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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152380 | Sleeve bearing assembly and method of construction A sleeve bearing assembly and method of construction therefor includes a woven inner portion bonded to an injection molded elastic outer portion. The inner portion includes a first yarn of lubricious yarn material and a second yarn of material that is different than... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8021051 | Sleeve bearing assembly and method of construction A sleeve bearing assembly and method of construction therefore has an inner portion constructed from a plurality of yarns to provide a journal bearing surface for receipt of a journal for relative movement therein and an elastic outer portion injection molded at lea... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7367744 | Stabilizer bar system for automotive vehicle A stabilizer bar system for an automotive vehicle includes a stabilizer bar having a circular cross section and a rigid sleeve applied to a section of the outer circumference of the stabilizer bar. The sleeve has a number of circumferentially extending grooves and l... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7226213 | Multilayer plain bearing A multi-layer plane bearing has a bearing layer and a gliding layer connected to it. The gliding layer includes at least one thread layer treated with an epoxy resin. The thread layer is made up of a multitude of threads of at least one thread type arranged in a giv... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7140778 | Synthetic resin composites and bearings formed therefrom and method A resin composite for use in the manufacture of slide bearings is formed of a resin and fine particles of RBC or CRBC dispersed in the resin. The resin composite can be molded into slide bearings. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7077573 | Contact bearing A bearing adapted to support and allow controlled relative movement with an opposed bearing surface. The bearing is constructed to have a long life by incorporating a surface that addresses many causes of friction and wear. The bearing includes a plurality of suppor... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6729763 | Hybrid bearing system A hybrid bearing system that has a self-lubricating portion and a grease lubricated portion each being disposed on the same surface, the system is adapted to accommodate at least two distinct wearing forces generated by different types of motions. The bearing system... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6675496 | Dryer drum bearing assembly A bearing for supporting the drum of a clothes dryer which includes an interior structural layer of high coherency felted fibrous material and an exterior surface covering for contact with the dryer drum formed of fibrous material including a wool constit... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6478468 | Plain bearing structure A plain bearing comprises a metal backing, a layer of a porous matrix of sintered metal on the backing and a filled PTFE infiltrated into the interstices of the sintered layer and standing proud of the sintered layer, wherein the PTFE is filled with 1-20%... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6464396 | Rolled-up plain bearing bush The invention relates to a rolled-up plain bearing bush made from a metal/plastic composite plain bearing material whose wall has a thickness of at least 0.75 mm and which can be pressed into an opening of said bearing to form a medium-force fit. The inve... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6273685 | Thrust Plate Retaining Device for Radial Piston Pumps A radial piston pump for generating high-fuel pressure in fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, in particular in a common rail injection system, having a drive shaft which is supported in a pump housing and has an eccentrically embodied s... | 08/14/2001 |
| 5762424 | Full perimeter fiber wound bearing construction Disclosed herein is a bearing assembly comprising an outer stationary assembly including a housing including an axial bore with an inwardly facing spherical surface, and an outer bearing member including an outwardly facing spherical surface received by t... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5685648 | Bearing apparatus having internal lubrication grooves The invention provides a bearing including an inner bearing surface that is formed by a layer of self-lubricating material and that contains axially extending and circumferentially spaced apart lubrication grooves. The inner bearing surface and the groove... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5635124 | Method of making an improved expanded PTFE fiber The present invention is an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fiber with improved handling properties. Unlike previous expanded PTFE fibers, the fiber of the present invention employs a fiber of increased thickness so that the fiber is maintained in... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5480231 | Spherical sliding bearing A spherical sliding bearing comprising a hollow inner rotating metallic shaft member having a spherical convex surface on its periphery, an outer load-carrying member having a spherical concave surface generally in conformity with the convex surface, the ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5470414 | Method of making flat stock having a bearing surface and the flat stock made thereby A method of making a filament wound flat stock member and the filament wound flat stock member made by that method. A low fraction bearing surface is formed on a support having a flat surface by placing a self-lubricating material on the flat surface. A m... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5431500 | Bearing with bearing surface of integrally bonded self-lubricating material A bearing comprising a substratum having a configured external surface to which a self-lubricating material is integrally bonded to provide a self-lubricating bearing surface produced by the method of: applying a layer of self-lubricating resin penetrable... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5417499 | Fabric lined bushing A fabric lined bushing is formed by placing a braided liner around a mandrel coating the liner with an adhesive and injection molding an elastomeric bushing material around the adhesive coated braided liner. The braided liner is formed from polyester fibe... