Elastomer Or Plastic Patents (Class 384/536)
  • Patent number: 11708859
    Abstract: A method of providing electrical insulation for at least one portion of a bearing element is disclosed herein. The method includes electrostatically spraying a polymer coating to the at least one portion of the bearing element, and the polymer coating comprises a thermoset epoxy coating or a self-adhering nylon powder coating. The bearing element can be grounded during the electrostatic spraying. The method includes heating the polymer coating in an oven at a temperature less than or equal to 220° C. for a predetermined time, such that after removal from the oven, the polymer coating has a porosity of less than 10%. The coated bearing element has a resistance of at least 50 M? resistance under dry conditions and 10 M? resistance under wet conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Mahdi Amiriyan, Mitchell Valaitis, Rashid Farahati
  • Patent number: 11649859
    Abstract: A thin section bearing assembly is for a gantry assembly and includes inner and outer rings each having inner and outer circumferential surfaces and rolling elements grooves and are each sized such that a ratio of the inside diameter to radial thickness is at least thirty (30). A plurality of rolling elements, preferably balls, are disposed between the outer ring groove and the inner ring groove. At least one elastomeric annular damper is disposed between the outer ring and the housing and/or between the inner ring and the rotor and has first and second axially spaced sections. As such, the first section is compressed more than the second section under bending moments in a first angular direction and the second section is compressed more than the first section under moments in a second angular direction. The one or more annular dampers each have a thickness calculated to optimize vibration reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Bryan Allison, Philip Jones, Joel Lawrence, Jason Williams
  • Patent number: 11504979
    Abstract: Disclosed is a label printer, having a first receiver for a printhead; at least two mutually different printhead units, each configured as a replaceable module and that each have a printhead, wherein one of the two printhead units is selectively received by the first receiver in an assembled state; a second receiver for a guide unit for the carrier tape having a counter-element to the printhead that is configured to hold the carrier tape with the labels in contact with the printhead; and at least two mutually different guide units for the carrier tape, each configured as a replaceable module and that each have a counter-element to the printhead that is configured to hold the carrier tape with the labels in contact with the printhead, wherein one of the two guide units for the carrier tape is selectively received by the second receiver in the assembled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Bizerba SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rafael Reiss, Holger Offermann
  • Patent number: 11491804
    Abstract: Disclosed is a label printer, having a printhead and a counter-element to the printhead, wherein a carrier tape is led between the printhead and the counter-element; a drive mechanism for the carrier tape having a driven carrier tape drawing roller; and at least one non-driven carrier tape pressure roller that is associated with the carrier tape drawing roller, wherein, the carrier tape drawing roller and the respective carrier tape pressure roller are arranged after the printhead and the counter-element, wherein the drive mechanism for the carrier tape comprises a further driven carrier tape drawing roller and a further non-driven carrier tape pressure roller associated with the further carrier tape drawing roller is provided, with the further carrier tape drawing roller and the further carrier tape pressure roller, arranged in front of the printhead and the counter-element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Bizerba SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rafael Reiss, Holger Offermann
  • Patent number: 11479120
    Abstract: A driveline system for connecting an on-vehicle PTO shaft to on-vehicle auxiliary equipment installed on a vehicle. The driveline system is adapted for mounting to an undercarriage of a vehicle that includes a transmission, a PTO shaft connected to the transmission near a forward end of the transmission, and auxiliary equipment mounted to the undercarriage aft of the transmission. The driveline system includes a first shaft connected to the PTO shaft via a first U-joint, a second shaft connected to the auxiliary equipment via a second U-joint and to the first shaft via a third U-joint, a bearing installed on the first shaft for supporting the first and second shafts adjacent the third U-joint, and a bracket that is attached to the transmission rearward of the PTO shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Vanair Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Kokot, Jr., Michael Crumley, Charles Lorance
  • Patent number: 11454135
