Described herein are methods and system for welding, for example, girders. The method may include activating a homopolar generator. The method may include applying a force to two metal girders at a desired coupling joint. The method may include generating an electrical pulse using the homopolar generator and conducting the electrical pulse to the desired coupling joint to increase a temperature of the girders. The method may include forming a weld at the desired coupling joint attaching the two metal girders at the desired coupling joint. In some embodiments, the homopolar generator may include a radial bearing rotor including a rotatable shaft and a bearing assembly. The bearing assembly may include nonmagnetic bearings. The homopolar generator may include a field coil. The homopolar generator may include a brush actuation mechanism which when activated engages a plurality of brush devices to the radial bearing rotor.

An oil sealing device for preventing a leakage of an oil of a bearing which supports a rotary shaft of a rotating machine has a brush member having a plurality of bristles in contact with the rotary shaft, and an actuator configured to move the brush member in a length direction of the rotary shaft, wherein a sloped surface having different heights along a length direction of the rotary shaft is formed at the rotary shaft, and wherein when the bristles are worn, the actuator moves the brush member in a length direction of the rotary shaft so that the bristles comes into contact with the sloped surface.

A bearing device includes a rolling bearing having an outer ring and an inner ring, an outer ring spacer disposed adjacent to the outer ring, and an inner spacer disposed adjacent the inner ring. The outer ring and the outer ring spacer are fitted to a housing, and the inner ring and the inner ring spacer are fitted to a rotary shaft. The outer ring spacer is provided with a nozzle, which is configured to inject a cooling fluid (R) toward an outer circumferential surface of the inner ring, and is inclined so that an injection port thereof is inclined forwardly in a rotation direction of the inner ring. An inclination angle a of the nozzle with respect to an axial direction is set to a value within a range from 50° to 90°.

A wheel bearing unit includes a first inner ring having an axial end side, a second inner ring having an axial end side contacting the axial end side of the first inner ring at a joint, and a seal unit that seals the joint between the first inner ring and the second inner ring. The seal unit includes at least one seal element and at least one further component that exerts pressure on the at least one seal element, and the at least one further component is at least partially comprised of sheet metal.

Provided is a bearing structure, including: a damper groove formed in at least one of an outer peripheral surface of an outer ring of a rolling bearing or an inner peripheral surface of a bearing hole so as to extend in a circumferential direction of a shaft; and a second oil drain hole having one end communicating with the damper groove, and another end opened to an outside of a cylindrical portion.

A rotating spindle capable of conductively contacting via bearings contains: a power supply module, a body, a first conductive assembly, and a second conductive assembly. The power supply module includes a first circular shell, an insulation element, a second circular shell, a first bearing, and a second bearing. The body is accommodated in the first circular shell and includes two elongated orifices, two guide orifices, and two electrode orifices. The first conductive assembly includes a first internal conductive wire, a first external conductive wire, and a first electrode. The first internal conductive wire is connected with the first electrode and extends out of the one guide orifice. The second conductive assembly includes a second internal conductive wire, a second external conductive wire, and a second electrode. The second internal conductive wire is connected with the first electrode and extends out of the other guide orifice.

An axial seal assembly includes an inner annular shield having an axial portion disposable about the shaft at a position adjacent to the bearing and a radial portion extending radially outwardly from the axial portion. An outer annular seal has an axial portion engageable with the outer member bore, a radial portion extending radially inwardly from the axial portion and on or more axial sealing lips engaged with the shield radial portion. The seal radial portion is spaced from the shield radial portion by a predetermined axial distance during use. The seal has at least one coupler section engageable with the shield radial portion or the shield axial portion when an axial spacing distance between the seal radial portion and the shield radial portion is less than the predetermined distance to retain the shield coupled with the seal when the seal assembly is separate from an outer member bore.

The rolling bearing provides a first ring, a second ring and at least one row of rolling elements arranged therebetween. Each of the first and second rings include an inner bore having an outer surface and at least one raceway for the row of rolling elements formed on one of the inner bore and outer surface. The first ring provides at least one part ring delimiting the raceway, and at least one sleeve secured to the part ring and delimiting at least partly the other of the inner bore and outer surface of the first ring. The rolling bearing further provides at least one optical fiber sensor mounted inside at least one circumferential groove formed on the first ring and passing through at least one optical fiber sensor passage opening into the circumferential groove.

A thin section bearing assembly is for a gantry assembly and includes inner and outer rings each having inner and outer circumferential surfaces and rolling elements grooves and are each sized such that a ratio of the inside diameter to radial thickness is at least thirty (30). A plurality of rolling elements, preferably balls, are disposed between the outer ring groove and the inner ring groove. At least one elastomeric annular damper is disposed between the outer ring and the housing and/or between the inner ring and the rotor and has first and second axially spaced sections. As such, the first section is compressed more than the second section under bending moments in a first angular direction and the second section is compressed more than the first section under moments in a second angular direction. The one or more annular dampers each have a thickness calculated to optimize vibration reduction.

Presented are multi-axis pivoting coupler joints for motorized vehicles, methods for making/using such coupler joints, and electric scooters with multi-axis pivoting coupler joints enabling multimodal scooter operation. A pivoting coupler joint includes first and second bearing assemblies each with a respective housing, respective inner and outer races concentric with each other and located in their respective housing, and a respective set of rolling elements rollably interposed between their respective inner and outer races. The first inner race of the first bearing assembly receives therethrough and circumscribes an axle shaft of a vehicle wheel. The second inner race attaches to a wheeled rider deck of the vehicle. The first and second bearing housings are joined together and angularly offset from each other. For some applications, the first bearing assembly includes a pair of longitudinally spaced needle roller bearings, and the second bearing assembly includes a pair of longitudinally spaced tapered bearings.