公开(公告)号：US20210222730A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：US17149831

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS RENCOL LIMITED

Inventor： James K. BURGESS ,  Neil JAMES ,  James UPTON ,  David LONG ,  Alejandro PENA

IPC: F16C17/02

Abstract: A bearing for disposition between a housing and a rotating member, the bearing including: at least one leaf spring element that provides a biasing force in a Y direction; where the bearing has a first stiffness, S1, in the Y direction and a second stiffness, S2, in an X direction perpendicular to the Y direction, where S2≥S1, and where the bearing includes a metal substrate and a low friction layer overlying at least one surface of the substrate and adapted to contact the rotating member.