US Patent Issued to Mahle International, MAHLE ENGINE SYSTEMS UK on May 20 for "Sliding element comprising polymer overlay" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,139, issued on May 20, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Germany) and MAHLE ENGINE SYSTEMS UK LTD (Great Britain).

"Sliding element comprising polymer overlay" was invented by Jonathan Fair (Warwickshire, Great Britain) and Jennifer Harvey (Warwickshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing element may include an overlay layer which forms a bearing surface against a steel journal or the like. The overlay layer may be formed from a bearing material comprising a polymer matrix of polyamide-imide polymer material, melamine cyanurate particulate, and metal oxide particulate. A method of forming the bearing eleme...