# US 9,752,621 B2 · Hanger bearing assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,752,621 B2 - Document ID: US9752621B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/967,801 - Filed: 2015-12-14 - Published: 2017-06-15 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-14 - Assignees: Sukup Manufacturing Company - Applicants: Sukup Manufacturing Co. - Inventors: Ryan Thomas Olson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9752621B2 ## CPC - F16C 35/02: in the case of sliding-contact bearings - B65G 33/32: Adaptations of bearings or couplings for supporting and connecting screws (B65G33/16 takes precedence) - F16C 17/02: for radial load only - F16C 2310/00: Agricultural machines - F16C 2360/00: Engines or pumps - F16C: SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) ## Abstract A hanger bearing assembly has a bearing enclosed within a plurality of mounting plates. The mounting plates are slidably and removably attached w supports on the interior sidewalIs of a trough. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hanger bearing assembly, comprising: a bearing housing that receives a bearing connected to a shaft of an auger, wherein the bearing housing includes a plurality of mounting plates in side-by-side engagement; a plurality of supports attached to interior sidewalls of a trough in parallel spaced relation to form a groove; and wherein the bearing housing is slidably and removably connected to the plurality of supports. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1 wherein each mounting plate has a lower arcuate section, a generally vertical connecting section, and an elongated support member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1 wherein the mounting plates have an ear positioned to be received within a slot formed between an upper support and the sidewall of the trough. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1 wherein the ends of the plurality of supports are tapered away from the groove. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1 wherein the mounting plates have a first side and a second side. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1 further comprising at least one mounting plate having a first side and a second side, with the both the first side and the second side each having a lower arcuate section. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The assembly of claim 6 further comprising the lower arcuate section of the first side having a notch on a lower edge that is configured to receive a prong on a lower edge of the lower arcuate section of the second side. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The assembly of claim 6 further comprising the first side and the second side each having an elongated support member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The assembly of claim 8 wherein the elongated support member of the second side is longer than the elongated support member of the first side. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The assembly of claim 8 further comprising a C-shaped channel at the end of each elongated support member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The assembly of claim 10 wherein a lower portion of at least one support member is received in one of the C-shaped channels. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The assembly of claim 6 further comprising the lower arcuate section of the first side having a pair of protuberances, wherein each protuberance is configured to receive a screw. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) The assembly of claim 6 further comprising the lower arcuate section of the second side having a protuberance, wherein the protuberance is configured to receive a screw. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1 wherein the bearing housing has six mounting plates. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1 further comprising a spacer positioned at one end of the bearing housing that engages the side of one mounting plate. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The assembly of claim 15 further comprising the spacer having a first arcuate section and a section arcuate section. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The assembly of claim 16 further comprising the first arcuate section and the second arcuate second of the spacer each having a pair of protuberances configured to receive a screw. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1 further comprising the ends of the plurality of supports are tapered away from one another to form ramps. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1 further comprising at least one support having a spacer positioned between the support and the interior sidewall.