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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy O. Williams, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Michael A. Cook, Silver Lake, IN (US);
Michael W. Henry, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Timothy W. Carey, Grabill, IN (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/902 ; F16C 4/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/902 ; F16C 4/304 ;
Abstract
A bearing seat includes a cylindrical scat defining a cylindrical pocket for at least partially containing a bearing. The cylindrical seat includes a cylindrical first wall and an end wall extending from the cylindrical first wall. The cylindrical first wall has an inner face and the end wall includes an integral shim extending outwardly therefrom. The integral shim is configured to contact a side of an outer race of a bearing such that the side of the outer race of the bearing seats firmly against the integral shim.