F16C 33/101
Details of the bearing surface
Official title: {Details of the bearing surface, e.g. means to generate pressure such as lobes or wedges}
F16C33/101 (Details of the bearing surface) appears on 110 US grants and 78 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 1 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sliding component1 Sep 2026US 12,723,656 B2Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Spindle unit and processing apparatus31 Mar 2026US 12,589,457 B2Disco Corporation
- Sliding component22 Apr 2025US 12,281,671 B2Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Method for machining ribs on air or gas bearings of a compressor8 Apr 2025US 12,269,084 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Foil air bearing having herringbone pattern25 Feb 2025US 12,234,860 B2
- Sliding components17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276035 A1Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Sliding component23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210399 A1Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Pair of sliding components26 Feb 2026US 2026/0055815 A1Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
- Aerodynamic bearing for axial and/or radial mounting of a shaft as well as methods of manufacture of such a bearing31 Jul 2025US 2025/0243901 A1
- Aerodynamic bearing as well as a bearing arrangement comprising two aerodynamic bearings formed as radial bearings31 Jul 2025US 2025/0243902 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dynamic pressure air bearing48US 4,797,009 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1989
- Low-profile disk drive motor with deflecting-pad bearings39US 5,215,385 A1993
- Low-profile disk drive motor37US 5,013,947 A1991
- Dynamic pressure gas bearing device35US 4,805,972 ANippon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha · 1989
- Self-acting air bearing spindle for disk drive35US 5,127,744 ARodime PLC · 1992