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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:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2004
Applicants:
Carolyn A. Mayston, Leicester, GB;
Charan Preet Singh Johal, Leicester, GB;
Inventors:
Carolyn A. Mayston, Leicester, GB;
Charan Preet Singh Johal, Leicester, GB;
Assignee:
Mahle Engine Systems Ltd., , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/12 (2006.01); F16C 33/20 (2006.01); B32B 15/04 (2006.01); B32B 15/08 (2006.01); C08K 3/00 (2006.01); C08L 27/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A plain bearing having a sliding layer of a bearing material thereon is described, the bearing material comprising a polymer-based matrix selected from the group comprising modified epoxy resin and polyamide/amide resin, the matrix having contained therein at least one addition selected from the group comprising: metal powder in the range from 15 to 30 vol %; a fluoropolymer in the range from 1 to 15 vol %; ceramic powder in the range from 0.5 to 20 vol %; and, silica in the range from 2 to 15 vol %.