F16C41/005

Bearing and medical device
11525476 · 2022-12-13 · ·

Provided are a bearing and a medical device in which a gap is secured between an inner ring and an outer ring, and the gap can be used as a flow path for a fluid or an object. A bearing having a plurality of rolling elements between an inner ring and an outer ring is provided with a raceway surface on which the rolling elements roll on the outer ring and receiving portions for rotatably accommodating the rolling elements at a position of the inner ring facing the raceway surface.

Actuating drive for adjusting the pitch angle of a rotor blade of a wind turbine, and wind turbine comprising such an actuating drive

In general, the invention relates to wind turbines, the rotor blades of which can be adjusted in terms of their pitch angle. The invention relates in particular to an actuating drive for adjusting the pitch angle of a rotor blade of a wind turbine, comprising a large rolling bearing which comprises two bearing rings that can be rotated relative to each other, and an actuator for rotating the two bearing rings relative to each other. According to the invention, the actuating drive comprises a ring channel cylinder, which is formed in one of the bearing rings, and at least one piston, which is received in the ring channel cylinder in a movable manner and is drivingly connected to the other bearing ring of the two bearing rings.

INTEGRATED OIL SUPPLY TUBE AND CHECK VALVE
20170306795 · 2017-10-26 · ·

An oil supply assembly for a bearing damper of a gas turbine engine includes an oil supply tube configured to supply oil in a first direction. The assembly also includes a bearing support having a bearing damper path connecting the bearing damper to the oil supply tube and a bearing compartment path connecting a bearing compartment to the oil supply tube. The assembly also includes a check valve disposed within the bearing damper path and configured to allow fluid communication in the first direction from the oil supply tube to the bearing damper and block fluid communication in a second direction opposite the first direction.

Automatic tire inflation system with thru-hub air feed
11254170 · 2022-02-22 · ·

An Automatic Tire Inflation System (ATIS) for use with a vehicle includes a controller, valves controlled by the controller and, for at least one drive axle having inner bearings and outer bearings, a channel formed in a spindle, first hosing coupling controlled by the controller to the channel formed in the spindle, a channel formed in a hub, a rotary air seal coupling the channel formed in the spindle to the channel formed in the hub, and second hosing coupling the channel formed in the hub to at least one wheel. The rotary air seal may transition from a sealed state that forms a seal between the spindle and the hub to support air flow between the channel formed in the spindle and the channel formed in hub and reside in an unsealed state to negate the seal between the spindle and the hub.

Pressurized drive shaft seal for dispensing systems and a method for using the same
09765891 · 2017-09-19 · ·

A seal assembly including at least one conduit configured to allow a medium to flow therethrough, an annular retaining means operably coupled to the conduit, and an annular resilient seal member disposed in the annular retaining means. A method of sealing a dispensing system containing a food product creating a food product pressure, wherein the dispensing systems includes a drive shaft operably coupled to a seal assembly, the seal assembly including an annular resilient seal member disposed in an annular retaining member, the annular retaining member being operably coupled to at least one conduit, the method including the steps of: dispensing a medium through the at least one conduit to enter the annular resilient seal member to create a seal pressure greater than or equal to the food product pressure.

Blood pump rotor bearings
09759222 · 2017-09-12 · ·

A bearing assembly for use in a blood pump includes a first component that has a convex bearing surface and a first outer surface proximate the convex bearing surface. The bearing assembly includes a second component that a concave bearing surface and a second outer surface proximate the concave bearing surface, the concave bearing surface being configured to receive the convex bearing surface. A plurality of grooves are defined through the convex bearing surface and first outer surface or through the concave bearing surface and the second outer surface.

SOLAR TRACKER BUSHING ASSEMBLY
20220149773 · 2022-05-12 ·

An improved bushing assembly for a solar tracker is provided. The bushing assembly includes a bushing that is seated within a ring-shaped bracket. The bushing includes an annular ridge that is disposed within an annular channel in the bracket. Alternatively, the bracket includes an annular ridge that is disposed within an annular channel in the bushing. In each configuration, the bushing is retained in position during installation of the bracket. The bushing defines an internal passage for a solar tracker crossbar and provides complete rotational freedom for the crossbar about its lengthwise axis and limited rotational freedom for the crossbar about the remaining orthogonal axes. Additional features including side skirts for minimizing the entry of debris between the bushing and the bracket, a resilient latch for securing bracket sections together, and vertical openings in the bracket sections to allow debris to escape.

Actuating drive for adjusting a large rolling bearing

An adjusting drive for adjusting the rotational position of a large rolling bearing that comprises two bearing rings that can be rotated relative to each other, having an actuator for rotating the two bearing rings relative to each other. According to the invention, the actuating drive has a ring channel cylinder, which is formed in or on one of the bearing rings of the large rolling bearing, and at least one piston, which is received in the ring channel cylinder in a movable manner and is drivingly connected to the other bearing ring of the two bearing rings.

Device for receiving a rotatable workpiece
11181143 · 2021-11-23 · ·

The invention relates to a device for receiving a workpiece in a bearing device for rotatably mounting the workpiece about a bearing axis (L) associated with a workpiece bearing surface. The device comprises a bearing pedestal (14) including a bearing element (1) which has two concavely cylindrical bearing surfaces (5, 6) that lie next to one another in the same bearing plane and symmetrically to a plane of symmetry containing the bearing axis (L), the cylinder radii of the cylindrical bearing surfaces being greater than the radius of the workpiece bearing surface for which the bearing device is intended, wherein the cylinder axes of the two bearing surfaces (5, 6) are parallel to the bearing axis (L) and have a distance between each other.

ROTARY FEED-THROUGH, IN PARTICULAR FOR REGULATING TYRE PRESSURE

A rotary feed-through, designed to transfer a fluid between two entities in rotary motion with respect to one another. The rotary feed-through includes an inner cylindrical ring and an outer cylindrical ring, which are free to turn with respect to one another and provided with channels for passage of the fluid. The channels are connected via at least one annular space axially delimited by seal rings housed in a cylindrical seat. The cylindrical seat faces radially outwards or inwards and is axially delimited, on one side, by an axial abutment of the inner and outer cylindrical rings and, on the other side, by an axial abutment of a lid, a closing ring, or an intermediate ring. The seal rings are interference fitted to the inner or outer cylindrical ring and provided with an elastic portion for contact with the surface of the inner or outer cylindrical ring.