Patent ID: 6767132
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
A connecting rod bearing, comprising: a housing having an attaching portion with an alignment plug extending therefrom and a retaining portion bolted to said attaching portion so as to define a transverse passageway of circular outline, said attaching portion and said retaining portion each being provided with a pair of countersunk bores respectively located on opposite sides of said transverse passageway and aligned with one another, said bores partially intersecting said transverse passageway;a pair of alignment pins each having a shaft and an enlarged collar at the midpoint thereof, each said shaft being positioned in one said countersunk bore in said attaching portion and one said countersunk bore in said retaining portion with each said collar projecting into said transverse passageway; and, a sleeve positioned within said transverse passageway and having a pair of C-shaped parts the ends of which are provided with notches for snugly receiving said collars of said alignment pins and with beveled areas adjacent said notches and bounded by side walls that define a liquid lubricant reservoir extending across said sleeve.