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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1982
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert R McCloskey, Fairfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Incom International Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
308 72 ; 204 51 ; 3082 / ; 308241 ; 308D / ;
Abstract
A bearing assembly having an inner race member movably mounted in an outer race member, the inner surface of the outer member being a concave spherical surface and the outer surface of the inner member being a complementary convex spherical surface. The outer race member is received within an aperture formed in the head of a shank assembly. The bearing surfaces are formed of zinc-plated metal having a chromium skin layer and a chromium enriched subsurface layer. The chromium skin layer is about 40 microns thick.