GB927890A - Improved bearing - Google Patents

Abstract

927,890. Bearings. FORD MOTOR CO. Ltd. Feb. 23, 1962 [Feb. 27, 1961], No. 7099/62. Class 12 (1). A mechanism comprises a bearing with a shaft rotatable therein comprising at least two bearing slit bushes retained within a bore, at least two of the bushes abutting each other on a line skewed with reference to the axis of the shaft in the bore. In one form a mechanism comprises a pair of bearing split bushes 16, 17 with ends comprising perimeters of unequal length and the bore 13 is that of a connecting rod. The split bushes 16, 17 abut along a pair of parallel parting lines 18 so that the perimeter of one end of a bush is equal to that of the opposite end of the other bush, the mechanism serving to interconnect a crank-shaft 9 and an integral connecting rod 12 having a bore 13 threadable thereover, Fig. 1. The connecting rod 12 has side faces 14 around each end of the bore 13, flanges 19, 21 adjacent one end of the split bushes being adapted to engage one of the faces 14, and part annular grooves 22, 23 therein being adjacent to the other end thereof, ring means 24, positioned in part in each of the grooves 22, 23 engaging the other of said faces 14. In a modification, Fig. 4, part annular grooves 22, 23 are located adjacent each end of the split bushes 26, 27 in which a snap ring 24 is mounted to engage one of the side faces 14. Another application, Fig. 5, incorporates a connecting rod 28 with a forked end 29 having concentric bores 31 and a plain connecting rod 32 with an end 33 having a bore 34 which is disposed in the forked end 29 so that the bores 31, 34 are aligned to form the bore for the split bushes 38, 39 which are secured to the bores 31 and extend through the bore 34. One split bush 38 has a notch 48 therein in which a pin 49 secured to a side of the forked end 29, is nested to prevent rotation of the split bushes 38, 39 relative to the end 29.