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for centring and guiding in rotation a rotating part rotating about a turbomachine axis, comprising a rolling bearing comprising an outer ring, a bearing support surrounding the outer ring, an annular attachment flange mounted on the bearing support and a flexible portion connecting the outer ring to the attachment flange and comprising first arms extending from the attachment flange in a first direction with a first radial component towards the inside, second arms extending from the outer ring of the rolling bearing in a second direction with a second radial component opposite the first radial component, towards the outside, and an annular base that the first arms and the second arms join; the first arms alternating circumferentially with the second arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Régis Eugène Henri Servant, Didier Gabriel Bertrand Desombre
  • Patent number: 11441550
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of assembling a syringe pump for accurately dispensing a fluid from a syringe. The syringe pump has a frame having a valve assembly connectable to the syringe. A linear rail is disposed in and connected to the frame, and a travel block is disposed within the frame and slidably connected to the linear rail. A connector is connected to the travel block and connectable to the syringe. A power screw having a first end rotatably supported by bearings is disposed within the frame and has a free second end opposite the first end of the power screw wherein the travel block is threadably connected to the power screw. The power screw is rotatably driven to effectively drive the travel block and the connector linearly along the linear rail thereby dispensing the fluid from the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Norgren Kloehn LLC
    Inventor: Dickson Ong
  • Patent number: 11421733
    Abstract: A bearing assembly includes: a bearing; a pair of first vibration absorbing members each including a flexible part, an inner ring, and an outer ring, wherein the inner rings are fitted over the bearing in opposite directions along an axis; an annular second vibration absorbing member sandwiched between the pair of first vibration absorbing members in a direction along the axis to be disposed on a radially outer side of the inner rings, the annular second vibration absorbing member having a plurality of inner pin holes penetrating from an outer circumference of the annular second vibration absorbing member to an inner circumference thereof; and an annular holding member fitted over the outer rings and having a plurality of outer pin holes penetrating from an outer circumference of the annular holding member to an inner circumference thereof so as to respectively align with the inner pin holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shou Umezawa, Daejin Shin
  • Patent number: 11401974
    Abstract: An apparatus for delivering a flow of gas having: a controller; a housing defining a gas-flow passage flowing a high concentration oxygen gas; a motor with windings, resilient bearing mounts and an impeller to deliver the gas through the gas-flow passage; a flexible printed circuit electrically connecting the motor to the controller and sensor system; and an elastomeric shield to pneumatically isolate the windings from the gas-flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Philip John Dickinson, Hayk Noobar Antranik Yaghobian, Richard Daniel Panara
  • Patent number: 11396078
    Abstract: Vibrations and a reaction force transferred to an operator are effectively reduced to improve usability and operability. A grinder includes an inner housing accommodating a motor, a final output shaft located in front of the motor, a connecting shaft parallel to the final output shaft, a front elastic member located in front of the connecting shaft, and an outer housing enclosing the inner housing and holding, with the connecting shaft and the front elastic member in between, the inner housing in a relatively rotatable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumitoshi Numata
  • Patent number: 11353062
    Abstract: A shock absorbing radial bearing assembly for use with a shaft, having an inner ring including an inner race, an inner raceway, and a shock absorber element disposed therebetween, the inner ring being axially fixed relative to the shaft, an outer ring defining an outer raceway, and a plurality of roller elements disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, each roller element being in rolling contact with the inner raceway and the outer raceway, wherein the inner ring is in direct contact with the shaft and has a circular cross-section as taken in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal center axis of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Koyo Bearings North America LLC
    Inventor: Ben Parris
  • Patent number: 11300130
    Abstract: An electric machine comprising: a stator assembly; a rotor assembly; and a support body. The rotor assembly comprises a shaft to which is mounted a first bearing and a second bearing either side of a permanent magnet, and the support body comprises first and second bearing seats to which the bearings of the rotor assembly are mounted, wherein the first bearing is mounted to the first bearing seat by adhesive, and the second bearing is soft-mounted to the second bearing seat by an o-ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventor: Christopher Keith Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11215223
