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7497627 Thrust bearing  
A hydrodynamic bearing set, for use with a thrust disk disposed between planar surfaces of a housing, includes first and second topfoils disposed adjacent first and second thrust disk axial bearing...
7261300 Hydrodynamic foil face seal  
A foil thrust bearing forms the primary rotating interface for a film riding face seal. This face seal includes a spring system that will allow the entire assembly to translate axially relative to...
7153028 Hydrodynamic bearing system  
The invention relates to a hydrodynamic bearing system particularly for the rotary bearing of spindle motors to drive the platters in hard disk drives which comprises at least one inner bearing...
7147377 Crush ring to seal the counter plate on hydrodynamic bearing  
A fluid dynamic bearing including a shaft rotating within a sleeve and a thrust plate or the like supported at an end of the shaft rotating in a recess defined with the sleeve. The thrust plate...
7137739 High pressure barrier to oil loss by diffusion  
An improved rotational motor, such as a spindle motor for a disc drive, is provided. The motor first comprises a hub having a shaft portion and a horizontal body portion. The motor also comprises a...
7001074 High pressure barrier to oil loss by diffusion  
An improved rotational motor, such as a spindle motor for a disc drive, is provided. The motor first comprises a hub having a shaft portion and a horizontal body portion. The motor also comprises a...
6952875 Crush ring to seal the counter plate on hydrodynamic bearing  
A fluid dynamic bearing including a shaft rotating within a sleeve and a thrust plate or the like supported at an end of the shaft rotating in a recess defined with the sleeve. The thrust plate...
6827495 Fluid bearing device  
A spindle motor comprises a hollow shaft 13 having one end formed with a thrust plate 15 , and a sleeve 12 provided to face the shaft 13 through a radial fluid bearing clearance R...
6499882 Sliding bearing  
The improved sliding bearing provides fitting of a cap into a sleeve with steadily fixation of adhesive, and prevention of the remained adhesive outside of the desired area. The sliding bearing...
6361217 High capacity thrust bearing  
A high capacity thrust bearing is disclosed for use in a tubular drilling string to support axial loads resulting from upward or downward jarring forces. The thrust bearing comprises an inner...
6354741 Foil thrust bearing  
An improved foil thrust bearing includes a pair of members arranged for relative rotation with respect to one another. One of the pair of members is adapted to rotatably support the other. A thrust...
6339515 Fluid bearing seal and support structure  
A bearing structure for a spindle motor is disclosed. The bearing structure provides a fluid bearing seal and support structure that may simultaneously addresses the problems of preventing oil...
6322252 Discrete fluid dynamic bearings  
A discrete fluid dynamic bearing comprising a fluid dynamic bearing including a bearing cone mounted on a sleeve and defining in cooperation with a bearing seat having a surface facing an outer...
6264368 Fluid bearing motor  
A fluid bearing motor having sufficient room for securing an air chamber for use in quickly discharging bubbles that have entered a thrust fluid bearing and a reservoir for supplying a lubricating...
6196722 Hydrodynamic bearing  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a hydrodynamic bearing which is highly reliable and capable of preventing a lubricant contained therein from flowing out of the bearing. In the...
6082901 Hydraulic axial bearing  
A hydraulic axial bearing for a radially-mounted axle (1), which has a flange (1a) incorporating an outer, substantially axial sealing gap (7) formed between the flange and a sealing ring (3), and...
6036413 High speed hydrodynamic spindle  
A machine tool assembly, and particularly a spindle unit therefor, is provided wherein the spindle unit is relatively small and is designed to run at rotary speeds of between 30,000 rpm's and...
6024495 Axial sliding bearing  
The object of the invention is to provide a simple and cost-effective solution for reducing the wear and consequently for increasing the life of axial sliding bearings. For this purpose, the...
6024494 Polymer-backed thrust bearings  
A product lubricated thrust bearing includes an annular bearing disc made from a hard bearing material such as silicon carbide and having a plurality of radial lubrication grooves in at least one...
6017168 Fluid assist bearing for telescopic joint of a RISER system  
An undersea telescopic joint for a riser system is connected to a drilling vessel with a plurality of tensioners. The joint has a bearing with inner and outer annular mating members. A cap seals...
5900903 Deflecting scanning apparatus  
In a deflecting/scanning apparatus, a rotating polygon mirror is rotatably supported by an air bearing constituted by a stationary shaft and a rotating sleeve which are made of a ceramic material....
5876124 Hydrodynamic bearing unit  
A self-contained hydrodynamic bearing unit with improved sealing and performance is disclosed. Centrifugal capillary seals are angularly defined between an outwardly tapered outer surface of a top...
5791786 Thrust bearing for a shaft of an open-end spinning rotor  
An aerostatic bearing is provided for the thrust bearing arrangement of the shaft of an open-end spinning rotor. This aerostatic bearing comprises a bearing plate, which forms a bearing gap with...
5765951 Plain bearing slide shoe with compression spring  
An axial plain bearing comprising a plurality of slide shoes (2) which are arranged annularly about a bearing axis of rotation, each slide shoe (2) being provided with an annular peripheral recess...
5735668 Axial bearing having independent pads for a centrifugal pump  
An axial bearing includes a ring, pads and a base. Multiple, independent pads are orientated in a curved or circular configuration with respect to one another. The pads are retained by recesses in...
