Patent ID: 7213846
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A bearing/connector assembly comprising: a bearing mount; a generally stationary housing bolted to the bearing mount and formed with a central bore centered on an axis and with a radial bore extending outward from the central bore; a tube in the central bore, forming at the radial bore an annular compartment, and having a passage opening radially into the compartment and axially at one end of the tube; structure in the housing supporting the tube for axial movement in the bore; a coupling at the one end of the tube; a conduit between the coupling and a part to which hydraulic fluid must be supplied; and another coupling at an outer end of the radial bore for connection to a source of hydraulic fluid under pressure, whereby the fluid can flow through the radial bore, annular compartment, and passage to the coupling at the one end of the tube and thence through the conduit to the part.