Bearings – Rotary bearing – Hydraulic or pneumatic bearing support
Patent
1993-12-30
1995-07-25
Footland, Lenard A.
Bearings
Rotary bearing
Hydraulic or pneumatic bearing support
384209, F16C 2304
Patent
active
054356520
ABSTRACT:
A self-adjusting bearing assembly comprising a rod end bearing having a ball member and a connector member, and a bearing seat component having at least two bearing seat members arranged to receive the ball member therebetween. The ball member has a substantially spherical segment providing an outer bearing surface, and the bearing seat members include spherically-shaped inner bearing surfaces for engaging the outer bearing surface of the ball member. The connector member extends through a conical passage formed by the bearing seat members, and this passage restricts pivotal movement of the rod end bearing. A slack removal mechanism urges a movable one of the bearing seat members toward the ball member; and comprises a pressure chamber adjacent a pressure surface of the movable bearing seat member, and a fitting for pressurizing this chamber with a fluid. The assembly may include a fitting for feeding lubricant to the bearing surfaces, and a fitting for preventing excessive chamber pressure.
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