Patent ID: 7857517
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connecting rod bearing housing, comprising: an attaching portion including: a retaining portion being releasably fastened to said attaching portion, said retaining portion including a pair of second arms being affixed to one another, said second arms extending upwardly and outwardly from one another, and said second arms defining a second cylindrical concavity in the top of said retaining portion, and the top of each of said second arms being provided with a downwardly extending alignment bore positioned for registration with a respective one said upwardly extending alignment bore in said attaching portion, each said downwardly extending alignment bore having a second lower part and a second upper part having a diameter that is greater than that of said second lower part, and said second upper part intersecting said second cylindrical concavity; a pair of alignment washers, each of said alignment washers being snugly, yet releasably positioned in said first lower part of a respective one of said upwardly extending alignment bores and said second upper part of a respective one of said downwardly extending alignment bores; and, a pair of first threaded fasteners, each of said first threaded fasteners having a threaded shaft passing through one said alignment washer and being screwed into said first upper part of a respective one of said upwardly extending alignment bores, and each of said first threaded fasteners also having an enlarged head being affixed to said threaded shaft and positioned in said second lower part of a respective one of said downwardly extending alignment bores.