Race, Liner Or Sleeve Patents (Class 384/569)
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Patent number: 7716838Abstract: An outer ring of a cross roller bearing is a composite component having an outer ring main body portion constructed of a lightweight metal alloy and a raceway surface formation portion linked to an inner side thereof and constructed of a ferrous material. A ring for forming the raceway surface formation portion is preformed, and is inserted into a forging die, powder forging is performed using a metal powder for manufacturing the outer ring main body portion, a composite component is manufactured in which a ringshaped portion for forming the outer ring main body portion is integrally formed with the raceway surface formation ring, and an after-treatment is performed on the product.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2005Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignees: Harmonic Drive Systems, Inc., Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy, Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Kobayashi, Toshihiko Kaji
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Patent number: 7682087Abstract: A transmission component is incorporated into a transmission in which an input shaft, an output shaft, or a gear is rotatably supported by a rolling bearing. The component has a nitriding layer at a surface layer and an austenite grain with a grain size number falling within a range exceeding 10. This provides a transmission component having an increased anti-crack strength, enhanced dimensional stability, and a long fatigue life. A method of manufacturing such a transmission component and a tapered roller bearing are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: NTN CorporationInventors: Kouichi Okugami, Yoshinori Muramatsu, Chikara Ohki, Michio Hori
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Publication number: 20100061675Abstract: A radial anti-friction bearing, which has an outer and inner bearing race with an inner and outer raceway and cylinder rollers that roll on the raceways between the bearing races and which are held at equal distances to each other in the peripheral direction by a bearing cage. To prevent slip, the cylinder rollers are replaced by hollow rollers, which have a larger outside diameter and lower modulus of elasticity. The dimensions of the bearing races, cylinder rollers and hollow rollers are configured such that both the cylinder and hollow rollers initially have a defined radial bearing clearance in the non-installed state of the radial anti-friction bearing, and the pretension necessary for the continuous drive of the bearing cage is adjusted on the hollow rollers only once the radial anti-friction bearing has been installed, while simultaneously reducing the radial bearing clearance at the cylinder rollers.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KGInventors: Bernd Endres, Christian Hoffinger, Tobias Mueller, Witold Marek Smolenski
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Publication number: 20100054648Abstract: An outer ring for rocking bearing (11a) includes a raceway surface (12a) on the inner diameter side and has flange parts (13a) and (13b) provided by bending axial both ends to the inner diameter side. The flange parts (13a) and (13b) are provided with bent parts (17a) and (17b) axially bent toward the raceway surface (12a) side so as to enfold a retainer arranged on the inner diameter side. Thus, the retainer can be enfolded by the bent parts (17a) and (17b). Therefore, even when the retainer comes to be moved to the inner diameter side of the outer ring for rocking bearing (11a), the retainer is caught by the bent parts (17a) and (17b), so that the movement of the retainer to the inner diameter side is restricted and rollers and the retainer can be prevented from dropping off.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2007Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Shinji Oishi, Haruki Yamada, Akihiko Katayama
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Publication number: 20100054651Abstract: A drawn cup needle roller bearing 30 having a seal ring comprises: a shell 31 having a raceway surface 31a on an inner circumferential face and also having inward flange portions 31b, 31c in both end portions; a cage 32 having a plurality of pockets 32a in a circumferential direction and worked by cutting; a plurality of needles 33 retained in the pockets 32a so that the needles freely rotate along the raceway surface 31a; and a seal ring 34, the shape of which is cylindrical, arranged inside the shell 31 between an end face 32b of the cage 32 and the inward flange portion 31b. The seal ring 34 composes a floating seal and is formed by press working. Due to the foregoing, an excellent dimensional accuracy can be provided and a quantity of lubricant passing through the bearing can be controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2007Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Kudou, Kazuto Kobayashi, Keiichi Horino, Kiyoshi Ootsuka, Isao Shintou
