US Patent Issued to Federal-Mogul Powertrain on June 24 for "Bearing formed of an aluminum alloy material and method of manufacturing" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,513, issued on June 24, was assigned to Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC (Northville, Mich.).

"Bearing formed of an aluminum alloy material and method of manufacturing" was invented by David Michael Saxton (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Andrew R. Zeagler (Ferndale, Mich.), Terri Ann Giroux (Howell, Mich.), Michael Wagner (Wiesbaden, Germany) and Katherine Theresa Vaida (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding element, such as a bearing, and a method of manufacturing the sliding element, is provided. The sliding element is formed of an aluminum alloy material which includes zinc in an amount of 5 wt. % to 83 wt. %. The sliding elem...