, optionally comprising an intermediate layer consisting of pure aluminum. The aluminum sliding layer comprises A1Sn (20-23) Cu(1.8-2.3) alloy, optionally containing additions of up to 0.1 wt % of Ni, 0.7 wt % of Si, 0.7 wt % Fe, 0.7 wt % Mn, 0.2 wt % Ti, wherein the sum of Si, Fe and Mn is less than 1 wt %; and impurities form a total amount of less than 0.5 wt.- % with the aluminum sliding layer having a Brinell hardness of at least 45 HB 1/5/30 after heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: KS Gleitlager GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Steffens, Werner Schubert, Klaus Deicke, Johann Krämer, Jürgen Claus
  • Patent number: 6872002
    Abstract: A bearing material includes: a backing metal made of stainless steel; and a porous sintered metal layer integrated with at least one surface of the backing metal by means of a bonding layer, particles of an inorganic substance being contained in a dispersed manner at grain boundaries of the porous sintered metal layer, wherein the porous sintered metal layer containing the particles of the inorganic substance are composed of 4 to 10% by weight of tin, 10 to 40% by weight of nickel, not less than 0.1 and less than 0.5% by weight of phosphorus, and the balance consisting of copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Tomita, Naofumi Kumagai
  • Patent number: 6867519
    Abstract: An electric motor has a stator and a rotor. The rotor is supported by a sintered bearing associated with the stator. The bearing 10 co-operates with an abutment 18 on the rotor to form a thrust interface. The abutment has a planar surface 19 with an outer diameter A. The bearing 10 has a cylindrical radially outer surface, a central bore 13 with a diameter B and two end faces 12. One end face has an axially inclined thrust surface 16 having an inner edge with a diameter C and an outer edge with a diameter D wherein C<A<D and B?C?1.5B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventor: James Ching Sik Lau
  • Patent number: 6854890
    Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a generally cylindrical main unit (10) made of ceramic material, and two blocks (30) made of sintered metallic material housed in the main unit. The main unit includes a cylindrical sleeve (12), and two opposite protrusions (14) arranged inside the sleeve. Each protrusion defines an inmost first support wall (20), and a through hole (24) that is narrow at a middle portion and flared at opposite ends. A slit (26) is defined in the protrusion between the first support wall and the through hole. The blocks are received in two corresponding cavities (18) defined between the protrusions. Each block defines an inmost second support wall (36). The first and second support walls cooperatively define a bearing bore (22) therebetween for receiving a rotatable shaft. The blocks have good lubricant-retaining characteristics. The highly rigid protrusions can accurately hold the shaft and protect the blocks from excessive abrasion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., LTD
    Inventors: Chin-Hung Chang, Yu-cheng Chou
  • Patent number: 6851859
    Abstract: A bearing unit comprises a bearing 60 formed of a sintered metal in which a magnetized magnetic powder is dispersed in its matrix and at least pores exposed on a bearing surface thereof are sealed by impregnation with a resin; a non-magnetic housing 90 accommodating the bearing 60; and a lubricating fluid M made of a magnetic fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignees: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd., Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Takehana, Hidekazu Tokushima, Hideo Shikata, Katsutoshi Nii, Jun Hirose
  • Patent number: 6846109
    Abstract: A production method for a sintered bearing, comprises compacting a raw metallic material powder into a bearing green compact; sintering the green compact into a sintered compact; and forming a resin coating over the entire surface of the sintered compact by electrodeposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignees: Minebea Co., Ltd., Hitachi Powdered Metals, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Yoshimura, Jun Hirose, Katsutoshi Nii
  • Patent number: 6836041
    Abstract: A bearing device (10) for a motor (12) includes a bearing set (20) and a shaft (14). The bearing set includes first and second bearings (21, 26), which are made of sintered metallic material and ceramic material respectively. An annular recess (24) is defined in one end of the first bearing. The second bearing is received in the recess. Each bearing defines a central hole (22, 27). The central holes have a same diameter. The motor includes a rotor (30), a stator (32), and a bearing sleeve (34). In assembly, one end of the shaft is fixed in a center of the rotor. The second bearing is inserted into the recess. The bearing set is fixed within the bearing sleeve. The stator is fixed around the bearing sleeve. The shaft is rotatably received in the central holes. During operation, the shaft rotates smoothly and stably in the bearing set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Cheng Chou, Chin-Hung Chang
  • Patent number: 6832853
    Abstract: A bearing device includes an oil impregnated sintered bearing that rotatably holds a shaft fixed to a rotor, and a bearing boss having an inner wall to which the bearing is fixed. An end of the boss is sealed with a cap. Plural grooves are formed on the inner wall of the cap, so that lubricant leaked out from the bearing can be retained therein and restored to the bearing. This structure extends the service life of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Fujinaka
