Patent ID: 6289589
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B21D,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of producing flanged bearings comprising:coating a strip-form backing material with an overlay material to form a coated strip;punching at least one bearing blank portion from the coated strip and at least two associated holding portions formed unitarily with and extending between the bearing blank portion and adjacent carrier portions of the coated strip, such that the bearing blank portion is functionally disconnected from the coated strip in such manner as to enable the bearing blank portion to be subsequently formed into a flanged bearing while remaining attached by the holding portions to the adjacent carrier portions of the coated strip;while the bearing blank portion is connected by the holding portions to the adjacent carrier portions of the coated strip, forming the bearing blank portion into the shape of a flanged bearing; andafter the flanged bearing has been formed from the bearing blank portion, disconnecting the flanged bearing from the associated holding portions.