Publication number: 20050155451
Abstract: A connecting rod (1) has a small connecting rod eye (2) and a large connecting rod eye (3). A bearing shell (4, 5) is disposed in at least one connecting rod eye (2, 3), wherein the bearing shell (4, 5) is held in the connecting rod eye (2, 3) for secure mutual rotation therewith. To obtain good adhesion of the bearing shell (4, 5) in the connecting rod eye (2, 3), the bore surface (12, 13) in one connecting rod eye (2, 3) and/or the outer surface of a bearing shell (4, 5) has/have a structure (6, 7, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 37, 38), wherein the structure (6, 7, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 37, 38) is formed by elevations (9), the elevations (9) delimiting the outer periphery of depressions (8). In a method for producing a connecting rod (1) comprising at least one connecting rod eye (2, 3) with a structured surface (12, 13), wherein a bearing shell (4, 5) is disposed in the connecting rod eye (2, 3) after structuring of the surface, the surface (12, 13) is structured with a laser.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 17, 2004
Publication date:
July 21, 2005
Applicant:
Gehring GmbH & Co. KG
Inventors:
Tobias Abeln, Ulrich Klink