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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5609422 | Crankshaft bearing A crankshaft bearing for internal-combustion engines is provided in an internal-combustion engine housing made of a light metal alloy and comprises a bearing bore for a crankshaft journal of a crankshaft. The crankshaft bearing is provided with a device t... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5551782 | Component having at least one split bearing seat and method of producing same A component made from a preform made of a first material and having a bearing seat defining a bearing seat surface, and a method of producing the component. The component includes a bearing cap portion, and a remainder portion split from the bearing cap p... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5536089 | Method of producing a component having at least one split running face for rolling elements A component having a split running face for rolling elements, running face being disposed partially on a bearing cap, and a method of producing the same. According to the method, a preform is made from a material having a carbon content of at least 0.5 pe... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5520466 | Flanged bearings A flanged half bearing (10;50) comprises a shell portion (12;52) which provides a bearing surface (14;54) against which a shaft can rotate. A flange portion (16,18;56,58) of the bearing provides a thrust surface (20,22;60,62) to resist axial movement of t... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5462365 | Composite radial-axial plain bearing In a composite plain thrust journal bearing is provided, in the inner rim of the thrust bearing part, at least one retaining lug (5) with which is associated at least one splay finger (6). In the rim area (7) of the journal bearing part are provided for t... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5433531 | Engine bearing surface treatment A dispersion of hard, wear-resistant particles such as aluminum oxide is embedded within a shaft-engaging surface of a bearing such that the service life of a shaft and bearing assembly is extended. The relatively hard aluminum oxide particles exert a pol... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5405201 | Alignment ring for split bearing race and method of assembly A split outer ring has a raceway on a radially inwardly directed surface and a circumferential groove with tapered side walls on a radially outwardly directed surface and comprises a first arcuate portion and a second arcuate portion. An alignment ring en... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5267797 | Combined radial/axial friction bearing and method for its manufacture A compound journal and thrust plain bearing comprises a half-liner-shaped or bush-shaped journal bearing part and a part-ring-shaped thrust bearing part or a set of part-ring-shaped thrust bearing parts attached at one or both ends thereof, while every th... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5265700 | Lubrication for crankpin bearing of connecting rod A connecting rod for connecting a reciprocating piston to a rotating crankshaft of an internal combustion engine includes an improved lubrication distribution system for conveying lubrication into its crankpin bearing. The lubrication is distributed by me... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5192136 | Crankshaft bearing having hydrodynamic thrust flanges A split crankshaft bearing assembly includes two flanged half bearings adapted to collectively encircle a crankshaft. The flanges are formed with oil supply grooves that subdivide the flange surface into thrust bearing pads. Each pad includes a positively... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5172983 | Eccentric rod bearing A connecting rod crankshaft bearing, provided for installation in the connecting rod at the crankshaft end, eliminates the necessity for reaming out the ridge in a cylinder during rebuilding. The rod bearing is an eccentric bearing, provided as two semi-c... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5139348 | Bearings Flanged bearing bushes are described, the bush comprising a journal bearing element and a thrust flange bearing element on at least one end of the journal member, the journal bearing member having a reduced diameter portion and a shoulder formed on the ou... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5114246 | Floating flange half bearing A flanged half bearing for motor vehicle engine applications. The flanged half bearing is of the type having a semi-cylindrical shell provided with half thrust washers. The thrust washers are connected to the shell through the coacting of appendages on th... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5062718 | One-half part of a sliding surface bearing In a one-half part of a sliding surface bearing comprising a bearing half-shell (1) and at least one stop collar (2), the stop collar (2) constitutes a separate end flange and has mounting extensions (5), which protrude toward the bearing half-shell (1) a... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5056937 | Sliding bearing A sliding bearing such as a half sliding bearing, a cylindrical bushing and etc. includes a back metal of a three-layer construction composed of a back metal portion of austenitic stainless steel having a thermal expansion coefficient of not less than 15Ã... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5056936 | Multilayer plain bearing A multilayer plain bearing composed of a backing layer, an intermediate layer and a diffusion or bonding layer, and a sliding layer, the sliding layer being of a laminate structure formed by the alternate deposition of layers of a softer material and laye... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4989998 | Bearings Flanged bearings are described wherein flanges are joined to a journal bearing by means of co-operating lugs on the flange and slots in the journal bearing end face. The lugs are offset from the remainder of the flange material in order to provide increas... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4889435 | Bearings having upper and lower halves of different materials Journal bearings comprising two half bearings are described. Only one half bearing, in the highest loaded position, has an overlay coating. Preferably the non-overlay coated half comprises a silicon containing aluminum alloy which exerts a polishing actio... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4845817 | Method of forming a half-round bearing A half-round bearing including a locating tab for establishing the positioning of the bearing shell when being mounted within a bearing housing. Generating tabs according to the prior art leave a radially outwardly projecting channel in the bearing crown ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4836695 | Composite sliding surface bearing A composite sliding surface bearing consisting of a backing layer of steel, a bearing alloy layer which consists of aluminum and has been applied to said backing layer, and a sliding surface layer which consists of zinc phosphate and has been deposited on... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4714356 | Composite thrust bearing formed by a radial bearing with at least one separate axial thrust collar A composite thrust collar for a rotary shaft formed from a radial bearing in which the rotating shaft may rotate and at least one axial thrust collar preventing axial movement of the shaft, characterized in that the radial bearing or the axial thrust coll... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4707149 | Bearing having a divided housing for stabilizing in motor vehicle The bearing for stabilizers, or the like, in motor vehicles has a two-part housing that is divided along an axial plane and holds an inner bushing of an elastomer material. This inner bushing is movably inserted in a slide sleeve and both are divided alon... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4702624 | Flanged half bearing A flanged half bearing includes a plain half bearing rigidly connected to a pair of flanges by projection welds. All finishing operations are carried out on the separate bearing parts prior to assembly so that a finished part results after welding. Each f... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4684267 | Split bearing assemblies Split bearing assemblies are disclosed having separable bearing caps for both single applications, such as connecting rods, and multiple applications, such as engine crankshaft supports, together with methods and apparatus for making such assemblies by in... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4644624 | Method for manufacturing a flanged half bearing A process for the manufacture of half bearings with flanges rigidly connected thereto, made of a steel plate with an antifriction layer, in which the plain (i.e. not yet flanged) half bearing and a pair of flanges are produced and worked separately, and s... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4553856 | Bearing having nickel-tin-copper barrier layer The heavy-duty performance of babbitt-lined, copper-lead based journal bearings is improved by a novel trimetallic barrier layer interposed between the babbitt and copper-lead layers. The trimetallic barrier layer contains the elements nickel, tin and cop... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4462644 | Bearing utilizing helical insert An improvement for a low frictional connection between a first element and a second element wherein one of the elements rotates with respect to the other, such as a crankshaft and a connecting rod, includes the addition of a helical member located between... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4219916 | Bearing cartridge mounting method A method for the precision alignment of bearings and, more particularly, a method of installing sleeve bearings relative to other parts of the apparatus assembly or to other bearings in a manner that will assure the accurate alignment of the axis of the b... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4217766 | Shaft vibration damper An apparatus (120) for intermittent support of a rotatable shaft (22) comprises an axial collar (120) substantially coaxial with the shaft (22) and fixed thereabout for rubbing contact with the shaft (22) only after the shaft deflects a predetermined amou... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4188079 | Multiple-layer metal bearing for use in a large-size engine A multi-layer metal bearing for use in a large-size engine or the like has three layers including a steel backing layer, a bonding or an intermediate layer of aluminum or aluminum alloy, and a bearing alloy layer consisting of more than 50% up to 65% by w... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4165094 | Juvenile toy vehicle Juvenile toy vehicle with a braking arrangement including front and rear axles supporting front and rear wheels, respectively, a pipe frame having the front and rear axles mounted in the front and the rear ends thereof, respectively, a sprocket wheel havi... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4073550 | Sleeve bearing A sleeve bearing of the halfshell type wherein an oil film is disposed between the bearing and journaled member during operation and which bearing improves bearing fatigue resistance. The thickness of one of the halfshells is increased to thereby reduce t... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4017127 | Sleeve type flanged bearing A split multipiece flanged journal bearing for use as an engine crankshaft thrust-journal bearing or the like wherein the thrust flanges and journal bearing shells are semi-cylindrical and have interlocking means to prevent rotational motion of the thrust... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3999874 | Control shaft for a variable resistance control A sleeve is trapped in a counter bore of a bushing, the sleeve being adapted to provide a bearing surface for a rotating shaft.... | 12/28/1976 |