    Abstract: Provided are a bearing assembly, a bearing assembly mounting structure and an air blowing apparatus. The bearing assembly includes: a bearing sleeve including an inner assembling face, and a bearing mounted into the bearing sleeve from an axial side of the bearing sleeve and including an outer assembling face corresponding to the inner assembling face. The inner assembling face and/or the outer assembling face is provided with a supporting structure protruding toward an opposing assembling face and cooperating with the opposing assembling face in a contacting manner, and the supporting structure is symmetrically disposed in a peripheral direction of the assembling face where the supporting structure is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES (WUHAN) CO., LTD, GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Hanbing Luo, Lin Cao, Wenkang Pan
  • Patent number: 11137022
    Abstract: A pivot assembly bearing apparatus includes: a shaft extending in an axial direction, a first rolling bearing, a second rolling bearing and a first sleeve bonded to an outer peripheral surface of the first outer ring of the first rolling bearing, a second sleeve bonded to an outer peripheral surface of the second outer ring of the second rolling bearing and a spacer abutting on a lower end surface of the first outer ring and an upper end surface of the second outer ring. A part of the first sleeve protruding downwards in the axial direction from the first outer ring is bonded to the spacer, and a part of the second sleeve protruding upwards in the axial direction from the second outer ring is bonded to the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventor: Kunihiro Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11105391
    Abstract: A dynamic damper includes a hub, a vibration ring located on the outer periphery of the hub, and a pair of elastic bodies made of a rubber-like elastic body located on both sides in the axial direction of the vibration ring and coupling the hub and the vibration ring, in which the vibration ring is provided with a protrusion extending to the vicinity of the outer periphery of the hub, each of the elastic bodies has a shape of being curved outward in the axial direction from the protrusion from the hub to the vibration ring, a projection extending toward the protrusion is integrally molded on a surface on a protrusion side in the elastic bodies, and a gap is set between the protrusion and the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventor: Yutaka Orioku
  • Patent number: 11090829
    Abstract: Machines and methods for slicing products into lattice-type slices or chips. The methods and machines utilize a cutting head having an annular shape that defines an axis of the cutting head, and an impeller assembly coaxially mounted within the interior of the cutting head for rotation about the axis of the cutting head. The cutting head having at least one knife at a perimeter thereof and extending radially inward of the cutting head. The impeller assembly has a base, a cavity within the base, a central opening to the cavity within the base, and equi-angularly spaced tubular guides extending radially outward from the base for delivering products within the cavity toward the perimeter of the cutting head as the impeller assembly rotates within the cutting head. The impeller assembly includes features with the ability to increase product throughput and increase the useful lives of the impeller assembly and cutting head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Urschel Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Wade King, Scott Alan Klockow
  • Patent number: 11073137
    Abstract: A bearing assembly for a drivetrain of a wind turbine includes at least one shaft having a circumferential outer surface. The bearing assembly also includes a bearing housing arranged circumferentially around the circumferential outer surface of the shaft. The bearing housing having at least deformation such that the bearing housing and the shaft have a corresponding deformation around a toroidal axis such that interfacing surfaces of the bearing housing and the shaft flex together and remain parallel during operation of the drivetrain, thereby distributing operational loads of the drivetrain. The bearing assembly further includes a bearing housed at least partially within the bearing housing and engaging the circumferential outer surface of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Jacob Johannes Nies
  • Patent number: 11067088
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation and air conditioning system including a two-stage, high speed fluid compressor including a case having a fluid inlet and a compressed fluid outlet and containing a shaft rotatably mounted about a longitudinal axis, a first compression wheel and a second compression wheel mounted back-to-back on the shaft, the first compression wheel forming a first compression stage and the second compression wheel forming a second compression stage, and a motor positioned between the first compression wheel and the second compression wheel and arranged to rotate the shaft. The case includes a through inner housing inside which is arranged at least the motor, the inner housing having an internal wall arranged to form, with the motor, channels between at least the inner wall and the motor, the channels allowing the motor to be cooled on contact with fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Belenos Clean Power Holding AG
