Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
384282000 | Bearing surface insert | 18 |
20080304777 | CONVEYOR CHAIN HAVING A LOW FRICTION LINER - A conveyor chain including a chain pin having an exterior surface; a bearing having a generally tubular body portion having an exterior surface and an interior surface, the chain pin disposed in the generally tubular body portion of the bearing so that the interior surface of the bearing surrounds the exterior surface of the chain pin; and a low friction liner material secured to a surface selected from the exterior surface of said chain pin, the interior surface of the bearing, the exterior surface of the bearing, or combinations thereof. | 12-11-2008 |
20120294557 | NOVEL SELF-LUBRICATING SURFACE COATING COMPOSITION - Self-lubricated bearings contain a substratum and a self-lubricating surface coating composition disposed thereon, wherein the self-lubricating surface coating composition further contains at least one cured thermosetting acrylate and at least one phenolic resin. The phenolic resin preferably contains a mixture of phenolic resin and polyvinyl formal resin. A self-lubricating surface coating composition is also provided, as well as several methods of making the bearings. The self-lubricated bearings of the present invention have surprisingly long service lives. | 11-22-2012 |
20130294715 | BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR TORQUE SENSORS HAVING SUPPORTING GUIDANCE OF THE STATOR, AND TORQUE SENSOR - The invention relates to a bearing arrangement, in particular for sensor arrangements, comprising a first bearing part and a second bearing part, which are designed and arranged so as to be movable relative to each other and which touch each other at least partially in the course of said relative motion. The first bearing part is guided on at least one first running surface of the second bearing part, and the first running surface of the second bearing part has a recess, in which at least one ridge is formed, wherein the arrangement of the ridge in the recess does not influence the relative motion between the first bearing part and the second bearing part. | 11-07-2013 |
20140086515 | SLIDING BEARING AND METHOD TO PERFORM SERVICE AT A SLIDING BEARING - A sliding bearing of a wind turbine and a method to perform a service at a sliding bearing are proposed. The sliding bearing has a first bearing shell and a second bearing shell and a plurality of bearing pads arranged between the first bearing shell and the second bearing shell. The bearing pads are connected to the second bearing shell and the first bearing shell has a sliding surface that is prepared and arranged so that the bearing pads can slide along the sliding surface when the bearing shells are moved in respect to each other. A machining element is arranged between the first bearing shell and the second bearing shell to treat the sliding surface of the first bearing shell. | 03-27-2014 |
20150086144 | TAPERED-LAND THRUST BEARING FOR TURBOCHARGERS - An oil-lubricated, tapered-land thrust bearing assembly ( | 03-26-2015 |
20150345548 | BEARING ASSEMBLIES AND APPARATUSES INCLUDING SUPERHARD BEARING ELEMENTS - A bearing assembly includes a support ring circumferentially surrounding a central bearing axis and a plurality of superhard bearing elements coupled to the support ring. Each of the plurality of superhard bearing elements has a base, a superhard bearing surface, and an element side surface extending between the base and the superhard bearing surface. The superhard bearing surface has a partial-ellipsoidal surface shape. A bearing apparatus includes an inner bearing assembly and an outer bearing assembly. A subterranean drilling system includes an output shaft operably coupled to a bearing apparatus. | 12-03-2015 |
20150369285 | JOINT BEARING LUBRICANT SYSTEM - A bearing assembly is disclosed having a wearing surface formed from an alloying including tin, a wear material configured to be contacted by the wearing material during use, and the wear material having a smoothed surface. A method of providing superlubricious performance of a bearing assembly is also provided. | 12-24-2015 |
20160069388 | THRUST RING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OR REFURBISHING A THRUST RING - A thrust ring is provided that includes: an annularly shaped body defining an interior hole having a diameter; an annularly shaped insert defining an exterior diameter sized similarly to the interior hole diameter; a top surface located on the body, the top surface located adjacent to the interior hole; and an insert surface defined by the insert, the insert surface being annularly shaped; and an interior chamfered surface on the insert intersecting the insert surface. A method of making a thrust ring is provided. The method includes: forming an insert pocket, the insert pocket having an interior diameter in an annular body; forming an annular insert to have an outer diameter slightly larger than the interior diameter of the insert pocket; cooling the insert; and pressing the insert into the insert pocket. | 03-10-2016 |
