Patent ID: 6055884
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: B23D,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
A connecting rod, comprising: a small end, a big end and a beam connecting the ends, wherein the big end has a circular opening and a bearing cap, wherein the bearing cap has shoulders with a machined surface, wherein the circular opening has a first radius, R.sub.I, wherein the bearing cap has an arcuate outer surface, wherein the arcuate outer surface has a second radius, R.sub.O, wherein the centers of the opening and the arcuate outer surface are positioned along the long symmetrical axis of the beam and spaced from each other, wherein the bearing cap has a first cross-section thickness, A, measured along the long symmetrical axis of the rod, a second cross-sectional thickness, B, measured in a region between the long symmetrical axis of the rod and one of the shoulders, and a third thickness, C, is measured at the smallest cross-sectional thickness of the machined surface, wherein A>B and C>B.