Patent ID: 6494621
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
A bushing and bearing assembly including a first elongate, tubular cylindrical bushing member adapted to be attached to a rotatable shaft, the outer surface of said first member having two spiral grooves formed therein extending the length of said first member, one of said grooves being formed in a spiral in reverse to the other; a second elongate, tubular cylindrical bearing member of composite structure comprising an outer cylindrical tubular component and an inner cylindrical tubular component fixedly attached one to the other, the inner surface of said inner component having formed therein a plurality of parallel circumferentially spaced apart grooves extending radially into said component and longitudinally, the length of said first member; whereby upon insertion of said first bushing member into said second bearing member, the groove carrying surfaces of each respective member are assembled in sliding and bearing relation one with the other.