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US 2014/0348450 A1Published application
Sliding bearing
AssigneesMahle International GmbH, Mahle Engine Systems UK Ltd
InventorRoohollah Kachoosangi
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Abstract
A sliding bearing having a composite layer comprising carbon nanostructures (6) incorporated within a metallic matrix (5), and a method of manufacture of such a sliding bearing by electroplating.
Claims21
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A sliding bearing comprising:
- an electroplated composite layer having carbon nanostructures incorporated within a metallic matrix;
- wherein the carbon nanostructures are functionalised carbon nanostructures.
A method of manufacturing a sliding bearing, the sliding bearing having an electroplated composite layer comprising carbon nanostructures incorporated within a metallic matrix, wherein the carbon nanostructures are functionalised carbon nanostructures, the method comprising:
- providing a sliding bearing substrate as a cathode in an electrolyte within which carbon nanostructures are suspended;
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- depositing a composite layer of carbon nanostructures embedded in a metallic matrix by applying a cathodic bias to the substrate;
- wherein the carbon nanostructures are functionalized carbon nanostructures.
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