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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2021
Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Rencol Limited, Coventry, GB;
James K. Burgess, Gloucester, GB;
Neil James, Chepstow, GB;
James Upton, Bristol, GB;
David Long, Bristol, GB;
Alejandro Pena, Bristol, GB;
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS RENCOL LIMITED, Coventry, GB;
Abstract
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≥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.