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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 1977
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1975
Martin Abel, Franklin, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A self-aligning pod bearing assembly includes a cylindrical casing forming a socket for a bead-shaped porous bearing which is urged against the socket by means of a resilient bearing retainer which fits between a shoulder portion of the casing and the spherical bearing. The inside of the casing is filled with wicking material exposed through the bearing retainer to an oil slinger mounted for rotation with the shaft adjacent the end of the bearing contacted by the retainer and another oil slinger rotationally mounted on the shaft adjacent the other end of the bearing. In the preferred embodiments the outer diameter of the casing is formed by the same casing member which forms the interior bearing socket thus insuring coaxiality of the nominal bearing axis and the outer diameter of the casing.