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Patent number: 7665899Abstract: The straightness and parallelism of a track surface on which rollers roll are measured within a range “L2” as a range for measuring the straightness and parallelism. The range “L2” is a range such that L2?0.8×L when a roller length is “L”. When the dimension from the corner P of the flange on the inner diameter side to the starting point of the range “L2” is “L1”, the dimension “L1” is ranged such that 0.8 mm?L1?2 mm. In this range, the straightness of the track surface of the outer ring in the axial direction is not more than 0.008 mm and the parallelism thereof is not more than 0.015 mm.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: NTN CorporationInventors: Tomoaki Terada, Kenichi Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20100002973Abstract: A tapered roller bearing comprises an outer ring (32), an inner ring (33), a plurality of tapered rollers (34) arranged between the outer ring (32) and the inner ring (33), and a plurality of retainer segments (11a) having pockets for holding the tapered rollers (34) and arranged so as to be continuously lined with each other in a circumferential direction between the outer ring (32) and the inner ring (33). Here, the tapered roller (34) is arranged between two adjacent retainer segments (11b) and (11c) except for between the first retainer segment (11a) and the last retainer segment lined continuously with each other in the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2006Publication date: January 7, 2010Inventor: Tatsuya Omoto
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Publication number: 20090317031Abstract: A roller bearing unit, in particular, a needle bearing unit, which has an outer ring, a roller body cage, roller bodies and several sealing rings. The roller bodies are housed in the roller body cage and are supported externally in the radial direction against the inner surface of the outer ring and are arranged to internally support a shaft aligned in the axial direction. The sealing rings are housed in the outer ring and designed to seal against a fluid flowing the axial direction. The sealing rings are arranged and/or designed such that the resultant sealing effect generated by the rings is direction dependent with relation to the fluids flowing in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2007Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KGInventors: Harry Pfundt, Horst Steinbinder, Peter Schaaf
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Publication number: 20090310898Abstract: A method for producing a rolling bearing component with a carbon gradient, at least in the region of its outer layer, wherein molten metal is sprayed onto a carrier in a spraying process, the carbon content of the metal to be sprayed on being varied during the spraying operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2007Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KGInventors: Werner Trojahn, Silke Roesch
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Patent number: 7603929Abstract: A rolling bearing that attains long life against surface damage such as surface-originating separation or internally originating separation and allows caulking of its shaft end face, a cam-follower with roller employing the rolling bearing, and a cam are obtained. The rolling bearing includes an outer-roller, a roller shaft located inside the outer-roller, and a rolling element interposed between the outer-roller and the roller shaft. At least one member of the outer-roller and the roller shaft has a nitrogen enriched layer. A surface portion of an area in a rolling contact surface where the rolling element rolls has austenite grain size of No. 11 or larger. The end portion has hardness of not larger than HV300.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2004Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: NTN CorporationInventors: Kenichi Ichikawa, Yasuyuki Watanabe
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Patent number: 7604465Abstract: There is provided a fluid machine able to secure a sectional area of a passage sufficient for gaseous fluid flow from a suction port to a compression mechanism, while able at the same time to achieve a reduction in size of the outline shape. In a scroll compressor where a scroll compression mechanism is housed within a housing having a funnel shaped, a compression mechanism main body of the scroll compression mechanism is arranged in a wide opening section of a front housing, and a compression mechanism driving section is arranged in a narrow section, a concave section is formed on the outside of a thrust receiving surface which is positioned on a bottom surface of the wide opening section and which supports the compression mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2007Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiro Fujita, Tomohisa Moro, Takayuki Kuwahara, Kazuhide Watanabe, Tetsuzou Ukai, Norio Hioki, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Makoto Takeuchi, Takamitsu Himeno
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Publication number: 20090245710Abstract: An improved speed differential bearing system, comprising an inner rotating member with two races and a channel, and outer rotating member with a single race wherein bearings with rolling surfaces of differentiated size are disposed between the rotating members in a manner that connects the races of the inner rotating member with smaller rotating surfaces of the bearings and the connects the race of the outer rotating member with larger rotating surfaces of the bearings. The larger rotating surface of the bearings is disposed in a channel between the two races of the inner rotating member without touching the inner rotating member as the bearing makes its rotation. In this manner, the inner rotating member and outer rotating member are able to achieve greater speed differentials while reducing operational friction and failure while allowing the bearing speed to be as little as 25% of the shaft speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventor: Steve Meyn
