Cage Structure Patents (Class 384/470)
  • Patent number: 8262290
    Abstract: A bearing element 7 has rolling bodies 3, having an inner raceway, an outer raceway and adjacent rolling bodies 3 which are arranged rotatably between the inner and the outer raceways via a cage 4 for holding the rolling bodies 3. At least one porous element 6, 13, 16 is provided for accommodating lubricant for the bearing element 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Paul Mueller GmbH & Co. KG Unternehmensbeteiligungen
    Inventor: Fritz Feldmeier
  • Publication number: 20120224800
    Abstract: Invention belongs to machine building, in particular to support assemblies in which roller bearings are used. The invention can be used in machines and mechanisms where bearing assemblies operate with high speeds and are exposed to significant centrifugal loads, in particular in planetary reduction gearing units, planetary gearboxes, planetary centrifugal mills where strong artificial gravity fields exist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Andrey Michailovich CHUMOKHVALOV, Victor Sergeevich LISITSIN
  • Patent number: 8216422
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a substrate within a processing chamber is provided. In one aspect, a substrate support member is provided comprising a housing having a bore formed therethrough, a support pin at least partially disposed within the bore, and a plurality of bearing elements disposed about the housing. In one aspect, the bearing elements comprise a roller having a central bore formed therethrough, a contoured outer surface, and a shaft at least partially disposed through the central bore. In another aspect, the bearing elements comprise a ball assembly comprising a larger spherical member and four smaller spherical members arranged about the larger spherical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kurita, Suhail Anwar, Toshio Kiyotake
  • Publication number: 20120167391
    Abstract: A light weight bearing cage assembly (100) consisting of a plurality of snap-on bridge elements (104) coupled between first and second cage support rings (102A, 102B) conforming to the surfaces of adjacent rolling elements (10). The snap-on bridge elements maintain rolling element (10) in separation, provide rolling element retention within the bearing assembly, and function as a lubrication reservoir between the rolling elements for grease lubricated bearings. Each snap-on bridge element may be individually removed and replaced by snap-on engagement with the first and second cage support rings. Optional locking clips or rings (300, 302) fitted over each snap fitting end of the bridge elements optionally provides additional security against accidental uncoupling of the bridge elements from the first and second cage rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: THE TIMKEN COMPANY
    Inventor: Brian J. Werner
  • Patent number: 8172462
    Abstract: There is provided a rolling bearing including an inner ring having an inner ring raceway surface, an outer ring having an outer ring raceway surface and a shoulder portion formed on one axial side of the outer ring raceway surface, a plurality of rolling elements which roll between the inner ring raceway surface and the outer ring raceway surface, and a cage adapted to hold the plurality of rolling elements at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction and having a guided surface which confronts the shoulder portion of the outer ring in such a manner as to be brought into sliding contact therewith. The rotation of the cage is guided through sliding contact of the guided surface of the cage with a guiding surface of the shoulder portion of the outer ring. A guiding space which is a radial space between the guiding surface of the shoulder portion of the outer ring and the guided surface of the cage is made to increase as approaching the rolling elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Suzuki, Naoki Tani, Junji Murata, Kazuyoshi Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 8157449
    Abstract: Cage 4 for a ball bearing, comprising an annular heel 7 and a substantially axial portion 8 provided with claws 11 defining pockets 9 for balls and connected to the heel 7, the substantially axial portion 8 extending axially over a part of the pockets 9. The substantially axial portion 8 has an outside diameter smaller than the outside diameter of the heel 7, the outside diameter of the substantially axial portion being somewhere between the pitch circle diameter of the cage reduced by half the radial thickness of the heel and the pitch circle diameter of the cage increased by half the radial thickness of the heel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Armel-Louis Doyer, Frank Berens, Thierry Adane, Nicolas Baillieul, Alexandre Manceau
  • Patent number: 8157446
    Abstract: A cage for a roller bearing comprises a base body with a plurality of pockets for the reception of the roller elements of the roller bearing. At least a part of the surface of the base body is coated with a layer consisting of or containing fullerene-like carbon nitride (FL-CNx), wherein an inter-layer of chromium (Cr) or aluminum (Al) or molybdenum (Mo) or titanium (Ti) or tungsten (W) or a diamond-like coating (DLC) or a metal-mix diamond-like coating (Me-DLC) is arranged between the surfaces of the base body and the layer consisting of or containing fullerene-like carbon nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Steuart Horton, Lars Hultman
  • Patent number: 8123412
