US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on June 24 for "Method for producing a component of a sliding bearing, and component, sliding bearing and transmission of a wind turbine" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,856, issued on June 24, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Method for producing a component of a sliding bearing, and component, sliding bearing and transmission of a wind turbine" was invented by Michael Pausch (Dittelbrunn, Germany) and Christoph Hentschke (Schweinfurt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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...