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Patent number: 7591594Abstract: A turbomachine roller bearing that supports a shaft constituted by a trunnion of a shaft line of a high-pressure spool of a turbomachine to rotate relative to a stationary support that is connected to a casing of the turbomachine, said bearing comprising rollers inserted between an outer ring disposed adjacent to the stationary support and an inner ring disposed adjacent to the high-pressure trunnion, the inner ring extending along the axis beyond a downstream end of the high-pressure trunnion to which it is secured by clamping means, and being provided with anti-rotation means for preventing said inner ring from rotating relative to the high-pressure trunnion.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2005Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Gilles Charier, Guy Dusserre-Telmon, Marc Marchi, Jean-Pierre Mourlan, Patrice Rosset, Zoltan Zsiga
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Publication number: 20090196542Abstract: Disclosed is a rolling bearing component comprising a metallic support with a spray-compacted metal layer which is applied to the metallic support in a spraying process and is provided with the running surface of the rolling bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2007Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KGInventors: Doris Guenther, Carsten Merklein, Peter Schuster
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Publication number: 20090154861Abstract: A pivot bearing having a first bearing surface of hollow cylindrical design, at least in sections. Guided in the first bearing surface is a second bearing surface of hollow cylindrical design, at least in sections. Rolling bodies are arranged between the bearing surfaces. The pivot bearing also has a cage for guiding the rolling bodies, and a slide block to prevent the cage from slipping. A first grove is formed in the first bearing surface and a second grove is formed in the second bearing surface. The groves are inclined transversely with respect to the running direction of the rolling bodies. the opposite inclination of the groves has the result that, if the spacing between bearing surfaces is neglected, the grooves intersect. The sliding block is guided between the grooves. The cage has a recess that holds the sliding block permitting cage control.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KGInventors: Klaus Becker, Thomas Winkler, Harald Vornehm, Jan Georgi, Thomas Goerwitz, Alexander Peter
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Publication number: 20090148092Abstract: An outer ring is provided with a key groove radially extending from an inner diameter to an outer diameter on an end surface thereof. A key member includes an annular body, an inwardly projecting part which is provided on an inner periphery of the annular body and adapted to be inserted into the key groove of the outer ring, and an outwardly projecting part which is provided on an outer periphery of the annular body and adapted to be inserted into a key groove of an axle box.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventor: Katsunori Otsuka
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Publication number: 20090133528Abstract: The shaft apparatus comprising a shaft, blocks fitted to an outer surface of the shaft in an axial direction at predetermined intervals, and a roller bearing. The roller bearing includes an inner ring fitted and fixed to the outer surface of the shaft, an outer ring, and a plurality of rollers interposed between the inner and outer rings to roll. First and second control rings for controlling the movement of the outer ring in the axial direction of the shaft are disposed between the shaft and the outer ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: JTEKT CorporationInventor: Yoshitaka Waseda
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Publication number: 20090126527Abstract: A bearing design for a roller finger follower assembly includes an outer arm having a pair of openings, a shaft extending across the outer arm through the openings, a pair of lateral follower rollers mounted at opposite ends of the shaft; and a pair of bearings rotatably supporting the lateral follower rollers. The shaft is not a member of the bearing. Therefore, a force acting on the rollers travels through the rollers directly into the bearing and into the outer arm which reduces the potential for the rollers to become detached from the shaft. An inboard bearing design involves an inner bearing race integrated into the rollers. An outboard bearing design involves an inner bearing race integrated in the outer arm and an outer bearing race integrated into the rollers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2007Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventors: William D. Bauman, Michael J. Okenka, Gerald R. Stabel, Albert C. Stone, Ryan D. Fogarty
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Publication number: 20090123100Abstract: Surfaces of the raceway grooves of the outer and inner rings, a surface of each ball and all surface of the cage are coated with titanium oxide. In other words, hydrophilic layers made of titanium oxide are formed on the surfaces of the raceway grooves of the outer and inner rings, the surface of each ball and all surface of the cage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: JTEKT CorporationInventor: Katsunori Otsuka
