A bearing unit comprising rolling elements, housed in a radially inner mounting seat of a casing. The bearing unit includes a radially outer and stationary coated ring provided with a metal ring and a liner of elastomeric material integral with a radially outer surface of the metal ring, a radially inner ring, which is rotatable with respect to an axis of rotation (X), and a row of rolling elements interposed between the coated ring and the radially inner ring. The elastomeric material of the liner is a vulcanized thermoplastic material. The liner is co-molded onto the radially outer surface of the metal ring and may include a cylindrical body and at least two annular protuberances which fit inside corresponding anchoring grooves formed on the surface of the metal ring.

A sealing system for a roller bearing including a first annular shield and a first sealing cover. A first face of each that includes a coupling surface that is covered with a rubbery coating made of a synthetic rubber. The coupling surface of the first annular shield is coupled to a corresponding coupling surface of a rotating ring of the roller bearing, and the coupling surface of the first sealing cover is coupled to a corresponding coupling surface of an outer ring of the roller bearing. Each of the first annular shield and the first sealing cover is pressed from a metal sheet with a first face entirely rubberized with the rubbery coating.

Embodiments of the invention are directed to bearing assemblies configured to effectively provide heat dissipation for bearing elements, bearing apparatuses including such bearing assemblies, and methods of operating such bearing assemblies and apparatuses. In an embodiment, a bearing assembly includes a plurality of superhard bearing elements distributed about an axis. Each superhard bearing element of the plurality of superhard bearing elements has a superhard table including a superhard surface. The bearing assembly includes a support ring structure coupled to the plurality of superhard bearing elements. One or more of the superhard bearing elements includes a superhard table, which may improve heat transfer from such superhard bearing elements.

Particles (23) are supplied to a bearing gap of a foil bearing. A step (24) is formed in a top foil portion (12a1), to thereby generate an air flow from both end portions (121 and 122) in a direction (N) along a surface of the top foil portion (12a1) and orthogonal to a rotation direction (R) of a shaft (6) toward a region between the both end portions.

A method of making bearings includes treating a metallic surface of a bearing raceway with a pulsed electrochemical processing nozzle to transform the amorphous oxide into a crystalline structure on the metallic surface electro-chemically and convert the metallic surface into a ceramic like hardness surface. Treating the metallic surface can include forming a gradient in material composition transitioning from a purely metallic material at a cross-sectional position within the bearing raceway to a purely crystalline structure material at the ceramic like hardness surface of the bearing raceway.

Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to tilting pad bearing assemblies, bearing apparatuses including the tilting pad bearing assemblies, and methods of using the bearing apparatuses. The tilting pad bearing assemblies disclosed herein include a plurality of tilting pads. At least some of the superhard tables exhibit a thickness that is at least about 0.120 inch and/or at least two layers having different wear and/or thermal characteristics.

A rolling bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of rolling bodies, and a seal member. An outer peripheral portion of the seal member is fixed by a retaining ring to a groove portion formed on an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring and an inner peripheral portion of the seal member is elastically deformable. The seal member includes an inclined portion. 1?Ts/Sct?10 is satisfied when Ts is a circumferential gap of the retaining ring at a time when the seal member and the retaining ring are attached to the groove portion of the outer ring and Sct is an axial thickness of a part of the seal member in contact with the retaining ring.

A rolling bearing having an outer ring, an inner ring, and at least one row of rolling elements disposed between two raceways of the outer and inner rings. Furthermore, the raceway of the outer ring and/or the raceway of the inner ring at least partially provide a coating based on chromium nitride, the rolling elements at least partially include a coating based on carbon.

A rolling bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of rolling bodies, and a seal member. An outer peripheral portion of the seal member is fixed by a retaining ring to a groove portion formed on an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring and an inner peripheral portion of the seal member is elastically deformable. The seal member includes an inclined portion. The seal member satisfies 0.25?Skn/Skt?2.5 when Skn is a radial length from an inclination start part of the inclined portion on an inside in an axial direction to an outermost diameter position of a part of contact of the seal member with an outer peripheral surface of the inner ring and Skt is a thickness of the inclined portion in a direction perpendicular to an inclination direction.

A shackle for fastening an aircraft engine including a ball joint with a pin including a ring including a first bore and a sleeve assembled in the first bore and having a second bore configured to receive the pin and the diameter of which progressively increases to have a flared inner surface at each of its ends, the fastening shackle being arranged such that a spherical outer surface of the ring bears an anti-friction coating produced on a region extending beyond the contact region with the body of the shackle, this first region being bordered by rims forming a projection around the coating, and/or the second bore bears an anti-friction coating on a region extending beyond its contact region with the pin, this region being bordered by rims forming a projection around this anti-friction coating, at the ends of the flared inner surface.