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US 11,448,258 B2Granted
Strut bearing, assembly, and method of making and using the same
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Performance Plastics Pampus GmbH
InventorLukas Plioska
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Abstract
A strut bearing including a housing including a top piece and a bottom piece, and a plurality of low friction components each comprising a low friction layer comprising a low friction material, wherein the plurality of low friction components are bonded to the top piece or the bottom piece of the housing.
Claims19
A strut bearing comprising:
- a housing comprising a top piece and a bottom piece;
- and
- a plurality of low friction components each comprising a low friction layer comprising a low friction material, wherein the plurality of low friction components are bonded to the top piece or the bottom piece of the housing, wherein at least two low friction components of the plurality of low friction components are circumferentially offset from one another, wherein at least one of the top piece or the bottom piece comprises a plurality of grooves into which the individual low friction components are disposed, wherein at least one groove of the plurality of grooves comprises two sidewalls.
A strut assembly comprising:
- an inner member comprising a strut rod;
- and
- a strut bearing disposed around the strut rod, the strut bearing comprising:
- a housing comprising a top piece and a bottom piece;
- and
- a plurality of low friction components each comprising a low friction layer comprising a low friction material, wherein the plurality of low friction components are bonded to the top piece or the bottom piece of the housing, wherein at least two low friction components of the plurality of low friction components are circumferentially offset from one another, wherein at least one of the top piece or the bottom piece comprises a plurality of grooves into which the individual low friction components are disposed, wherein at least one groove of the plurality of grooves comprises two sidewalls.
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A strut bearing comprising:
- a housing comprising a top piece and a bottom piece;
- and a plurality of low friction components each comprising a low friction layer comprising a low friction material, wherein the plurality of low friction components are bonded to the top piece or the bottom piece of the housing, wherein at least two low friction components of the plurality of low friction components are circumferentially offset from one another, wherein at least one of the top piece or the bottom piece comprises a plurality of grooves into which the individual low friction components are disposed, wherein at least one low friction component of the plurality of low friction components has an inner radial edge that is spaced apart from an inner radial edge of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.