Patent · US Expired

Bearing system

US5197806A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 11, 1992
Grant dateMar 30, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 11, 2012

Classification

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

Abstract

Described herein is a rotational bearing system incorporating a ball bearing to support a shaft or housing in freely rotatable state through rolling contact with the ball bearing, the rotational bearing system comprising: vibratory elements adapted to excite in resonant vibration a fixed shaft or a fixed housing in rolling contact with the ball bearings thereby to lower the frictional resistance of the ball bearing.

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