US 12,486,868 B2 · Wear resistant bearing system

Abstract

A wear resistant bearing system includes an inner member that has an internal core and a bearing surface which has a 50 Rockwell C scale hardness or greater. The inner member has a chemical composition that is uniform throughout the internal core and the bearings surface. The wear resistant bearing system includes an outer member that partially surrounds the inner member and includes a receiving surface that has liner system adhered thereto. The liner system includes a wear resistant matrix that has one or more reinforcing fiber systems and has one or more lubricative fibers system dispersed in the wear resistant matrix. The liner system has a wear surface that has portions of both the reinforcing fiber system and the lubricative fiber system. The wear surface is continuous.

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Dependent claims

A wear resistant bearing system, the bearing system comprising:

an inner member having an internal core and a bearing surface, the bearing surface having at least a 50 Rockwell C scale hardness and the inner member having a chemical composition that is uniform throughout the internal core and the bearings surface;
and
an outer member at least partially surrounding the inner member, the outer member comprising a receiving surface having liner system adhered thereto, the liner system comprising a wear resistant matrix comprising at least one reinforcing fiber system and having at least one lubricative fibers system dispersed in the wear resistant matrix, and the liner system having a wear surface comprising portions of both the reinforcing fiber system and the at least one lubricative fiber systems and the wear surface being continuous.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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