Bushing
AssigneeFederal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbH
InventorsStefan Rittmann, Klaus Kirchhof, Mateusz Michalski
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Abstract
A plain bearing bushing is formed from a material strip, wherein a first joining end of the material strip has a projection and a second joining end has a recess interacting with the projection, a base side of the projection being oriented towards the first joining end. A bushing is to be provided that is designed to be more advantageous with respect to the production method, in particular during the forming process, and with respect to dimensional tolerance and long-term stability. This is achieved by a bushing with clamping elements in which the joining ends of the material strip are fixed both in axial direction and in circumferential direction of the bushing in a frictionally engaged and/or formfitting manner.
Claims10
A plain bearing bushing with a cylindrical lateral surface which is formed from a material strip such that in the circumferential direction two joining ends are arranged adjacently, wherein at a first joining end a projection is arranged and at a second joining end a recess is arranged that is engaged with the projection in a formfitting manner, and wherein the projection and the recess are introduced into each other and connected to each other in frictionally engaged manner in the circumferential direction when the bushing is free-standing.
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