US 7,575,814 B2
	Laminated composite material, production and use thereof
Achim Adam, Nauheim (Germany); and Klaus Staschko, Taunusstein-Seitzenhahn (Germany)
Assigned to Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbH & Co. Kg., Weisbaden (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/568,110 PCT Filed Aug. 05, 2004, PCT No. PCT/DE2004/001765 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 13, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/015036, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 17, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 103 37 030 (DE), filed on Aug. 12, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0263625 A1, Nov. 23, 2006
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16C 33/12 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 428—648  [428/652; 428/675; 428/680; 384/912]

8 Claims

1. A composite multilayer material, in particular for plain bearings or bushings, having a backing layer, a bearing metal layer of a copper alloy or an aluminum alloy, an intermediate layer and an overlay, wherein the overlay consists of about 0-20 wt. % of at least one of copper or silver, the rest being tin, and said intermediate layer being a single layer of nickel in direct contact with said bearing metal layer and said overlay for diffusion of a portion of said single layer of nickel of said intermediate layer directly into said overlay to form an initially absent tin-nickel layer between a remaining portion of said single layer of nickel and said overlay, the layer thickness of the intermediate nickel layer being greater than 4 μm as applied to said bearing metal layer.