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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Satoshi Imai, Nagoya, JP;

Akira Ono, Nagoya, JP;

Takayuki Shibayama, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 9/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 9/04 ;
Abstract

A plain bearing which is mounted in an end of a connecting rod consists of a pair of hemi-circular bearing halves of which axial ends are provided with flanges being integrally fixed by welding. The flanges improve the rigidity of the bearing halves. The big end of the connecting rod can have improved rigidity by mounting the bearing halves therein.


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