Patent ID: 8038351

Claim:
A self-lubricating bearing assembly of a hinge assembly of a turbine engine nozzle assembly, said hinge assembly having a bolt and a bell crank housing, said self-lubricating bearing assembly comprising: a sleeve having a tubular portion and a shoulder portion; a plurality of bushings, each having an inner diameter and an outer diameter; a plurality of first liners, one of said plurality of first liners being affixed to said inner diameter of a respective one of said plurality of bushings; a second liner disposed between a surface of said shoulder portion of said sleeve and one of said plurality of bushings; said plurality of bushings being disposed about said sleeve such that said plurality of first liners contact said tubular portion; a thrust washer; a third liner disposed between a surface of said thrust washer and another one of said plurality of bushings, said third liner being affixed to said surface of said thrust washer; a nut; and wherein said tubular portion of said sleeve is disposed over an outer diameter of said bolt, said outer diameters of said plurality of bushings being disposed within an inner diameter of said bell crank housing, and said thrust washer being affixed between said nut and said sleeve to secure said hinge assembly.