    Abstract: A vacuum pump includes a high-speed rotor, and an anti-friction bearing for rotatably supporting the rotor and including an inner ring, an outer ring, a rolling body, and a cage for the rolling body both the rolling body and the cage being located in an intermediate space defined by the outer and inner rings, with the cage having a threaded groove in a section of its surface adjacent to the inner ring for insuring a continuous feeding of a lubricant to the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd Koci
  • Publication number: 20120014633
    Abstract: A roller bearing cage comprises first and second annular elements, each having at least three radially-extending bulges or indentations spaced around a circumferential direction of the annular elements. An axially-facing surface of each bulge or indentation serves as a guide surface for one axial end of a roller body. A plurality of bridge elements are bonded to and connect the first and second annular elements. Each bridge element is disposed between two adjacent bulges or indentations on a radial side of the annular elements that is opposite of the extension direction of the radially-extending bulges or indentations. The bridge elements are configured to support rolling surfaces of respective roller bodies such that a pocket for a roller body is defined between each two adjacent bridge elements and each two axially-opposing, radially-extending bulges or indentations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Berthold Beyfuss, Hans-Jürgen Friedrich, Fred Fuchs, Alfred Radina, Jonas Schierling
  • Patent number: 8092097
    Abstract: A retained roller assembly, capable of facilitating the lubricating functionality, includes a cylindrical roller retainer having a plurality of pockets defined therein and arranged in a circumferential direction thereof, rollers accommodated within those pockets, respectively, and a roller retaining projection formed in opening edges of side faces, opposite to each other in the circumferential direction and situated on an inner diametric side and an outer diametric side, respectively. A roller guide face for guiding the corresponding roller is provided at an axial position on the side faces of each of the pockets that are different from the associated roller retaining projection. An annular recessed portion is provided in axially opposed ends of an inner diametric surface of the retainer so as to deploy over the entire periphery of the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Izumi Ohashi, Sadatsune Kazama
  • Publication number: 20110255817
    Abstract: A roller bearing cage includes at least one bridge element having a surface provided for directly opposing an outer surface of a roller body. A plurality of ship-hull-shaped or droplet-t-shaped macroscopic recesses is formed in the surface for retaining a lubricant therein. The recesses have at least one of a width and a depth in the circumferential direction of the roller body that diminishes towards at least one end in the circumferential direction. A first group of the recess diminishes in a direction substantially towards one of the ends and a second group of the recess diminishes in a direction towards the other end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Berthold Beyfuss, Hans-Jürgen Friedrich, Fred Fuchs, Alfred Radina, Jonas Schierling
  • Patent number: 8033245
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a substrate within a processing chamber is provided. In one aspect, a substrate support member is provided comprising a housing having a bore formed therethrough, a support pin at least partially disposed within the bore, and a plurality of bearing elements disposed about the housing. In one aspect, the bearing elements comprise a roller having a central bore formed therethrough, a contoured outer surface, and a shaft at least partially disposed through the central bore. In another aspect, the bearing elements comprise a ball assembly comprising a larger spherical member and four smaller spherical members arranged about the larger spherical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kurita, Suhail Anwar, Toshio Kiyotake
  • Publication number: 20110229066
    Abstract: A roller cage for a rolling bearing, particularly a double roller cage for a cylinder rolling bearing, which has a ring web with axially extending webs. Every two adjacent webs delimit a receptacle pocket for a rolling element, with a floor thereof being formed by the ring web. Each web has a radial outer and inner base side connected to each other by an axial outer face side. The face side of the radial outer base side is tapered toward the radial inner base side. To increase the rigidity of the webs with regard to trouble-free removal and installation of the rolling bearing, the radial inner base side is trapezoidal such that a web width of the radial inner base side increases from the face side to the floor of the receptacle pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Ibrahim Muhamad
  • Patent number: 8011833
    Abstract: A retainer for a rolling bearing, which is used for a food machine or a vacuum apparatus, containing an increased amount of a lubricating oil and enhancing a use efficiency of the lubricating oil and rolling bearing is described. The retainer consists of a molding, of a synthetic resin composition, which holds a rolling element of a rolling bearing. The molding is composed of a resinous porous article having an interconnected hole porosity not less than 30% and a lubricating oil which impregnates the resinous porous article. The resinous porous article has an interconnected hole are formed by molding a resin containing a pore-forming substance having a melting point higher than that of the resin and can be used as a food material, and by extracting said pore-forming substance from the molding with a solvent which dissolves the pore-forming substance and does not dissolve the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Hirata, Hideyuki Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20110170818
