A thrust ball bearing retainer a large size of bearings with the bearing raceways being modified using a surface enhancement process such as hard anodizing coating, which provides low friction coefficient and initial wear rate. The retainer material is selected to be molded, synthetic resin, self-lubricated material reinforced with carbon fiber, molybdenum disulfide, and PTPE. This lubrication system eliminates the thermal induced bearing torque effect due to viscosity. The retainer contains multiply segments with an inner race guided configuration, an alternative ball pocket cross section design and a ball pocket slotted configuration (1) to reduce the thermal induced effects due to coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch between the raceway and the retainer material (2) to enhance the producibility of the retainer due to out-of-round, out-of-flatness and torsional wrap, and (3) to reduce the manufacturing cost. The pocket design with an oval cross section instead of a circular cross section also reduces the localized thermal induced effect which would otherwise result in a pinching condition between the ball and the retainer. The alternative slotted retainer pocket design is used to increase the compliance between ball/pocket interfaces, which helps to reduce the dynamic induced effects. The ends of the retainer segments are designed to reduce the interactive transferring, circumferential force between two adjacent segments.

A ball bearing assembly device includes: an inner and outer ring holding unit which holds an outer ring and inner ring in a state where an outer ring raceway surface and inner ring raceway surface are eccentric to each other on a same plane so as to form a gap space; a stocker; a robot arm; a ball holding mechanism which is disposed at a tip of the robot arm; and a control unit. The control unit controls the ball holding mechanism to hold any ball from the stocker, controls the robot art to transport the held ball to a ball insertion position in the gap space corresponding to a kind of ball bearing, and inserts the held ball into the gap space, which are repeated by the number of balls of the ball bearing.

A ball bearing assembly device includes: an inner and outer ring holding unit which holds an outer ring and inner ring in a state where an outer ring raceway surface and inner ring raceway surface are eccentric to each other on a same plane so as to form a gap space; a stocker; a robot arm; a ball holding mechanism which is disposed at a tip of the robot arm; and a control unit. The control unit controls the ball holding mechanism to hold any ball from the stocker, controls the robot art to transport the held ball to a ball insertion position in the gap space corresponding to a kind of ball bearing, and inserts the held ball into the gap space, which are repeated by the number of balls of the ball bearing.

A deep groove ball bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a cage, and steel balls. The cage is provided between the outer ring and the inner ring. Pockets are formed in the cage, and the steel balls are placed in the pockets. The cage is split into an upper cage body and a lower cage body. Pocket grooves are formed alternately in each of the upper cage body and the lower cage body. A connecting portion is provided between adjacent pocket grooves in the upper cage body. A positioning portion is provided between adjacent pocket grooves in the lower cage body. An insertion piece and an insertion groove are provided between the connecting portion and the positioning portion. The insertion piece and the insertion groove are configured to be fixed with each other to form a fixed connection between the upper cage body and the lower cage body.

A deep groove ball bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a cage, and steel balls. The cage is provided between the outer ring and the inner ring. Pockets are formed in the cage, and the steel balls are placed in the pockets. The cage is split into an upper cage body and a lower cage body. Pocket grooves are formed alternately in each of the upper cage body and the lower cage body. A connecting portion is provided between adjacent pocket grooves in the upper cage body. A positioning portion is provided between adjacent pocket grooves in the lower cage body. An insertion piece and an insertion groove are provided between the connecting portion and the positioning portion. The insertion piece and the insertion groove are configured to be fixed with each other to form a fixed connection between the upper cage body and the lower cage body.

A method is provided that forms a solid film on a bearing component of a rolling bearing. A solution containing a fluorine compound and a lubricant having no functional group is allowed to adhere to the bearing component as a first liquid film (adhesion step). The adhering first liquid film is hardened to form the solid film on the bearing component. The rolling bearing including the bearing component with the solid film formed thereon is rotated. The rolling bearing is washed in a washer fluid containing the same lubricant as that used in the adhesion step, and the washer fluid is allowed to adhere to the bearing component as a second liquid film. Then, the adhering second liquid film is dried.

A backside emitter solar cell structure having a heterojunction, and a method and a device for producing the same. A backside intrinsic layer is first formed on the back side of the substrate, then a frontside intrinsic layer and a frontside doping layer are formed on the front side of the substrate, and finally a backside doping layer is formed on the back side of the substrate.

The present disclosure relates to a swing bearing and a wearable device. The swing bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and a plurality of rolling elements, a plurality of first grooves arranged at intervals along a circumferential direction being formed on an outer circumferential surface of the inner ring, a plurality of second grooves arranged at intervals along a circumferential direction being formed on an inner circumferential surface of the outer ring, each rolling element being disposed between the corresponding first groove and the second groove, and the rolling element, the first groove, and the second groove being configured to restrict relative rotational movement between the inner ring and the outer ring and allow the inner ring and the outer ring to produce shaft axis deflection movement.

The present disclosure relates to a swing bearing and a wearable device. The swing bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and a plurality of rolling elements, a plurality of first grooves arranged at intervals along a circumferential direction being formed on an outer circumferential surface of the inner ring, a plurality of second grooves arranged at intervals along a circumferential direction being formed on an inner circumferential surface of the outer ring, each rolling element being disposed between the corresponding first groove and the second groove, and the rolling element, the first groove, and the second groove being configured to restrict relative rotational movement between the inner ring and the outer ring and allow the inner ring and the outer ring to produce shaft axis deflection movement.

A synthetic resin retainer includes two annular members having opposed surfaces opposed to each other and each formed with a plurality of pockets which are circumferentially spaced apart from each other, and in which the balls are received. Each annular member includes axially concave, arc-shaped pocket wall portions defining the inner surfaces of the pockets, and flat plate-shaped coupling plate portions coupling together the adjacent pairs of the pocket wall portions. The coupling plate portions have axial thicknesses of 30% or less of the diameters of the balls, and the pocket wall portions have, at deepest points of the pockets, thicknesses of 10% or less of the diameters of the balls.

A rolling element shaft assembly includes a solid shaft having a first end and a second end, a tubular shaft configured to receive the shaft first end, and a bearing sleeve coupled to the solid shaft. The bearing sleeve includes a first portion defining a first edge, a second edge, and at least one first bearing aperture, and a second portion defining a third edge, a fourth edge, and at least one second bearing aperture. The first portion is configured to couple to the second portion about the solid shaft. The bearing sleeve further includes at least one first bearing disposed within the at least one first bearing aperture and at least one second bearing disposed within the at least one second bearing aperture.