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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7279227 | Spraying piston ring A thermal spray coated piston ring having improved initial running-in propery, and having scuffing resistance and wear resistance is provided. The spray coating film (3) of the piston ring (1) contains from 2 to 40 mass % of Sn and from 5 to 50 mass % ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7222425 | Method of forming engine bearing A journal bearing has a lining of bearing metal applied to a steel backing. The surface of the lining is laser peen hardened to locally increase the hardness and the seizure resistance of the lining. The underlying core of the lining is unaffected and maintains good... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7178238 | Method of producing a workpiece having at least one bearing eye A method of producing a workpiece (1) having at least one bearing eye (2) is described, the bearing eye (2) being coated with an anti-friction coating (4), which forms a running surface deviating from a circular cylinder. In order to prov... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159317 | Inner metal link bushing for a vibration isolator and method for forming An inner metal link bushing is formed by providing flat steel stock having a chamfered edge disposed at an angle relative to the surfaces such that, when the flat stock is reshaped to a tubular formation, the edges forming a longitudinal seam will initially contact ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6904680 | Method of making a guide bushing A bushing utilizes a fabric reinforced thermoset composite sleeve incorporated within an outer shell in a construction enabling the sleeve to be press-fitted within the shell and held therein by a constriction in the shell bore which is embraced by the bearing liner... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6854183 | Lead-free bearing A lead-free bearing includes a bronze matrix powder metal bearing layer bonded to a steel backing a fully densified. The bearing material has about 8 to 12% by weight tin, about 1 to less than 5% by weight bismuth, and about 0.03 to 0.08% by weight phosphorus, with ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6282792 | Bearing bush with center flange A bearing bush that can be installed without any auxiliary components and ensures a secure fit has a backing which comprises at least one layer, an overlay (4), on its inner surface and at least one flange (6, 6a, 6b) in the form of a circumferential clos... | 09/04/2001 |
| 5537746 | Method of manufacture of improved track roller bearing A method of manufacturing an improved track roller bearing is presented in which the axial thrust bearing elements are integral inclined opposed surfaces formed on the inner and outer races of the track roller bearing. The inner race is swaged to form the... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5471862 | Bearing having arch-shaped recesses and method of manufacturing the same An annular bearing has its bearing surface on the inner surface. The bearing surface is formed to improve bearing properties, that is, to improve adaptability to an impact load and an imbalanced load. A method of manufacturing a bearing having such a bear... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5265335 | Forming method of bushing with inner sliding surface An inner sliding surface layer of a bearing bushing is formed into a crowning shape in an axial direction by a die shaping method. A bushing blank fitted on a generally-tapered lower end portion of an upper mandrel is inserted, together with the upper man... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5174015 | Apparatus for manufacturing cylindrical slide bearing There is disclosed an apparatus for manufacturing a cylindrical slide bearing. The apparatus comprises a belt conveyer for conveying a U-shaped semiprocessed product, a press unit composed of a punch and a die confronting each other and respectively havin... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5153991 | Bearings A method of manufacturing a bearing is described, the method comprising the steps of preparing a flat blank having a steel backing layer and a bearing alloy lining, the blank having an area corresponding to the projected surface area of the bearing, the f... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5035051 | Method of manufacturing a bearing bush A bearing bush includes a cylindrical portion for bearing a radial load on a rotating shaft, and a flange formed integral with the cylindrical portion and adapted to bear a thrust load on the rotating shaft. The flange has a through hole at its center. Ac... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4934035 | Method for producing friction bearing parts, in successive processing steps from ribbon-like composite laminate strip material Method and machine for producing friction bearing shells from ribbon-shaped composite laminate material, wherein the composite laminate material is fed and processed in successive stages at a multiplicity of successive stations until the shells are finish... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4578848 | Method for the manufacture of flanged bearings A method of forming a flanged bearing from a strip having a steel backing and a lining of bearing metal. Firstly, an aperture is formed in the backing, then a collar is punched out of the strip material surrounding the aperture. Finally, the collar is bla... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4499642 | Composite bearing A heavy-duty composite radial journal bearing and a method to produce it is described. A pattern of openings is formed through a bearing sleeve representing, for instance, axially aligned metal bars. The openings are subsequently filled wth a metal dissim... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4442578 | Method of making hot drawn low friction bearing A process for making composite bearings with low friction surfaces and metal backings in which the metal backing is used to draw low friction material into the shape of the bearing surface. Heat is used to aid bonding of the low friction material to the b... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4333215 | Bearing material and method of making A process for making a multilayer bearing material is provided which comprises a backing layer, an intermediate layer of aluminum and an outer overlay layer. The backing layer and aluminum layer are roll bonded together to form a composite strip which is ... | 06/08/1982 |