    Abstract: A rolling bearing includes: first and second raceway members; a guide member having a guide surface; rolling; and a cage has a guided surface opposing the guide surface such that the guided surface can slidably contact the guide surface. A flow path for compressed air for supplying lubricating oil is provided in the guide member. The flow path has a discharge opening in the guide surface. The guided surface has two annular sprayed surfaces to which the compressed air discharged from the discharge opening is sprayed. The sprayed surfaces are defined as inclined surfaces inclined to opposite directions to each other with respect to the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Yuichiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20110150379
    Abstract: A bearing device includes: an outer ring having an outer ring raceway groove on its inner circumferential surface; an inner ring having an inner ring raceway groove on its outer circumferential surface; balls arranged between the outer and inner ring raceway grooves; a retainer retaining the balls; and a liquid lubricant supply device supplying oil content of grease to the space between the inner circumferential surface of the outer ring and the outer circumferential surface of the inner ring. The liquid lubricant supply device includes a liquid lubricant passage providing fluid communication between the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface; and a vibrating device contacting the grease to vibrate the grease to supply a liquid lubricant to the space between the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface via the liquid lubricant passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichiro HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20110135230
    Abstract: A radial roller bearing, which has an outer bearing ring and a multiplicity of cylindrical roller bodies which roll on the inner lateral surface of the outer bearing ring and the outer lateral surface of an inner bearing ring or a shaft. The roller bodies are held at uniform intervals by a bearing cage with inwardly directed radial rims for axial guidance. Lubricating openings, which lead from the outside into the bearing interior, supply lubricant, and are arranged on the outer or inner bearing ring axially at both sides. The lubricating openings are cutouts which are formed into one or both axial sides of the bearing rings, outside a load zone of the bearing rings, which extend into the outer or inner raceway of the roller bodies and in which the roller bodies are arranged so as to be partially freely accessible for receiving oil form the bearing surroundings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter SOLFRANK, Joachim SEITZ, Patrick ULLMANN
  • Patent number: 7938583
    Abstract: A rolling bearing made of stainless steel for use in conditions where hydrofluoric acid or fluorine grease is present can prevent boundary lubrication due to the invasion of metal corrosion powder into rolling surface of the bearing, and thus prevent the rapid advance of internal wear. The rolling bearing is highly durable and has a long life even if used in metal corrosive environments. A deep-groove rolling bearing includes bearing rings (inner ring and outer ring), rolling elements, and a retainer all made of stainless steel, and solidified lubricating oil sealed in the rolling bearing. The solidified lubricating oil is made by heat curing a mixture of lubricating oil or grease containing perfluoropolyether and a thermoplastic resin. Contact seals made of fluorine rubber seal the solidified lubricating oil. Even if metal abrasion powder is produced by effect of perfluoropolyether or hydrofluoric acid, it will be held embedded in the solidified lubricating oil, so that abnormal wear will not occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Tanaka, Ryouichi Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20110085754
    Abstract: An auxiliary bearing including a bearing mount disposed circumferentially about a shaft. A support wall may extend radially inward from the bearing mount, and the support wall may define a first annular cavity. An outer race may be coupled to a radially inner surface of the support wall. An inner race may be rotatably coupled to the outer race, and a plurality of rolling elements may be disposed between the inner and outer races. A pool of lubricant may be disposed within the first annular cavity, and at least a lowermost one of the plurality of rolling elements may be at least partially disposed in the pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: DRESSER-RAND COMPANY
    Inventors: William C. Maier, Joseph A. Tecza
  • Publication number: 20110081105
    Abstract: A guide piece 6 projects from an outside surface of a cage bar 5b of a cage 5 so as to make sliding contact with a raceway surface 3a of an outer ring 3. As the cage 5 rotates, the guide piece 6 operates to guide the rotation of the cage 5 while removing an excess grease G on the raceway surface 3a and transferring the excess grease G to axially opposite ends of the outer ring 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakamura, Yuichiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7918607
