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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7752756 | Bush and method of manufacturing a bush A lined and flanged bush and method of manufacturing the same comprising: providing a liner having an aperture; locating the aperture in the liner around the spigot such that the liner lies on the surface; and stamping out the blank around the spigot to provide a li... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7344312 | 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 ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7322091 | Vibration isolating bushing and its manufacturing method This invention relates to a vibration isolating bushing, for example, built into a suspension system, an inside diameter of one edge (4) of an inner cylinder (1) being made larger than that of the other edge (6). The outside diameter of the thin... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7029180 | Flanged bushes and methods for the manufacture thereof The present invention provides a flanged bush including a substantially cylindrical body portion, a radial flange portion, and an undercut region disposed within a surface of the body portion and the flange portion, wherein the undercut region is operable for reliev... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7001565 | Seals A composite seal face ring has an inner ring (60) made of material with good tribological properties, the inner ring (60) being pre-compressed by an outer ring (64) with a high tensile strength and a thermal coefficient of expansion substantiall... | 02/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6896411 | Self-lubricating bearing and method of producing the same This invention relates to a self-lubricating bearing and a method of producing the same. The self-lubricating bearing includes a main body and a plurality of solid lubricant pieces. The main body has an inner annular wall surface, an outer annular wall surface, and ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6715207 | Method of manufacturing sliding bearings A method of manufacturing sliding bearings of the type in which a sliding guide surface is formed by using a resin liner, including fixing a thermosetting resin, which constitutes the resin liner, on the whole or a part of a sliding guide surface of a first member b... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6589372 | Plain bearing producing method A plain bearing for necks of rolls of rolling mills includes a bearing bushing of metal and a plain bearing alloy introduced into the bushing. The plain bearing alloy is based on tin with antimony and copper and contains of 6.8 to 7.2 percent by weight an... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6588934 | Silver-containing copper alloys for journal bearings The present invention relates to a copper base alloy suitable for use in bearing structures. The copper base alloy consists of from about 15 wt % to about 90 wt %, preferably from about 50 wt % to about 60 wt %, silver and the balance essentially copper. ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6532663 | Cellular hydrostatic fluid bearing, and a method of making it The hydrostatic fluid bearing comprises a cylindrical stator having orifices for introducing a fluid under pressure, on its inside surface the stator has a split ring constituted by an assembly comprising a plane metal plate and a layer of self-lubricatin... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6209206 | Method of producing split composite spherical bearing A method of making a spherical bearing including the steps of forming an outer bearing member with an inner concave spherical bearing surface, forming a second member with an outer convex spherical bearing surface, cutting the second member along a diamet... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5745974 | Method of fabricating a chain link assembly having bushes each provided integrally with a resin sleeve on its inner circumference The present invention improves the durability of a plastic sleeve formed integrally with a bush on the inner circumference of the bush. A method of fabricating a chain link assembly deforms a bush (1) set in a mold (2) into the same barrel-like shape as t... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5688054 | Process for the production of a sleeve-shaped friction bearing and a friction bearing produced according to this process A process for the production of a sleeve shaped friction bearing including the steps of producing a thin inner sliding layer of a polymeric material free of abrasive fillers on a core by a molding process, producing a longitudinal interruption in an outer... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5560103 | Bearing with bearing surface of integrally bonded self-lubricating material A method of making bearing including a substratum having a configured external surface to which a self-lubricating material is integrally bonded to provide a self-lubricating bearing surface, the method including; applying a layer of self-lubricating resi... | 10/01/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5385422 | Pivot/rotational device A pivot/rotational device comprises a pivot pin having a head and a tubular, cylindrical shank of reduced diameter projecting from the head. A two-part bushing assembly comprises a ring and a sleeve. The ring encircles the shank. The sleeve is formed of a... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5274921 | Forming method of bushing with outer sliding surface A bushing having an outer sliding surface is produced by a die forming method without machining. A crowning shape is provided to the outer surface so that the outer diameter of the bushing is smaller at its opposite longitudinal ends, and increases progre... | 01/04/1994 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4787129 | Metal of manufacturing a composite journal bushing A method of manufacturing a composite plain bearing is shown comprising the steps of forming, through pressing and sintering of powdered-metal, a porous base member defining a bearing surface having a height greater than four times its wall thickness, dis... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4658500 | Apparatus for fabricating a plain (sliding) bearing In a sliding bearing, a metallic layer is coated on a bearing base bush and is provided with grooved or helical or crossing indentations with intermediate elevations. Applied in a uniform manner onto the so-formed metallic layer is a sliding layer of soft... | 04/21/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4470184 | Bearing of an internal combustion engine and process for producing the same A bearing to be used in an internal combustion engine, comprises a base and an overlay layer formed on said base. The overlay layer comprises an alloy layer consisting of from 5 to 20%, preferably from 10 to 14%, of Sn, from 0.05 to 10%, preferably from 0... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4462144 | Stamped low friction bearing, and process for making same A process and apparatus for mechanically bonding a low friction bearing fabric to a perforated support member by juxtaposing sheets of the fabric and perforated metal, and drawing and pressing together the fabric and metal. Also disclosed is a bearing hav... | 07/31/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4421588 | Plastics alloy compositions A plastics alloy for a bearing material comprising polyphenylene sulphide and polyether ether ketone. The alloy is formed by powder mixing, melt blending or solvent blending and applied to a metal backing either as a sheet, or in solution or in powder for... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4241483 | Method of making drill, bushings, pump seals and similar articles A method of making a drill bushing or a similar article, such as a pump seal, the method including metallurgically bonding tungsten carbide within a matrix to the steel blank by treating the combination in a vacuum, hydrogen, salt bath or other heating me... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4208472 | Composite bearing material and method of making the same In a composite bearing material including a metal strip, a porous sintered metal matrix layer bonded to a surface of said metal strip and a resin composition impregnated into and substantially filling the voids in said porous metal layer and forming a con... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4189194 | Coated plain bearing and process of manufacture This invention is for providing a bearing lining on a backing, for example of aluminum, and uses polyphenylene sulphide which has good bearing properties, in combination with a base comprising a component of a metal from Group I or Group II of the Periodi... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4125637 | Process for embedding hard particles in a bearing surface In a process for forming an extremely hard-wearing rubber or bearing surface on a metal machine part, particles of hard grit, such as carbide grit, are deliberately formed into the surface using a resiliently-loaded tool, so that the surface becomes perma... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4122701 | Collar sleeves and process and tool for the manufacture thereof Collar sleeves lined with bearing material are manufactured by axially upsetting a prepared cylindrical sleeve in a die assembly tool that permits and controls axial thickening of the sleeve wall in the region of the desired collar.... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4117580 | Manufacture of bearings A lined bearing is made by tinning at least the radially inner surface of a bearing ring, providing an atmosphere of water vapour adjacent the tinned surface to which a flux is also supplied, and centrifugally casting on the lining material. Tinning can b... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4071643 | Method of manufacturing bearing material This invention is the production of a plain bearing having an aluminum interlayer and a metal overlay on the interlayer. The overlayer is for example cast on the interlayer so that it can constitute substantially the final bearing surface without machinin... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4060286 | Wear resistant drill pipe collar and method of making same A wear-resistant drill pipe collar and method of making same are provided wherein such collar has at least one annular groove defined therein and such groove has cooperating surfaces which hold a plurality of easily installed and removed wear-resistant in... | 11/29/1977 |
