Hybrid bearing and method for the production thereof

US8330312B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Voith Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Norman Perner · Neu-Ulm, DE
• Benjamin Holstein · Heidenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 2, 2008
• Grant date: Dec 11, 2012
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49679
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A hybrid bearing, comprising a first bearing shell with a sliding face and a second bearing shell with a second sliding face, with the first sliding face and the second sliding face being located opposite one another at a bearing gap. The first bearing shell comprises a first support body and the second bearing shell comprises a second support body. Elements which are made of slide bearing material are attached to the first support body and to the second support body, with the elements made of slide bearing material forming at least part of the first sliding face and of the second sliding face. Permanent magnets are connected to the first support body and the second support body, with the permanent magnets being arranged spaced apart from the first sliding face and the second sliding face.