    Abstract: A roller bearing includes a plurality of conical roller bodies arranged between inner and outer rings, and a cage having an annular sectional body mounted between the inner and outer rings. The annular sectional body further having an annular oil thrower located on each transverse side, each oil thrower having internal and external radial projections, wherein the free end of each projection is positioned opposite and away from a corresponding one of the inner and outer rings. The bearing has functional axial and radial clearances between the internal and external radial projections and the internal and outer rings. The clearances facilitate the passage of a bearing lubrication fluid there through and form an obstacle to the passage of solid particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: S.N.R. Roulements
    Inventors: Stépahne Beluffi, Julien Berthier, Sandrine Lornage, Sabine Delafosse, Gérard Mermoud, Christophe Rimoux
  • Publication number: 20110069917
    Abstract: A conveyor bearing includes an inner ring fitted on and fixed to a shaft, a plurality of rolling elements arranged rollably on a raceway surface of the inner ring, an outer ring disposed of rotatably relative to the inner ring via the rolling elements, and a seal member to seal in a grease between the outer ring and the inner ring. The seal member has a plurality of seal lips and is mounted on at least one location on the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Masato Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 7909513
    Abstract: A groove is formed on one end face side of a cage including a plurality of pockets for holding individually rolling elements which extends circumferentially along a full circumference of the cage about a rotational center thereof and has a bottom portion which communicates individually with the plurality of pockets, and a distal end portion of a nozzle of an oil supply unit is inserted into the groove, whereby the generation of disturbance to airflow and negative pressure in the vicinity of an opening of the nozzle is suppressed when a rolling bearing rotates, so that lubricating oil supplied from the nozzle is allowed to reach the rolling elements in an ensured fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ueno, Kazuya Suzuki, Hiroyuki Urano
  • Publication number: 20110033145
    Abstract: A grease-sealed rolling bearing with a rotary outer race is provided of which the lubricating grease has a long life, and which produces less cold-time noise and can effectively prevent leakage of grease. In an outer-race-rotating type of rolling bearing A for use e.g. as a pulley bearing, lubricating grease G is sealed which contains a base oil having a dynamic viscosity at 40° C. of 13 to 73 cSt and which is thickened with a thickening agent of urea family so that the grease is present in an amount of not less than 20% of the entire spatial volume of the interior of the rolling bearing, and not more than 80% of the stationary spatial volume of the interior of the rolling bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventor: Kenta Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 7883271
    Abstract: In a rolling bearing including an oil supply unit for supplying lubricating oil stored in a tank by a pump via a nozzle which is made to open in an annular space defined between an inner ring and an outer ring, the nozzle is made to open in a space between an inner circumferential surface of a case and the inner ring, and the inner circumferential surface of the cage is formed into a surface in which an inside diameter of the cage is reduced gradually in a continuous or intermittent fashion from an axial center portion towards at least an end portion lying on a side where the nozzle is inserted, whereby a lubricating oil dropped on to the inner circumferential surface of the cage is caused to flow towards the axial center portion by virtue of centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the cage, so as to prevent the lubricating oil from flowing out to the outside of the bearing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Suzuki, Kiyoshi Tanimoto, Hiroshi Ueno, Shinji Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20110002568
    Abstract: A snap cage (5) includes an annular cage body having a plurality of pockets (11) defined therein at respective circumferential locations for retaining a corresponding number of balls. Each of the pockets (11) also has an inner face formed with a recessed area (16) extending from a pocket open edge on a cage inner diametric side towards a cage outer diametric side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kawamura, Norihide Sato, Tomoya Sakaguchi, Takayuki Kawamura, Hikaru Ishida, Makoto Muramatsu, Tomoaki Goto
  • Publication number: 20100327686
    Abstract: Rolling bearing having an inner ring (1) and an outer ring (2) with a row of rolling elements (3) held by a cage (4) between bearing races provided on the two rings, and an annular housing (5) surrounding one of said rings. Said ring forms with the housing at least one closed space (21a), (21b), inside which a lubricant is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Gardelle, Alexandre Manceau, Yves-Andrè Liverato
  • Publication number: 20100322543
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing arrangement with an outer ring and an inner ring that can rotate relative to one another, and rolling bodies, especially balls, which are located between the outer ring and the inner ring. The invention also relates to an infeed distributor and a suction exhaust device for incorporation in such a bearing arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: LINCOLN GMBH
