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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:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Julie Ann McDonald, Rugby, GB;
John Edward Wheatley, Rugby, GB;
Anthony Latkowski, Rugby, GB;
David Geoffrey Hall, Rugby, GB;
Assignee:
Glacier Garlock Bearings, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21H 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21H 2/700 ;
Abstract
The bearing comprises a metal backing, a sintered layer on said metal backing, and a lining layer infiltrated into pores of the sintered layer and standing proud thereof to provide a bearing surface. The lining layer comprises polytetrafluoroethylene including 2 to 10% by volume of fibrillated aramid fibres.