Bearing assembly
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsSuman Bargav R, Amit KUREKAR, Peng CHEN, Diwakar Krishnaiah JEEDA
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Abstract
A bearing assembly including: a housing defining a housing bore extending therethrough; a first chamfered surface of the housing at a first end of the housing bore; a second chamfered surface of the housing at a second end of the housing bore; a bearing shell seated in the housing bore, the bearing shell defining an aperture configured to receive a shaft, the bearing shell is wider than the housing bore; a first flange of the bearing shell seated on the first chamfered surface of the housing; and a second flange of the bearing shell seated on the second chamfered surface of the housing.
Claims20
A bearing assembly comprising:
- a housing defining a housing bore extending therethrough;
- a first chamfered surface of the housing at a first end of the housing bore;
- a second chamfered surface of the housing at a second end of the housing bore;
- a bearing shell seated in the housing bore, the bearing shell defining an aperture configured to receive a shaft, the bearing shell is wider than the housing bore;
- a first flange of the bearing shell seated on the first chamfered surface of the housing;
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- a second flange of the bearing shell seated on the second chamfered surface of the housing.
A bearing assembly comprising:
- a housing defining a housing bore extending therethrough;
- a first chamfered surface of the housing at a first end of the housing bore;
- a second chamfered surface of the housing at a second end of the housing bore;
- a bearing shell seated in the housing bore, the bearing shell defining an aperture configured to receive a shaft, the bearing shell is wider than the housing bore;
- an inner bearing surface of the bearing shell that is convex relative to an axis extending through an axial center of the aperture;
- a first flange of the bearing shell including a first angled surface seated on the first chamfered surface of the housing;
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- a second flange of the bearing shell including a second angled surface seated on the second chamfered surface of the housing.
A bearing assembly comprising:
- a housing defining a housing bore extending therethrough, the housing including an upper housing and a lower housing connected by a fastener;
- a first chamfered surface of the housing at a first end of the housing bore;
- a second chamfered surface of the housing at a second end of the housing bore;
- a bearing shell seated in the housing bore including an upper bearing in the upper housing and a lower bearing in the lower housing, the bearing shell defining an aperture configured to receive a shaft, the bearing shell is wider than the housing bore;
- an inner bearing surface of the bearing shell is convex relative to an axis extending through an axial center of the aperture;
- a shaft seated in the aperture defined by the bearing shell, gaps are defined between the shaft and outer edges of the bearing shell;
- a first flange of the bearing shell including a first angled surface seated on the first chamfered surface of the housing;
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- a second flange of the bearing shell including a second angled surface seated on the second chamfered surface of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.