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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Dale G. Gibby, Columbus, IN (US);
Joseph Rennekamp, Columbus, IN (US);
Kent H. Clark, Columbus, IN (US);
Dale G. Gibby, Columbus, IN (US);
Joseph Rennekamp, Columbus, IN (US);
Kent H. Clark, Columbus, IN (US);
Cummins Intellectual Properties, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A bearing component and bearing assembly are disclosed. The bearing component includes structure for providing a hard rotation stop, in one embodiment, the anti-rotation structure includes a slot formed in at least one bearing component having a surface for supporting a bearing shell. The slot has a longitudinal axis at an oblique angle to a plane perpendicular to the surface for supporting the bearing shell. In other embodiments, a groove extends radially outward from a surface of at least one component for supporting a bearing shell to a side of the component. The groove has a depth that increases as a function of distance in a direction parallel with a center axis of the component.