Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090216397 | DEVICE FOR ATTACHMENT TO A WHEEL AND WHEEL WITH SUCH A DEVICE - A device for attachment to a motor vehicle wheel includes an arrangement which, during movement or driving of the motor vehicle, detects vibrations which occur, evaluates the vibrations for an incipient fault state of a wheel bearing of the vehicle wheel, and delivers a signal when the monitoring or evaluation yields or indicates the incipient fault state. | 08-27-2009 |
20100150487 | Bearing assembly - A bearing assembly comprises at least two axially-spaced bearings, each bearing including an inner ring. The at least two inner rings have differently-sized bore diameters. A sleeve-shaped connecting piece having a substantially frustum, conical or tapered shape is disposed between the two inner rings. An inner diameter of the connecting piece at its respective axial end regions corresponds to the respective bore diameter of the bordering inner ring so that first and second contact points are defined between the connecting piece and the respective inner rings. First and second curved or ring-shaped fixing elements are respectively disposed at the first and second contact points so as to fix the inner rings relative to the connecting piece in the radial direction of the bearing assembly. Each fixing element at least partially axially overlaps the connecting piece and the respective inner ring. | 06-17-2010 |
20100150488 | Bearing assembly - A bearing assembly includes a first bearing comprising a first inner ring and a second bearing comprising a second inner ring. A sleeve-shaped spacer is disposed between and axially separates the first and second inner rings. The spacer has at least one at least partially circumferentially-extending cantilever arm extending from at least one axial end of the spacer and is configured to at least partially overlap one of the first and second inner rings in the axial direction. The cantilever arms may be annular-shaped and may engage the respective first and second inner rings in a location fit or an interference fit. | 06-17-2010 |
20100152075 | USE OF A LUBRICANT - A use of a lubricant comprising at least one reaction product of mono-di- and/or poly-isocyanate with unbranched and/or branched, unsaturated and/or saturated, alicyclic poly-amine with carbon numbers from 5 to 24, at least between at least two elements, which are moveable against each other. | 06-17-2010 |
20100152076 | LUBRICANT AND USE OF A LUBRICANT - A Lubricant comprises a carboxylic-acid-amide which is based on aliphatic unbranched, alicylic and/or aromatic chains with chain lengths from 2 to 60 carbon atoms. | 06-17-2010 |
20110033147 | Bearing Assembly - A bearing assembly includes a first bearing comprising a first inner ring and a second bearing comprising a second inner ring. A sleeve-shaped spacer is disposed between and axially separates the first and second inner rings. An adhesive connects the spacer to the first and second inner rings. | 02-10-2011 |
20110262063 | Sealing Device for a Hub and A Bearing Assembly including the Sealing Device - A sealing device is provided for sealing a space between a hub and a spindle pivotally connected by a bearing, the hub being coaxially mounted on the spindle and extending in an axial direction and the bearing having an inner ring. The sealing device includes a radial shaft seal including a shell portion having an outer static sealing surface disposeable against the hub and a hinge portion having a radial sealing lip. A sleeve member includes an inner static sealing surface disposeable against the spindle, a running surface contactable by the sealing lip and a sleeve portion. The sleeve portion extends in the axial direction beyond a side surface of the bearing inner ring and is disposeable about a shoulder diameter of the bearing inner ring. | 10-27-2011 |
20120020603 | ROLLER BODY FOR ROLLER BEARING - A roller body for a roller bearing includes at least one cavity extending from an end face of the roller body, at least one retaining element is disposed in the cavity, and at least one sensor is disposed in the cavity, such as in or on the retaining element. The sensor is at least partially surrounded by an elastic material in a protective manner. | 01-26-2012 |
20120067152 | BEARING ASSEMBLY - A roller bearing comprises at least two rows of rollers disposed between an inner ring and an outer ring. At least two tracks guide the respective rows of roller and are defined in the axial direction of the inner ring or the outer ring. At least one flange abuts axial ends of axially-adjacent rows of rollers and extends radially from a radially outer side or a radially inner side of the inner ring or the outer ring. At least one recess is defined on the side of the inner ring or the outer ring that is opposite of the radially outer side or the radially inner side of the inner ring or the outer ring, from which the at least one flange radially extends. The at least one recess at least partially overlaps the at least one flange in the axial direction. | 03-22-2012 |
