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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
May. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roy Lee Orndorff, Jr., Kent, OH (US);
Assignee:
Duramax Marine, LLC, Hiram, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/702 ;
Abstract
A bearing assembly for supporting a drive shaft of a ship wherein the shaft if generally to be supported by such bearing assembly in a horizontally extending position. The bearing assembly has a housing with a cylindrical shell mounted therein having a central bore with a longitudinally extending central axis. The shell has a plurality of circumferentially spaced staves provided therein which project into the central bore to support the drive shaft. The staves have transverse grooves provided therein.