US 11,999,878 B2
Adhesive, bearing with the adhesive, and methods of making
Jing Dong, Shrewsbury, MA (US); Nafih Mekhilef, Shrewsbury, MA (US); and Dongyeop Shin, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION, Solon, OH (US)
Filed by SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION, Solon, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/172,535.
Application 17/172,535 is a continuation of application No. 16/370,498, filed on Mar. 29, 2019, granted, now 10,947,427.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/650,177, filed on Mar. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0163798 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16C 33/20 (2006.01); C09J 123/08 (2006.01); C09J 127/18 (2006.01); C09J 127/24 (2006.01); C09J 129/10 (2006.01)
CPC C09J 129/10 (2013.01) [C09J 123/0892 (2013.01); C09J 127/18 (2013.01); C09J 127/24 (2013.01); F16C 33/201 (2013.01); F16C 33/203 (2013.01); F16C 33/206 (2013.01); F16C 33/208 (2013.01); C08L 2205/02 (2013.01); F16C 2202/06 (2013.01); F16C 2202/20 (2013.01); F16C 2208/30 (2013.01); F16C 2208/58 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bearing, comprising:
a substrate layer comprising metal; and
an adhesive layer disposed directly over the substrate layer,
wherein the adhesive layer is a single layer comprising a mixture including:
a first polymer, wherein the first polymer is not a fluoropolymer;
a second polymer comprising ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE); and
a third polymer comprising a modified ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (mETFE), an ethylene tetrafluoroethylene hexafluoropropylene (EFEP), or a combination thereof; and
wherein the adhesive layer has at least one characteristic selected from the group consisting of:
a melting temperature that is at least 20° C. higher than a melting temperature of the third polymer;
a tensile stress in an extrusion direction of at least 30 MPa;
a tensile stress in a transversal direction of at least 20 MPa; and
a melting temperature that is at most 330° C.