Patent ID: 9163667
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A plain bearing system for a rotating shaft comprising: a plain bearing in a form of an injection moulded plastic part, the plain bearing having a hollow-cylindrical plain bearing body and a radially outwardly extending first flange arranged at a first end of the plain bearing body, wherein provided at a second end of the plain bearing body, which is in opposite relationship to the first end, is a ring of peripherally spaced collar portions which are bent over outwardly to afford a second flange, and a bearing receiving means having a bearing receiving means body with a receiving opening adapted to an outside diameter (d wherein the plain bearing is secured to the bearing receiving means against rotation between the plain bearing and the bearing receiving means by the first flange and the second flange of the plain bearing against the bearing receiving means with a press fit, with the first flange of the plain bearing in contact with the front side face of the bearing receiving means body and the second flange of the plain bearing in contact with the rear side face of the bearing receiving means body; and wherein the plain bearing system is arranged to carry axial and/or radial forces of the rotating shaft as the shaft rotates; and wherein the two opposing side faces of the bearing receiving means body are provided by a single body such that the first flange and the second flange of the plain bearing bear against the single body.