20130202238 | MULTI-ROW TAPERED ROLLER BEARING AND TRANSMISSION HAVING SUCH A BEARING - A bearing assembly includes at least first, second and third raceway elements that are each separable from each other and at least first, second and third rows of truncated-cone-shaped rolling elements. The first and second raceway elements are disposed side-by-side in an axial direction of the bearing assembly and oppoe the third raceway element in a radial direction of the bearing assembly. The first and second rows of rolling elements are disposed between the first raceway element and the third raceway element and the third row of rolling elements is disposed between the second raceway element and the third raceway element. The rolling elements of the first and second rows commonly roll on a first raceway of the third raceway element and the rolling elements of the third row roll on a second raceway of the third raceway element, which is not parallel to the first raceway. | 08-08-2013 |
20130243598 | BEARING AND WIND TURBINE CONTAINING THE BEARING - A bearing adjusts an angle of attack of a rotor blade of a wind turbine according and includes first and second bearing rings that are rotatable relative to each other. The first bearing ring includes, as a slider or translator of a linear motor, a plurality of magnetic field sources disposed adjacently around at least a part of its circumference. The magnetic field sources are disposed such that each two adjacently disposed magnetic field sources generate a magnetic field with alternating polarity. The second bearing ring includes, as a stator of the linear motor, a group of at least two coils disposed adjacently around at least part of its circumference. A wind turbine includes a rotor coupled to at least one rotor blade via such a bearing, which enables the angle of attack of the rotor blade to be adjusted during operation. | 09-19-2013 |
20130251298 | Rolling Element Bearing and Method of Making the Same - A method for manufacturing a rolling-element bearing includes forming an inner ring from a steel having a sulfur content of 0.002 to 0.015 mass % and an oxygen content of less than 15 ppm, subjecting the inner ring to a hardening heat treatment that ends by performing a final heat treatment step at a predetermined temperature, cold working the inner-ring raceway to generate compressive residual stresses at least in a surface layer of the inner-ring raceway, subjecting the inner ring to a bluing treatment and subjecting the blued inner ring to a thermal post-treatment process at a temperature below the predetermined temperature of the final hardening heat treatment step. The resulting rolling-element bearing may exhibit compressive residual stresses having an absolute value of at least 200 MPa at 0.1 mm beneath the outer surface of the inner-ring raceway and a maximum value of 1500 MPa or less throughout the inner ring. | 09-26-2013 |
20140212082 | ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A rolling-element bearing includes an inner ring made of steel and having an inner-ring raceway, an outer ring having an outer ring raceway, and ceramic rolling elements which roll on the inner-ring raceway and on the outer-ring raceway. The inner ring has been subjected to a heat treatment to harden it. The heat treatment is concluded with the performance of a final heat-treatment step at a predetermined temperature. In the inner ring, compressive residual stresses are formed in an outer layer by cold working in the region of the inner-ring raceway. The inner ring also has been subjected to a bluing treatment. | 07-31-2014 |
20150036960 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TRACK ELEMENT OF A BEARING ASSEMBLY, AND A TRACK ELEMENT - A method for manufacturing a raceway element of a bearing assembly includes hardening a raceway element having a raceway surface by at least partially heating the raceway element, deep rolling the raceway surface using a first rolling element, and then deep rolling the raceway surface using a second rolling element. The first rolling element has at least one different dimension than the second rolling element. In the resulting raceway element, compressive residual stresses of at least 400 MPa are present at a depth from the raceway surface of 200 μm or less, and between the raceway surface and a depth of 100 μmm from the raceway surface, the amount of the compressive residual stresses changes by 500 MPa or less. | 02-05-2015 |
20150055906 | BEARING ASSEMBLY - A bearing assembly includes first and second rolling-element bearings each having an inner ring that is connectable to a shaft for rotation therewith, each inner ring having a running surface (raceway) for rolling elements and an intermediate ring disposed axially between the inner ring of the first rolling-element bearing and the inner ring of the second rolling-element bearing. The intermediate ring has a maximum outer diameter smaller than a maximum diameter of the running surface of the inner ring of the first rolling-element bearing and smaller than a maximum diameter of the running surface of the inner ring of the second rolling-element bearing. The intermediate ring has an axial dimension that is smaller than a radial dimension of a cross-section of the intermediate ring, and that is smaller than 0.5 mm. | 02-26-2015 |