    Inventors: Zdravko Paluncic, Ralf Trinkel
  • Publication number: 20100308594
    Abstract: A bearing structure that reduces the relative sliding speed of a sealing ring and a contact surface and suppresses relative deformation due to a temperature difference of inner and outer rings is provided. A rolling member is disposed inside a space formed between an outer ring and an inner ring, the outer ring or the inner ring rotating relatively via the rolling element, wherein a sliding section of the surface of the rolling member and the inner surface of the space is lubricated with a lubricant supplied into the space, and a sealing ring attached to a supporter supporting the rolling element seals an opening of the space at an end section in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohiro Numajiri
  • Publication number: 20100290728
    Abstract: An antifriction bearing for a turbocharger, which has an outer ring with an annular inner face and an inner ring with an outer face which is parallel to the inner face, and a rolling body cage with a single annular part arranged radially between the outer and inner ring with one cage guiding face which is parallel to the inner face of the outer ring and an inner surface which is parallel to the outer face of the inner ring, and with closed rolling body pockets which are distributed over the circumference and rolling bodies received in the pockets. To provide hydraulic damping and reduced friction, the annular part is provided in the region of the cage guiding face with at least one radial recess outside the rolling body pockets, which can be formed by apertures, cutouts or grooves in the cage guiding face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter SOLFRANK, Christian SCHAEFER, Christopher MITCHELL, Heiko SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 7789570
    Abstract: A tapered roller bearing has an increased load capacity and has a decreased maximum face pressure on the raceway surfaces without lowering the rigidity of the cage. The tapered roller bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, multiple tapered rollers rollably disposed between the inner ring 2 and the outer ring 3, and a cage for holding the tapered rollers at predetermined circumferential intervals, wherein the roller coefficient ? thereof is larger than 0.94. Herein, ?=(the number of the rollers×the average diameter of the rollers)/(?×PCD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Tsujimoto
  • Patent number: 7789569
    Abstract: A cage includes a cage body in an annular shape which is formed with a plurality of pockets for receiving rolling elements, an oil containing member in an annular shape which is attached to an inner peripheral surface of the cage body and formed of material capable of impregnating lubricating oil, and an applying member for applying the lubricating oil in the oil containing member to an inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7771122
    Abstract: A concave surface 60 is formed in an outer peripheral surface of each of pillar portions 26 of a cage 40. A plurality of recesses 42, 43, 52 and 53 are formed in outer peripheral surfaces of annular portions 24 and 25 of the cage 40. There are provided passageways 46, 47, 56 and 57 communicating respectively with the recesses 42, 43, 52 and 53. An axially-outer end of each of the passageways 46, 47, 56 and 57 is open to an axial inner end face of the annular portion 24, 25 or to the concave surface 60 of the pillar portion 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventor: Setsuo Nagai
  • Patent number: 7771125
    Abstract: A retainer for a rolling bearing, which is used for a food machine or a vacuum apparatus, containing an increased amount of a lubricating oil and enhancing a use efficiency of the lubricating oil and rolling bearing is described. The retainer consists of a molding, of a synthetic resin composition, which holds a rolling element of a rolling bearing. The molding is composed of a resinous porous article having an interconnected hole porosity not less than 30% and a lubricating oil which impregnates the resinous porous article. The resinous porous article has an interconnected hole are formed by molding a resin containing a pore-forming substance having a melting point higher than that of the resin and can be used as a food material, and by extracting said pore-forming substance from the molding with a solvent which dissolves the pore-forming substance and does not dissolve the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Hirata, Hideyuki Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 7735227
    Abstract: A method for forming a lubricating layer, comprising the steps of a process for inserting a bearing, which has a tubular-shaped retainer holding a plurality of rollers and inserted in an outer ring, in a forming die having an inner diameter greater than an outer diameter of the outer ring of the bearing; a process for feeding a fluid lubricant including a thermoplastic resin into the forming die; a process for reducing pressure in the forming die with the fluid lubricant fed therein to remove air bubbles included in the fluid lubricant; a process for pressing a cylindrical elastic solid, which has an outer shape greater than a minimum inner diameter of the retainer, into an inscribed circle in which the plurality of rollers are inscribed; and a process for heating and setting the thermoplastic resin to form a lubricating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shouji Nagao
  • Publication number: 20100086247
