Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Corporation

Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Rencol Limited

Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Pampus Gmbh

Paul Haines

Timothy J Hagan

Abe Sanchez

Brandon Scott Murphy

Chloe Echikson

Heiko Jessler

Vincent Dimartino

Andrew Robert Slayne

Mirko Hundertmark

Vincent DiMartino

Lukas Plioska

Hans-Juergen Jaeger

Simon Alan Hughes

James K Burgess

Llewelyn Pickering

Benjamin Nias

Jan Fluegge

Florian Itta

Florian Foerster

James Pennsiriwongse

Martin Schwiegel

Thomas Greinwald

Daniel Tobias

Emre Ulbay

Sebastian Giesen

Mehmet Usta

Jiri Zlebek

Juergen Freese

Juan Vaya Valcarce

Stuart Kelly

Brandon S Murphy

An assembly including an outer member; an inner member; and a tolerance ring disposed between the inner member and the outer member, wherein the tolerance ring is a split ring comprising opposing edges, where the edges engaged with at one of the inner member or the outer member so as to prevent or restrict movement between the tolerance ring and at least one of the inner member or the outer member, or where the tolerance ring is deformed as installed between the inner member and the outer member and forms at least one buckled region in the tolerance ring due to an interference fit between the inner member and the outer member, where in an uninstalled state, the buckled region is absent.

Tolerance ring

A bearing including a generally cylindrical sidewall including an electrically conductive substrate, and an electrically non-conductive or low-conductive sliding layer coupled to the substrate, where the generally cylindrical sidewall includes a plurality of protrusions protruding radially inward or radially outward from a bore defining a central axis, where at least one protrusion is adapted to contact an opposing component such that at a point of contact the bearing has a void area free of sliding layer so as to provide electrical conductivity between the bearing and the opposing component, and wherein at least one protrusion has a spring rate of not greater than 30 kN/mm, such as not greater than 25 kN/mm, such as not greater than 15 kN/mm, or such as not greater than 10 kN/mm.

Electrically conductive bearings

A friction brake including a shaft having an input end and an output end, at least one lock collar, at least one tolerance ring disposed between the lock collar and the shaft providing an interference fit therebetween, and a locking component adapted to engage the lock collar to prevent rotation of the lock collar.

Friction brake

An assembly including an inner component; an outer component; a tolerance ring, comprising an annular band and a plurality of projections projecting radially from the annular band, the tolerance ring being disposed between the inner component and the outer component; and a low friction layer provided radially inside or radially outside the annular band so as to enable sliding movement in an axial direction between the inner component and the outer component, wherein at least one of the inner component or outer component is profiled to transmit a radial load between the inner component and the outer component to appreciably prevent collapse of the projections.

Sliding assembly

The present disclosure relates to bearings, guide sleeves and head restraint assemblies for automobiles.

Bearing for use in sliding head restraint

A torque limiting tolerance ring that is configured to be installed between an inner component and an outer component is disclosed. The torque limiting tolerance ring can include a generally cylindrical body that can have a sidewall. The sidewall can include an unformed section and a plurality of projections can extend from the unformed section of the sidewall. The projections can be configured to engage the inner component or the outer component. During use, the torque limiting tolerance ring can move from an engaged configuration, in which the inner component is statically coupled to the outer component, to a disengaged configuration, in which the inner component is disengaged from the outer component.

Torque limiting tolerance ring

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Bristol, United Kingdom

Paul Haines