    Inventors: Rexhep Gashi, Lucie Meyrat
  • Patent number: 11041530
    Abstract: A shaft bearing for mounting a shaft of a motor vehicle, having an inner sleeve, an outer body which surrounds the inner sleeve thereby forming a gap, and an elastomer body which connects the inner sleeve and the outer body elastically to one another. The inner sleeve may be embedded in the elastomer body and form a receiving opening for pressing in a bearing element. The inner sleeve may have at least one first deformation which is directed radially inwards in such a way that a shear gap is formed between the first deformation and the bearing element. An elastomer bead that may be formed when the bearing element is pressed in may be compressed within the shear gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: VIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
    Inventor: Friedrich Back
  • Patent number: 11035252
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine component includes a ring comprising a single-piece component having an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface that surrounds an engine center axis, a plurality of outer diameter pedestals formed in the outer peripheral surface and circumferentially spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of inner diameter pedestals formed in the inner peripheral surface and circumferentially spaced apart from each other. A plurality of recesses are formed in the outer peripheral surface and are circumferentially spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Todd A. Davis, Russell B. Witlicki, Christopher M. Valva, Andrew Newton, David C. Kiely
  • Patent number: 10941808
    Abstract: A shaft bearing for supporting a shaft of a motor vehicle includes an inner sleeve, an outer body surrounding the inner sleeve while forming a gap, and an elastomer body elastically connecting the inner sleeve and the outer body. The inner sleeve may have a first rolling surface facing towards the elastomer body and against which a first rolling section of the elastomer body abuts. The outer body may have a second rolling surface facing towards the elastomer body and against which a second rolling section of the elastomer body abuts. The two rolling sections may be connected to each other via a fold having a free length. During movement of the inner sleeve relative to the elastomer body and/or the outer body relative to the inner sleeve, the rolling sections may roll the same distance on the rolling surfaces, so that the free length of the fold remains unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: VIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Dürre, Christian Paul
  • Patent number: 10919386
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement, which is provided for installation into a bearing carrier (1), has at least one pivot bearing (2) as well as at least one elastomer collar holding the pivot bearing (2), which has at least one friction-connection surface (5) formed in the for holding within the bearing carrier (1). An elastomer collar (4) has at least one elastomer fold (6), over the course of which the collar material has at least one stiffness weakening (7). The stiffness weakening (7) either features a reduction of material strength or an increase in elasticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Henniges Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Petric Seipel
  • Patent number: 10883540
    Abstract: A thrust-sensing assembly for a bearing compartment of a gas turbine engine includes a spacer and a retaining ring. The spacer includes an outer frusto-conical portion and an inner ring. The outer frusto-conical portion includes an axial row of a plurality of slots. Each slot of the plurality of slots includes a first rounded end, a second rounded end, a first side-face, and a second side face that faces the first side-face. The retaining ring includes a plurality of axial extensions with distal ends that are in contact with the outer frusto-conical portion of the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher T. Anglin, Heriberto Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 10859112
    Abstract: An anti-friction insulated bearing system, including a bracket disposed about a motor driveshaft and a bearing disposed within the bracket configured to support the driveshaft for rotation. The system also includes an outer bearing cap disposed proximal a drive end of the bracket and an inner bearing cap. The system further includes an insulation sleeve disposed within the bracket proximal the bearing. The outer bearing cap, the inner bearing cap and the insulation sleeve are configured as modular components of the system. The modular insulation sleeve allows the use of standard anti-friction rolling element bearings. The modular components have common inner and outer bearing caps that can be used across a multitude of configurations with a minimal number of parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Christopher A. Stockton, Stephen Douglas Browne
