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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. 28, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Nikhil Subhashchandra Tambe, Karnataka, IN;
Munishwar Ahuja, Karnataka, IN;
Hombe Gowda, Karnataka, IN;
Inventors:
Nikhil Subhashchandra Tambe, Karnataka, IN;
Munishwar Ahuja, Karnataka, IN;
Hombe Gowda, Karnataka, IN;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/34 (2006.01); F16C 19/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surface textured roller and a surface textured rolling element bearing comprising a plurality of micropores in a surface thereof is presented. The plurality of micropores may have a geometry selected from a hemisphere, a diamond shape, an ellipsoid, and a cone. The surface textured rollers may be used, for example, in a gear box and/or a wind turbine drivetrain.