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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Rene Scheerer, Freudenstadt, DE;
Patrick Steiner, Horb, DE;
Inventors:
Rene Scheerer, Freudenstadt, DE;
Patrick Steiner, Horb, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 2/344 (2006.01); F04C 14/22 (2006.01); F04C 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04C 2/344 (2013.01); F04C 14/223 (2013.01); F04C 2270/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cooling and lubricating arrangement of tribological contact areas is disclosed. The arrangement includes tribological contact areas that slide over one another, of which at least one contact area has a surface contour with surface depressions in which a lubricant is stored. The surface contour forms a number of elongate grooves, the gap heights of which, at least in respect of respectively two adjacent grooves, are preferably different.