  • Patent number: 10808713
    Abstract: This is invention relates to a bearing support for a vacuum pump and, in particular, to a polymer bearing support for a vacuum pump. The invention further encompasses vacuum pumps comprising polymer bearing supports, and methods of manufacturing bearing supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Edwards Limited
    Inventors: Emiliano Lucchetta, Reuben Day
  • Patent number: 10792802
    Abstract: A hand tool having a tool spindle that can be driven rotatingly oscillatingly, with an outer housing having a gripping region, an inner housing that is at least partially arranged within the outer housing and coupled therewith, and further having a drive unit including a drive shaft that can be driven rotatingly. The drive unit is received within the inner housing. The drive shaft defines a drive axis. The outer and the inner housings are coupled with each other by a deformable damping element, which in the non-mounted state is formed plate-shaped. The damping element in a mounted state defines a peripheral section and an axial section. The peripheral section in the mounted state is configured for transmitting radial forces between the outer housing and the inner housing. The axial section in the mounted state is configured for transmitting axial forces between the outer housing and the inner housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: C. & E. Fein GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Simma
  • Patent number: 10767688
    Abstract: A bearing system for a rotating vertical shaft includes a first ball bearing, having a first pitch diameter and a first axial stiffness and a second ball bearing having a second pitch diameter and a second axial stiffness. The first ball bearing is a deep groove Conrad bearing. The second ball bearing is an angular contact bearing. The first and second ball bearings are coaxial, secured to one another and rotatable together. The first pitch diameter is at least 1.5 times greater than the second pitch diameter. The bearing system has an axial stiffness ratio defined by the first axial stiffness divided by the second axial stiffness. The axial stiffness ratio is based on an axial preload force applied to the second outer ring such that an operating torque of the bearing system is within a predetermined range at temperatures from minus 40 to positive 85 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Roller Bearing Company of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Pallini, Michael Coppola
  • Patent number: 10711843
    Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a bearing and a housing that has opposing faces and opposing sides extending between the faces. At least one first connection feature is formed on the housing. The housing further has a bearing cavity that receives the bearing therein such that an axis of rotation of the bearing is perpendicular to the faces. A bracket defines an opening and at least one second connection feature configured to engage with the first connection feature to secure the bracket to the housing. The bracket is slidably received on the housing with the housing disposed in the opening and with the first and second connection features engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Nogueira Da Silva, Fabio Luis Vieira
  • Patent number: 10607640
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a first actuator assembly and a second actuator assembly which are respectively supported by a first bearing unit and a second bearing unit to be rotatable about a support shaft. The first bearing unit includes a first sleeve and a ball bearing. The second bearing unit includes a second sleeve and a ball bearing. The first sleeve includes a first end surface opposed to the second sleeve and an annular first step projecting from the first end surface, and the second sleeve includes a second end surface opposed to the first step with a gap and an annular second step projecting from the second end surface. The second step is opposed to the first step and the first end surface with a gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventor: Naoto Akatsuka
  • Patent number: 10590983
    Abstract: An elastomeric body for a shaft bearing of a motor vehicle is suitable for arrangement in a gap between a bearing support and an inner body. The elastomeric body includes a first attachment leg, a second attachment leg, and a connecting portion interconnecting the first and second attachment legs. In embodiments, at least one of the first and second attachment legs has a plug-on groove that can be plugged onto the bearing support or the inner body in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner such that the plug-on groove encompasses the bearing support or the inner body. Embodiments of the concept further relate to a shaft bearing for a shaft of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: VIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Dürre, Christian Paul, Markus Endhart
  • Patent number: 10443683
