Patent · US Expired

Bearing system

US5145259A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 1990
Grant dateSep 8, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16C19/00
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotational bearing system incorporates a ball bearing to support a freely rotatable shaft or housing through rolling contact with the ball bearing, the rotational bearing system comprises: vibratory elements adapted to excite in resonant vibration a fixed shaft or a fixed housing in rolling contact with the ball bearings to lower the frictional resistance of the ball bearing.

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