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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:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Mitsubishi Electric Home Appliance Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ; F16C / ; F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428218 ; 384108 ; 384291 ; 384316 ; 384385 ; 384902 ; 384903 ; 384909 ; 4283066 ; 4283105 ; 4283135 ; 4283202 ; 4283211 ;
Abstract
A porous-plastic bearing comprises a porous-plastic sliding bearing member which is formed by gathering a cluster of plastic particles each having a volume in the range of from about 0.004 mm.sup.3 to about 4 mm.sup.3 and sintering the cluster of plastic particles while setting its porosity at a selected value in the range of from about 10% to about 30%. Furthermore, the sliding bearing member comprises a plurality of plastic particles in any longitudinal or cross section. Pores formed within the sliding bearing member are impregnated with or filled with a lubricating agent.