| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 384125000 | Resilient bearing surface | 19 |
| 20100054641 | ACTUATOR MOUNT ASSEMBLY - An actuator mounting assembly includes an actuator and a bearing removably attached to the actuator. A bearing plate includes a hole formed therein for receiving the bearing. A bearing mounting plate includes a hole formed therein for receiving the bearing. First and second bearing inserts are removably disposed about the holes formed in the bearing plate and bearing mounting plate. The bearing mounting plate and bearing plate are coupled to retain the bearing and bearing inserts therebetween firming a seal wherein the actuator is angularly movable about the bearing. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100254641 | ROTARY-SLIDE BEARING WITH A CONVEX AND AN ELASTICALLY YIELDING SLIDING SURFACE - The invention relates to a rotary slide bearing ( | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110026862 | REACTION ROD ARRANGEMENT - The present invention refers to a reaction rod arrangement for a vehicle including a bushing. The bushing comprises a rigid core member having a bearing portion and defining a longitudinal axis. An elastomer body is arranged on at least a portion of a radially outer surface of the bearing portion. The bearing portion comprises a first tapering portion tapering towards one axial end of the bearing portion and a second tapering portion tapering towards an opposite axial end of the bearing portion. An axial extension of the bearing portion is larger than a maximal radial extension with respect to the longitudinal axis. The elastomer body is movably arranged on the bearing portion to perform a rotational movement about the longitudinal axis relative to the rigid core member and a tilting movement about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis relative to the rigid core member. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110150377 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEARINGS AND TOLERANCE RINGS WITH FUNCTIONAL LAYERS - A bearing or tolerance ring has multiple functional layers including an annular metallic band and an elastomeric layer. The tolerance ring also includes a low friction layer that is bonded to the other layers. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110170814 | STABILIZER BUSHING - A stabilizer bushing wherein there is low friction resistance between the stabilizer bushing and a stabilizer bar, and a coating film is not prone to separation from a rubber elastic body. Stabilizer bushings include: a rubber elastic body that is made of a self-lubricating rubber containing an elastomer and a bleeding lubricant, that includes a holding hole that holds a stabilizer bar on a radial inner side, and that is shaped as a cylinder attached to a body of a vehicle by brackets, a coating film that covers an inner circumferential surface of the holding hole, that contains a resin having a mercapto group, and that is deformable to follow up deformation of the rubber elastic body; and a lubricating film that is formed on a surface of the coating film by the bleeding lubricant of the rubber elastic body penetrating the coating film and oozing onto the surface of the coating film, and that is in relative sliding contact with an outer circumferential surface of the stabilizer bar. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120141056 | Bridge Spring Centering Device for Squeeze Film Dampers - A damper film bearing assembly for supporting a rotatable shaft includes a bearing housing having a longitudinal opening passing therethrough for receiving the rotatable shaft. The bearing housing also has at least one radial recess formed in an outer surface thereof. At least one resilient element is disposed within the recess in the bearing housing above the floor of the recess, the resilient element biasing the support piston away from the axis of the rotatable shaft. The resilient element in accordance with the disclosure may be a bridge spring or a rod spring as appropriate. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120314982 | SPHERICAL ELASTOMERIC BEARING WITH IMPROVED SHIM THICKNESS - An elastomeric spherical bearing includes a multiple of shims, at least two of which have different thicknesses. In one exemplary embodiment, each of the shims has a different thickness with a generally equivalent stress on each shim. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20140133790 | BEARING ASSEMBLY OF A STEERING COLUMN LEVER ON A STEERING COLUMN PART, AND MOTOR VEHICLE WITH SUCH A BEARING ASSEMBLY - The invention concerns a bearing assembly ( | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140321780 | ROLLING BEARING ASSEMBLY DEVICE FOR STEERING COLUMN - The invention provides a rolling bearing assembly device having an inner race, an outer race, at least one row of rolling elements between the inner race and the outer race, and a sleeve mounted in the bore of the inner race. An annular elastic element is mounted axially between a radial bearing flange of the sleeve and the inner race, the elastic element having an inner bore that is able to bear against an outer surface of the sleeve so as to transmit a force having a radial component in the direction of the interior of the device. The sleeve includes at least one slot extending axially towards the inner race from a lower edge of the radial bearing flange, the lower edge being disposed on the opposite side from the inner race. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150016761 | BEARING DEVICE FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - The invention pertains to a bearing device used for a connecting part of a construction machine. The bearing device has: a boom having a boss part; an arm having left and right brackets that sandwich the boss part from the left and right sides thereof; a bush that is retained by an inner peripheral side of the boss part; a sealing that is disposed between the bush and the left and right brackets and that prevents a lubricant from leaking out of the bush; a thrust plate inserted between the left and right brackets and the boss part; and a coupling pin that penetrates and is inserted through the left and right brackets and the bush. The thrust plate has a partially cut out annular shape and an angle of a cut-out portion in the circumferential direction is less than 180° at an inner peripheral portion. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150093057 | PITCH BEARING - A pitch bearing for connecting first and second articles is provided. The first article includes a first curved outer surface and the second article includes a second curved outer surface opposite the first curved outer surface. The pitch bearing includes an axisymmetric structure interposed between the first and second curved outer surfaces. The axisymmetric structure includes compliant layers and stabilizing layers interleaved between the compliant layers. The compliant layers and the stabilizing layers proximate to the first article haves a curvature matching that of the first curved outer surface. The compliant layers and the stabilizing layers proximate to the second article have a curvature matching that of the second curved outer surface. A shear stiffness of each of the stabilizing layers is greater than a shear stiffness of each of the compliant layers. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150139575 | ELASTOMERIC SPHERICAL BEARING ASSEMBLY AND STRUCTURAL MEMBER INCORPORATING THE SAME - A bearing assembly can include a top retainer; a middle retainer having a first concave spherical surface; a bottom retainer having a second concave spherical surface; a spherical ball member; and an elastomeric member coupled to the first concave spherical surface, the second concave spherical surface, and an outer surface of the spherical ball member. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150308504 | BEARING RING INCLUDING A TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION RING, BEARING INCLUDING THE BEARING RING, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BEARING RING - A bearing ring includes a temperature compensation ring made from an elastic material vulcanized or otherwise materially bonded onto an outer surface of the bearing ring, the outer surface being oriented in a radial direction. The bearing ring includes a radially encircling groove, and in an unloaded state of the temperature compensation ring, that is, independently of an application of axial pressure against the temperature compensation ring, the temperature compensation ring fills the groove in an interference-fit manner. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150345551 | ROTORCRAFT BEARING WITH ROTATION SLIP JOINT - On example of a rotorcraft bearing system includes a bearing housing attached to an elastomeric bearing on a longitudinal axis, an end surface of the elastomeric bearing attached to an end surface of the bearing housing. The rotorcraft bearing system also includes a sliding contact bearing having an end surface. The rotorcraft bearing system also includes an intermediate sliding contact bearing material layer. Under load on the longitudinal axis, the end surface of the sliding contact bearing is configured to contact an opposing end surface of the bearing housing through the intermediate sliding contact bearing material layer to form a rotational slip joint. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150377312 | PARTITIONED ELASTOMERIC JOURNAL BEARING ASSEMBLIES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Elastomeric journal bearing assemblies, systems, and methods are provided in which and at least one structural element is arranged between adjacent pairs of a plurality of elastomer sections arranged about a center axis. In such arrangements, the disclosed assemblies, systems, and methods redistribute stresses throughout the depth of elastomeric journal bearing more efficiently than conventional configurations. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160017915 | ROLLING BEARING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A ROLLING BEARING - A rolling bearing comprising an outer ring and an inner ring, both rings having a raceway for rolling elements placed therebetween in contact with the raceways. At least one of the rings comprises an envelope having an axial portion and, connected to the edges of the axial portion, two radial portions, and two half-raceways arranged in the envelope to form the raceway of this ring. The rolling bearing further comprises at least one annular preloading element made of an elastic material and arranged inside the envelope to be preloaded axially between a first radial portion of the envelope and a lateral face of a first half-raceway. The rolling bearing comprises at least one damping element radially arranged between the axial portion of the envelope and each of the half-raceways. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160047414 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BEARING, AND BEARING - A method for producing a bearing, in particular a hydraulic axle support bearing, which comprises the following steps: preassembling an inner part in an outer part with an elastomer body which is arranged in between and is reinforced by a plastic cage which at least partially bears against an inner wall of the outer part. The plastic cage is configured to radially protrude over an upper edge and a lower edge of the out part and, at the lower edge of the outer part, to project over the latter. Simultaneously calibrating the outer part and the plastic cage by constricting the outer part and the plastic cage from a respective first diameter to a respective second diameter which is smaller than the respective first diameter. After the constriction, the plastic cage projects over the upper edge of the outer part for the form-fitting axial securing of the outer part. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160091017 | CYLINDRICAL BEARING WITH THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE MEMBERS - A bearing assembly is for supporting a pivotable member and includes a laminated bearing having a generally cylindrical body with a centerline and a central bore for receiving at least a portion of the pivotable member. The body is formed of a plurality of alternating, generally tubular elastomeric and metallic laminae nested coaxially about the central axis, each one of the elastomeric and metallic laminae having opposing axial ends. At least one and preferably two thermally conductive members are coupled with a separate one of the two axial ends of one of the metallic laminae and each extends generally axially from the bearing body so as to provide a heat sink. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160160909 | ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT BEARING FOR ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT MOTIONS - A rotary wing aircraft bearing that provides a constrained relative motion between a first rotary wing aircraft member and a second rotary wing aircraft member. The bearing includes an elastomeric mold bonded laminated bearing stack, the elastomeric mold bonded laminated bearing stack including a plurality of mold bonded alternating layers of nonelastomeric shim member layers and elastomeric shim members layers, the alternating layers having an exterior surface and an interior center distal from the exterior surface. At least one of the elastomeric shim members layers has an interior elastomer region distal from the exterior surface, the interior elastomer region formed an interior cured elastomer composition having at least a first interior optical characteristic ingredient, and an exterior elastomer region encompassing the interior elastomer region, the exterior elastomer region proximate the exterior surface, the exterior elastomer region formed from an exterior cured elastomer composition having at least a second exterior optical characteristic ingredient, the at least second exterior optical characteristic ingredient different than the interior cured elastomer composition first interior optical characteristic ingredient, wherein with an elastomer void crack propagating from the exterior surface inward towards the interior elastomer region and a repeated rotary wing aircraft relative motion between the first rotary wing aircraft member and the second rotary wing aircraft member generates a plurality of interior cured elastomer composition crumbs to be expelled from the elastomer void, the interior cured elastomer composition crumbs optically distinguishable from the exterior cured elastomer composition. | 06-09-2016 |