  • Publication number: 20040252923
    Abstract: A bearing device includes a bearing member having a bearing surface and a shaft member having a bearing surface which is relatively rotatably supported by the bearing member in such a manner that the bearing surface of the shaft member is arranged so as to face the bearing surface of bearing member. One of the bearing member and the shaft member is formed of a porous metal sintered body having hollow holes and the hollow holes in the bearing surface of the metal sintered body is filled with a lubricating resin to seal apertures in the bearing surface of the hollow holes by the lubricating resin. Thereby the bearing surface is formed of both a resin surface of the lubricating resin and a metal surface of the metal sintered body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Yasushi Mizusaki, Hisaya Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6805489
    Abstract: A dynamic pressure bearing device, comprising: a shaft member; a bearing member relatively rotatably supporting the shaft member; a plurality of dynamic pressure generation parts provided on a peripheral face either of the shaft member or the bearing member; and a perfect circle part formed at least on a shaft end side at a region which is axially adjacent to the dynamic pressure generation part on the peripheral face where a protruded part and a recessed part are formed, wherein the dynamic pressure generation parts are respectively formed in a circumferential direction at equal angular intervals and extended in an axial direction so as to form a protruded part which makes a dimension of a minute gap between the shaft member and the bearing member to be the smallest and a recessed part which makes the dimension of the minute gap the largest, and the dimension of the minute gap in the perfect circle part is set to be the same as that in the protruded part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Sankyo Seiki Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisaya Nakagawa, Yasushi Mizusaki, Tomoko Nogawa
  • Patent number: 6793393
    Abstract: This bearing for a motor fuel pump is made of a graphite dispersion type Cu-based sintered alloy with a composition consisting essentially of 20 to 40% by weight of Ni, 0.1 to 0.9% by weight of P and 1 to 8% by weight of C, and the balance of Cu and inevitable impurities, the graphite dispersion type Cu-based sintered alloy having a porosity of 5 to 25%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Kanezaki Noboru, Maruyama Tsuneo
  • Patent number: 6789320
    Abstract: There is provided a sintered oil retaining bearing that secures the stability of an oil film and achieves high running accuracy through management to exclude a variation in the size of surface openings in the bearing surface, particularly the presence of large holes, while making use of such advantages as the mass productivity, low noise and low cost features of sintered oil retaining bearings. In a sintered oil retaining bearing 11 having a bearing body 19 that is composed of a porous body formed of a sintered metal, that is formed with a bearing surface 18 opposed to the outer peripheral surface of a rotary shaft 1 through a bearing clearance and that is impregnated with lubricating oil or lubricating grease, it is arranged that surface openings in said bearing surface 18 are substantially uniform in size and that when the area of a single such surface opening is converted into the area of a circle, the diameter of such circle does not exceed 0.05 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Natsuhiko Mori, Kazuo Okamura, Makoto Shiranami
  • Patent number: 6756714
    Abstract: A motor comprises an axle tube, a rotor, and a member. The axle tube includes a hole, and a stator is mounted to an outer periphery of the axle tube. The rotor includes an end wall having a shaft base from which a shaft extends. An annular wall extends from an inner face of the shaft base and surrounds the shaft. The member is mounted in the hole of the axle tube and rotatably receives the shaft of the rotor. The member includes a reduced section, forming a gap between the reduced section of the member and the axle tube. The annular wall extends into the gap between the reduced section of the member and the axle tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Horng Alex, Yin-Rong Hong, Ching-Sheng Horng
  • Patent number: 6746155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bearing device including a body formed with an inner groove that does not communicate with the shaft hole of the body. Thus, when the rotation shaft is rotated, the lubricating oil may lubricate the rotation shaft, and may flow back to be stored in the inner groove after the rotation shaft stops rotating, thereby achieving the effect of recycling use. At the same time, the inner groove does not communicate with the inner shaft hole, such that when the rotation shaft is rotated, the lubricating oil contained in the inner groove will not be directly carried out of the body and will not sputter out of the body. Thus, the amount of loss of the lubricating oil may be reduced, thereby increasing the lifetime of the bearing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Yen Sun Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Chien-Jung Chen