Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bearings with visually distinct wear indicators
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Application No.: US16850865Application Date: 2020-04-16
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Publication No.: US11549554B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Timothy Leo Schelfaut , Thomas P. Joseph , Anthony M. Metz , Jonathan E. Coleman
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: F16C17/24
- IPC: F16C17/24 ; F16C41/00 ; F16C33/20

Abstract:
Bearings with visually distinct wear indicators are disclosed. An example bearing disclosed herein includes a movable portion, a race to receive the movable portion along a first surface to thereby permit movement of the movable portion within the race, and a liner disposed on the first surface of the race, the liner having a first layer and a second layer, the first layer disposed on top of the second layer, the first layer visually distinctive from the second layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210324905A1 BEARINGS WITH VISUALLY DISTINCT WEAR INDICATORS Public/Granted day:2021-10-21
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