MUMBAI, India, May 16 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517020820 A) filed by Hydromecanique Et Frottement, Andrezieux-Boutheon, France, on March 7, for 'self lubricating spherical plain bearing.'

Inventor(s) include Masse Emmanuel.

The application for the patent was published on May 16, under issue no. 20/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a self lubricating spherical plain bearing (1) comprising a ball (2) and a cage (3) the ball being rotatably mounted in the cage (3) characterized in that the cage (3) is in one piece and comprises a first stack (31) composed of several layers of composite material the composite material comprising ...