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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2014
Applicants:
Mahle International Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Mahle Engine Systems Uk Ltd, Rugby, GB;
Mahle Industries, Incorporated, Morristown, TN (US);
Inventors:
Hugh Gibson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Omar Mian, Warwickshire, GB;
Konstantinos Kalogiannis, Warwickshire, GB;
David Merritt, Warwickshire, GB;
Assignees:
Mahle International GmbH, , DE;
Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/02 (2006.01); F16C 33/10 (2006.01); F16C 9/02 (2006.01); F16C 33/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/1065 (2013.01); F16C 9/02 (2013.01); F16C 17/022 (2013.01); F16C 33/046 (2013.01); F16C 2240/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
An engine bearing shell may include a concave bearing surface, opposed axial end faces with an axial width therebetween, circumferential joint faces, and an oil distribution groove circumferentially extending along the concave bearing surface towards the axial end faces. The oil distribution groove may have a groove width that is 4% to 9.25% of the axial width.