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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
James H Kramer, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
The B. F. Goodrich Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384 98 ; 384125 ;
Abstract
A bearing assembly for supporting a drive shaft, having a housing with a central bore in which is mounted a shell with a plurality of circumferential spaced staves defining water courses therebetween. Each of the staves have an outer layer made of an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene material and an inner layer made of an elastomeric material. The inner layer is grooved to receive a thin layer of low friction material such that surface of the low friction material is below the plane of the inner layer.