G01B 5/146
Measuring play on bearings
Official title: {measuring play on bearings}
G01B5/146 (Measuring play on bearings) appears on 45 US grants and 21 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 20 May 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Device for detecting and identifying play in vehicles20 May 2025US 12,305,977 B2Pdt Engineering Bvba
- Adjustable spacer with hardened ends6 May 2025US 12,292,083 B2Temper Corporation
- Method for measuring axial clearance of bearing device for vehicle wheel12 Sep 2023US 11,754,384 B2Ntn Corporation
- Rudder for watercraft with a bearing clearance measuring device, method for measurement of a bearing clearance in a rudder and bearing clearance measuring device for a rudder20 Sep 2022US 11,447,225 B2Becker Marine Systems GmbH & Co.KG
- Method and apparatus of measuring axial clearance of ball screw device, and methods of manufacturing ball screw device, vehicle, and mechanical device31 Aug 2021US 11,105,604 B2Nsk Ltd.
- Rolling bearing assembly6 Mar 2025US 2025/0075742 A1
- Device for detecting and identifying play in vehicles12 Oct 2023US 2023/0324162 A1Pdt Engineering Bvba
- Method for measuring axial clearance of bearing device for vehicle wheel15 Dec 2022US 2022/0397381 A1Ntn Corporation
- Adjustable spacer with hardened ends4 Feb 2021US 2021/0033144 A1Temper Corporation
- Method and apparatus of measuring axial clearance of ball screw device, and methods of manufacturing ball screw device, vehicle, and mechanical device3 Dec 2020US 2020/0378739 A1Nsk Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gauge and process for adjusting bearings60US 6,993,852 B2The Timken Company · 2006
- Apparatus for measuring wheel end play49US 5,070,621 AFederal-Mogul Corporation · 1991
- Method and apparatus for determining the thickness of shim required for properly loading and positioning the bearing assembly of a marine propulsion device drive shaft15US 4,744,153 AOutboard Marine Corporation · 1988
- Method for measuring preload clearance in double row rolling bearing and apparatus therefore15US 5,557,854 ANsk Ltd. · 1996
- Bearing adjustment and monitoring system15US 6,257,078 B12001