F16C29/008

A SELF-ALIGNING BEARING SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPORTING A RADIAL LOAD ROTARY OR LINEAR BEARING

A self-aligning bearing support assembly for supporting a radial load rotary or linear bearing. The bearing support assembly has a main axis (A) and includes an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve at least partially received in the outer sleeve. The inner sleeve has an axially extending bore for supporting a rotary or linear bearing or for forming a bearing surface of a bearing. Three or more circumferentially separated chambers are formed between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve. Each chamber is confined in all directions by walls of the assembly. A lump of a substantially incompressible material fills each of the at least three chambers with the chamber concerned substantially completely enclosing the lump.

Plastics sliding element with sensor function, in particular with wear detection
11530719 · 2022-12-20 · ·

A plastic sliding component for mounting without lubricant in a sliding bearing is proposed, having a moulded part which is manufactured from plastic and has a sliding face for movably guiding two bearing parts relative to one another. An electric function circuit with a sensor function for acquiring an operating parameter is arranged on the moulded part. The invention proposes that the function circuit comprises at least one conductor track structure which is formed on the moulded part as a carrier of the conductor track structure. The function circuit can preferably be applied to the prefabricated moulded part, which is made of plastic, by means of an additive fabrication method (AM method).

Cable driven sliding center console

Center console provided with a fixed rail, extending in a longitudinal direction, a translatable member, a gearbox assembly and first and second cables. The translatable member may be coupled to the fixed rail and configured to move between a first position and a second position. The gearbox assembly may include a cable drum configured to rotate in a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction. The first and second cables may each be coupled to the translatable member and a cable drum. As the cable drum rotates in the first rotational direction, the first cable may translate the translatable member towards the first position. As the cable drum rotates in the second rotational direction, the second cable may translate the translatable member towards the second position.

Actuator and tripod structure comprising actuator
11610503 · 2023-03-21 · ·

An actuator includes a cylinder sandwiched between a fixing plate fixed to the other end surface of a supporting plate together with a servomotor and a bearing housing, a ball screw shaft having one end protruding into the cylinder through through holes of the fixing plate, a slide block screwed with one end of the ball screw shaft in the cylinder, a cylindrical-shaped piston coupled to an end of the slide block and reciprocatably located in the cylinder, linear motion bearing units located inside the bearing housing to movably support the piston, and linear motion bearing units located in the cylinder to movably support the slide block.

DEVICE FOR GUIDING A MOVABLE FURNITURE PART RELATIVE TO A FURNITURE CARCASS
20230148751 · 2023-05-18 · ·

A device for guiding a movable furniture part on a furniture carcass. The device includes a carcass rail arranged on the furniture carcass and a movable rail movable in the opening and closing direction relative to the carcass rail. The carcass rail and the movable rail each have a flat running web and load-transmitting rolling elements are each arranged between a running web of the carcass rail and a running web of the movable rail. During relative movement between the rails, the rolling elements move along the running webs. The running webs are uninterrupted, and the rolling elements between the rails are configured such that, in the mounted state, the running web of the movable rail is always oriented obliquely relative to the running web of the carcass rail.

Steering device

A steering device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an outer shaft, an inner shaft, an outer column, and an inner column. The inner shaft has a sliding portion configured to be capable of being inserted into the outer shaft, and a bearing-mounting portion that is connected to the sliding portion in an axial direction thereof and is configured not to be capable of being inserted into the outer shaft. In the bearing-mounting portion, rear bearings are disposed with an interval therebetween in the axial direction.

GUIDE APPARATUS AND GUIDE STRUCTURE

A guide apparatus includes a track member, a movable member having a first rolling surface that forms a load rolling passage together with a rolling surface of the track member, and a damper provided on a first surface. The first surface is at least a portion of the surface of the movable member opposed to the track member excluding the first rolling surface. The damper includes a plate member disposed in such a way as to cover the first area and a reservoir space formed between one surface of the plate member and the first area. The reservoir space contains a damping medium and allows the plate member to displace relative to the first area. The damper is provided on the movable member in such a way that the other surface of the plate member slides on at least a portion of the surface of the track member opposed to the movable member.

Multi-layer linear bearing

A precision linear bearing is designed to minimize the points of contact, rolling and rubbing, to reduce particulates and FOD while ensuring stability and accuracy in a manner suitable for a clean room environment. The linear bearing comprises at least first and second bearing layers within a one-piece housing. Each bearing layer comprises at least three roller bearing spaced around the axial bore in a first plane within the housing, each roller bearing having an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the axial bore and projecting into said axial bore for engagement of a linear member extending through the axial bore. Each roller bearing suitably engages the linear member at a single point of contact. The layers are rotationally offset from one another such that the roller bearings contact different positions around the circumference of the linear member. The linear bearing may be configured to engage the inner surface of a cylindrical member.

Linear guide comprising at least two profile-members
09790989 · 2017-10-17 · ·

The invention relates to a linear guide (1) having at least one inner and at least one outer profile-member (2, 3), the outer profile-member (3) at least partially surrounding the inner profile-member (2) and the profile-members (2, 3) being guided one inside the other by means of at least two linear guiding means which are preferably arranged diametrically opposite each other, wherein at least a portion of a first linear guiding means is arranged in a floating manner.

FEATURES TO IMPROVE 3D PRINT AND ASSEMBLY MACHINES
20170238595 · 2017-08-24 ·

This invention describes several mechanisms that increase the value and usability of 3D printing and assembly machines.