Mahle International Gmbh

Mahle Engine Systems UK Limited

Mahle Composants Moteur France Sas

Mahle Industries Inc.

Mahle Engine Components Slovakia S.r.o.

Mahle Composant Moteu France Sas

Stephane Barral

Ian Laing

Ha Tran

Tino Gallas

Raphaelle Francois

Cedric Fortune

Kevin Berkery

Virginie Neyret

Miroslav Bukna

Lionel Menu

Mark Sharpe

Murray Scott

Raphaelle Francios

A thrust washer for a flange half-bearing may include a semi-annular panel having an inner edge and an outer edge. A plurality of hooking lugs may project inwardly from the inner edge of the panel. The hooking lugs may have at least one latching edge configured to engage with a corresponding opening in a bearing shell received by the thrust washer and prevent disconnection of the thrust washer and the bearing shell without deformation of the bearing shell. The hooking lugs may have a hooking lug inner portion proximate to a central part of the thrust washer around the inner edge of the panel for engaging against an edge of the corresponding opening of the bearing shell, and a hooking lug outer portion remote from the central part around the inner edge of the panel. The hooking lug inner portion may be thinner than the hooking lug outer portion.

Thrust washer

A bearing shell for a sliding bearing may include a body having a convex outer surface and an alignment feature projecting from the outer surface. The alignment feature may be arranged at an end face of the body. The alignment feature may include a first tapered portion having an axial width that reduces in a direction away from the end face. The first tapered portion may include at least two axial sides extending circumferentially and angled away from parallel with respect to a corresponding axial end face of the body by an angle of 2&#xb0; to 10&#xb0;.

Bearing shell with alignment projecting feature

There is disclosed a split bearing comprising a semi-cylindrical bearing member having a concave bearing surface extending throughout the length thereof to a parting face at each opposed circumferential end of the bearing member. The bearing surface has formed thereon a sprayed bearing overlay extending over the whole bearing surface except for crush relief regions adjacent to the parting faces. The bearing member has a substantially constant outer diameter and inner diameter except at the crush relief regions, where the inner diameter is larger than at other regions of the bearing surface. There is also disclosed a method of making such a bearing. Less overlay material is required than in conventional split bearings.

Bearings with uncoated crush relieves

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Saint Martin Bellevue, France

Stephane Barral