| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6688768 |
Bearing assembly and manufacturing method |
February 10, 2004 |
| A dry bearing (10.sub.2, FIG. 2(f)) for a hinge pin or the like comprises a bush 40.sub.2 mounted in a radially supportive housing (16), the bush being formed by a circumferentially discontinuous tubular form made by rolling a strip of steel-backed, bearing material having a filled polym |
| 6485608 |
Manufacture of plain bearings |
November 26, 2002 |
| The bearing comprises a metal backing, a sintered layer on said metal backing, and a lining layer infiltrated into pores of the sintered layer and standing proud thereof to provide a bearing surface. The lining layer comprises polytetrafluoroethylene including 2 to 10% by volume of f |
| 6478468 |
Plain bearing structure |
November 12, 2002 |
| 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% by volume fibrillated aramid |
| 6461679 |
Bearing material |
October 8, 2002 |
| A bearing material and a method for the production thereof are described. The bearing material comprising a matrix of polytetrafluoroethylene having dispersed therein in volume %: a melt-processable fluoro-polymer in the range from 2 to 10; an inorganic particulate filler material in the |
| 6425977 |
Manufacture of plain bearings |
July 30, 2002 |
| A method of manufacturing a bearing material, a bearing material and a bearing having the bearing material on a strong backing are described. The method includes the steps of forming a water-based slurry having a solids content comprising 30 to 80% by volume of a fluoro-polymer, 5 to 30% |
| 6416226 |
Preloaded cushioned bearing assembly |
July 9, 2002 |
| In a bearing assembly for a steering column assembly for example, the bearing assembly comprising an axially split bearing and elastomeric crown, the crown acting to close the split, there is disclosed an improved elastomeric crown. The crown includes a plurality of passageway extending |
| 6390682 |
Plain bearing |
May 21, 2002 |
| A plain bearing comprises a metallic backing, a sintered porous metal layer bonded to the backing and a lining layer infiltrated into the pores of the porous metal layer and overlying the sintered metal layer, said lining layer comprising PTFE containing 10-30% by vol. of particulate |
