Patent ID: 8747053
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: B21J,B21K,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a lubricant feed line in a thrust bearing, the lubricant feed line being embodied as a channel for guiding lubricant from a lubricant pocket of the thrust bearing, the method which comprises the following steps: a) providing an initial thrust bearing mold; b) stamping a groove into a first side of the initial thrust bearing mold in a region thereof in which the channel of the thrust bearing is to be located; c) stamping and pushing through material on a second side of the thrust bearing laterally on one or both sides of the groove and along at least one segment of the groove; and d) shaping the material laterally on a side of the groove toward the groove to thereby form the channel of the material together with the groove.