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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2022
Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Corporation, Solon, OH (US);
Vincent Dimartino, Clifton, NJ (US);
Baltasar R. Garcia, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Florian Foerster, Duisburg, DE;
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION, Solon, OH (US);
Abstract
A bearing including a sidewall including an electrically conductive substrate, and an electrically non-conductive or low-conductive sliding layer coupled to the substrate, where the sidewall includes at least one circumferential rib feature protruding radially inward or radially outward from a bore defining a central axis, where the at least one circumferential rib feature has an aspect ratio between a circumferential length and an axial width of at least 2:1, where the circumferential rib feature 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.