Patents Assigned to GKN Sinter Metals GmbH and Robert Bosch GmbH
  • Porous plain bearing with continuous variation of the borehole compression
    Patent number: 7922393
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a plain porous bearing for motors and transmissions with a circular bearing bore that displays, distributed alternatingly across the bearing bore, highly compressed at least approximately closed-pore areas and slightly compressed, open-pore areas, where the bearing bore diameters of the highly and slightly compressed areas are at least approximately identical. Also provided is a procedure and device for production of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals GmbH and Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Vogt, Gerd Dornhofer, Hans-Peter Koch, Werner Stehr, Christina Messner, Peter Kronbichler, Kurt Goller, Heinrich Hecher