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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2019
Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Rencol Limited, Coventry, GB;
Llewelyn Pickering, Pandy, GB;
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS RENCOL LIMITED, Coventry, GB;
Abstract
A tolerance ring including a substrate, and an overlying layer including at least one of a thermal enhancement layer and a retention layer, the thermal enhancement layer including at least one of i) Vickers hardness <400 VPM or ii) a thermal conductivity >100 W/m·K, the tolerance ring being adapted to provide at least one of a) a thermal transfer between the inner member and the outer member, b) a coefficient of friction between the retention layer and the outer member, μ1, and a coefficient of friction between the substrate and the outer member, μ2, and where μ1>μ2, or c) a retention force, Rf, between the inner member and the outer member, and the assembly has an assembly force, Af, and where Rf>0.1 Af, wherein the tolerance ring includes a plurality of projections protruding radially inward or radially outward.