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Patent number: 7517156Abstract: A cradle bearing comprises a circular arcuate outer race arranged in a circular arcuate recessed part provided in a housing, a plurality of rollers arranged along the inner circumferential surface of the outer race and supporting a swash plate swingably, and a retainer for retaining the interval between the rollers. An engagement member and the end face of the retainer in the circumferential direction are in face-to-face contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2006Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: NTN CorporationInventor: Sadatsune Kazama
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Publication number: 20090092349Abstract: A rolling bearing unit for a wheel includes an outer ring member having a flange portion formed on its outer periphery and fitted to a vehicle body-side member, an inner ring member rotatably fitted in the outer ring member, and double-row rolling elements arranged between the outer ring member and the inner ring member. The flange portion includes a first flange portion formed on the upper-side portion of the outer periphery, and a second flange portion and a third flange portion formed on the lower-side portion of the outer periphery. Each of the first, second and third flange portion has a bolt-hole used to fit the outer ring member to the vehicle body-side member. The first flange portion is formed in such a manner that the bolt-hole thereof is positioned on the vertical line that passes through the rotational center of the outer ring member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicant: JTEKT CorporationInventors: Seiji Yamamoto, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Syuuji Nagata, Changxin Yu
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Publication number: 20090087131Abstract: A bearing device for a wheel includes an inner ring member including an inner shaft and an inner ring constituent member; an outer ring member; a rolling element; and a wheel-mounting flange formed on a peripheral surface of the inner shaft at a position close to an outer end portion in a vehicle-width direction; a hobbed portion formed on the peripheral surface at a position close to an inner end portion in the vehicle-width direction; and a coupler ring fitted to a periphery of the hobbed portion. A heat-treated portion of the peripheral surface extends from an inner portion of a base of the wheel-mounting flange in the vehicle-width direction, to a position which is offset from an outer edge of the hobbed portion in the vehicle-width direction toward an outer side in the vehicle-width direction by a predetermined distance, and at which heat treatment does not influence the hobbed portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: JTEKT CorporationInventor: Tsuyoshi Kamikawa
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Publication number: 20090074344Abstract: A ready-to-install needle bearing including a thin-walled outer ring (1) that is shaped without cutting and is provided with radially inwardly-facing stop rims (2) on both sides. Needle rollers (7) roll between the stop rims (2) on an associated external raceway (9). The inventive needle bearing is characterized in that an associated internal raceway (10) is formed by a thin-walled inner ring (3) which is shaped without cutting and is fitted with radially outwardly-facing stop rims (4) on both sides. The needle rollers (7) roll in a cageless manner or are disposed in a cage such that a captive ready-to-install needle bearing unit is created by using a positive gripping action, thus dispensing with the need for a part that is to be mounted having to act as a raceway.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2007Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KGInventor: Erich Lunz
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Publication number: 20080304785Abstract: The invention relates to a wheel bearing for a driven wheel provided with a roller bearing module, comprising an outer ring and a hub which can be slide onto the outer ring from at least from one side such that it encompasses a partial area of the outer covering of the outer ring, wherein at least one area of the outer covering of the outer ring and one area of an inner covering of the hub are embodied in the form of a conical covering so that they match each other and can be arranged adjacent to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2005Publication date: December 11, 2008Applicant: AB SKFInventors: Bernd Stephan, Jesko-Henning Tanke
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Publication number: 20080304784Abstract: A rolling bearing assembly includes: an outer member 10 possessing outer raceways 11, 12 on an inner periphery thereof; an inner member 20 possessing inner raceways 21, 22 formed on an outer periphery thereof and opposing the outer raceways 11, 12, and including a shaft body 3 of the bearing assembly; rolling elements 4 interposed between the inner raceways 21, 22 and the outer raceways 11, 12 in opposing relation; a wheel-mounting flange 5 disposed on an outer periphery of the outer member 10; and a brake rotor 7 mounted to the outer periphery of the outer member 10 without relying on the wheel-mounting flange 5 as allowed to move axially in a predetermined axial range relative to the outer member 10 but inhibited from moving circumferentially. Thus, the bearing assembly achieves unitization at reduced manufacture costs and is capable of effectively suppressing brake judder.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2005Publication date: December 11, 2008Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventor: Masahiro Inoue
