Slide bearing having a bearing block and a bearing cap

• US 6,203,203 B1
• Filed: 08/25/1999
• Issued: 03/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daimler Chrysler Company LLC (Stellantis NV)
• Original Assignee: Daimler Chrysler Company LLC (Stellantis NV)
• Inventors: Schaefer, Helmut
• Primary Examiner(s): Hannon, Thomas R.
• Application Number:
  US09/382,829
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• Field of Search: 384/294, 384/288, 384/429, 384/430, 384/431, 384/432, 384/433, 384/434, 123/195.R
• US Class Current: 384/432
• CPC Class Codes: F05C 2201/021 Aluminium
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 33/12 Structural composition; Use of special materials or surface treatments, e.g. for rust-proofing
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 9/02 Crankshaft bearings

Abstract

A slide bearing, which is to be used particularly as a crankshaft main bearing of an internal-combustion engine, has a bearing block and a bearing cap. The bearing cap is constructed of a different material than the bearing block. The slide bearing has a bearing layer which is firmly connected with it and consists of a material which is softer than that of the bearing cap and that of the bearing block.

Claims

1. Slide bearing for an internal-combustion engine, comprising:

a bearing block; and

a bearing cap, the bearing block and the bearing cap being made of different materials, each of the bearing block and the bearing cap having a bearing surface wherein the slide bearing has a bearing layer made of a bearing material which is fixedly connected with the slide bearing, the bearing layer at least approximately completely covering the bearing surfaces of the bearing cap and of the bearing block.

2. Slide bearing according to claim 1, wherein a bearing eye defined by the bearing cap and the bearing block, said bearing eye has roundness deviations remaining after machining, the bearing layer having a thickness which is larger than said roundness deviations.

3. Slide bearing according to claim 1, wherein the bearing layer has a thickness in the range of 50 μ

m to 250 μ

m.

4. Slide bearing according to claim 1, wherein in that the bearing layer comprises tin.

5. Slide bearing according to claim 1, wherein the bearing layer comprises lead.

6. Slide bearing according to claim 1, wherein said slide bearing is a crankshaft main bearing.

7. An internal-combustion engine crankcase, comprising the slide bearing of claim 1 as a crankshaft main bearing.