    Abstract: A bearing assembly includes an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of roller elements disposed between the inner ring and outer ring and spaced tangentially apart from each other by a cage. The inner ring includes a rib annulus. The rib annulus provides a flow of lubricating fluid around the rib face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventor: Brady Walker
  • Patent number: 7618192
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ball bearing with an inner race (2) and an outer race (1) disposed coaxially with respect to it, wherein between inner race (2) and outer race (1) bearing balls (6) are disposed which are guided by means of a cage (3), the cage (3) being comprised of a composite material. The invention addresses the problem of proposing a ball bearing, which combines a long service life with the properties of being capable of operating after a lubrication system failure. This is attained thereby that the composite material comprises epoxide resin as well as fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Myonic GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Moesle
  • Patent number: 7597481
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing roller bearing, in particular, a ball bearing for support and working roller bearings on roller stands, comprising an axially multi-part outer bearing ring and an axially multipart inner bearing ring and a number of rolling bodies rolling on the running tracks in four rows between the bearing rings. The rolling bodies are retained in each row at an equal separation from each other in the circumferential direction by means of a bearing cage and the bearing chamber, formed between the outer bearing ring and the inner bearing ring, is sealed at both axial ends against the ingress of fluids and dirt by annular seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Schaeffler KG
    Inventor: Adolf Scherpf
  • Patent number: 7530743
    Abstract: A cylindrical roller bearing with synthetic resin cages, in which heat generation of the bearing during high speed rotation is suppressed, while sufficient rigidity and strength is secured, so that the bearing is excellent in high speed performance. The cylindrical roller bearing (10) has synthetic resin cages (20) each including an annular portion (21) disposed in one axial end portion of the cage (20), and a plurality of columnar portions (25) extending from a side surface of the annular portion (21). The minimum inner diameter d1 of the annular portion (21) is set to be smaller than the maximum inner diameter d2 of each columnar portion (25), and the inner diameter of the columnar portion (25) is set to be equal to the inner diameter d1 of the annular portion (21) over a range of length not longer than ? of the whole length of the columnar portion (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Yakura, Takaaki Anzai, Ken Inaba, Yasushi Morita
  • Patent number: 7507028
    Abstract: A bearing assembly and method includes a two-piece ball bearing retainer. The retainer has a first set of fluid passage apertures penetrating into ball bearing sockets, and has a supplemental set of fluid passage apertures penetrating from one side of the retainer to the other. The two halves can be snap fit together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: SPX Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen L. Markle
  • Publication number: 20080219611
    Abstract: A cage element 18 in which pillar element portions 17, 17 are made to project from a rim portion 11 is manufactured by performing a punching process and a bending process on a metal plate. With rim portions 11, 11 of a pair of cage elements 18, 18 disposed concentrically with each other and phases in a circumferential direction of the respective pillar element portions 17, 17 made to coincide with each other, distal ends of the respective pillar element portions 17, 17 are butted to each other to be welded together, whereby respective pillar portions are made. The roundness of the respective rim portions 11, 11 and the shape accuracy and interval accuracy of these respective pillar portions are improved without performing troublesome processes, so as to solve the problem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Ootsuka, Kazuto Kobayashi, Isao Shintou, Keiichi Horino, Yuuki Mizushima
  • Patent number: 7416345
    Abstract: A retainer for holding bearings within a shaft bearing has C-shaped pockets for holding the bearings. Between the pockets are connecting portions, which are close to the openings of the pockets. The rear sides of adjacent pockets and the rear side of the connecting portion for the adjacent pockets form a concave site that is deeply gouged into the retainer. The bottom of the concave site is closer to the openings than the bottom of the pockets, thereby allowing base oil from grease in the concave site to better migrate onto the bearings and so lubricate the shaft bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080187261
    Abstract: A ball bearing has an inner ring fitted on a rotational shaft and including an inner ring raceway on an outer circumferential surface thereof, an outer ring including an outer ring raceway on an inner circumferential surface thereof, a plurality of balls rotatably provided between the inner ring raceway and the outer ring raceway and a crown resin cage for retaining the balls at equal intervals in a circumferential direction. A bore diameter of the inner ring is 100 mm or more, and a radial clearance resulting in a state that the inner ring is assembled to the rotational shaft is 20 ?n or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu TANAKA, Yoshiaki SAKAJIRI, Yuuki TSUCHIDA
