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Granted Patent B2
US 12,338,856 · App. 18/025,004 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Method for producing a component of a sliding bearing, and component, sliding bearing and transmission of a wind turbine

Inventors: Michael Pausch (Dittelbrunn, DE); Christoph Hentschke (Schweinfurt, DE)
Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
F16C33/14B23K1/0008F16C17/02F16C33/046F16C43/02F05B2230/238F05B2240/50F05B2260/40311F16C2226/32F16C2360/31
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Patent No.
US 12,338,856
App. No.
18/025,004
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a component of a sliding bearing includes a) providing a metal bolt with a cylindrical lateral surface and two end faces; b) coating the lateral surface of the bolt with a soldering flux or material; c) providing a metal sheet made of bronze and forming it into a cylindrical sleeve having a longitudinal slot, a first side of the metal sheet forming an inside is coated with a solder material or flux before or after the forming process, the lateral surface of the bolt or the inside of the sleeve having soldering flux; d) sliding the sleeve onto the lateral surface of the bolt; and e) bonding the lateral surface and sleeve soldering. A sliding bearing produced by the method includes the component in a bore of a planetary wheel, and a second side of the metal sheet and planetary wheel are in direct sliding contact.

Claims (35)

1. A method for producing a component of a sliding bearing, comprising the following steps:

a) providing a metal bolt with a cylindrical lateral surface and two end faces;

b) coating the cylindrical lateral surface of the bolt with a soldering flux or a solder material;

c) providing a metal sheet made of bronze and forming the metal sheet into a cylindrical sleeve having a longitudinal slot, wherein a first side of the metal sheet forming an inside of the sleeve is coated with a solder material or a soldering flux before or after the forming process, either the lateral surface of the bolt or the inside of the sleeve having the soldering flux;

d) sliding the sleeve onto the lateral surface of the bolt;

e) integrally bonding the lateral surface and the sleeve by soldering to form a solder layer between the cylindrical lateral surface of the metal bolt and the sleeve; and

f) closing the longitudinal slot of the sleeve by welding.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the solder material comprises silver.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the solder material is applied in a layer thickness in a range of up to 160 μm.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the solder material is applied by thermal spraying.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is pressed against the bolt during the soldering.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is inductively heated during the soldering.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the metal sheet has a sheet thickness in a range of from 0.1 to 10 mm.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising machining a second side of the metal sheet facing away from the bolt.

9. A component of a sliding bearing produced by the method according to claim 1 .

10. An assembly, comprising:

a sliding bearing comprising:

a component including a metal bolt with a cylindrical lateral surface and two end faces, and

a cylindrical sleeve formed of a metal sheet made of bronze and having a longitudinal slot located on the metal bolt,

wherein one of a first side of the metal sheet forming an inside of the sleeve or the cylindrical lateral surface is coated with a solder material and the other of the first side of the metal sheet forming an inside of the sleeve or the cylindrical lateral surface is coated with a soldering flux prior to sliding the cylindrical lateral sleeve onto the bolt and integrally bonding the cylindrical lateral surface and the sleeve by soldering to form a solder layer between the cylindrical lateral surface of the metal bolt and the sleeve, and wherein the longitudinal slot of the sleeve is closed by welding;

a planetary wheel with a bore, wherein the component is accommodated centrally in the bore; and

a second side of the metal sheet and the planetary wheel in a region of the bore are arranged in direct sliding contact.

11. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the second side of the metal sheet facing away from the bolt is machined.

12. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the solder material comprises silver.

13. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the solder material has a layer thickness in a range of up to 160 μm.

14. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the metal sheet has a sheet thickness in a range of from 0.1 to 10 mm.

15. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the longitudinal slot of the sleeve is closed by laser welding.

16. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the longitudinal slot extends parallel to a central axis of the cylindrical sleeve.

17. An assembly, comprising:

a sliding bearing comprising:

a component including a metal bolt with a cylindrical lateral surface and two end faces; and

a cylindrical sleeve formed of a metal sheet made of bronze and having a longitudinal slot located on the metal bolt, wherein the longitudinal slot extends parallel to a central axis of the cylindrical sleeve;

wherein one of a first side of the metal sheet forming an inside of the sleeve or the cylindrical lateral surface is coated with a solder material and the other of the first side of the metal sheet forming an inside of the sleeve or the cylindrical lateral surface is coated with a soldering flux prior to sliding the cylindrical lateral sleeve onto the bolt and integrally bonding the cylindrical lateral surface and the sleeve by soldering to form a solder layer between the cylindrical lateral surface of the metal bolt and the sleeve;

a planetary wheel with a bore, wherein the component is accommodated centrally in the bore; and

a second side of the metal sheet and the planetary wheel in a region of the bore are arranged in direct sliding contact.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2023
From: PAUSCH, MICHAEL; HENTSCHKE, CHRISTOPH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 062903/0097 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 125 025.8 · Sep 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230323862A1 · Oct 12, 2023
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