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Publication number: 20080264528Abstract: A rolling, sliding part is made from a bearing steel, and the rolling, sliding surface thereof has a surface layer portion which is 56 to 64 in Rockwell C hardness, up to 12 vol. % in retained austenite content and 4 to 6 degrees in the X-ray half value width of martensite. Even if made from a common bearing steel, the rolling, sliding part is reduced in the likelihood of developing a WEA or like fatigue structure, consequently exhibiting a prolonged rolling, sliding life for use under severe conditions involving a high temperature, high speed, high load or high vibration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Hisashi HARADA, Hajime Tazumi, Michiru Ueda, Yukitoshi Murakami
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Publication number: 20080260315Abstract: The inventive rolling mechanism brings into play two pieces (1, ST) that rotate relative to one another with the interposition of rolling elements (5) supporting on raceways (4a, S2) facing the two pieces (1, ST) with a bearing that is exerted on respective contact surfaces of said raceways (4a, S2) and said rolling elements (5). At least one of the contact surfaces (S2) carries a layer (C) made of a material that is harder and more resistant than the underlying substrate that supports it.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2006Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventor: Marin Clausin
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Patent number: 7435007Abstract: A roughness of an outer ring raceway surface 14 formed on an inner peripheral surface of an outer ring 13 is made larger than a roughness of inner ring raceway surfaces 12a, 12b of an inner ring 11. Also, an average roughness Ra of the outer ring raceway surface 14 is set within 0.1 ?m?Ra?0.5 ?m in an axial direction and a circumferential direction in ranges of b1/(B/2)?0.9, b2/ (B/2)?0.9 and in a measured length of 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm where B is a width of the outer ring 13 and b1, b2 are a distance from both end surfaces of the outer ring 13 in the axial direction respectively. A roughness parameter S of the outer ring raceway surface is set within 0<S?20 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2004Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Kouji Ueda, Tohru Ueda
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Publication number: 20080247701Abstract: A bearing unit comprises a rolling element bearing (1) with at least two rings (2,3) which are each provided with at least one raceway and at least one set of rolling elements (4, 5) which are in contact with the raceways as well as at lea one tubular sheet metal element (14) connected to one of said rings (2). The sheet metal element (14) al least partly has a mounting part (16, 24) with non-circular cross section, said mounting part (16,24) being mounted to a counter part with a corresponding non-circular cross section of said ring (2) or connected to said ring (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2005Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: Hendrikus Jan Kapaan
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Patent number: 7419036Abstract: A disc brake for vehicles, in particular to a pneumatically actuated disc brake for utility vehicles, is provided. The disc brake includes a brake caliper and an application device for applying the brake. The application device has a first component in the form of a rotary lever, which is displaceably guided on a second element, such as a surface of the brake caliper, by way of a needle bearing. The disc brake is characterized in that the inner ring of the needle bearing is embodied as a bearing cage made of plastic, the cage enclosing on its outside an evenly configured ring of sheet metal serving as the bearing exterior.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2007Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbHInventor: Franz-Josef Birkeneder
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Publication number: 20080152276Abstract: The present invention provides a clutch bearing assembly including a split outer cylindrical race having opposed axial edges. One outer race axial edge includes a radially inwardly-extending flange having an inner diameter Y. The clutch bearing assembly also includes an inner cylindrical race having opposed axial edges. One inner race axial edge includes a first radially outwardly-extending flange and the opposite inner race axial edge includes a second radially outwardly-extending flange. The second radially outwardly-extending flange has an outer diameter X greater than inner diameter Y such that the second radially outwardly-extending flange radially overlaps the outer race radially inwardly-extending flange. The clutch bearing assembly also includes a plurality of ramps formed on at least one of the outer cylindrical race and the inner cylindrical race. The ramps at least partially define roller pockets. The clutch bearing assembly further includes a plurality of rollers positioned in the roller pockets.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: TIMKEN US CORPORATIONInventors: Ian D. Baynes, Kenneth Anderson, David R. Moulton
