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US 6,472,086 B2Granted
Bearing material
AssigneeDana Corporation
InventorsJohn Lyon, Fatima Rutherford
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Abstract
A material for use as a bearing sliding surface and a bearing having the material are described, the material comprises tin and having therein from 1 to 5 wt % of a metal selected from the group comprising nickel, cobalt and iron.
Claims5
A plain bearing comprising a half bearing shell that includes a sliding surface material deposited by electroplating, the sliding surface material being comprised of a tin matrix including from about 1-5% by weight of nickel, wherein the nickel is in solid solution in the tin matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.