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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Günter Brenker, Waiblingen, DE;
Edgar Brütsch, Stuttgart, DE;
Frank Müller, Schorndorf, DE;
Robert Niklas, Weinstadt, DE;
Willy Treyz, Neckartailfingen, DE;
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02F 7/00 ;
Abstract
In a bearing for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine having a crankcase including a bearing base portion with a bearing cover mounted thereon and both the bearing base portion and the bearing cover consisting of a light metal alloy, the bearing cover has removably mounted therein, adjacent the crankshaft, an insert consisting of a bearing material which has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than the light metal alloy of which the base bearing portion and the bearing cover consist.