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Sliding bearing shell for engine applications

US8430571B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

KS GLEITLAGER GMBH · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Bickle · Reilingen, DE
Werner Schubert · Wiesloch, DE
Frank Haupert · Stelzenberg, DE
Gunter Buerkle · Memmingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 1, 2006
Grant date	Apr 30, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 27, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/31688
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sliding bearing for engine applications, in particular a sliding bearing shell for the mounting of the crankshaft or the camshaft or for use as a connecting-rod bearing shell, has a metallic supporting layer and, applied on top of that, a bearing metal layer of aluminum alloy, copper alloy or brass, the bearing metal layer having an 8-20 μm thick PTFB-free PAI-based coating applied on top of it, the PAI-based coating having 5-15% by weight zinc sulphide, 5-15% by weight graphite and 5-15% by weight TiO2 with the ratio of zinc sulphide and graphite respectively to TiO2 in terms of their percentage by weight being 0.6-1.4 and the zinc sulphide and TiO2 being present in a particle size of ≦0.7 μm.

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