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Patent number: 7371179Abstract: A tripod constant-velocity universal joint has three guide grooves extending axially along an outer cup, trunnions projecting from a spider inserted into the outer cup, and rollers rotatably mounted on the trunnions through rolling elements. The rollers rotate and slide against guide surfaces of the guide grooves. The rolling elements have flat end faces and are assembled into the rollers by a keystone process. The rollers have flanges for preventing dislodgement of the rolling elements from the rollers. If a distance X by which a rolling element moves radially is maximum, the ratio (W/Dn) of the width W of contact between inner side surfaces of the flanges to the diameter Dn of the rolling element is in a range of from 0% to 30%, and the height h of the flanges also is set to satisfy the ratio value (W/Dn).Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2005Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Kawakatsu, Shinichi Momonoi, Hideki Sugado
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Patent number: 7334943Abstract: A structure supporting a differential rotatably includes an inner ring arranged at the differential, an outer ring arranged at an external peripheral portion formed to surround the differential, and a tapered roller rolling between the inner ring and the outer ring. At least any one of the inner ring, the outer ring and the tapered roller has a carbo-nitrided layer and provides an austenite grain number falling within a range exceeding 10. Thus the structure can be provided with increased anti-crack strength and dimensional stability, and increased rolling contact fatigue life.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: NTN CorporationInventors: Kouichi Okugami, Yoshinori Muramatsu, Chikara Ohki
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Publication number: 20080019630Abstract: A roller bearing cage includes annular portions provided respectively at opposite ends thereof, a plurality of pillar portions interconnecting the annular portions, a plurality of pockets for respectively holding needle rollers, and roller retaining portions formed respectively on circumferentially-opposed wall surfaces and of each pocket portion. A concave groove smaller in width than the pillar portion is formed axially in a back surface of each pillar portion and those portion of back surfaces of the annular portions disposed respectively at opposite ends of each pillar portion. Separation groove portions are formed respectively at opposite sides of those portions of the concave groove disposed respectively at the opposite ends of the pillar portion, and extend respectively to corresponding circumferentially-opposite side surfaces of the pillar portion, and each separation groove portion separates the corresponding roller retaining portion and annular portion from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventor: Kenichi Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7147382Abstract: A component of a crank mechanism is incorporated in the crank mechanism that converts reciprocating motion of a piston to rotary motion by means of a crank pin, a crank arm and a crank shaft via a connecting bar, and has a hydrogen content of no more than 0.5 ppm, austenite crystal grains of a grain size number exceeding 10, or a fracture stress value of no less than 2650 MPa. Thus, a support structure in and a component of a crank mechanism ensuring a long fatigue life, high anti-crack strength, and a reduced rate of secular dimensional change to improve dimensional stability, can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2004Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: NTN CorporationInventors: Tadatoshi Suzuki, Takanori Terada
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Patent number: 7137741Abstract: A rolling bearing intended for longer life by improving seizure resistance and wear resistance in the circumstance with slip contact or in the circumstance where lubricant tends to be exhausted, which is manufactured by applying carburization or carbonitridation to an Si-added material to disperse and precipitate carbides or carbonitrides containing Si or Si—X (X=one or more of Mn, Mo, and Cr) thereby improving the seizure resistance and the wear resistance by the self-lubrication effect thereof, the size of the carbides or carbonitrides being preferably 10 ?m or less for preventing flaking, and the area ratio for the carbides or carbonitrides being preferably 1.0–30% for obtaining sufficient self-lubrication effect.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2002Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Fujita, Youichi Matsumoto, Yasuo Murakami, Nobuaki Mitamura, Shigeru Okita
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Patent number: 7104697Abstract: In a heat treatment wherein a blank (intermediate material) formed with a lubrication hole is heated and quenched, the quenching of the blank is terminated at the point of time that a temperature at a portion corresponding to a depth from a raceway surface (surface of a bearing part) of an outer ring (the bearing part), to which depth the maximum shear stress affects, is lowered to an MS point.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazutoshi Toda, Masao Goto
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Patent number: 7104699Abstract: A first race component includes a flat, circular raceway portion, defined about an axis, and an axially extending lip portion. A plurality of needle rollers is arranged radially with respect to the axis for rolling contact with the flat raceway. A bearing cage retains the needle rollers and is engageable with the lip portion of the first component for piloting of the bearing cage. A second race component, made of different material, includes a flat portion in contact with the raceway portion of the first race component and a lip portion extending axially and radially from the flat portion and beyond the lip portion of the first race component such that the second race component is engageable by the bearing cage to hold the first race component, the second race component and the bearing cage together as an assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2001Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Timken US CorporationInventors: Charles W. Shattuck, Robert D. Richtmeyer, Richard F. Murphy
