Patents by Inventor Carolyn A. Mayston

Carolyn A. Mayston 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).

  • BEARINGS
    Publication number: 20110317955
    Abstract: A plastics polymer-based bearing material and a method manufacture thereof are described, the material comprising a matrix of a polyimide/amide plastics polymer material and having distributed throughout the matrix: from 5 to less than 15 vol % of a metal powder; from 1 to 15 vol % of a fluoropolymer, the balance being the polyimide/amide resin apart from incidental impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicants: MAHLE ENGINE SYSTEMS UK LIMITED, MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Carolyn Mayston, Jonathan Forder
  • Bearings
    Patent number: 7887922
    Abstract: A plain bearing having a sliding layer of a bearing material thereon is described, the bearing material comprising a polymer-based matrix selected from the group comprising modified epoxy resin and polyamide/amide resin, the matrix having contained therein at least one addition selected from the group comprising: metal powder in the range from 15 to 30 vol %; a fluoropolymer in the range from 1 to 15 vol %; ceramic powder in the range from 0.5 to 20 vol %; and, silica in the range from 2 to 15 vol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Mahle Engine Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Carolyn A. Mayston, Charan Preet Singh Johal
  • Bearings
    Publication number: 20070297704
    Abstract: A plain bearing having a sliding layer of a bearing material thereon is described, the bearing material comprising a polymer-based matrix selected from the group comprising modified epoxy resin and polyamide/amide resin, the matrix having contained therein at least one addition selected from the group comprising: metal powder in the range from 15 to 30 vol %; a fluoropolymer in the range from 1 to 15 vol %; ceramic powder in the range from 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Carolyn Mayston, Charan Johal