Bearing assembly

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1985-01-07

1986-06-24

Levy, Stuart S.

Bearings

Rotary bearing

Water lubricated propellor shaft or well shaft

F16C 1714

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045964718

ABSTRACT:
A method of making a novel bearing assembly for supporting a drive shaft, having a housing with a central bore in which is mounted a shell with a polygonal shaped opening which receives a plurality of circumferential spaced staves presenting a plurality of flat planar surface that tangentially contact a drive shaft. The staves have an outer layer made of an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene material and an inner layer made of an elastomeric material. The outer layer is received by or may have a projection that is received by a corresponding recess in the shell which is made from a fiberglass material impregnated with an epoxy-resin.

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patent: 1885339 (1932-11-01), Evans
patent: 1895936 (1933-01-01), Merrill
patent: 3023059 (1962-02-01), Kirk
patent: 3932004 (1976-01-01), Orndorff, Jr.
patent: 3993371 (1976-11-01), Orndorff, Jr.

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