    Abstract: A bearing that rotatably supports a rotating shaft includes an inner wheel that supports the rotating shaft in a manner to be coaxial with the rotating shaft; an outer wheel provided radially outside the inner wheel; and a plurality of rolling bodies that are provided in a ring-shaped gap between the inner wheel and the outer wheel. The inner wheel is provided with a correcting section that corrects eccentric rotation of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyohei Katsuki
  • Patent number: 10253866
    Abstract: A drive transmission mechanism includes a rotatable member provided with a drive transmitting portion; and a shaft supporting the rotatable member; wherein the shaft has a large diameter portion, a small diameter portion having a diameter smaller than that of the large diameter portion, at least one middle diameter portion having a diameter smaller than that of the large diameter portion and larger than that of the small diameter portion, and a stepped portion at a boundary between the small diameter portion and the middle diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Tsukahara, Hideyuki Matsubara
  • Patent number: 10041544
    Abstract: A preloading axle clamp for a wheel bearing includes an axle adapted to receive a wheel bearing and a connecting fork. A bushing is positioned about a first end of the axle. A fastener having a first flange is coupled to the first end of the axle, wherein a portion of the fastener is inserted into the first end to retain the connecting fork on the axle. A nut is threadedly coupled to the bushing, wherein rotation of the nut on the bushing causes a preloading force on the wheel bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Patents & Technologies North America, LLC
    Inventor: Charles T. O'Connell
  • Patent number: 9874242
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing arrangement including a backup bearing (2), which is provided as a safety device in addition to a main bearing. A joint (12) is formed between an outer ring (3) of the backup bearing (2) and a housing (4) surrounding same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Siebke, Stefan Ruhl
  • Patent number: 9850956
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing assembly providing a bearing having a first ring with a hole, two front edges and an outer cylindrical surface, and a second ring having a hole, two front edges and an outer cylindrical surface, the first and second rings being relatively in relative rotation about a central axis. At least one row of rolling elements is housed in a bearing chamber formed between an outer cylindrical surface and a hole of the rings. The assembly is configured to be mounted in a housing. The assembly also includes at least one envelope mounted on one of the rings of the bearing, such that a dimensional difference between the housing and the bearing is compensated by the envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventor: Frank Berens
  • Patent number: 9841057
    Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a roller bearing connected with a bearing support having a plate-shaped section. The bearing support has a receiving bore for an outer ring of the roller bearing, and the outer ring of the roller bearing is affixed to the bearing support with two affixing plates that are fixed to first and second end sides of the bearing support and that clamp the outer ring at two clamping surfaces. An axial spacing of the first and second end sides of the bearing support is smaller than an axial spacing of the clamping surfaces of the outer ring, and the two affixing plates have a different mechanical strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Jürgen Barthelme, Alexander Dilje, Helmut Hauck, Daniel Ludwig, Stefanie Seufert
  • Patent number: 9828792
    Abstract: Actuating unit for automotive applications, especially motor vehicle door locks (1), comprising a drive (2) and with a linear actuator (3, 4) which can be pressurised by the drive (2), wherein the drive (2) and the linear actuator (3, 4) are arranged at an angle, and especially at a right angle, to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thorsten Bendel, Claus Topfer, Winfried Schlabs
  • Patent number: 9822819
    Abstract: A bearing unit for a drive motor, which is installed between a motor housing and a rotating shaft, includes: a bearing having two or more support bumps formed on the outer circumferential surface of an outer ring, and installed between the front or rear of the rotating shaft and the motor housing so as to rotatably support the rotating shaft with respect to the motor housing; and a bearing cover assembled to the motor housing, having a circular stepped surface formed on one surface such that an outer ring of the bearing is fitted to the stepped surface and supported in an axial direction. In particular, a support portion is formed on the stepped surface and is in contact with the support bumps so as to fix the outer ring in a rotation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hong Seok Yang, Hee Ra Lee, Yeonho Kim, Min Sung Kim, Jae Hyuk Suh, Kyungha Kim, Won Il Lee
  • Patent number: 9528548
