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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120008889 | SLIDE BEARING FOR CRANKSHAFT OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE There is provided a slide bearing for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, having a pair of half bearings combined with each other to form the slide bearing, and a crush relief formed in each end portion region in a circumferential direction of an inner periph... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20100266229 | Aircraft Thrust Bearing Assembly, Method of Manufacture and Method of Use An aircraft thrust bearing assembly utilizing a U-shaped bearing disposed over a portion of a thrust bearing shaft, both within a housing that is mounted to the front of an engine utilized for driving an aircraft propeller. The thrust bearing shaft rides in the U-shaped... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100119181 | SLIDING BEARING FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND SLIDING BEARING DEVICE Disclosed is a sliding bearing consisting of a pair of semi-cylindrical bearings for supporting a crankshaft or a crank pin in an internal combustion engine. The sliding bearing is incorporated in a split-type bearing housing. One of the semi-cylindrical bearings being ... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20090238507 | SLIDING BEARING A halved sliding bearing is provided, two of which are paired into a cylindrical shape. The halved sliding bearing includes a steel back metal, and a bearing alloy layer, which serves as a sliding surface, on the inside of the steel back metal. A coat layer of Bi or a B... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090226123 | Bearing Bush Assembly, Bearing and Semicircular Bearing Shell Half A bearing shell assembly has a bearing of length B1 and having two bearing shell halves each having a width B2<B1/2 spaced from each other axially. An oil duct extending angularly of the bearing shell halves is formed between the bear... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090129711 | Bearing system having a floating bearing mechanism A bearing mechanism for mounting a connecting rod to a crankshaft is disclosed. The bearing mechanism may include a first bearing half-shell forming a first semicylindrical member and a second bearing half-shell forming a second semicylindrical member. The second bearin... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090080821 | PLAIN BEARING A plain bearing capable of suppressing occurrence of bearing damage in a primary load portion is provided. The primary load portion in the center of at least one of the plain bearings that mainly receives load during rotation of a shaft is subjected to inner surface wor... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090046962 | MAIN BEARING SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A main bearing cap support structure is provided including a bulkhead and a main bearing cap removably mountable thereto by at least one threaded fastener. The threaded fastener includes a highly toleranced (i.e. controlled both dimensionally and geometrically) generall... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20080187260 | COMPOSITE ANTIFRICTION BEARING MATERIAL The invention relates to a composite antifriction bearing material for producing antifriction bearing elements, in particular antifriction bearing bushes and antifriction bearing half liners for engine applications, comprising a steel carrier layer and a copper-based, i... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080187259 | SLIDING BEARING Disclosed is a cylindrical sliding bearing consisting of an upper and a lower half bearings, which supports a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. An oil groove is formed circumferentially on an inner surface of at least the upper half bearing. There are provide... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080173128 | Shaft with Functional Bodies Such as Camshafts for Internal Combustion Engines, Method of Producing Them and Engines Equipped Therewith A shaft comprising functional elements, such as an assembled camshaft for an internal combustion engine, a method for producing such shafts, and internal combustion engines equipped with such shafts. The functional elements each have a bore and are produced separately f... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080138004 | THRUST BEARING A thrust bearing assembly includes an upper thrust bearing and a lower thrust bearing for use in an engine assembly of a vehicle and which, are preferably, identically configured. The upper and lower thrust bearings each include an arcuate bearing shell with a concave i... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080112659 | Bearing Device Bearing device (1) with a first bearing part (2) and a second bearing part (3) which cooperate in bearing contact, wherein the first bearing part (2) and the second bearing part (3) is each provided with a surface layer (21, 31)... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080098978 | INTERNAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A reinforcement plate for a reciprocating engine that greatly reduces the elastic and plastic deformation of engine block components when the engine is run at high rpm and force is provided which reduces structural fatigue thereby increasing available horsepower. The on... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080047393 | SPLIT TYPE CONNECTING ROD A split type connecting rod has a simple structure that is capable of suppressing rotation of a metal bearing, and avoiding problems such as burning. The split type connecting rod holds a crank-pin through a metal bearing which has locking lugs. A bearing locking groove... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20070081748 | Tab bearing A tab bearing is provided that includes a body having a first outside edge, a second outside edge, an inner surface, and an outer surface. At least one tab projects outwardly from the outer surface at the first outside edge. The tab may only extend partially around the ... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20070065059 | Bearing cap assembly A bearing cap assembly 5 generally comprising at least one bearing cap 10 having a mini-cap bearing cap 20 and a mini-cap 14. The bearing cap 10 having a shaft bore for receiving a balance shaft and a crankshaft bore for receiving a cr... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20060274982 | Thrust bearing A thrust bearing assembly includes an upper thrust bearing and a lower thrust bearing for use in an engine assembly of a vehicle and which, are preferably, identically configured. The upper and lower thrust bearings each include an arcuate bearing shell with a concave i... | 12/07/2006 |
| 20060182375 | Thermal sprayed bearing shells for connecting rod Bearing shell of a connecting rod which is located in the larger connecting rod eye in which the bearing shell is constituted by several thermally sprayed layers and the topmost material layer of the bearing shell is essentially constituted by an aluminum/bismuth alloy ... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060115192 | Bearing shell and method for the production thereof Disclosed is a method for producing bearing shells, according to which blanks are produced from a strip material, whereupon said blanks are transformed into bearing shells and the bearing shells are provided with a lubricating layer. In order to be able to create a mark... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060104556 | V-roller bearing and engine A bearing has an inner race that has separable inner sections. The inner race has an inner male protrusion and an inner female receptacle, and each inner male protrusion is mated with one of the inner female receptacles to form a unitary inner race. The bearing further ... | 05/18/2006 |
| 20060000095 | Bearing shell made of hybrid material and process for production thereof Internal combustion engine with bearing shells, which are formed essentially by thermal sprayed bearing layers, wherein the thermal sprayed bearing layers are formed by at least two slide bearing materials with different hardness, which are spatially separated from each... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050276529 | Plain bearing shell and method for producing a holding projection on a plain bearing shell The invention relates to a plain bearing shell for supporting an engine crankshaft or camshaft, or as a connecting rod bearing shell of an engine, the plain bearing shell comprises a radially outward protruding holding projection in the region of the separating surface ... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050244087 | Slide bearing shell A sliding bearing shell is described, comprising at least one holding cam (4) which is provided in the region of the dividing surface (2), projects beyond the back (3) of the shell and forms a deformation section of the sliding bearing shell (1 | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050238269 | Bearing structure A bearing structure is provided for a crankshaft and a connecting rod of an internal combustion engine. A single-piece first floating bearing having oil films formed thereon is disposed between a crankpin of the crankshaft and a big end of the connecting rod. A single-p... | 10/27/2005 |
| 20050135716 | Thrust washer and method of manufacture A thrust bearing assembly includes upper and lower bearing halves for journaling a shaft therebetween. At least one thrust washer is arranged on the outer surface of at least one of the bearing halves and has ends which extend beyond and confront the ends of the bearing... | 06/23/2005 |
