Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sleeve bearing with lubricant reservoirs
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Application No.: US14613000Application Date: 2015-02-03
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Publication No.: US09618039B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Chad M. Arnold
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Agency: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Main IPC: F16C17/02
- IPC: F16C17/02 ; F16C33/04 ; F16C33/10 ; B23C3/34

Abstract:
A sleeve bearing comprising a tubular body having an inner surface annularly about a longitudinal axis and an outer surface radially outward from the inner surface. The sleeve bearing includes a first side surface between the inner surface and the outer surface, and a second side surface between the inner surface and the outer surface. The sleeve bearing includes a first inner edge between the first side surface and the inner surface, and a second inner edge between the second side surface and the inner surface. The sleeve bearing includes lubricant reservoirs in the inner surface elongated along an elongation axis. An angle between the elongation axis and the inner edge is between 0 and 90 degrees. The lubricant reservoirs are in an interrupted pattern annularly around the inner surface so a portion of the inner surface between the first inner edge and the second inner edge is uninterrupted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160223015A1 Sleeve Bearing with Lubricant Reservoirs Public/Granted day:2016-08-04
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