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US 11,639,737 B2Granted
Component and method for manufacturing a component
AssigneeAktiebolaget Skf
InventorsFranz Rigler, Oskar Schoeppl
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Abstract
A bearing component, such as a bearing roller or a bearing ring, has an exterior surface and includes at least one interior region made of a recycled material which region is spaced from and does not form any part of the exterior surface. The recycled material and the unrecycled material may each include silicon nitride and/or sialon and/or silicon carbide and/or a ceramic material. Also a method of forming the component.
Claims19
A bearing component having an exterior surface, the bearing component comprising:
- a cylindrical or annular body including at least one region that comprises a recycled material, the recycled material not forming part of the exterior surface,
- wherein the recycled material is a ceramic material.
A component comprising:
- a cylindrical body of a recycled ceramic material;
- and
- a body of an unrecycled material completely surrounding the cylindrical body of recycled ceramic material,
- wherein the body of the unrecycled second material has a cylindrical outer surface.
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A component comprising:
- an annular body of a recycled ceramic material;
- and
- an annular body of an unrecycled material completely surrounding the annular body of recycled material,
- wherein the annular body of the unrecycled material has a cylindrical outer surface and a first annular side surface and a second annular side surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.