Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Rencol Limited

Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Pampus Gmbh

Neil James

James K Burgess

Timothy J Hagan

Lukas Plioska

Llewelyn Pickering

Alfred J Lethbridge

Ciaran Morrison

Andrew Robert Slayne

Brandon Scott Murphy

Simon Alan Hughes

Benjamin Nias

Thiemo Kuesters

Sven Muehling

André Gabener

James Upton

Brandon S Murphy

Alejandro Pena

David Long

An assembly having an outer component, an inner component, and a ring positioned between the outer component and the inner component, where the ring has at least one radially extending projection adapted to seat within at least one groove in the inner component or outer component, and where the projection is adapted to compress radially to allow rotational or axial movement between the inner component and the outer component upon application of rotational or axial force respectively to at least one of the inner component or the outer component.

Ring, method, and assembly for component displacement control

A bearing for disposition between a housing and a rotating member, the bearing including: at least one leaf spring element that provides a biasing force in a Y direction; where the bearing has a first stiffness, S, in the Y direction and a second stiffness, S, in an X direction perpendicular to the Y direction, where S&#x2265;S, and where the bearing includes a metal substrate and a low friction layer overlying at least one surface of the substrate and adapted to contact the rotating member.

Bearing for steering assembly

A tolerance ring including a sidewall having a first and a second opposite major surfaces spaced apart by a thickness, wherein the first major surface defines an inner diameter of the tolerance ring at a first location of the sidewall and an outer diameter of the tolerance ring at a second location of the sidewall. A method of forming a tolerance ring including providing a strip of material comprising a first, a second, a third, and a fourth edge, shaping the first edge of the strip toward the third edge, and shaping the second edge of the strip toward the fourth edge.

Tolerance ring

A steering assembly including an inner steering member; an outer steering member; a leaf spring disposed between the inner steering member and the outer steering member and adapted to bias the inner steering member, wherein the leaf spring comprises an inner portion and a plurality of outer portions, wherein the outer portions comprise end portions of the leaf spring that are folded over such that the outer portions overlie the inner portion, forming a folded edge; and a low friction layer supported by the leaf spring.

Steering assembly

A torque assembly including an outer component, an inner component fitted within the outer component, and a tolerance ring provided between the outer component and the inner component to transmit torque between the inner and outer components, wherein torque transferred between the inner and outer components is adjustable by modifying the axial spacing between the inner component and the outer component.

Adjustable torque assembly

A head restraint assembly including a headrest including an inner member, a seat back including an outer member, and a bearing disposed between the inner member and the outer member, the bearing including at least one leaf spring adapted to bias the inner member, where the leaf spring includes a substrate and a low friction layer overlying the substrate, where the leaf spring includes an inner portion and a plurality of outer portions, where the outer portions include end portions of the leaf spring that are folded over such that the outer portions overlie the inner portion, forming a folded edge, where the headrest is adapted to translate with respect to the seat back, and where the seat back is adapted to receive the headrest such that the headrest is height adjustable relative to a seat back.

Bearing for use in seat back assemblies

A tolerance ring can include a generally cylindrical body that can include a side wall. The sidewall can define a top and a bottom. Further, the sidewall can include a plurality of wave structures that can extend from the sidewall, a plurality of unformed sections, and a gap that can extend along the entire length of the body. Each unformed section can be located between a pair of adjacent wave structures. Further, the gap can establish a split in the body. The tolerance ring can also include at least one hole intersecting at least one of the wave structures to establish a perforated wave structure.

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Chepstow, United Kingdom

Neil James