    Abstract: In a center bearing support, a plurality of bored portions corresponding to spaces passing through a rubber-like elastic body in an axial direction are provided around a shaft hole. The bored portions are constructed by a combination of inner peripheral side bored portions arranged comparatively near the shaft hole, and outer peripheral side bored portions arranged comparatively far from the shaft hole. The inner peripheral side bored portions and the outer peripheral side bored portions are alternately provided circumferentially, and are provided so as to overlap in a part circumferentially, thereby having connection portions constructed by a part of the rubber-like elastic body between the inner peripheral side bored portions and the outer peripheral side bored portions. The connection portions are extended in a direction which is inclined to both of a circumferential direction and an axially perpendicular direction as seen from one side of the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9500100
    Abstract: A damper bearing assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The damper bearing assembly is designed to define forward and aft axial gaps which allow for normal deflection under standard operating thrust loads, but then close during a fan blade out event to allow the increased load to transfer to the damper housing. Frictional forces between contacting parts limit torsional windup and increase torsional resistance with increasing load. The damper bearing assembly includes a damper housing configured substantially within a U-shaped spring finger housing and a spanner nut with a radial hook portion coupled to the spring finger housing. The damper housing is coupled to the spring finger housing such that it is substantially confined within the U-shaped void. The spanner nut is coupled to the spring finger housing such that the radial hook portion is configured to limit the deflection of the spring finger housing and damper housing during a fan blade out event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Carter, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Stephanie Frances Drummond, Vivek Nema
  • Patent number: 9464669
    Abstract: A bearing system has first and second bearings each having an inner race. The inner races are mounted to a shaft. The first bearing inner race has a plurality of first ports. The second bearing inner race has a plurality of second ports. The shaft is insertable into the inner races in a plurality of orientations and has a plurality of outer diameter (OD) channels positioned to cooperate with at least the first bearing inner race to communicate with at least some of the first ports and at least some of the second ports. Regardless of said installed orientation, at least one of the second ports are in communication with at least one said inlet port along a flowpath bypassing all the first ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Donald L. Kerr, Eric A. Nager, Giri Prakash Devalapally
  • Patent number: 9415400
    Abstract: In a centrifugal separator having a stationary part, a non-rotating part, is elastically connected to the stationary part, and a rotating part, rotates around an axis of rotation and includes a centrifuge rotor and a rotating bearing-receiving element. The centrifuge rotor includes a disk package with a plurality of separating disks. The rotating part is journalled in the non-rotating part so that the rotating part and the non-rotating part are commonly pivotable relative to the stationary part. A drive arrangement drives the rotating part about the axis of rotation within a range of revolutions. An inlet channel extends into the inner separation space for feeding of a medium to be separated. An outlet channel extends out from the inner separation space for discharge of a separated product. The bearing-receiving element is tubular. At least one of the inlet channel and the outlet channel extends through the bearing-receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Alfa Laval Corporate AB
    Inventor: Kjell Klintenstedt
  • Patent number: 9370967
    Abstract: A wheel reaction force detecting apparatus includes a mount fixed to a suspension device, a hub to which a wheel is fixed, a sensing unit including a cylinder disposed inside the hub and substantially coaxial with an axle of the wheel, and a component force detector to detect a component force on the wheel. The hub is rotatably supported around the axle with respect to the mount. The cylinder has a first end fixed to the mount and a second end connected to the hub with a hub bearing disposed therebetween. The component force detector is disposed on the cylinder in the sensing unit. The hub bearing includes an inner race fit on a sensitive unit and an outer race fit on the hub. A position of the outer race is adjustable in an axial direction of the axle with respect to the inner race.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimoyama, Hiroki Nagano
  • Patent number: 9360082
    Abstract: A high speed flywheel system for a vehicle, i.e. capable of running at speeds of 20,000 rpm or greater, the system comprising a flywheel mounted on a shaft and contained within a housing, and at least one bearing arrangement, wherein the bearing arrangement is mounted to the flywheel or the housing via an elastomeric component such as a ring and/or a metalastic bush, thereby to reduce NVH and prevent the resonant modes of the flywheel and housing interfering with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Flybird Automotive Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan James Robert Hilton, Douglas Isaac Lascelles Cross
