Abstract: A columnar rotator support shaft supports a planet gear that is a rotator, and has a raceway surface formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotator support shaft so that a plurality of rollers roll on the raceway surface. The rotator support shaft includes a hollow portion formed so as to be recessed in an axial direction from both axial end faces, a plug serving as a sealing member that seals at least one of openings of the hollow portion at both the end faces, an oil inlet passage through which lubricating oil is supplied into the hollow portion sealed with the plug, and an oil outlet passage through which the lubricating oil in the hollow portion is supplied to the raceway surface. The oil outlet passage passes through the rotator support shaft from the raceway surface to the sealed hollow portion.

Abstract: The invention provides a bail for a rope shovel having a hoist rope and a dipper. The bail includes a pair of arms coupled to the dipper; and a cross-member extending between the pair of arms and being pivotably coupled to each of the arms. The cross-member includes a mounting block for coupling the hoist rope to the bail.

Abstract: A bearing housing (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger, having a compressor-side housing flange (2), a central housing section (3) which is integrally connected to the housing flange (2) and in which is arranged a first partial section (4) of an oil chamber (5) which has an oil inlet (20) and an oil outlet (21), and a turbine-side housing section (6) which has a turbine-side housing flange (7) and in which is arranged a second partial section (8) of the oil chamber (5). The central and turbine-side housing sections (3, 6) are provided with an oil cooling duct (13; 13?).

Abstract: A linear motion unit (10) includes a runner that is arranged so as to be movable back and forth on a rod along the rod's axis (S), and at least one lubricating device (28) surrounding the rod at least partially. The lubricating device (28) includes at least one lubricating element (32) that stands in lubricating contact with the rod, and at least one lubricant reservoir (34) that is carried by the runner. In accordance with the invention, the lubricant reservoir (34) is arranged radially outside the lubricating element (32) with respect to the axis (S) of the rod.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a bearing assembly includes a rotatable hub and a porous bearing surrounding the hub, a sprocket surrounding the bearing, and means for rotating the hub relative to the bearing. The porous bearing includes “lubricant channels” containing a lubricant and having inlet openings facing toward the sprocket and outlet openings facing toward the rotatable hub so that lubricant in the lubricant channels can exit through the outlet openings to lubricate the mating surfaces of the bearing and the rotatable hub. The porous bearing is permeable to fluids and thus capable of being penetrated by lubricants and greases and thus due to its porous character includes lubricant channels that function to conduct lubricants and greases from an outer surface of the porous bearing to an inner surface of the porous bearing through lubricant channels or pores formed in the porous bearing.

Abstract: A hydrodynamic bearing design is disclosed incorporating a flexible membrane at one end of the fluid gap in the hydrodynamic bearing. If voids exist in the fluid, and if changes in the size of these voids or bubbles occur with changes in temperature or pressure in which the disc drive is being used, then the volume of the fluid will change, and increase relative to the change in size of the volume of the surrounding physical part. The flexible membrane will yield to the increased pressure of the increasing volume of the fluid. The membrane essentially acts as a spring whose spring force is overcome by the pressure created by or accompanying a increase in volume in which the lubricating fluid is contained, and preventing its escape or being forced out of the inner region of the bearing.

Abstract: The present invention includes four sections or partitions: two thrust bearings which are formed by the sides of a grooved thrust plate and corresponding countersurfaces, the thrust bearings designed to cause fluid flow in a single direction up around the rotating thrust plate and upward along the surface of a rotating journal, and two journal bearings formed side-by-side on the journal formed between a rotating shaft and a bushing with multiple spiral-grooved sections being formed on the rotating shaft or in the stationary bushing. The two journal bearings are separated by a circumferential groove in the shaft which is connected by a radial bore to a hollow reservoir in the shaft for providing fluid to the journal bearing and the thrust bearing. By providing this bore and a second bore located near to the thrust bearing, the boundary conditions for the combined journal bearings and thrust bearings are fixed and a stable rotating shaft is achieved.

Abstract: A lubricating system is provided at a junction of relatively rotatable members of an engine in an environment where oil comes into contact with the external surface of the rotatable members. The junction includes a relatively rotatable member provided with a bore and pin extending through the bore. The pin is snugly received in the bore so that rotation between the pin and relatively rotatable member may occur. An example of such a system is provided by the wrist pin connection to a piston. According to the invention, within the bore are recesses spaced inwardly and separated from both ends of the bore and arranged diametrically opposed to each other on a line transverse to the principal linear movement of the wrist pin. A pocket for oil is provided by each of the recesses between the bore of the rotatable member and the pin for accumulation of oil to lubricate between the surfaces of the pin and bore.

Abstract: The hinge-assembly to which the invention relates has a sleeve (3) located about the central section of a hinge-pin (2), and two thrust-rings (7) associated as one with the pin itself and abutting the ends (33) of the sleeve, the rings themselves housing respective seals (10). These seals (10), together with the rings (7) prevent any outflow of lubricant from the interspace between the breasted surfaces of pin (2) and sleeve (3). The assembly-procedure when uniting said hinge-assembly to the track-links involves preparation and prior lubrication of the hinge itself, followed by a pause of sufficient duration in which to check for any leaks, after which--and only after which--the links are fitted up to the pre-assembled hinge.