Self-aligning bearing

Details Self-aligning bearing Self-aligning bearing

1989-06-12

1991-01-22

Footland, Lenard A.

Bearings

Rotary bearing

Plain bearing

F16C 2504

Patent

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049866753

ABSTRACT:
A self-aligning bearing having a generally cylindrical body including an outer cylindrical surface and circumferentially spaced projections formed on the body having an outer diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the socket in which the bearing is received. The bearing is provided with a bore to rotatably receive the shaft of a rotational component and is pressed into a generally cylindrical socket wherein the projections shave at least some axial length of the inside wall of the socket to a precise fit preventing rotation of the bearing therein. The precise fit extends a relatively short axial distance, resulting in clearance features between the outer surface of the assembled bearing and the socket wall which permit limited angular displacement of the bearing and allow the bearing to self align relative to the socket and yet maintain sufficient alignment to permit easy assembly of a shaft within the bearing.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2376406 (1945-05-01), Weingart
patent: 3953158 (1976-04-01), Uppal
patent: 4213660 (1980-07-01), Yasui et al.

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