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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2005
Applicant:
Warren J. Whitney, Jr., Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Inventor:
Warren J. Whitney, Jr., Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 53/10 (2006.01); F16C 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A journal bearing has a lining of bearing metal applied to a steel backing. The surface of the lining is laser peen hardened to locally increase the hardness and the seizure resistance of the lining. The underlying core of the lining is unaffected and maintains good conformability of the lining. The overall lining thus possesses both good seizure resistance and conformability.