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Patent number: 7018107Abstract: Rolling bearing comprising an inner ring, rolling elements and an outer ring. According to one aspect of the invention the inner ring is produced by M62 steel powder metallurgical technique whilst the outer ring is a conventional stool ring. According to another aspect a rolling bearing having at least one component produced by powder metallurgy technique is in a actively lubricated condition.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2001Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: AB SKFInventors: John Michael Beswick, Xiao Bo Zhou
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Patent number: 6997616Abstract: A radial roller bearing has: an outer ring; an inner ring; and, a cylindrical roller interposed between the outer ring and the inner ring, the outer and inner rings respectively including flange portions formed in the end portions thereof so as to be opposed to the end face of the cylindrical roller, wherein, in the end face of the cylindrical roller, there is formed a circular-ring-shaped contact portion of the roller end having centers of curvature continuously existing on a circle which lies on a plane parallel to the end face of the cylindrical roller and also the center of the circle is on the rotation axis of the cylindrical roller.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2004Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Hironari Sakoda, Shinichi Natsumeda, Takashi Murai
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Patent number: 6997617Abstract: A roller bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of cylindrical rollers each provided between rolling contact surfaces of the inner ring and the outer ring. Each of the cylindrical rollers includes an end face having a peripheral part that is crowned. A flange portion is formed at an outer circumferential face end part of the inner ring and/or an inner circumferential face end part of the outer ring. The peripheral part is crowned in a curving shape represented by an exponential function of y=a·exp(?b·x); where a and b are constants, x is a distance from the rolling contact surface in a radial direction of the cylindrical roller, and y is a crowning fall-off amount from a central part of the end face of the cylindrical roller in an axial direction of the cylindrical roller.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2004Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiro Ide, Masatake Ichimaru, Yukio Ooura, Yuko Kamamura
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Patent number: 6994474Abstract: A rolling bearing includes: an inner ring mounted on a shaft to be supported; an outer ring provided around an outer periphery of the inner ring; a plurality of rolling elements rolling while contacting with an inner peripheral face of the outer ring and an outer peripheral face of the inner ring at surfaces thereof; and a retainer supporting the rolling elements. A sliding resistance-reducing film is formed on at least one of a first group being an outer peripheral face of the retainer or the inner peripheral face of the outer ring and a second group being an inner peripheral face of the retainer or the outer peripheral face of the inner ring.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2002Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Dai Kinno, Tsuyoshi Saito, Yasushi Tomizuka, Taikou Nawamoto, Hirotoshi Aramaki
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Patent number: 6979132Abstract: A cylindrical roller bearing includes an outer bearing ring, an inner bearing ring and cylindrical rollers located between the outer and inner bearing rings. One of the rings has side rims forming an axial stop for the cylindrical rollers. The bearing ring on which the side rims are not provided is formed with at least one groove outside the axial extension of the cylindrical rollers. A ring of spring-elastic material is positioned in the groove to form an axial stop for the cylindrical rollers. The periphery of the ring has no interruptions. To improve the running behavior of the cylindrical roller bearing, the ring possesses a V-shaped cross-section with two legs.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2003Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: AB SKFInventors: Hans-Jürgen Friedrich, Bernhard Groschek, Torbjörn Hedman, Rut Heemskerk, Jürgen Stürzengerger, Alfred Weidinger
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Patent number: 6893372Abstract: In order to improve a seizure resistance as well as restricting of a dispersion of a rotation torque, surface roughness of a large diameter side end face (4A) of a tapered roller (4) is defined as a value satisfying both the following conditional expressions (1) and (2). 0.04 ?m?Ra(r)?0.1 ?m??(1) 0.8?Ra(r)/Ra(c)?1.1??(2) where, Ra(r) is an arithmetic average of roughness in a radial direction on the large diameter side end face of the tapered roller, and Ra(c) is an arithmetic average of roughness in a peripheral direction on the large diameter side end face of the tapered roller.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2003Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Matsuyama, Akiyuki Suzuki, Yasunari Abo
