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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2007
Applicant:
Roy Lee Orndorff, Jr., Kent, OH (US);
Inventor:
Roy Lee Orndorff, Jr., Kent, OH (US);
Assignee:
Duramax Marine, LLC, Hiram, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bearing unit for holding a shaft, the bearing unit having a housing and integral lands extending inwardly from the inner surface of the housing for tangentially engaging the rotating shaft, the bearing unit being made from a slippery polymer alloy comprising a heterogeneous composition of a thermoplastic in a continuous phase, a thermoplastic rubber compound dispersed in the thermoplastic and a lubricant dispersed in the thermoplastic.