Patents by Inventor Antonio P. Lourenco

Antonio P. Lourenco 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 composed of halfshells having different eccentricities
    Patent number: 4461585
    Abstract: A sleeve bearing composed of a halfshell (20) installed in the connecting rod having a reduced or inexistent eccentricity, defining a substantially constant clearance between the halfshell and a journaled member (30), and a halfshell (21) installed in the connecting rod bearing cap having an eccentricity, defining between the halfshell and the journaled member (30), at the point corresponding to the halfshell centerline, a clearance equal to that between the halfshell (20) and the journaled member, the said clearance increasing from the centerline toward the parting line B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1984
    Assignee: Metal Leve S.A.
    Inventors: Duraid Mahrus, Antonio P. Lourenco