  • Patent number: 9333516
    Abstract: A centrifugal separator comprises a frame, a bearing device and a rotor having a first end and a second end. The rotor is connected to the frame via the bearing device. The rotor comprises a hollow spindle defining a central inner space. The spindle has a first portion adjoining the first end, an intermediate portion and a second portion adjoining the second end. The rotor also comprises a support element provided around the spindle, a separation space and separation discs are provided in the separation space around the first portion and against the support element. A rotor casing delimits the separation space. The support element is provided around the intermediate portion. The bearing device is connected to and provided around the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
    Inventor: Kjell Klintenstedt
  • Patent number: 9328772
    Abstract: The invention provides a center bearing support which can effectively suppress an inflow of a muddy water or the like into a center bearing side even at a time when a rotating shaft stops, without using a contact type seal such as an oil seal or the like. In a center bearing support in which an inner ring retaining a center bearing is provided in an inner periphery of an outer ring fixed to a vehicle body side via an elastic body made of a rubber-like elastic material, a rib guiding a flow of a muddy water or the like in a circumferential direction is formed on a convex surface constructed by a bellow-like bent portion of the elastic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9320400
    Abstract: An autonomous coverage robot includes a cleaning assembly having forward roller and rearward rollers counter-rotating with respect to each other. The rollers are arranged to substantially maintain a cross sectional area between the two rollers yet permitting collapsing therebetween as large debris is passed. Each roller includes a resilient elastomer outer tube and a partially air-occupied inner resilient core configured to bias the outer tube to rebound. The core includes a hub and resilient spokes extending between the inner surface of the outer tube and the hub. The spokes suspend the outer tube to float about the hub and transfer torque from the hub to the outer tube while allowing the outer tube to momentarily deform or move offset from the hub during impact with debris larger than the cross sectional area between the two rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Duane L. Gilbert, Jr., Faruk Halil Bursal, Richard Joseph Therrien, Russell Walter Morin
  • Patent number: 9267545
    Abstract: A bearing retaining structure includes a base, a stator assembly and a bearing. The base has a bearing cup projected from one side thereof, and the bearing cup internally defines a receiving space and has a fixed end connected to the base and an opposite free end. The bearing is disposed in the receiving space of the bearing cup. The stator assembly has an axially extended central opening and a retaining portion radially inward protruded from an inner wall surface of the central opening. The stator assembly is externally mounted around the bearing cup with the retaining portion tightly fitted around the free end of the bearing cup to narrow the receiving space, so that an inner wall surface of the receiving space is in tight contact with an outer wall surface of the bearing, and the bearing is stably retained in the bearing cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chu-Hsien Chou
  • Patent number: 9254743
    Abstract: An inner shaft supporting apparatus of a vehicle power train may include a bracket coupled to a bearing, the bracket including a bearing coupling part, wherein an outer ring of the bearing may be seated in an inside of the bearing coupling part, and wherein an inner ring of the bearing may be press-fitted into to be integrally coupled to an inner shaft, and an upper coupling part and a lower coupling part disposed at upper and lower part thereof based on the bearing coupling part, respectively, wherein the upper coupling part and the lower coupling part may be fixedly coupled to a coupling part of the power train by a first bolt, and a separation preventing cover coupled to the bracket and the inner shaft to prevent the bearing from being separated from the bracket and an axial movement of the inner shaft integrally equipped with the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Su Yoo, Jang Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 9222518
    Abstract: A centering assembly (100; 200; 400) serves to center a bearing ring (123; 423) in a circular opening (111) of a holding element (110; 210; 510; 610). The centering assembly (100; 200; 400) includes at least three centering elements (101; 201; 301; 401; 501; 601) that are each elastically deformable in the radial direction of the bearing ring. The centering elements (101; 201; 301; 401; 501; 601) are respectively disposed in recesses (114; 214; 514; 614) defined around a circumferential edge of the circular opening. The centering elements urge the bearing ring to be centered relative to the holding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Berthold Beyfuss, Hans-Juergen Friedrich, Alfred Radina, Jonas Schierling