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Patent number: 6886986Abstract: A bearing having bearing elements made of Type 60 Nitinol made by an investment casting process for producing near net shape parts of Nitinol includes making a ceramic mold having a series of spherical cavities, pouring molten Nitinol into the mold cavities, cooling the mold and the Nitinol in the cavities to produce solidified Nitinol balls, and breaking the mold away from the Nitinol balls. Nitinol rods for roller bearings can be made by conventional casting directly from the crucible in a draw-down oven. The bars are hot machined or hot rotary swaged and then centerless ground and laser cut to length, or are first cut to length and then centerless ground individually for crowned roller elements. The balls are broken or cut from the risers, leaving the gates attached, and are consolidated by healing under pressure in a hot isostatic press, then ground to the desired size. The balls or rollers are polished, then treated to create an integral ceramic finish.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2000Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: Nitinol Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Gerald J. Julien
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Patent number: 6874943Abstract: An antifriction bearing comprises an inner race, an outer race having an outer peripheral surface to be brought into contact with other member for use as a roll, and a plurality of rolling elements arranged between the inner and outer races. The portion of the outer race from an outer peripheral surface thereof to a depth of 3 mm has a hardness of 58 to 62 in Rockwell C hardness (hereinafter referred to as “HRC”) and a hardness gradient of up to 1 HRC/1 mm from the outer peripheral surface inward, and contains 5 to 18 vol. % of retained austenite. The portion of the outer race from an inner peripheral surface thereof to a depth of 1 mm has a hardness of 61 to 64 in HRC and contains 5 to 15 vol. % of retained austenite. The center portion of the thickness of the outer race between the inner and outer peripheral surfaces thereof has a hardness of 35 to 42 in HRC. The outer race can be prevented from cracking or breaking and from undergoing plastic deformation due to use for a short period of time.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2002Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masao Goto, Katsuhiko Kizawa
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Patent number: 6832971Abstract: A power roller for a toroidal continuously variable transmission includes: an inner wheel, an outer wheel a power roller bearing for bearing the inner wheel. The power roller bearing includes an inner wheel orbital face formed on the inner wheel, an outer wheel orbital face formed on the outer wheel, and a rolling element interposed between the inner wheel orbital face and the outer wheel orbital face. The rolling element is shaped into a frustum of a cone. A first contact is made between one of the following while a second contact is made between the other of the following: the rolling element and the inner wheel orbital face, and the rolling element and the outer wheel orbital face. The first contact is a point and the second contact is a line. Otherwise, the first contact is shorter in width than the second contact.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2003Date of Patent: December 21, 2004Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takeshi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20040228561Abstract: A structure supporting a differential rotatably includes an inner ring arranged at the differential, an outer ring arranged at an external peripheral portion formed to surround the differential, and a tapered roller rolling between the inner ring and the outer ring. At least any one of the inner ring, the outer ring and the tapered roller has a carbo-nitrided layer and provides an austenite grain number falling within a range exceeding 10. Thus the structure can be provided with increased anti-crack strength and dimensional stability, and increased rolling contact fatigue life.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2004Publication date: November 18, 2004Inventors: Kouichi Okugami, Yoshinori Muramatsu, Chikara Ohki
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Patent number: 6793393Abstract: This bearing for a motor fuel pump is made of a graphite dispersion type Cu-based sintered alloy with a composition consisting essentially of 20 to 40% by weight of Ni, 0.1 to 0.9% by weight of P and 1 to 8% by weight of C, and the balance of Cu and inevitable impurities, the graphite dispersion type Cu-based sintered alloy having a porosity of 5 to 25%.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Kanezaki Noboru, Maruyama Tsuneo
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Patent number: 6789949Abstract: A tapered roller bearing in which tapered rollers are interposed between an inner ring member and an outer ring member and a large diameter flange having a guide surface guiding a large diameter side end face of a tapered roller is provided in an end portion in an axial direction of the inner ring member. Microscopic streaked grinding trails are arranged in multiple directions on the large diameter side end face of the tapered roller.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2002Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akiyuki Suzuki, Hiroki Matsuyama, Yasunari Abo