Bearings, races and components thereof having diamond and other superhard surfaces

US6655845B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Diamicron, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Bill J. Pope · Springville, US
• Jeffery K. Taylor · Loomis, US
• Richard H. Dixon · Provo, US
• Clayton F. Gardinier · American Fork, US
• Louis M. Pope · Provo, US
• Dean C. Blackburn · Springville, US
• Michael A. Vail · Salt Lake City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 22, 2001
• Grant date: Dec 2, 2003
• Expiry date: Apr 22, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16C2240/60
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Diamond bearings and bearing components are disclosed. Some embodiments of the bearings and bearing components include polycrystalline diamond compacts sintered under high pressure and high temperature to create a diamond table chemically and mechanically bonded to a substrate, the diamond table presenting a durable and thermally stable load bearing and articulation surface.