Patent ID: 7056027
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: F16C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A bearing for rotatably supporting a cylindrical shaft within a frame internal cylindrical support surface in which the shaft has an external diameter of A and is subject to thermal expansion and the frame internal cylindrical support surface has an internal diameter of B, comprising: a tubular member having opposed ends spaced apart by a distance D and having an axial passageway there through, the outer surface of the member having an external rib adjacent each said end, each rib having an external diameter of B, the tubular member being slideably positionable in the frame internal cylindrical support surface, the said axial passageway being defined by a central bearing surface of internal diameter of A and rotatably receiving the shaft, the bearing surface having an axial length less than D and less than the spacing between said ribs, the bearing being deformable within elastic limits permitting the internal diameter of said bearing surface to expand to accept thermal expansion of the shaft, the member having a longitudinal slit therein extending between said opposed end and from said outer surface to said axial passageway.