  • Patent number: 7380990
    Abstract: A bearing comprises a cage which is provided on a circumference of a rotary shaft to hold elements rotating in an oil. A guide unit is provided on the cage to feed the oil in an axial direction or a radial direction of the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masakuni Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20080085070
    Abstract: A retainer for a rolling bearing, which is used for a food machine or a vacuum apparatus, containing an increased amount of a lubricating oil and enhancing a use efficiency of the lubricating oil and rolling bearing is described. The retainer consists of a molding, of a synthetic resin composition, which holds a rolling element of a rolling bearing. The molding is composed of a resinous porous article having an interconnected hole porosity not less than 30% and a lubricating oil which impregnates the resinous porous article. The resinous porous article has an interconnected hole are formed by molding a resin containing a pore-forming substance having a melting point higher than that of the resin and can be used as a food material, and by extracting said pore-forming substance from the molding with a solvent which dissolves the pore-forming substance and does not dissolve the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Masakazu Hirata, Hideyuki Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20080075400
    Abstract: An inner ring contact member is mounted on a rotation shaft to be disposed at a lower side of an inner ring in a vertical direction such that a larger-diameter end of a conical outer peripheral surface abuts against an axial end surface of the inner ring. The conical outer peripheral surface is formed such that the larger-diameter end of the conical outer peripheral surface is disposed radially inwardly of a radially outward edge of the end surface of the inner ring. A cage is disposed between the inner ring and an outer ring in such a manner that a first annular portion of the cage close to the conical outer peripheral surface is disposed so as to overlap with the end surface of the inner ring in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sekimoto, Masaaki Ohtsuki
  • Patent number: 7320550
    Abstract: A tapered roller bearing includes an outer race, an inner race, a plurality of tapered rollers, and a cage. A small-diameter end portion of the inner race is formed with a small flange portion for limiting axial movement of the tapered rollers and a cylindrical portion which has a less diameter than the small flange portion and is connected to an axial outer end of the small flange portion. The cage is formed at a small-diameter end portion thereof with a bent portion which is bent inward in a radial direction. A small-diameter end portion of the cage has a bent portion which is faced to an outer surface of the cylindrical portion of the inner race with a predetermined clearance therefrom such that a labyrinth is created between the cage and the inner race.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Ono, Kunihiko Yokota, Hiroshi Tachi
  • Publication number: 20070292064
    Abstract: A cage includes a cage body in an annular shape which is formed with a plurality of pockets for receiving rolling elements, an oil containing member in an annular shape which is attached to an inner peripheral surface of the cage body and formed of material capable of impregnating lubricating oil, and an applying member for applying the lubricating oil in the oil containing member to an inner ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20070280572
    Abstract: Lubrication method of a torque transmission device, which device comprises a confinement wherein at least one torque transmission part and at least one rotation guiding rolling bearing of the part are arranged, the bearing comprising a fixed part and a rotary part forming together a bearing area wherein. rolling bodies are arranged to enable the relative rotation of the parts, the method providing in the confinement for a lubricant for the torque transmission part and providing in the bearing area for a porous polymer matrix which encapsulates a lubricant for the operation of the bearing, the porous matrix being provided to be in contact with the rolling bodies, at least on a part of the periphery thereof. The invention also relates to such a torque transmission device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventor: Christine Sidoroff Coicaud
  • Publication number: 20070217723
    Abstract: A lubricating-layer-equipped bearing enabling a reduction in the minimum bearing load required in the initial operation, and a method for easily forming a lubricating layer in the lubricating-layer-equipped bearing. The extension from an inscribed circle S in which rollers are inscribed to a minimum inner-periphery face lid of a retainer 11 is provided as a non-lubricating space without a lubricating layer G being provided. The lubricating layer is formed in the bearing by inserting the bearing having a retainer inserted in an outer ring, in a forming die 7; feeding a fluid-lubricant 9 including a thermoplastic resin into the forming die; reducing pressure in the forming die with the fluid lubricant fed to remove air bubbles from the fluid lubricant; pressing a cylindrical elastic solid 13 having an outer shape greater than the minimum inner-diameter S2 of the retainer, into an inscribed circle; and heating and setting the thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shouji Nagao