BEARING WITH REACTIVE VISCO METAL LAYERS FOR DYNAMICALLY INCREASED GAME AND MINIMUM OIL LAYER THICKNESS

摘要

A bearing that supports an inhomogeneous or homogeneously loaded rotating component of a motor vehicle engine includes a plurality of bearing sections which are connected to one another and form a substantially cylindrical outer surface and a substantially cylindrical central bore, the substantially cylindrical central bore bearing the inhomogeneous or homogeneous load rotating component surrounds and supports. The bearing has a plurality of bearing layers, made of different materials, the bearing layers being unevenly distributed over a circumference and along a longitudinal axis of the bearing, the bearing layers reactively ovalizing in response to loads from the inhomogeneous or homogeneously rotating components and a minimum lubricant layer thickness on one Modify section of the substantially cylindrical center bore that is ovalized in response to transient local loads from the inhomogeneous or homogeneously loaded rotating component.