Patents by Inventor Gerald Thomas Lien

Gerald Thomas Lien has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SLEEVE BEARING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
    Publication number: 20120168061
    Abstract: A sleeve bearing assembly and method of construction therefor includes a woven inner portion bonded to an injection molded elastic outer portion. The inner portion includes a first yarn of lubricious yarn material and a second yarn of material that is different than the first yarn. The first yarn substantially provides an inner bearing surface and the second yarn substantially provides an outer surface that is bonded to the outer portion. The first and second yarns are woven together so that the first yarn is woven in one of a weft direction corresponding to a circumferential direction of the journal bearing surface or a warp direction corresponding to an axial direction of the journal bearing surface to substantially provide the bearing surface and the second yarn is woven in a direction different than the first yarn to substantially provide the outer surface bonded to the outer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Gerald Thomas Lien, Cassie Marie Malloy, Ramesh R. Avula
  • Sleeve bearing assembly and method of construction
    Patent number: 8152380
    Abstract: A sleeve bearing assembly and method of construction therefor includes a woven inner portion bonded to an injection molded elastic outer portion. The inner portion includes a first yarn of lubricious yarn material and a second yarn of material that is different than the first yarn. The first yarn substantially provides an inner bearing surface and the second yarn substantially provides an outer surface that is bonded to the outer portion. The first and second yarns are woven together so that the first yarn is woven in one of a weft direction corresponding to a circumferential direction of the journal bearing surface or a warp direction corresponding to an axial direction of the journal bearing surface to substantially provide the bearing surface and the second yarn is woven in a direction different than the first yarn to substantially provide the outer surface bonded to the outer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Thomas Lien, Cassie Marie Malloy, Ramesh R. Avula
  • SLEEVE BEARING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
    Publication number: 20110219618
    Abstract: A sleeve bearing assembly and method of construction therefore includes a woven inner portion bonded to an injection molded elastic outer portion. The inner portion includes a first yam of lubricious yam material and a second yarn of material that is different than the first yarn. The first yarn substantially provides an inner bearing surface and the second yarn substantially provides an outer surface that is bonded to the outer portion. The first and second yarns are woven together so that the first yarn is woven in one of a weft direction corresponding to a circumferential direction of the journal bearing surface or a warp direction corresponding to an axial direction of the journal bearing surface to substantially provide the bearing surface and the second yarn is woven in a direction different than the first yarn to substantially provide the outer surface bonded to the outer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Gerald Thomas Lien, Cassie Marie Malloy, Ramesh R. Avula
  • SLEEVE BEARING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
    Publication number: 20080006062
    Abstract: A sleeve bearing assembly and method of construction therefor includes a woven inner portion bonded to an injection molded elastic outer portion. The inner portion includes a first yarn of lubricious yarn material and a second yarn of material that is different than the first yarn. The first yarn substantially provides an inner bearing surface and the second yarn substantially provides an outer surface that is bonded to the outer portion. The first and second yarns are woven together so that the first yarn is woven in one of a weft direction corresponding to a circumferential direction of the journal bearing surface or a warp direction corresponding to an axial direction of the journal bearing surface to substantially provide the bearing surface and the second yarn is woven in a direction different than the first yarn to substantially provide the outer surface bonded to the outer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Gerald Thomas Lien, Cassie Marie Malloy, Ramesh R. Avula