F16C27/06

A BEARING MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING A ROTATABLE AXLE
20230070771 · 2023-03-09 · ·

A bearing member for supporting a rotatable axle includes a bearing housing; at least one bearing inserted into the bearing housing, wherein the bearing is configured to receive a rotatable shaft extending through the bearing; and a tilting member arranged around the bearing housing. The tilting member includes a pack of annular discs forming a through hole for receiving the bearing housing, wherein each of the annular discs includes a plurality of apertures extending through each of the discs and wherein the tilting member further includes a sleeve element provided in each of the apertures for holding the annular discs together as a stack and for receiving a fastener for attaching the tilting member to the bearing housing or said stationary machine element. The bearing member further includes at least one fastening element extending through a sleeve of the tilting member and attaching the tilting member to the bearing housing.

Hybrid spherical and thrust bearing

According to one embodiment, a bearing features an elastomeric portion having an opening therethrough, a member disposed within the opening of the elastomeric portion, and a separation feature disposed between the member and the elastomeric portion. The member comprises a conical body portion arranged such that an interior diameter of the conical body portion is smaller than an exterior diameter of the conical body portion. The separation feature prevents contact between the member and the elastomeric portion.

Dual series pitch link bearing

According to one embodiment, a bearing is situated between a pitch link and a swashplate or a hub. The bearing comprises an outer housing having a first opening therethrough, an intermediate housing adjacent the housing inside the first opening and having a second opening therethrough, and an inner housing adjacent the intermediate housing inside the second opening and having a third opening therethrough. The inner housing comprising a first inner surface and a second inner surface defining the third opening. A first member is adjacent the first inner surface inside the third opening having a fourth opening therethrough. A second member is adjacent the second inner surface inside the third opening having a fifth opening therethrough coaxial with the fourth opening.

Helical gear transmission for an electromechanical servo steering with an asymmetrically pretensioned fixed bearing
11679800 · 2023-06-20 · ·

A helical gear transmission for an electromechanical power-assisted steering mechanism includes a shaft which meshes with a helical gear. The shaft is disposed in a housing and at the first end of said shaft in a drive-side bearing assembly is mounted to rotate about a rotation axis, and at the second end of said shaft in a drive-distal bearing assembly is mounted in the housing. The drive-side bearing assembly has a fixed bearing, and the fixed bearing is enclosed by two bearing shells. On each end side of the fixed bearing one spring element is disposed between the fixed bearing and the respective bearing shell. The spring elements asymmetrically pre-load the fixed bearing such that a pivot axis about which the shaft is pivotable in the direction of the helical gear is disposed in the region of the toothing plane of the shaft and the helical gear.

Lead Screw Nut Device
20170350493 · 2017-12-07 ·

A centralizing bushing assembly includes a bushing housing having axial ends and an opening extending therethrough along an axial axis. The opening can have a pocket extending outwardly from the axial axis within the bushing housing and have internal shoulders axially facing each other. A bushing ring can be positioned within the pocket of the bushing housing between the internal shoulders. The bushing ring can have a split for allowing collapsing of the bushing ring radially inward and have an inner diameter for slidably engaging an axially movable shaft extending through the bushing housing along the axial axis and also have an outer shoulder. A resilient biasing member can be positioned against the outer shoulder of the bushing ring for radially biasing the inner diameter of the bushing ring radially inwardly in a centralizing manner about the axial axis for engaging and centralizing the shaft slidably positioned therethrough.

PAN-TILT AND AN AERIAL CAMERA WHICH CONTAINS THE PAN-TILT
20170307961 · 2017-10-26 ·

A pan-tilt and an aerial camera containing a pan-tilt. This pan-tilt includes a motor which has a first part and a second part of relative movement, a slip ring which is installed in the motor and has a fixing part and a rotating part, and a control part which is installed under the motor and at which the second part is installed. The center of the motor has a first hole which longitudinally penetrates through, in which the slip ring is installed. The fixing part is static relative to the first part. The control part is electrically connected to the rotating part via a wire which is set to pass through the first hole. The control part is electrically connected with the motor. The pan-tilt can be rotated by 360 degrees.

Elastic bushing
09797443 · 2017-10-24 · ·

An elastic bushing (1), particularly for use in the goods transport vehicle sector includes: a cylindrical tubular element (2) made of self-lubricating material, and an intermediate ring (3) made of an elastically deformable material, wherein the tubular element (2) and the intermediate ring (3), at one end (2′, 3′) thereof, are respectively provided with stop collars (4, 5). The elastic bushing (1) further includes an outer ring (6) made of plastic material adapted to deform, on assembly, to allow the bushing (1) to be forced into a respective assembly seat (100), wherein the outer ring (6) has along its side wall a reinforced annular section (16) and at least one gradual coupling surface (26) between the reinforced annular section (16) and the end (6″) of the outer ring opposite the stop collars (4, 5).

Bearing
09797445 · 2017-10-24 · ·

A bearing with a core and a sheath which surrounds the core, wherein the core is supported against the sheath by at least one elastomer or a plurality of elastomers, wherein at least two functional chambers which contain a working fluid are formed between the core and the sheath, and wherein the functional chambers are bounded at least partially by the elastomer or elastomers, characterized, with respect to the problem of configuring a bearing in such a way that a drop in rigidity of the bearing is as small as possible at low temperatures, in that at least one equalizing chamber is provided for an equalizing fluid, from which the equalizing fluid can be diverted into the functional chambers, wherein the equalizing fluid in the equalizing chamber is separated from a gas-filled space or a plurality of gas-filled spaces by a movable or elastic separating element.

Exhaust gas turbocharger

An exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine may include a rotor with a turbine wheel of a turbine, a compressor wheel of a compressor and a shaft. The shaft may be connected to the turbine wheel and to the compressor wheel in a rotationally fixed manner. A bearing cartridge may be included for mounting the rotor in a housing. The bearing cartridge may have an inner sleeve arranged on the shaft axially between the turbine wheel and the compressor wheel with respect to an axis of rotation and an outer sleeve arranged coaxial thereto. The outer sleeve may be rotatably mounted on the inner sleeve via at least one rolling body. At least two damping rings may be included which are coaxially arranged on the outer sleeve axially spaced from one another and supported on a respective bearing section of the housing.

CYLINDRICAL ELASTOMERIC BEARING WITH TAPERED SHIMS
20170297691 · 2017-10-19 ·

A cylindrical elastomeric bearing including a plurality of elastomeric layers arranged about a central bore. The elastomeric layers are characterized by a middle portion having a first thickness and two outer portions having a second thickness, the second thickness being greater than the first thickness, the one or more elastomeric layers being tapered between the middle portion and the outer portions. One or more shim layers, each of the plurality of shim layers being arranged between two of the plurality of elastomeric layers. The shim layers are shaped to fit with the elastomer layers.