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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:
May. 04, 1993
Filed:
May. 26, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Raymond B Brough, Port Clinton, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29898062 ; 29407 ; 2989809 ; 384450 ;
Abstract
A novel method for assembling a two row, angular contact bearing achieves improved axial end play without providing more ball diameter classes. The actual width of the pairs of opposed ball pathways is gauged. When and if the width falls nearly halfway between two available ball diameter classes, one row is chosen from the larger class above, and the other from the smaller class below, the midpoint. The net effect is improved axial end play with no appreciable effect on contact angle or bearing operation.