20160178006 | SLIDING COMPONENT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | 06-23-2016 |
20160186805 | BEARING ASSEMBLIES, APPARATUSES, AND MOTOR ASSEMBLIES USING THE SAME - Bearing assemblies, apparatuses, and motor assemblies using the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a bearing assembly may include a plurality of superhard bearing elements distributed circumferentially about an axis. Each of the superhard bearing elements may include a bearing surface. At least one of the plurality of superhard bearing elements may include at least one texture feature that may be formed in a lateral surface thereof. The bearing assembly may also include a support ring that carries the superhard bearing elements. | 06-30-2016 |
384283000 | Groove | 4 |
20080247691 | BEARING DEVICE - A bearing assembly comprises a bearing ( | 10-09-2008 |
20090116774 | Bearing for rolling mill rolls - A bearing for rolling-mill rolls which each have two roll journals ( | 05-07-2009 |
20100239199 | BUSH BEARING - A bush bearing | 09-23-2010 |
20100278467 | BEARING MECHANISM HAVING SLIDING BEARING - A bearing mechanism | 11-04-2010 |
384284000 | Pocket array | 4 |
20080232729 | STEPPED OUTER DIAMETER SEMI-FLOATING BEARING - An exemplary bearing assembly for a turbocharger includes a center housing with a bearing bore having a bearing bore turbine end radius and an inlet for lubricant and a unitary bearing disposed in the bearing bore and forming an outer lubricant film between the bearing and the bearing bore wherein the bearing includes a central axis, an internal bore to receive a shaft extending between a compressor end and a turbine end of the bearing and forming an inner lubricant film between the internal bore and the shaft, a locating mechanism between axial ends of the bearing to prevent rotation and translation of the bearing within the bearing bore and a turbine end protrusion wherein the protrusion comprises a radius that exceeds the bearing bore turbine end radius to thereby deflect lubricant from the outer lubricant film layer radially outward. Other exemplary technologies are also disclosed. | 09-25-2008 |
20140169711 | SELF-LUBRICATING SNUBBER BEARING - Disclosed is a snubber bearing assembly for protecting a rotor and accompanying bearings from radial and axial rotor transient overload events. The bearing assembly includes a snubber journal mounted on the rotor and a snubber housing having a radial snubber bearing mounted on its inside surface, the radial snubber bearing being radially-offset from an outer radial surface of the snubber journal. Lubricating plugs are disposed within a plurality of holes defined in the radial snubber bearing, the lubricating plugs being configured to provide lubrication between the radial contact surface and the outer radial surface during a radial rotor transient overload event. The snubber housing can also include opposing axial snubber bearings that have lubricating plugs disposed within holes defined therein also. The opposing axial snubber bearings are configured to be axially-offset from inner axial surfaces defined by the rotor journal and provide lubrication therebetween during an axial rotor transient overload event. | 06-19-2014 |
20140341487 | BEARING ELEMENTS, BEARING APPARATUSES INCLUDING SAME, AND RELATED METHODS - Bearing apparatuses including contacting bearing surfaces comprising superhard materials are disclosed. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to bearings including polycrystalline diamond inserts or compacts defining a plurality of surfaces that move relative to one another and contact one another. For example, apparatuses may include radial bearings, or other bearings including arcuate bearing surfaces that more in relation to one another, without limitation. In one embodiment, a superhard bearing element may comprise a superhard table (e.g., polycrystalline diamond) forming an arcuate bearing surface. Further, such a superhard bearing element may comprise a chamfer formed about at least a portion of a periphery of the arcuate bearing surface. Bearing apparatuses including such bearing elements and various mechanical systems are disclosed. | 11-20-2014 |
20150369283 | BEARING ASSEMBLIES AND BEARING APPARATUSES - In an embodiment, a bearing apparatus comprises a first bearing assembly including a plurality of circumferentially-spaced first bearing elements each of which includes a first bearing surface. The bearing apparatus further includes a second bearing assembly including a plurality of circumferentially-spaced second bearing elements each of which includes a second bearing surface oriented to engage the first bearing surfaces of the first bearing assembly during operation. At least one of the second bearing elements may be circumferentially spaced from an adjacent one of the second bearing elements by a lateral spacing greater than a lateral dimension of the at least one of the second bearing elements. | 12-24-2015 |