Metal Leve S/a Industria E Comercio

Metal Leve S.a. Industria E. Commercio

Durval Duarte, Jr

Manfred Kaufmann, Jr

Georg Daxer

Joao C Salamani

Walter Zottin

Mario Sergio Praca

A sliding bearing (10) having an inner surface (13a) provided with at least one circumferential recess (15, 16) extending over a portion of the axial dimensions of the inner surface (13). The recess (15, 16) is located over one portion of the inner surface (13a) which is subjected to a peak oil film pressure (POFP) higher than a minimum value previously calculated for, and/or located up to 45 degrees upstream considering the rotation direction of the shaft, in one region of the inner surface (13a) where the minimum oil film thickness (MOFT) is less than a value previously calculated. Each circumferential recess (15, 16) is defined by a maximum radial depth E, a circumferential range given by the angle .alpha., which vary according to construction and operational features of the bearing (10), in order to cause the values of pressure and/or oil film thickness to meet values previously calculated for the bearing (10).

Sliding bearing

A sliding bearing of the type comprising a backing layer; an intermediate layer provided with internal peripheral grooved portions crosswise the bearing length and longitudinally spaced from each other; optionally, a diffusion or bonding layer on the grooved portions; and a sliding layer of a material softer than the material of the intermediate layer and filling the grooved portions. According to the invention, the grooves of the grooved portions have a depth and longitudinal spacing with uniform or variable dimensions, wherein at least one of the characteristics of depth and spacing is mandatorily variable. This design allows a selective distribution of harder material and softer material on defined portions of the bearing as a function of specific operating requirements.

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Durval Duarte, Jr