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5288354 | Method of bonding self-lubricating fibers to an external surface of a substratum A method of integrally bonding self-lubricating material to an external surface of a substratum to form a self-lubricating surface thereon comprising the steps of: A. forming the substratum to provide an external surface thereon of desired configuration; ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5137374 | Titanium bearing surface A bearing assembly comprises coengaging inner race and outer race members movable relative to one another. The inner race has an outer bearing surface to which is fixedly secured a self-lubricating bearing material which engages and is movable relative to... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5087132 | Bearing having bearing surface of cloth A method for manufacturing a resin impregnated cloth bearing surface wherein the resin impregnated cloth is deaerated to reduce air bubbles in the finished bearing.... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5056938 | Track roller bearing floating sleeve system A track roller bearing having a floating sleeve between the inner race and outer race. The floating sleeve has a self-lubricating bearing material on its outer surface. The coefficient of friction of the self-lubricating bearing material increases as the ... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4976550 | Expanded fiber-reinforced bearings A plastic bearing is provided, as well as a method of fabricating these bearings, in which a number of strands of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene fibers are woven about a cylindrical mandrel to form a fabric about this mold surface. The fabric is then im... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4916749 | Elastomeric bushing and method of manufacturing the same A bushing for rotatably supporting a bar-shaped suspension link comprises an elastomeric body having a central axis and including an axial bore adapted to receive the suspension link therethrough. The bore includes a circumferential surface having project... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4846590 | Spherical bearing and production method thereof A spherical bearing comprises an outer ring and an inner ring located inside the outer ring to be slidable, the outer ring is prepared by casting molten metal around a resin-made sheet to be coated on the inner ring. A liner disposed between the inner and... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4820140 | Self-lubricating rotary vane pump The invention comprises a rotary pump with sliding vanes with a self-lubricating solid coating covering the exterior end facing surfaces of the rotor and end facing surfaces of air transfer end plates. Additionally disclosed herein is a rotary pump with s... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4741629 | Gas bearing and bearing part and bearing material suitable for such a gas bearing A gas bearing (1) comprising two bearing parts (2, 3) of granite type material and similar natural stone materials and means for injecting a gas between the bearing parts (2, 3) for forming a gap (7, 11) therebetween. The pores (10) in the surfaces of the... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4685184 | Self-lubricated track-roller bearing and method of constructing the same A self-lubricating track-roller bearing and the method of manufacturing the same that includes such a bearing with an inner race ring having a liner of self-lubricating material bonded to the outer surface of the inner race ring which is manufactured by t... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4509870 | Plastic slide bearing A plastic sliding bearing comprises an inner cylindrical member of fluoride such as fluoroplastics and an outer cylindrical member of fiber reinforced thermosetting resin arranged coaxially and integrally with the inner cylindrical member. The inner and o... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4386455 | Bearings for piano action mechanism employing bushing cloth and method of fabricating same A piano action mechanism wherein a shaft pin for rotatably supporting a rotatable member on a flange is carried in bearings formed of bushing cloth glued to the surface of bushing holes in the rotatable member. With a pin inserted through the cylinders of... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4189985 | Fabric-lined epoxy resin cylinder with lubricant retaining grooves A woven seamless sleeve including axial yarns forms the inner face of an epoxy resin cylinder for an air operated linear actuator. Under certain conditions, a minute, internal, spiral groove develops in applying the resin. In the operation of the actuator... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4109978 | Electrically insulated sleeve bearing and method of making same An electrically insulated bearing and method of making the bearing. In the preferred embodiment the bearing is a sleeve bearing having a tubular member with a machined inner wear surface for supporting the shaft of rotating electrical machinery. The as-ca... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4107381 | Composite article providing seamless fabric-lined bearings in multiple A fabric sleeve having lengthwise yarns of a low friction material and circumferential threads of a bondable material is secured on a mandrel utilizing in particular the heat shrinkage of the circumferential threads but also the axial shrinkage of the low... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4040883 | Method of making a low-friction fabric bearing The invention contemplates a method for making fabric-lined bearing wherein the fabric is of knitted construction, from yarn consisting primarily of low-friction filaments and high-strength filaments, and wherein the exposed filaments at the bearing inter... | 08/09/1977 |
| 3950047 | Bearing material with microencapsulated lubricant A bearing material comprising a plurality of frangible capsules, oil or grease in the capsules, and a body. The capsules are distributed in the body and the body at least partially defines a wear surface for the bearing material.... | 04/13/1976 |