5660481 Hydrodynamic bearings having beam mounted bearing pads and sealed bearing assemblies including the same  
A hydrodynamic thrust, journal or combined radial and thrust bearing which may be mounted within a sealed housing assembly which can be, for example, be used to replace rolling element bearings....
5634724 Hydrodynamic bearing for spindle motor having high inertial load  
A self-contained hydrodynamic bearing unit includes a shaft having a threaded axial opening at one end thereof and a shaft shoulder adjacent the opening and perpendicular with a longitudinal axis...
5620260 Variable characteristic thrust bearing  
A hydrodynamic bearing which includes a carrier and a plurality of bearing pads circumferentially spaced about the carrier. The carrier is formed with a series of circumferentially spaced groups of...
5593231 Hydrodynamic bearing  
A hydrodynamic bearing (16) for a cutter cone assembly (12) that rotates around a journal (14). The bearing (16) comprises a plurality of grooves (88) on an outer surface (90) to produce...
5558444 Bearings having spaced pads and methods of making the same  
A hydrodynamic thrust, journal or combined radial and thrust bearing and methods of manufacturing the same. The bearing includes a bearing pad structure that may change shape and move in any...
5520466 Flanged bearings  
A flanged half bearing (10;50) comprises a shell portion (12;52) which provides a bearing surface (14;54) against which a shaft can rotate. A flange portion (16,18;56,58) of the bearing provides a...
5433529 Fluid bearing construction employing thrust plate with pressure compensation ports  
A construction for a fluid bearing in a rotary spindle apparatus includes a spindle having first and second ends, and at least one thrust plate coupled to a shaft which is surrounded by a hub...
5399024 Face seal with hydrodynamic thrust pads  
A face seal with hydrodynamic thrust pads assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a ring structure with a front side facing in an axial direction that has a seal face continuous about the ring...
5393145 Pad type hydrodynamic thrust bearings having a modular construction  
A hydrodynamic bearing which includes a carrier and a plurality of bearing pads circumferentially spaced about the carrier. The pads may have a modular construction whereby pad portions are secured...
5385409 Non-contacting mechanical face seal of the gap-type  
A rotary mechanical face seal for preventing leakage of a fluid, either liquid or gas, across two relatively rotating surfaces. The seal is of the non-contacting mechanical type in which a...
5382097 Variable characteristic thrust bearng  
A hydrodynamic bearing which includes a carrier and a plurality of bearing pads circumferentially spaced about the carrier. The carrier is formed with a series of circumferentially spaced groups of...
5318366 Foil thrust bearing with varying radial and circumferential stiffness  
A spring cluster disc (14) for a foil thrust bearing (10) is provided with a plurality of sets (52) of springs (62,64,66). The springs are configured to provide varying spring force and thus...
5248205 Foil thrust bearing with varying radial and circumferential stiffness  
A spring cluster disc (14) for a foil thrust bearing (10) is provided with a plurality of sets (52) of springs (62,64,66). The springs are configured to provide varying spring force and thus...
5159866 Saw guide with sonic regulated gas lubrication  
A saw guide system having a high pressure gas lubricated bearing surface, an elastic bearing block support, a contoured bearing surface, and sonic regulated flow. The velocity of the gas gradually...
5098205 Open-end spinning device  
An open-end spinning device with a spinning rotor (1) which is supported via its shaft (11) by support disks (4) and upon which an axially acting force is exerted is provided for its axial support...
5098203 Bearing system  
A bearing system comprised of a base made of a magnetic material. The bearing system is also comprised of an element disposed adjacent the base. The element is comprised of a device for creating a...
5035519 Submersible thrust bearing apparatus  
A thrust bearing including a ring-like form plate body, and a plurality of rib members provided on the ring-like form plate body of the thrust bearing. Such a plurality of rib members may be...
4969752 Thrust bearing made of synthetic resin  
A thrust bearing for use with an automobile thrust-strut type suspension comprises a lower casing made of resin, an upper casing made of resin, and a bearing piece made of resin. The bearing piece...
4923312 Thrust bearing made of synthetic resin  
A thrust bearing made of synthetic resin assembled into a strut-thrust type suspension for use in four wheel cars, comprising a casing made of synthetic resin and a bearing body made of synthetic...
4919547 Dynamically self-adjusted fluid bearing  
An essentially completely and automatically self-adjusting fluid bearing assembly includes at least a front and rear bearing cone mounted for rotation with a driven shaft. Associated with each cone...
4892417 Elastomeric mount for thrust bearing shoe  
An elastomeric mount for a thrust bearing shoe comprising a piston fluidly operative in a platform cavity, the piston isolated and sealed from the cavity by an elongated elastomeric bearing-seal....
4884899 Resiliently mounted fluid bearing assembly  
A fluid bearing assembly, e.g., air or gas, of the hydrostatic or hydrodynamic type, for use as a spindle and the like, includes spaced journals mounted on a shaft for rotation therewith. The...
4822181 Hydrostatic support device and method  
Fluid comsumption is dramatically reduced in hydrostatic support devices by texturing the supporting surface and/or the surface of the object being supported so that a series or constrictions or...
4805972 Dynamic pressure gas bearing device  
Disclosed is a dynamic pressure gas bearing device in a rotational unit in which a rotational member put on a cantilevered fixed shaft is designed such that an operating gas generated by a dynamic...
4776229 Device for controlling the rectilinear translation of a movable member  
A device for controlling the rectilinear translation of a movable member, comprises a screw engaged by a nut having cooperatingly shaped thread surfaces the dimensions of which are such that there...
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